Olatunji Olaigbe

2 weeks ago | codastory.com | Olatunji Olaigbe

Last week, Donald Trump was on a glitzy, bonhomous trip through Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Amidst the talk of hundreds of billions of dollars signed in deals, the rise of Gulf states as potential AI superpowers, and gifts of luxury jetliners, it was announced that the Trump administration had agreed arms deals worth over $3 billion with both Qatar and the UAE. Democrats are looking to block the deals.

Apr 12, 2024 | thehustle.co | Olatunji Olaigbe

In a small town near the border of the Osun and Ondo states of Nigeria, Olasunkanmi Abdulwahab, known to everyone as Baba, watches cars zoom by on the road. When a lorry trudges past us, we can smell its contents: sharp, musty, earthy. It’s cocoa — one of the most valuable crops in the world in recent months.  As Baba’s eyes trail the truck into the distance, he estimates the bounty.  “That is 33 million naira crawling on,” he says, the equivalent of ~$26k.

Jan 26, 2024 | restofworld.org | Morris Kiruga |Nilesh Christopher |Sekinat Motunrayo Ojeniyi |Olatunji Olaigbe

This lending app publicly shames you when you’re late on loan paymentOkash, a popular fintech app in Kenya and Nigeria, threatens users to notify everyone on their contact list when you fall behind on your loan payments.

Jan 3, 2024 | codastory.com | Olatunji Olaigbe

In Tudun Biri, meetings happen under a large mango tree in a clearing in the center of the village. The bark on its trunk has peeled back in places, leaking sap — it has become a place of mourning. The proliferation of cheap and effective drones has made aerial warfare accessible to militaries around the world. But the checks and balances aren’t there to prevent civilian casualties.

Dec 4, 2023 | inkstickmedia.com | Olatunji Olaigbe

Olanrewaju Quadri was a techie way before it was cool. In 2016, after working as a trainee in a cyber café through his high school years, he started working as the shift lead in another cyber café to save for University. His new boss was a gig-based web developer who owned the café as a more stable means of income. Quadri honed his tech skills quickly. Six months into the job, he was already working on large-scale web development projects.