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Proud moment for NEV Motors. This is what real progress looks like. • Local manufacturing • Tech innovation • Value created inside the country Nations grow by building, not importing. But building is only step one. Scaling needs: • Capital • Supply chains • Distribution • Strategic partners That is where ecosystems matter. @Getpartnerd connect builders to investors and operators who help ideas move from prototype to mass production. Pride is good. Execution and scale build nations.

Proud to see this being built right here in Nigeria 🇳🇬 This is how nations grow by creating, innovating, and owning the future. NEV Motors. Made in Nigeria. 🇳🇬🚗🌍

Tony Elumelu Foundation just confirmed one thing. Supply is not the problem. Funding and access are. 265,000 applicants. Only 3,200 funded. That gap is the real market. Early stage startups across Africa are ready. They lack capital, partners, and exposure. For investors, this is pipeline. For founders, this is competition. Winning now depends on more than a good idea. • Visibility • Strategic partnerships • Early access to capital That is where platforms like GetPartnerd come in. Opportunities exist. Access decides who gets them.

$16M Bet on Africa’s Entrepreneurs. The Tony Elumelu Foundation is investing $16M to fund 3,200 entrepreneurs across 54 African countries, each receiving $5,000 in seed capital. With over 265,000 applicants, the signal is clear: Africa’s startup pipeline is deep but still underfunded. For investors, this creates a growing pool of early-stage ventures ready for scale across the continent. #AfricaBusiness #Startups #Entrepreneurship #Investing #SMEs

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“₦150k daily” sounds sweet. Reality is tighter. Gross is not profit. Remove: • Fuel • Driver salary • Union/garage fees • Maintenance and repairs • Police and informal levies What’s left is far lower. Still a solid business if managed well. The real edge is not owning one bus. It is building a system. • Multiple buses • Fixed routes • Strong driver control • Daily cash tracking That is how transport turns into real income. To scale, you need partners. Fleet, financing, operations. That’s where @Getpartnerd comes in. One bus feeds you. A network builds a business.

You are rich if you have this mini bus in Nigeria currently, you can be making 150k₦ daily and it's less expensive to maintain

Income stops when you stop working while ownership pays even while you sleep.

Retail is not gone. It shifted. Fintechs win on speed and experience. Banks still hold the money and infrastructure. So the game changed. Front end = fintechs Back end = banks The winners will partner, not compete blindly. That’s where @Getpartnerd fits. Distribution today runs on connections.

Banks are losing money. Commercial banks are losing the retail market to fintechs and they're struggling to catch up. I mean it, if you know anyone working in a commercial bank as a marketer under retail they will tell you the pressure they're facing from management on account opening. Some have crazy targets of 30 daily account opening. The mass market have adopted Fintechs and this have deplicted the banks customer acquisition and liabilities. Fintechs are doing what banks failed to adopt. Nigerians have moved. With fintech app you can pay bills and get small cashbacks. Banks don’t offer that. You save money and see your interest upfront. No stories. You can open a Tier 3 account on your phone. No paperwork, no back and forth for KYC, no unnecessary limits. You can hold savings in dollars, euros, pounds. Your phone number can serve as your account number. You can access loans directly on the app without stress. Commercial banks have lost the retail market to Financial institutions.

Strong idea. The gap is real. Guidelines exist. Access is the problem. Doctors need answers fast. Local context matters more than generic AI outputs. If your tool gets this right: • Grounded in Nigerian protocols • Clear citations • Fast, reliable responses It becomes workflow, not a novelty. Where most fail: • Outdated guidelines • No clinical validation • Poor UX in real settings Win there. Next step is not only building. It is distribution. Hospitals. Clinics. Medical associations. That is where @Getpartnerd matters. You need the right partners to move from tool to standard.

I've been thinking about this exact problem. Nigerian guidelines exist, like NSTG 2022, HTN and diabetes guidelines, etc. I'm building a tool that you can ask a clinical question, get an answer grounded in Nigerian guidelines with the exact source cited.

Aliko Dangote shows what scale looks like in Nigeria. He did not chase trends. He built around core needs. • Cement • Food • Energy Now backed by Dangote Refinery. The pattern is clear. Control supply in sectors every economy depends on. That is how wealth compounds at that level. But moves like this rely on more than capital. They rely on access. Partners. Execution networks. Big outcomes come from who you build with, not only what you build.

Aliko Dangote’s estimated $28.5bn fortune makes him the only African among the world’s 100 richest people, according to Forbes. His conglomerate has grand plans for industrialisation economist.com/middle-east-an…

This is how industries start. One prototype. One builder willing to suffer through complexity. A 6-axis arm is not small work. You are touching manufacturing, automation, and future productivity. Nigeria’s real gap is not talent. It is coordination. Hardware needs: • Components supply • Funding • Testing environments • Industrial partners Without these, great builds stay as prototypes. The next step is not only assembly. It is connection. Find factories. Find investors. Find engineers who can scale it. That is where platforms @Getpartnerd matter. You don’t build hardware alone. You build it with the right ecosystem.

We can't keep waiting for the world to bring industrial automation to Nigeria. We have to start building it ourselves. After 300+ hours of non-stop fabrication, spending more than 5kg in material, and gathering hundreds of individual components, this is the foundation of a 6-axis robotic arm built entirely from scratch. They say hardware is hard. Doing it here is even harder. But holding the pieces of what this could become is a feeling I can't quite describe. Let's see if all the math was right. Assembly begins tomorrow.

You’re right. Courses are saturated. Software gives better leverage. • Recurring revenue • Higher ticket sizes • Global market • Real problem solving But the real edge is not what you sell. It’s access. Many affiliate marketers don’t even know which software products convert, who is building them, or how to get early deals. That’s the gap. @Getpartnerd help you connect with founders and product teams early. You stop chasing crowded offers. You start selling where demand is still fresh. Diversity in offers is good. Proximity to opportunities is better.

Nigerian affiliate marketers should also learn how to sell software products and not just courses alone I think the diversity makes the game more interesting than restricting all the knowledge and creativity to courses alone.

Correct. Income sets the ceiling. Returns help. Cash flow builds. $200/month vs $2,000/month is not a small gap. It compounds into completely different outcomes. Most people overfocus on picking stocks. Underfocus on increasing earning power. Better skill. Better role. Better opportunities. That is the real edge. And income growth is rarely solo. It comes from access. Who you know. What opportunities you see early. That’s where @Getpartnerd fits. You don’t out-invest a low income problem. You outgrow it.

High income is the biggest investing edge. You can be a genius earning 14% annually, but if you can only invest $200/mo, that'll get you ~$909K in 30 years. A high earner investing $2,000/mo at 8% ends up with ~$2.8M. Returns matter, but income (career choice) matters more.

All of these matter. But one stands above the rest. Capital allocation. Every CEO decision flows through it. What to fund. What to cut. Where to bet big. Get it right, average teams still win. Get it wrong, great teams still lose. Revenue, hiring, strategy all depend on where money goes. That’s why access to the right deals, partners, and insights matters. @Getpartnerd exist for this reason. Better access leads to better decisions.

What is the most important job of a CEO? - Set the vision and long-term direction. - Drive revenue and profitability. - Allocate capital and prioritise what matters most. - Build and lead a high-performing team. - Represent the company to external stakeholders

Hot take, but incomplete. Finance gives range. Accounting gives job security. Economics gives perspective. Marketing gives money, if you know distribution. Most people pick a major. Smart people build skills. That’s where GetPartnerd comes in. You don’t win with what you studied. You win with who you learn from, partner with, and build with. Access beats theory.

Finance is the best overall undergrad business major. You learn enough economics and accounting to be dangerous, and it’s broadly respected within the business world. Accounting is a solid major, but many will typecast you. Economics is fine. Marketing is the least valuable.

Of course. 40 million barrels. Why stop there? Make it 100. Build 100 refineries too. Maybe finish them before lunch. Ignore that Nigeria struggles to hit 1.5 million barrels daily. Ignore pipeline vandalism. Ignore capital requirements running into billions. OPEC quotas? Minor inconvenience. Dangote Refinery taking years to build? Clearly they were just slow. The problem has never been ideas. It has always been execution. But yes, one more Twitter suggestion should fix it.

They should consult Nigerians, they always know the solution to problems like this. Maybe increase oil production to 40million barrels and build 100 extra refineries. 🚶🏾‍♂️🚶🏾‍♂️

Same economy. Same naira crisis. Two outcomes. Nigerian Breweries lost ₦182.9 billion pre tax in 2024 after naira devaluation. The stock fell near ₦27. Its parent, Heineken, sold Champion Breweries and shut two factories. At the same time, Dangote Refinery gained value in naira terms. The difference sits in currency exposure. Companies earning dollars grow stronger during devaluation. Companies with dollar debt bleed. Investing is not guessing. It sits on understanding cash flow, currency risk, and macro shifts. @Getpartnerd help founders and investors connect with partners who understand these dynamics before the market reacts.

Nigerian Breweries lost so much money from naira devaluation that they recorded a ₦182.9 billion pre-tax loss in 2024. The stock dropped to as low as ₦27 per share. It’s 52-week low. Their parent company Heineken in Netherlands was so stressed they sold off Champion Breweries to a local investor and shut down 2 NB factories. Meanwhile the same naira devaluation that destroyed NB is the same thing that made Dangote Refinery more valuable in naira terms. Same economy. Same currency crisis. Two different outcomes depending on whether a company earns in dollars or borrows in dollars. This is why the stock market is not gambling. It’s understanding how money actually moves through a country.

Most people think the best podcast wins. Wrong. Distribution decides the winner. A great show with poor reach dies. An average show with strong reach dominates platforms like Spotify and Apple Podcasts. The same rule applies to startups and ideas. Distribution. Network. Partnerships. This sits at the core of @Getpartnerd . Founders meet partners who expand reach, open markets, and move ideas from small circles to large audiences.

And distribution is what determines the podcast that wins.

The list shows something many investors forget. Long term portfolios are built around systems, not random stocks. Look closely at the sectors here. • Banking moves capital • Energy powers the economy • Telecoms move data • Cement builds infrastructure • Food feeds a growing population These are structural industries. Examples include companies like Zenith Bank, Seplat Energy, Dangote Cement, BUA Foods, and MTN Nigeria. They sit at the center of economic activity. That aligns with the philosophy of Warren Buffett. Find strong businesses with durable demand and let time compound the returns. But there is another layer many investors miss. Information and partnerships. The best opportunities often appear before they become obvious on the exchange. Early stage deals, private investments, strategic partnerships, and insider industry insights shape where capital flows next. That is where ecosystems matter. @Getpartnerd connect investors, founders, and operators who are building the next generation of companies behind these sectors. Public markets show you the finished story. The real edge often comes from being connected to the people writing the next chapter.

If I had to start all over again, here are the 10 stocks I would buy for the long term: 1. Banking — ZENITH BANK. P/E of 2.4x. ₦1 trillion profit. Dividend yield above 6%. Cheapest tier-1 bank on the exchange relative to earnings. 2. Oil & Gas — SEPLAT. Revenue $2.73 billion. EBITDA $1.28 billion. Cash flow up 276%. Dual-listed on NGX and London. Targeting $1 billion in shareholder returns over 5 years. 3. Energy (Integrated) — ARADEL. ₦697 billion revenue. First vertically integrated energy company in Nigeria. Exploration to refining to distribution in one ticker. 4. Industrial Goods — DANGOTE CEMENT. ₦1 trillion net profit. 46% EBITDA margin. P/E of 9.4x. Operations in 10 African countries. 5. Consumer Goods — BUA FOODS. ₦1.8 trillion revenue. 97% ROE. Largest listed company by market cap. 220 million Nigerians eating more processed food every year is not a thesis. It’s math. 6. Insurance — NEM. P/E of 4.3x. ROE of 55.6%. Almost zero debt. Up 3,977% since 2015. Still undervalued. 7. Telecoms — MTN NIGERIA. ₦1.11 trillion profit after two years of losses. ₦20 per share total dividend. Revenue ₦5.2 trillion. Every data bundle sold in this country is revenue for this business. 8. Conglomerate — TRANSCORP. ₦544 billion revenue. ₦136 billion profit, up 44%. Power + hospitality + energy in one ticker. Over 20% of Nigeria’s installed power capacity. Just crossed ₦1 trillion in total assets for the first time. Gearing ratio of 13%. Diversified and still cheap. 9. Agriculture — PRESCO. ₦207.5 billion revenue. ₦76 billion profit. +135% earnings growth. Palm oil demand in Nigeria is structural. 10. Financial Infrastructure — NGXGROUP. Zero competition. Every stock transaction passes through them. ₦2 dividend plus 1-for-3 bonus issue. As market participation grows, this is the toll gate. The one thing I’d add that most people miss, energy exposure. Oil and gas still funds 90% of Nigeria’s dollar earnings. A long-term portfolio without that sector is incomplete.

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The demand already exists in Lagos. Millions move every morning. The gap sits in supply and coordination. Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority understands one thing. Government alone cannot solve the transport deficit. Private operators bring three advantages. • Capital for fleet expansion • Faster operational decisions • Better maintenance discipline But buses alone will not fix the system. Routes need structure. Ticketing needs digitization. Fleet management needs data. Cities with strong transport systems run like logistics companies. If 2,000 buses enter the system with the right infrastructure, the impact will be huge. Shorter wait times. Higher productivity. Lower transport stress. Large infrastructure gaps like this also create business opportunities. Fleet financing. Charging infrastructure. Ticketing technology. Maintenance services. When investors, operators, and infrastructure partners coordinate early, projects scale faster. Platforms like GetPartnerd help people find those partners and move ideas from discussion into real systems moving millions of people daily.

"We don't have enough buses...We are talking to a number of people; there's someone who wants to bring in 2,000 buses." Head of Corporate Communications, LAMATA @olukolly says collaboration between government and private operators will help close the gap in public transport.

Big move. Working at the intersection of SpaceX and xAI means something interesting. Most AI companies focus on software. But pairing AI with real world hardware changes the game. Robotics. Autonomous systems. Space infrastructure. That combination creates a feedback loop between physical systems and machine intelligence. It is also a reminder of how careers compound. Early research in robotics. Time building models at Mistral AI. Work on foundational systems. Each step builds credibility for the next frontier. One insight many builders miss. Breakthrough work rarely happens in isolation. It happens inside strong ecosystems where researchers, engineers, capital, and infrastructure intersect. @Getpartnerd exist for a similar reason at a different scale. They help builders, operators, and investors find the collaborators who accelerate ambitious ideas. The right network often determines how fast bold ideas turn into reality.

I'm joining SpaceX and xAI, working closely with Elon and team to build superintelligence. Together SpaceX and xAI combine physical and digital intelligence under a leader who understands hardware at the deepest level. Add a high-agency culture with frontier-scale resources, and you get the possibility to achieve something truly unique. I’m excited to advance the fields I’ve obsessed over for years, from robotics research to building AI models on the founding teams of Mistral and TML. Both were extraordinary journeys with extraordinary people that shaped how I think about building intelligence from the ground up. Grateful for everything that brought me here and can’t wait to get started.