A conversation about developers, startups and scaling in Nigeria

I was casually going through the chats in Code Pyramid Whatsapp group and i saw a comment by Sherrif Shittu. I was perplexed because i have known him for a sometime, while i remember adding to him the group i can’t recall ever seeing his post for more than six months. Well i quickly used the opportunity to introduce him to the members. “Guys in case you don’t know. He is the founder of switch.ng a company that is in the fore front pushing the tech industry into international territories. Its good to have you here even though you’ve been around for a while”, i posted.

He made a humble gesture of appreciation using an emoji. Then we started discussing and he pointed out that since the recession is over, he hopes to see more thriving startups. I naively replied that i was aware but don’t know how to confirm if indeed its truly over. That was when he sparked the conversation. “I don’t think as techies…our market is not exclusively tied to Nigeria. Read the rest here.