pocohantas:
a friend asked me, what are they doing differently? He did tell me what they are doing differently and I wonder how they plan no sustain no charges in Nigeria. Right now I am just observing him.

jaxxy:
Nice bt these start ups are all doing same thing and never as efficient as expected.

DissTroy:
This is good. I'm happy for them. But the real question for those of us with interests in tech VC is, at what equity are these funding rounds converted to?

Y Combinator exchanges $500,000 (+ addons) for 7% equity.
They raised $1.5 million earlier on. Now they raised $3 million.

How much equity have they let go? With that many rounds ( which is still low-bar) and VCs, what's the controlling stake for the founders?

Now the last part is what worries me. if only tech bootstrapping were easy...

Akanoaaa:
I still prefer Wirepay anytime any day

shegzhkn:
Is it safe to say to kill the tech ecosystem in Nigeria you just make Stripe available there & PayPal fully functional & then get rid of the petty financial policies and it game over ??

obi4eze:
VC is good but has its disadvantages.

pocohantas:
a friend asked me, what are they doing differently? He did tell me what they are doing differently and I wonder how they plan no sustain no charges in Nigeria. Right now I am just observing him.

Jakumo:


Religious zealots are the most dangerous type of hypocrite that exists. They are capable of committing murder while justifying the crime by quoting holy books, and certainly, they are highly predisposed to victimizing and assaulting women or even children under the pretext of doing God's work.

pansophist:
op, if you mean this post in the context of marriage, then of course you made a whole lot of sense. The worth of a man is in the provision, to be able to take care of his family. But if it is in the context of a mere relationship, then no, he owes you nothing. And also, feel free to assume your duty as a woman only after marriage. So no sex, kissing, and domestic duties. It's fair that way.

In my book, a vulcanizer that has his own self-contain, who earns honorably, and who can take care of a woman reasonably is responsible in my book. Lots of men can start a family, but the expectations of women these days are very high, making men feels like they are not good enough.

If you want an iPhone 14 pro that costs over a million, then a banker earning 300k monthly won't be able to afford it for you. Does it mean he is not responsible again? The issue here is the disconnect between women's desires and the reality of things.

Women's needs are not proportional to realities on the ground, but exponential. So for example, a man earning 200k naira monthly in the context of Nigeria is above average, but lots of women will consider him poor, that he is not good enough for them. This is the lack of proportionality I mean.

If both of you live modestly, his salary should be enough, and if you are not lazy, you can make it easier if you work as well. Also, the way women analyze the financial depth of a man's pocket, the man is also analyzing if this girl is a gold digger.

There is this story in the bible where Jesus appreciated the offering of a poor widow and rejected the ones by the wealthy men simply because it came from a good heart, and it was over-proportionate to what she had. She basically gave all.

In my book, a vulcanizer that gives you 50k, but earns 100k a month is a hero, compare to a yahoo thief that buys you a phone worth millions. But in this Nigeria, many girls will choose the yahoo boy over the vulcanizer.

So it is not black and white. Men are trying. The average man wants to be loved and will do everything to get that taste of a woman's warmth who loves him purely. A bit of empathy is needed for men.

For men, the love they experience dries as they grow older. So for example, a girl of 16 years will be receiving love and attention from multiple channels, such as parents, toasters, boyfriends, brothers, and so forth.

A boy of 16 probably gets love only from his parents, no girls are lining up to take him out. If he asks a girl, then love in form of cash will go from him to her. And the older he gets, his parents will become his dependents. Meanwhile, a girl will marry and her husband continues showering her love from where everybody stopped. But of course, after she has selected the best of men in all her charity givers.

But even if a man marries his choice, he still has to spend heavily. She will probably love the kids more than him, and her love is only as valid as how long he can be useful materially. This is the reality of men. Even in these circumstances, men still accepted it. The least women can do is to match their desire with the realities on the ground, this is Nigeria, not Netherlands. We are broke in this country.

Whatever.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
If juju dey work...the white 4 no colonize Africa

Faber:
Being a fair handsome guy have its own challenges, all girls see you as a play boy. Even if u swear with Tinubu's pampers, they will not believe u.

losprince:

It doesn't get anymore elaborate than that. Just like nairaland has moderation features that are not accessible to users that are not moderators, you can add a feature to a web app that's not accessible to users by simply restricting it with conditions or not displaying it.

Magnoliaa:


I don't know why they like fighting self-created demons and shadows.

It's one thing to praise your own tribe and brag. Do that and move on, but no.

They have started dragging Igbos already, even when no Igbo has dropped any negative comment.

But let them respond to obvious provocation now, and see the thread turn to a tribal bashing fest, with the Ys claiming victims.

Mtcheeww.

siofra:
He's so handsome.


This is my ultimate crush! I have no other crush but him


Please how can I get his number? I need him to mentor me on AI and in the other room

LikeAking:
No let Dem use Nigeria distract u.

qtguru:
Deels/ Wise ACH

obiekunie01:

in fact, they are even trying to frustrate international fintechs from doing any type of operation in Nigeria

qtguru:


Yes it's possible, it's not as complex , it's the same as just not showing it, displaying it, or adding it to the DOM Tree

Onyeka90210:

I see you're well interested in going after jiji, than going after whoever scammed you
Well, sorry once again and goodluck

Onyeka90210:

I see you're well interested in going after jiji, than going after whoever scammed you
Well, sorry once again and goodluck

Onyeka90210:
Admin, no one is blaming you
I have never seen jiji advertise as the safest platform.
It has always been like that, scammers have always been lurking there, they knew that and informed the public not to “pay in advance”.
“Do not pay in advance, for whatever reason or else you’ll be scammed”
You paid in advanced, you got scammed
I don’t see how it’s jijis fault you get scammed, there are scammers on all p2p consumer sites.
If you are to compare jiji to a foreign p2p site
It shouldn’t be ebay, jiji is more like offer up.
Which are both risky.
Paying in advanced on jiji is same as paying in advanced on Facebook marketplace or olist, or even offer up, you can be scammed.
Same time there’s a location feature which you can see only adverts in your location on jiji, to save the stress of waybill.
I guess you just accepted the terms and conditions without reading through.
On jiji you’re on your own
Jiji doesn’t give a hoot about buyers or sellers
You could get scammed as a buyer,
Same time your goods gets stolen as a seller
Which is a bad thing, I guess, but they made that known.
You flawed the agreement and then come to defame them.
I will suggest if you’re not thick skinned, stick to Jumia, Konga, Amazon, EBay and AliExpress.
They have both buyer and seller protection
I’m not supporting scam, but I have been using jiji for about 7 years for both buying and selling, and it has been smooth. So I think you should modify your topic to “you got scammed on jiji”
Not “jiji should be avoided”
Well, If you’re not sharp then it’s safe to say you should avoid jiji at all cost

Caringty:
report to your bank that it was a fraudulent transaction. Or to the guys bank. Let them place a debit advance on his account of the same amount. Try this. Lay a complaint. You might be lucky. It worked for some one

Weirdcamila:
This people are killing honest business .
Don’t pay for what you can’t touch next time