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What I read in 2025. If you make it all the way to the end, there is a short selection of long-read articles as well aguntasolo.co/what-i-read-in…
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1. Roll out articles so people can write really long tweets. These will mostly be written by AI
2. Then, use AI to summarize those articles back into tweets
Nikita Bier@nikitabier
We’re rolling out summaries for Articles now. Just tap the Summarize button if you want to know if it’s worth your time to read it (or if your attention span is 12 seconds).
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All hail Hey Duggee. Did I write a column to do this disgusting pun? Perhaps
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There was a darkly funny moment when Dangote did a press conference on the refinery last year. He claimed that they had trained about 20 engineers and that they were so good Qatar had come to recruit them. And the audience burst into applause. Even leaving aside the sycophancy that means everything a rich guy says is worthy of applause, I was dumbfounded
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@youraveragejeet @DoubleEph I managed a team of about 10 Nigerian engineers for Total between 2010-13. The best 4 or 5 all now live and work abroad.
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This - from The Economist - is the first time this specific topic has been brought up in any major media in relation to Dangote. A complete lack of technological learning, upgrading or mastery after 20yrs of govt protection.
Every other criticism I make of Dangote you can hang it on this one. It is utterly utterly shameful.
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This is South Korea learning how to make cement in the 1960s. The time frame here is 10 years. Dangote has been doing this for 20 years+. Applying all necessary disclaimers and caveats that Nigeria is not South Korea (even though Nigeria was richer than Korea in the 60s) - I want you to tell me what is the minimum expectation of Dangote - a man who has become a dollar billionaire from cement - in this regard.
What is the minimum you would ask of him after 20yrs of doing this thing in terms of technological ability?
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Chief have you seen the skill gap in Nigerian market????
Ask HR folks to understand the business man’s mindset.
Btw, our work ethic in Nigeria isn’t comparable to the Chinese and Indians.
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This - from The Economist - is the first time this specific topic has been brought up in any major media in relation to Dangote. A complete lack of technological learning, upgrading or mastery after 20yrs of govt protection. Every other criticism I make of Dangote you can hang it on this one. It is utterly utterly shameful.
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It's hard to separate signal from noise in the UK energy debate - which makes this essential viewing. Absolutely superb explanatory journalism from @EdConwaySky x.com/EdConwaySky/st…
Ed Conway@EdConwaySky
📽️ From Donald Trump to Britain's wind power trade body, there's a growing coalition calling for more drilling in the North Sea. Raising the question: if we DID encourage more exploration, how much oil & gas could we actually get? Our MEGA primer on the North Sea👇 Ps it's longer than usual, but it turns out this topic has SO MANY misconceptions. Time to put some of them right. Let me know what you think
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I wonder if it has something to do with some legacy of Entebbe where Kenya allowed Israel fuel there in exchange for a promise to help destroy Idi Amin’s Russian jets (he had been menacing them). After the hostages were rescued, Israel kept the promising by torching all the planes
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Kenya seems bizarrely polarised over Israel.
Idk what I clicked for this to come up but my fyp regularly shows me arguments between pro-Israel liberals & Christian conservatives vs. virulently anti-Israel leftists, pan-Africanists & Muslims (ethnic Somalis?) in Kenya.
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@DoubleEph Right. The upside for the entire nation is the technical capability we possess if we unpack the imported tech & build on top of it. As it stands, if the chinese were to leave for whatever reasons no Nigerian entity can build & manage a plant. So, are we really 'local producers'?
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@DoubleEph Interesting read. Can a product truly be indigenious if the tech behind it is not? The cement industry is better described as 'Made for Nigeria' rather than 'Made in Nigeria". Chinese technology produces cement for a few middlemen who sell the product to the populace.
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From your article below:
"The result is an industry that operates as a closed loop: Chinese engineers build, maintain, and operate the plants, while Nigerian owners collect rents."
How is this even different from the import ban in itself? Just give Dangote a custom officer uniform already.
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@NuesDaily It makes you wonder why basic diplomacy in DC was just completely abandoned for a full decade.
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@DoubleEph Wow thank God we got that right. I have to admit, I’m shocked but I guess it should comfort us all and give us hope that we are still capable of occasional moments of excellence.
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Given what happened in Venezuela, and is happening in Iran, I don’t think the average Nigerian took Trump’s threat seriously enough. Kudos to the govt for taking a conciliatory approach rather than a confrontational one, and forestalling a devastating bombing campaign/Invasion.
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@johnpmcdermott I’m not flattering you or taking credit, but that was an excellent piece. I know my position on Dangote is extreme but there is a wide spectrum of balance available when writing about him and yours was pitch perfect 👌🏽
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@DoubleEph More muted than I would have expected; if I were none the wiser, I might even call it optimistic. Guess the FT had a narrative they wanted and you stuck to it.
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Last week, @johnpmcdermott and I had a chat with Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. His refinery could be a game changer for the region…
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But the tycoon also has his critics economist.com/middle-east-an…
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