David Adeleke

The internet and the future of education in Nigeria

“Education is a bubble in a classic sense. To call something a bubble, it must be overpriced and there must be an intense belief in it. Housing was a classic bubble, as were tech stocks in the ’90s because they were both overvalued, but there was an incredibly wide...

David Adeleke

7 years ago

Opinion

Nigerian startups will perish for lack of data

Before the Nigerian in you starts screaming “God forbid”, chill first. Question: How important is data in business? Answer: as important as growth is to that business. Can a business survive without data? Yes. Can it make progress without it? No. Survival isn’t th...

David Adeleke

7 years ago

General

The 9 startups from 440ng's first cohort: Where are they now?

Following its successes incubating startups like Jobberman and Cheki, Chika Nwobi's Lagos-based L5Lab partnered with Kresten Buch's Nairobi 88mph to launch 440ng -- an accelerator programme through which African startups would receive investment between $20, 000 and...

David Adeleke

7 years ago

General

What the FinTech landscape in Nigeria looks like right now

Over the years, FinTech has grown beyond money transfer platforms. It has expanded to include many forms of technological innovation in the financial sector. FinTech innovations have changed the way we do business and see (or don’t see) money. You don’t need to hold...

David Adeleke

7 years ago

General

Mi against Mi: A look at the brief Xiaomi vs Mi-Fone situation

"No winners when it's me against me, one of us just ain't gonna survive My heart been broke for a while, your's been the one keepin' me alive" - Lupe Fiasco ‘Beautiful Lasers (2 ways)’ If you’ve ever read any article or book written by Ben Horowitz, then you will ...

David Adeleke

7 years ago

General

Mosquitoes will help us wipe out malaria. Here's how

In the last ten years, I’ve fallen sick three times, and on all three occasions, it was malaria. I remember going down with malaria during my first weekend in NYSC orientation camp. It was in September 2014, around the time Ebola cases were on the rise. Maybe the camp...

David Adeleke

7 years ago

General

5 of the best laptops you can get for ₦150k or less

Laptops, like houses and almost everything else, are getting more expensive in Nigeria. Blame it on the state of the Naira and the high foreign exchange rates. So while foreign laptop manufacturers are engaging in a pricing war, it doesn’t seem to be reflecting in Nig...

David Adeleke

7 years ago

General

Why the MTN fine reduction doesn't make sense

I think Nigerians might be witnessing the making of one helluva blockbuster movie and not know it yet. First NCC hit MTN Nigeria with an outrageous $5.2 billion fine. Then it reduced the fine to $3.9 billion - after making us think that it could be $3.4 billion. The pr...

David Adeleke

7 years ago

General

The case for a co-living space listing website in Nigeria

Co-working spaces are a big deal in Lagos. Now I’m house hunting and I think the idea of a co-living space listing website is worth considering.

David Adeleke

7 years ago

General

Are startups really creating good jobs in Nigeria?

Someone asked a question, “Do startups create good jobs?” and got the response, “Well, not if you care about earning money.” On the surface, it seems like a cheeky answer that might be as funny as it is true. But it only represents one side of a debate that has ...

David Adeleke

7 years ago

General

Should Nigerian entrepreneurs share ideas more often?

“An idea is only as good as its execution.” That quote has been passed around so many times I don’t even know who said it first. But the statement is as true as Nigerian party jollof rice is awesome. During the 2016 edition of the Nigerian Internet Governance Foru...

David Adeleke

7 years ago

General

Uber, the sharing economy, and the future of transportation in Lagos

CNN says Uber could be bigger in Lagos than it is in London. In its first 16 months, Uber provided 30% more rides in Lagos than it did during its first 16 months in London. Considering the fact that the population of Lagos is a little over 150% more than that of London,...

David Adeleke

7 years ago

General

5 powerful business lessons from successful entreprenuers

Since February 2015, Techpoint.ng has been running the Founders’ Table series where we interview Nigerian startup founders and ask them for insight into what inspires them, their business operations and the events that led to them starting up their companies. There’...

David Adeleke

7 years ago

General

What's happening to eCommerce in Nigeria?

Web traffic on the major eCommerce sites in Nigeria is at an all time low. Konga fell 113 places in global web ranking during the first three months of 2016. Jumia Nigeria fell by 183. Although Kaymu’s web traffic grew, bounce rate grew by 44%, daily pageviews per vis...

David Adeleke

7 years ago

General

The fall of data prices in Nigeria and what it means for us

A few days ago, ₦3,000 would have gotten you 6GB of internet data on Globacom’s network. Today, that will fetch you 12GB. That is insanely cool. A month ago, ₦3,500 was enough to buy 4GB on the Airtel network; now it’ll buy 7GB. Both MTN and Etisalat have also r...

David Adeleke

7 years ago

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