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As a Civil Engineering student who knows how to code, I decided to build my own structural design software.
I’ve built the modelling interface, and here I’m modelling a steel water tank support.
The goal? Integrating AI from sketch to model to make engineers’ workflows significantly faster. 🚀🏗️
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instead of the whole air/smoke why not wings 🤔
generally I see some inventions as a new way to die.
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Muhammad ⚡ retweeted
As a Civil Engineering student who knows how to code, I decided to build my own structural design software.
I’ve built the modelling interface, and here I’m modelling a steel water tank support.
The goal? Integrating AI from sketch to model to make engineers’ workflows significantly faster. 🚀🏗️
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Can we say there is a knowledge gap? 🤔
They won't want to invest in what they don't understand the possible potential, and probably just only want to put their money where their mouth is
My problem with the African VC landscape in general is *most of the people that run the funds do not have the requisite experience / competence to help founders build world class companies.
A game (Lagos Life) run by a Nigerian - @Shalom_HeyEliy has built a game that in a week has 1M users and 50K active at a single point in time. Then there is Lagos Danfo Run by @Eureka_seamless
How can an African VC help when none of them have built or been involved in bulding a game with 10K users?
If we dey Yankee now, you'd have funds run by ex Zynga or Rovio veterans that will tell you how to ensure retention. What metrics matter in the first 24 hours, week etc. You'd have people with connections that can get your game Published on XboX or featured on the Android store.
They know the right talent you need to recruit for your next stage of growth.
Here, shigbain! Best case scenario na for VC to send newsletter, LP Update Linkedin say "our portfolio just hit 1M users"; best case scenario run retreat. But in practice they cannot help you get to the next level
They are not bad people it's just that "nemo dat quod non habet!" or as my people say "If e no dey, e no dey"
This reality existss in many verticals we see people build for. We need to be transparent about our challenges.
You can say "Oo is rude" but you cannot say "Oo dey lie".
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PS: I am supposed to write a proper blogpost about the African VC Problem. But procrastination hold me for headlock.
PPS: I know most of our VCs in person and can consider some of them my "guys and gals". I have had this discussion and more with them in private. So na me just dey voice frustration we dey inside me for a while.
PPPS: I used most, as an alibi. if anyone accost me I go tell them say dem dey inside the ones wey dey outside the most.
PPPPS: They know how to deal with Nigerian regulators sha. So if you dey do Naija FINTECH, some of them are useful
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selling to Nigerians is so hard if what you're selling to them is not promising them it would take their #2 to #5
you go just dey explain 😂🙃
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i have seen dangote on the internet in the past few months more than I have ever seen him, podcast oh interviews oh Baba just dey show up 😂
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tech mehn!!
people literally switched from their well to do job to tech after learning tech for 1year+ and they are able to build a full website.
same tech today 😁
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these things happened long before AI.
who no good, no good, there’s really no point in masking human inefficiency as “vibecoded”
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People think going to university means you can’t learn a handwork skill lol.
Someone gets a 2.2 or Third Class and the next advice is, “Go and learn tech.”
If you’re not even in a position where you can feed yourself properly without begging random people for money, I honestly don’t think tech should be your next thing.
Learn a skill that can put food on your table first. And as an educated person, you can actually take that handwork skill to another level, better branding, business management, marketing, technology, and eventually scaling it into a proper business.
People with handwork skills are actually eating good. Some of them make way more money than people in corporate jobs. The problem is that many don't know how to properly manage, save, invest, or scale the money they make.
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