Administrator Startups Hire Builders, Then Cage Them with Bureaucracy The Paradox of the Startup Promise Startups are born on the promise of speed, flexibility, innovation, and freedom. They attract builders—creative, resourceful, systems thinkers who can ship, solve, a... Jul 7, 2025
Administrator Build It Fast, Fix It Forever: The Trap of Short-Term Thinking in Tech Leadership The Cult of Speed In many tech ecosystems—especially startups and emerging markets—there’s an obsession with speed : Launch fast. Ship MVPs. Impress investors. Capture market share now. The result? Sh... Jul 3, 2025
Administrator The Myth of the “10x Developer” and the Reality of a 10x Team The Origin of the Myth In tech culture, the “10x developer” myth has been romanticized for over a decade—the idea that one extraordinary engineer is worth ten average ones. It’s the story of the lone ... Jul 3, 2025
Administrator Digital Products Don’t Fail Because of Tech, They Fail Because of People It’s easy to blame failed digital products on the usual suspects: outdated technology, poor architecture, buggy code, or the wrong framework. But if you dig deeper—beneath the layers of tech jargon an... Jul 3, 2025
Administrator How to Lead Technical Teams Across Borders and Time Zones Why This Matters It’s 10:00 AM in Lagos. Your backend engineer in Nairobi is wrapping up a sprint. Your product designer in Berlin just logged on. Meanwhile, your frontend lead in Manila is halfway th... Jun 8, 2025
Administrator Digital Leadership Is a Language and here’s How to Speak It Let’s start with a truth bomb: Digital leadership isn’t just a job title. It’s a language. One made up of vision, data, empathy, agility, and bold thinking — spoken fluently by those shaping the futur... Jun 6, 2025
Administrator Building for Africa Means Building with Systems in Mind Let’s get real about something we don’t say enough: You can’t build for Africa like you build for anywhere else. And I don’t mean that in a romantic, “Africa Rising” kind of way. I mean structurally. ... Jun 6, 2025
Administrator What Local Developers Get Right That Silicon Valley Often Misses Let’s talk. No pitch decks. No 10x jargon. Just a real convo about something I think needs more airtime: Local devs — in Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America — are building things Silicon Valley can’... Jun 6, 2025
Administrator Tech Fluency Over Tech Hype: What Leaders Really Need to Understand About Software Somewhere between the buzzwords, the AI webinars, and the panic to “go digital,” a lot of leaders have quietly decided that tech is not their thing. So they hand it off. To vendors. To “that dev guy.”... Jun 5, 2025
Administrator You Don’t Have to Start From Scratch: Build Smart, Not Bare There’s this romantic idea that real builders start from zero . That if you didn’t write every line of code, design every pixel, or architect every API endpoint yourself, you’re not a “true creator.” ... Jun 5, 2025
Administrator How Local Technology Solutions Can Power Rural Economies in Africa Across Africa, rural communities form the backbone of national economies—supplying food, labor, and raw materials. Yet, they are often the last to benefit from technological advancements. The conversa... Jun 5, 2025
