
CEO Anambra State ICT Agency @ANdotICTA | Tech & Media Strategist| VC @pacerventure | Global Startup Innovator | African🐾
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Replying to @Anshkosh
Good point. Sometimes your potential customers will even tell you exactly where you should be looking.
Replying to @jwk008
This happens to so many founders. You spend months perfecting the product, only to realise getting people to actually use it is a whole different challenge. How did you eventually get your first users?
Replying to @i_mika_el
Exactly! Sometimes the problem isn't even the product. You're just building something for people you have no clear way of reaching.
Replying to @open_is_free
Adaptation is necessary, but it doesn't automatically guarantee relevance. That's the part people keep overlooking.
Replying to @TheFoundersAsc
The question is how long knowing the task but not understanding the task remains an advantage as these systems get better at context and judgment.
Exactly. Ownership could become more valuable than expertise itself. People who own the systems keep earning, while those whose only asset is their labour or judgment become increasingly vulnerable.
Africa doesn't need to build the world's most powerful AI model to benefit enormously from the technology. But it does need the infrastructure, institutions and expertise to make sure those benefits aren't limited to importing services from elsewhere.
The countries building the most advanced AI systems will not be the only ones living with the consequences. A worker in Lagos or Nairobi could lose opportunities because of decisions made in Silicon Valley without ever having a voice in those decisions.
There's something wrong with treating AI governance as a conversation between the US, China and a few technology companies. The economic consequences will reach countries that have little influence over the systems being developed.
If AI can eventually manage companies better than their founders, the question of human relevance won't stop at entry-level jobs. The people who currently own and direct businesses may discover that economic authority and superior decision-making no longer belong together.
We tend to think losing a job is mainly about losing money. For some people, it also means losing status, community, routine and a sense that their contribution matters. Any serious plan for widespread automation has to deal with that human reality.
We keep talking about AI making everything cheaper, but cheaper production doesn't automatically mean cheaper living. A company can cut its costs dramatically without passing those savings to customers. Abundance depends on more than how much technology can produce.
Human agency is easy to overlook when discussing AI because it's harder to quantify than income or productivity. But a person who receives everything they need while having no say over the decisions shaping their future isn't experiencing complete freedom.
YOU ARE NEVER TOO YOUNG TO START!
I spent a couple of hours hanging out with my incredible son, Ezekiel, who, at just 16, has built over seven applications.
To every young person, Start now. Start with the free resources available to you. But whatever you do, START!
I find it difficult to accept that the only choices are racing to superintelligence or rejecting AI altogether. We can develop useful systems, study their risks, improve safeguards and decide which capabilities deserve greater caution.
One thing I've learnt about digital transformation is that the best technology solves problems people already experience.
DocTracker is a good example. It brings project reporting, site activities and progress monitoring into a more structured digital process.
#SolutionIsHere
The promise of AI in medicine is genuinely exciting.
Imagine fewer families losing loved ones to diseases we currently struggle to treat.
It's a future worth working towards, and a good reason to care deeply about getting this technology right.
People keep saying, “AI won't replace you. Someone using AI will.”
But that person will eventually be replaced too.
Learning to use AI is important, but we should stop pretending like it's a lifetime guarantee of job security. IT'S NOT.
If AI can eventually do the work of ten people, we have two possibilities: ten people get more freedom, or one company gets the productivity of ten people while employing fewer.
Technology alone won't decide which future we get.