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This Northern Nigerian engineer is using AI to turn personal lyrics into AI-generated songs

Bukar Mamadu | techpoint.africa

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How an accidental VR encounter shaped the career trajectory of this emerging technologies specialist from PwC to MTN

Babatunde Fatai, Manager, Emerging Technologies, MTN Nigeria | techpoint.africa

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Why this Franco-Beninese founder built his fintech in Nigeria, and not in France or the Benin Republic

Achille Arouko, co-founder and CEO of Bujeti | techpoint.africa

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How this Nigerian scaled two digital banks

Segun Adeyemo, founder, Sava Global | Techpoint.africa

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From victim to innovator: How this Nigerian founder recovered from a $1,000 failed product to build an AI tool for acing exams

Richard Eradiri, Co-founder/CEO of AI Examiner | techpoint.africa

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How this Nigerian lady turned her experience at NITDA and Interswitch into a product company

Unyime Tommy, Managing Partner at Assurdly | techpoint.africa

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This Senegalese music producer built an AI-powered platform for sound enhancement and mastering

Boubacar Djiba, founder of Senmixmaster | techpoint.africa

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After building his first startup at 19, this Babcock University graduate now heads the African subsidiary of an Indian fintech 

Miracle Nwankwo, CEO of Veefin Nigeria | techpoint.africa

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Aki and Pawpaw Epic Run was my breakthrough moment – Nigerian designer building gaming startup

Gideon Uwem, CEO of Novatrax | techpoint.africa

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How this Nigerian content creator turned his workplace experiences into viral videos 

Dafe Richards |techpoint.africa

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How this real estate agent switched to enterprise tech product sales  

Lagos landmarks on on phone

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How a Nigerian creator’s digital novel series landed on Cartoon Network after he quit his 9-5  

Sunkanmi Akinboye and his characters

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Why a Nigerian lawyer swapped the wig and robe for cybersecurity

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This Nigerian student wanted to drop out of med school. Now he’s using AI to build healthcare solutions

Opeyimika Aremu

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This Nigerian designer is on a mission to make tech work for everyone

Olufemi Ayandokun

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A doctor’s formula for being a wife, mum, and startup founder 

Startups Helping Moms Get Back to Work After Having Kids - Business Insider

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There’s no balance: How this UNILAG student juggles medical school and software engineering

Medicine and coding

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How Olufemi Oguntamu built a business managing Layi Wasabi, Broda Shaggi, and top creators

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This Northern Nigerian engineer is using AI to turn personal lyrics into AI-generated songs

In this edition of After Hours, we follow Bukar Mamadu and how he turns his poetic lyrics into AI-generated songs while also juggling a full-time job at a university.

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How an accidental VR encounter shaped the career trajectory of this emerging technologies specialist from PwC to MTN

In this edition of After Hours, Babatunde Fatai shares how discovering virtual reality while studying mechanical engineering led to an early job offer at PwC and leading emerging tech at MTN.

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Why this Franco-Beninese founder built his fintech in Nigeria, and not in France or the Benin Republic

In this edition of After Hours, we follow Achille Arouko and how his early encounters with computers in Benin Republic, formal training in France, and exposure to Nigeria’s tech ecosystem shaped his decision to build Bujeti in Lagos.

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How this Nigerian scaled two digital banks

In this edition of After Hours, we follow Segun Adeyemo, Founder of Sava Global and his journey from digital communications to scaling banking products.

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From victim to innovator: How this Nigerian founder recovered from a $1,000 failed product to build an AI tool for acing exams

In this edition of After Hours, we follow Richard Eradiri and his journey from Zoology to music and then to accidentally founding AI Examiner, an AI learning platform.

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How this Nigerian lady turned her experience at NITDA and Interswitch into a product company

In this edition of After Hours, we follow Unyime Tommy, founder of Assurdly, a product delivery company. She shares her journey from NITDA to Interswitch and now building her own startup.

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This Senegalese music producer built an AI-powered platform for sound enhancement and mastering

In this edition of After Hours, we follow Senegalese music producer, Boubacar Djiba, whose early fascination with tech and sound led him to build an AI mastering platform giving African artistes quality audio.

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After building his first startup at 19, this Babcock University graduate now heads the African subsidiary of an Indian fintech 

At 19, Miracle Nwankwo built his first startup. Today, he leads the African arm of Veefin, an Indian fintech. In this edition of After Hours, we follow his journey from student founder to CEO.

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Aki and Pawpaw Epic Run was my breakthrough moment – Nigerian designer building gaming startup

In this edition of After Hours, we follow Gideon Uwem’s story from learning graphic design at a government-funded academy in Benin to working on the Aki and Pawpaw Epic Run. Now he’s building his gaming startup called Novatrax.

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How this Nigerian content creator turned his workplace experiences into viral videos 

When Dafe Richards accidentally broke a cassette player, it put him off technology for years. But he’s since conquered that fear and now harnesses the power of technology and social media to shape a rewarding career.

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How this real estate agent switched to enterprise tech product sales  

In this edition of After Hours, Noah Honawon shares his journey into enterprise technology after a failed million-dollar real estate deal in Dubai.

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How a Nigerian creator’s digital novel series landed on Cartoon Network after he quit his 9-5  

In this edition of After Hours, Sunkanmi Akinboye shares how he went from quitting his 9-5 job at an accounting firm to featuring his digital novel series on Cartoon Network and HBO Max.

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Why a Nigerian lawyer swapped the wig and robe for cybersecurity

In this edition of After Hours, Mosunmola shares her journey from law to cybersecurity. She’s now using her expertise to help companies avoid getting fined for privacy breaches.

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This Nigerian student wanted to drop out of med school. Now he’s using AI to build healthcare solutions

In this edition of After Hours, we explore how the Internet can fuel curiosity, open opportunities, and inspire a new way of building solutions to real-world problems.

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This Nigerian designer is on a mission to make tech work for everyone

This edition of After Hours focuses on Olufemi Ayandokun, a Senior Product Designer at XchangeBox, who believes all designs should be inclusive and that Nigeria needs a design standard.

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A doctor’s formula for being a wife, mum, and startup founder 

This edition of After Hours explores how Dr Chibuzor Tochukwu juggles motherhood, marriage, and entrepreneurship — from launching a natural healthtech company with her husband to raising four children.

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There’s no balance: How this UNILAG student juggles medical school and software engineering

On the second edition of After Hours, Tobiloba Adebayo, a final-year medical student at UNILAG, shares how he juggles studies, exams, clinical duties, and a tech career.

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How Olufemi Oguntamu built a business managing Layi Wasabi, Broda Shaggi, and top creators

“On the first edition of After Hours, Olufemi Oguntamu, founder of Penzaarville, shares his journey from influencer to talent manager, now representing Layi Wasabi, Broda Shaggi, and many others among Nigeria’s top creators

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