“I see GenZ shocked that somebody saw Jesus…” ~Evang. Lawrence Oyor

Branding/perception matters. Marketing a product that is solving a global problem as “built for Africa” doesn’t sit well with me. It makes me feel like the person isn’t ready for competition on the global stage. Of course we all have to start locally before scaling globally.

It puts me off too 😂. Makes me feel like it’s an inferior product

Money fit no be happiness but at least na happine

got fired today.

Imagine you just say Emmanuel Oladokun, Ikere Ekiti for this kind settings 😹💔💔💔

My fellow black men shaaaa… Sometimes I dey truly wonder wetin value mean to una for this una tech space for naija. Somehow somehow, una no see the FREE MENTORSHIP PLATFORM wey we build for Nigerians wey truly wan learn fullstack development but dem no fit afford expensive training. Una no see when over 500 people join, just 3 wks ago... Una no see when the number plenty reach where I come online publicly to beg other experienced developers say make them join me mentor these people. And people actually answered. Developers are giving their time presently. Mentors came in. We built structure. We created lessons. We gave assignments. We are reviewing work. We created projects. People dey learn. FOR FREE. Still going on till next year February or March after which we will repeat the same process again. If you doubt, see workings here: digihubtechsolution.com/ment… Somehow somehow, una no see all those things o. Some of you have watched my videos and finally understood concepts wey you don read three articles and watch five YouTube videos about before. Some of you became better engineers because one two minutes explanation i did in my vid made something finally click in ur mind. Somebody somewhere probably fixed a security problem in their product because of something I taught freely in my videos. Somebody wrote better backend code and understood system design differently. Somebody entered tech because this man speaking Pidgin convince am say dis things no actually pass their brain. All of that was valuable abi. But because you didn't pay for it, somehow, e became invisible. Then the same person say my full-stack software engineering program na ₦1M with one year of structured learning, serious access, guidance, accountability, projects, hands-on teaching. And another year of mentorship afterwards. Suddenly na “Daylight robbery”... shior And that reaction has made me think about something o. Maybe sometimes our problem is not that something is too expensive. Maybe our problem is that we have become so used to receiving people's knowledge for free that the moment they attach a price to deeper access, we feel betrayed. Think about that. A person can teach you freely for years… build free resources… mentor hundreds of people… answer questions… make difficult engineering concepts easier… and the day that person creates a premium product, suddenly all the previous contribution disappears. That mindset na witchcraft o. Because free knowledge and paid expertise no dey quarel. In fact, sometimes the paid work is what makes the free work sustainable. And this one no even be about weda make you pay ₦1m. YOU DON'T HAVE TO MY CHIEF. Maybe the program is not for you. Maybe you cannot afford it. Maybe you prefer yt. Maybe you can teach yourself. All of that is completely fine baba. But there's a big difference between “this is outside my budget.” and “anybody charging this amount is robbing people.” Those two statements are not the same thing. One is about your financial reality. The other is a judgment about someone else's value. And as engineers (if you truly sabi the work), you should be intelligent enough to know the difference. Because if the only tech education we respect is the one that is free...omo one day we fit wake up see say we don build community wey everybody want value, but nobody believes the people creating that value deserve to be paid. And that is not progress o, na entitlement wey use enlightenment cover body be dat. So no just dey type anyhow like say no be that same brain you dey use to write software, ASK BETTER QUESTIONS What exactly is being offered, duration, level of access, curriculum, what mentorship, accountability, what will be the outcome of the program etc? Then decide if the value make sense to you. Na so serious people dey evaluate things. And bcos something expensive to you no automatically make am exploitation. Sometimes… e just mean say no be every product be ur product