Temi Giwa, our visionary/spokesperson/all-round team lead was pretty conspicuous for three reasons when she made her pitch:

One, she was female (One of a grand total of two women who signed up for the event, and even then the only one who signed up as a DEVELOPER).

Two, she talked funny (Always an attention grabber- there are a number of US accents that are quite common in Nigeria, and hers is NOT one)

Three, she was the last to present.

Apparently, the idea had occurred to her just as the pitches were wrapping up. I’d like to leave it to her to tell us what exactly motivated her to step out of the box created by the role she had signed up for (developer) and instead step in front of a rowdy bunch of self-professed tech wizards to pitch an idea that seemed exactly as far-fetched as it was brilliant.

You see, the prevailing attitude of most people in the audience around where I was seated was: This is a great idea but there’s NO WAY you can get that done in two days. Typical womanish “over-sabi”(self importance).  Who does she think she is, because she can “blow foneh” (speak with an accent)

It seemed as if the project was doomed to be one of those that would be cancelled due to a lack of interest from participants. And sadly, for a few minutes after the G48 team announced the team-formation exercise had begun, her pitch poster remained empty and devoid of sign-ups.

Seun, Can we ever drag you, Tim and Prosper down to a hackathon.