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Politics / Re: CNN Interviews President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari by digitalembrace(m): 8:43pm On Apr 01, 2015 |
tit: You don't like it? |
Politics / Re: CNN Interviews President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari by digitalembrace(m): 7:51pm On Apr 01, 2015 |
Loving the outfit 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Jonathan ‘has Nothing To Fear From Me’- Buhari by digitalembrace(m): 7:47pm On Apr 01, 2015 |
The sooner Nigerians realize that the presidency is a revolving door for puppets the better for them. Well I'll wait and see how the people's General performs but I'm not particularly excited that he's surrounded himself with Tinubu and Amaechi. How can he honestly probe anyone in the previous administration and ignore Amaechi? How can he possibly align himself with Tinubu if he wants to project an infallible image? Nigeria's problem is systemic. It is foolhardy to think one man can save the country. God help us. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Buhari's Emergence As President-elect On The Front Page Of Foreign Newspapers by digitalembrace(m): 6:29pm On Apr 01, 2015 |
englishmart: Don't be surprised by a president Tinubu in two years |
Travel / Re: Some Reasons Why Nigerians Abroad Are Not Coming Home by digitalembrace(m): 6:11pm On Apr 01, 2015 |
BlackGirlsCode: 86.5% of statistics found on the Internet are made up - George Washington. 4 Likes |
Religion / Re: 12 Signs Your Soul Has Reincarnated Several Times by digitalembrace(m): 5:47pm On Apr 01, 2015 |
qbd2: Lol I wasn't referring to you but just speculating on the title of the part two of the 12 signs thread. |
Religion / Re: 12 Signs Your Soul Has Reincarnated Several Times by digitalembrace(m): 5:35pm On Apr 01, 2015 |
qbd2: 12 signs you are wearing jump up trousers. |
Politics / Re: Obama Praises Nigeria’s President For Conceding Defeat by digitalembrace(m): 4:42pm On Apr 01, 2015 |
Brimmie: If the roles were reversed do you think Buhari would have conceded like Jonathan did? |
Politics / Re: Video Of Muhammadu Buhari First Speech After His Declaration As President Elect by digitalembrace(m): 12:23pm On Apr 01, 2015 |
mzlizabelle: Same here. Still have trouble believing that Buhari made it. |
Romance / Re: Ladies What Qualities Do You Look Out For In A Man? by digitalembrace(m): 9:14pm On Mar 31, 2015 |
yettybaby112: Well, that's mostly true but I'll admit I've met dishonest pastors but I guess one would have to question if they're genuinely God fearing. I just wanted to point out nothing hurts like duplicity in a relationship. 1 Like |
Romance / Re: Ladies What Qualities Do You Look Out For In A Man? by digitalembrace(m): 7:12pm On Mar 31, 2015 |
yettybaby112: What about honesty? |
Forum Games / Re: Whats Your Lucky Number?? by digitalembrace(m): 4:37pm On Mar 31, 2015 |
raayah: As in the sexual position? |
Programming / Re: Software Developers Could Save Nigeria After Oil - Mark Essien by digitalembrace(m): 8:59pm On Mar 22, 2015 |
toshodei: My bad. I thought you were staying on topic, i.e referring to the title of the thread. I completely agree with you. There are many ideas that can make you millions in the Nigerian tech space. You don't need to innovate. It's enough to copy. Naija is behind the curve. 2 Likes |
Programming / Re: Software Developers Could Save Nigeria After Oil - Mark Essien by digitalembrace(m): 8:03pm On Mar 22, 2015 |
toshodei: To replace oil you need an export market. What you suggest only redistributes money trickled down from oil. |
Politics / Re: Final Battle Between Patience Jonathan And Aisha Buhari (video) by digitalembrace(m): 7:47pm On Mar 22, 2015 |
Yes the Buhari lady is the most eloquent but ask yourself this question. Which of them is more representative of Nigeria today? The Nigerian middle class is populated more by gatemen, okada riders and houseboys than bankers and ceos. So ironically enough the decisive majority would connect more with patience than Aisha. Sad but true. 1 Like |
Programming / Re: Software Developers Could Save Nigeria After Oil - Mark Essien by digitalembrace(m): 6:27pm On Mar 22, 2015 |
toshodei: We are not talking about making upper middle class money. We are talking about replacing oil, you know, making that Arab money or more apt that Facebook money (Facebook probably made about $10billion last year how much did Linda make? ) I'm not putting her down just making a useful comparison. You however raise a very important point, innovation. That's the silver bullet in all this talk. Because the interconnected world is a global digital village, if you have the right idea, funding and ultimately consumers would self-assemble around even a mediocre implementation of it. I would have to agree with you on that point but you see the problem is who is more likely to be innovative? An American in Silicon valley or a Nigerian in ikeja? There's no monopoly on innovation but many things are cognitive helpers like, having the best schools, importing the best intellects, having the most capital, taking the most risks, etc etc. Leading innovation of the kind that delivers world class products like Google and Facebook don't come out of the US by chance but by design. There are a plethora of factors that align up nicely and are critical enablers, factors that Nigeria doesn't have in spades like the US does. Right now on the abstract landscape of all possible Web applications the next "Facebook" sits waiting to be discovered. Simultaneously, there are 7 billion minds each with varying likelihoods of stumbling on that next Facebook. Ask yourself what are the modes of thought responsible for increasing the chances of one of those minds being the thought leader that fearlessly explores uncharted mindspace to get to that new app? And why for as long as we can remember the US has always struck gold in that department. Don't mind me. I just think this is a marvelous idea for some interesting thought experiments. 1 Like |
Programming / Re: Software Developers Could Save Nigeria After Oil - Mark Essien by digitalembrace(m): 2:01pm On Mar 22, 2015 |
I'm not shooting down your idea just providing some perspective. Software saving Nigeria is a steep uphill task. To significantly contribute to GDP with software you've got to be highly competitive in the global software market. Writing code for local customers, private and public alike can only serve wealth distribution and growth of the industrial base but you need exports if GDP is to be impacted in any meaningful way to supplement or replace oil. Last time I checked only the US had double digit percentage share of the global software market standing at about 40% while everyone else; Japan, Germany, united kingdom and China included struggled with single digit percentages. To put that in perspective 10% of the global software market is about $40 bn which comes down to less than $12bn after taxes. So to make a fifth of what we currently make from oil with software exports we've got to beat the Japanese and German software makers with our software exports. Quite honestly, barring some exponential growth in that market and corresponding demand as well as reduction to barriers of entry (writing web apps is one thing, designing, architecting and developing maintainable, high Performant world class code is a different animal all together) I find it very hard to see how we can achieve this. It would require unprecedented coordination across the country sustained for decades impervious to changes in government administration and that's assuming all infrastructural problems disappear magically. Nigeria has never done such a thing before. But I guess there's always a first time. Proper economic diverfication is our major hope. Each governor needs to hire business development consultants to meet with business leaders in each state and to conduct research to identify exploitable human capital and other resources and provide broad outlines for business ideas. Publicize the resulting report then have oil blocks licensed to a venture capital bank, kind of like bank of industry, dedicated to funding top naija graduates charged with starting businesses centered on exports inspired by the aforementioned report. Did you make a first class? Heres a scholarship to business school and one million dollars, take a look at the nation wide research on exploitable resources and suggested business ideas, identify a target export market and subjugate it. A multifaceted plan of this nature is still a long shot but is more likely to save us. 2 Likes 1 Share |
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