Efe Olakpe

Survival logic builds bridges to cross canals. Not to mean anything. That thinking kept us local. Not just geographically but aspirationally. I wrote about the architecture of that trap, and what it costs. linkedin.com/posts/efe-olak…

@UfotUbon When the business works without the founder in the room. Until then, it's a startup regardless of revenue. After that, it's an institution. Most startups never get there because they built around personality, not architecture.

When does a startup stop being considered a startup?

@WSisulu0147 @Aghahowa4242 @naijaconfra Oga AK no b handgun oooo. Is studied at UNIBEN and I never hear where cultist dey carry AK move. Na handgun highest Dem dey move with.

@OlakpeEfe @Aghahowa4242 @naijaconfra The kind AK wey dey for Naija Streets go shock u. Keep assuming

UNIBEN, EDO: Yesterday, an attack was reported at the main gate of University of Benin. Due to the different speculations circulating online, Naija Confra decided to carefully gather eyewitness accounts and available details surrounding the incident. At this time, Naija Confra does not believe the incident was cult-related, and this is why Naija Confra will talk about it in order for everyone to remain calm. (Details in comments section)

@DavidAbu_ Nigeria is 7x bigger than Ghana with a far more fragile grid. While Ghana manages 4,000MW for 33m people, Nigeria’s 220m people fight for the same amount over vast terrain. Scaling up is a massive logistical hurdle, making the comparison very lopsided.

We have Ghana, Egypt , Morocco who have solve electricity and we are going to China ?

@Aghahowa4242 @naijaconfra This is something out of a movie bro. Cultist no dey move like this na. Who dey hand them AK 47s.

@naijaconfra The shocking thing be say this guys came with an 47s who’s supplying them those guns?

How does an introvert build his network to work for him. I'm genuinely asking.

@avipat_ You didn’t discover fraud in Nigeria. You exposed a weakness in your system, and Nigeria just revealed it faster than other markets. And those numbers are very questionable.

We have removed Kled from the Nigerian app store and IP banned the entire region. The first thing I would like to say is I have nothing against Nigeria. I have a ton of friends from this region and these were some of our earliest app adopters. Genuinely, thank you all for the support. Kled has been up and running and out of beta for 4 months now. We have paid out hundreds of thousands of people for their data, and our users have uploaded over 1 billion assets onto our platform. After several months of uploads we found that Nigeria had a ≈95% fraud rate. Instead of real, usable data, users were uploading pictures of black screens, duplicate photos, internet generated images, AI generated images, etc. at an unimaginable scale. In comparison, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines have a less than 10% fraud rate across 10x the userbase size. Our fraud system is fast to catch these issues but the level of complexity of these schemes is getting out of hand. This weekend we were flooded with thousands of fake Japanese passports and identity cards with Nigerians photoshopped onto them in our KYC system. That was the final straw. As a startup we can't afford to eat the costs of that data overhead, so we temporarily removed the app from the region while we improved our fraud detection and banning system to quickly filter out bad actors when the time is right. On top of all of this, every time we make a post there is someone asking us to bring the region back within seconds. We hear you, but it's gotten out of hand. We've made this decision with great care. We love everyone who has genuinely supported Kled from Nigeria, and we hope to return when the time is right. -Kled Team

Your logo is 20% of your brand. The other 80% is Structure. Systems. Architecture. The invisible work no one applauds. Visuals don't create value. They expose it. Build the foundation first. Or you're just decorating an empty house.

Your font is not communicating sophistication. Your operations are. Your pricing is. Your response time is. Your onboarding experience is. The font just gives people something to look at while they decide whether they believe you. Typography follows trust. It does not build it.

Long term brand building delivers double the profit of performance marketing alone. Most founders are spending the majority of their budget on the approach that underperforms 80% of the time. Read about why. linkedin.com/posts/stet-stu…

@hackSultan I can afford X premium but all my cards are not working with X payment platform. I'm tired already. Even my dollar cards are not working. How do you guys subscribe pls.

Why do Nigerians who can afford something still find it hard to pay for services online.

A brand that overpromises is not a strong brand. It is a liability with good lighting. We wrote about what that costs Nigerian hospitality businesses. linkedin.com/posts/stet-stu…

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@OlakpeEfe @eversendapp Kindly send us a DM

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@eversendapp Eversend @eversendapp @EversendHelp pls I tried funding my wallet today through Flutterwave but I haven't seen anything reflected for over 6 hrs now. Not even a confirmation that the money is being processed. Please take a look 8nto this for me it's urgent

@sujimoto1 I've always said Nigeria doesn't need 500 SMEs, it needs mostly 10 dnagotes across all sectors. I hope Mr president do consider this.

“One Dangote Is Not Enough!” — Sujimoto’s Birthday Open Letter to President Tinubu Sparks National Debate linkedin.com/pulse/one-dang…

I studied architecture to design buildings. I stayed to understand that the same discipline applies to brands. The foundation is not decoration. linkedin.com/posts/efe-olak…

@Joe_brendan_ What a lot of people seem to forget is how much tenacious determined group of people working toward a common goal are and what they can achieve. We talk down on innovation as fairy tales until it gets proven otherwise, @elonmusk is a perfect example of this.

The Chinese cars will improve greatly in ~5 years This is how they did with their phones. I remember when Techno not Tecno was popular back then. The ring volume was violent One had 4 sim slots The colors were wild Lol Today, their phones are solid and durable

STET is taking on three founding client partnerships this quarter. Full brand architecture. Full process. For growth-stage businesses ready to compete on position, not effort. hello@stet.ng

Most infrastructure founders have built something real. The brand just never caught up. We wrote about what that costs. linkedin.com/posts/stet-stu…