# ![@markessien Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::16201796.png) @markessien Mark Essien

Mark Essien posts on X about nigeria, if you, ai, money the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  #4609 [finance](/list/finance)  #6121 [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  5.69% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  1.63% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  1.63% [stocks](/list/stocks)  1.63% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  1.63% [currencies](/list/currencies)  1.63%

**Social topic influence**
[nigeria](/topic/nigeria) #46, [if you](/topic/if-you) #652, [ai](/topic/ai) 10.57%, [money](/topic/money) 6.5%, [entire](/topic/entire) 4.07%, [this is](/topic/this-is) 4.07%, [business](/topic/business) 3.25%, [the world](/topic/the-world) 3.25%, [up to](/topic/up-to) #515, [germany](/topic/germany) #283

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**Top assets mentioned**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"If you find flaws with everyone the issue is with you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2021870015918530656)  2026-02-12T08:52Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"If you have young kids Teen Titan Go is the best show to give them. It teaches sarcasm and proper humor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022762500614426845)  2026-02-14T19:58Z 184.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Peter Steinberger made the right decision to join OpenAI and it's reflective of how the software industry has changed. In the past you could build something and it would take a year before competitors built it. Now it's built in [--] days. The moats are in distribution"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023298912728084556)  2026-02-16T07:30Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@tosinolaseinde Why I spoke to someone recently from Germany living in SA and he said he LOVES it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023384344832680077)  2026-02-16T13:09Z 184.6K followers, 13.6K engagements


"House in Uyo - bought for 48m - 4x three bedroom flat. Rent is 750k pa. Earning N3m a year 2m after costs. In [--] years house is fully paid off. Value of house likely around 100m by then. Building houses for rent is a bad investment Building houses for rent is a bad investment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1862379922716500164)  2024-11-29T06:15Z 184.6K followers, 185.5K engagements


"My Dad made me chairman of the board in his school as he retired. I looked into the finances - boarding house was making a loss day school was fine but teacher grossly underpaid. I increased teachers pay increased school fees a bit increased boarding fees quite a bit. This would normally lead to a drop in population of the school by about 20% to 30%. People don't like increments. First thing I did was an extensive renovation across the entire school - sinking in money to fix all parts of it at high speed (took less than [--] weeks). I turned on Meta ads for the school with heavy spend and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1961327068316098791)  2025-08-29T07:16Z 184.6K followers, 1.3M engagements


"Happy to announce that I founded a new company: It's for travel approvals in the African Enterprise - using AI. Founded in Oct [----] we're already at $2.3m in revenue. AI is making everything grow faster. https://tripdesk.travel/ https://tripdesk.travel/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2016874653663236170)  2026-01-29T14:02Z 184.5K followers, 169.4K engagements


"This is crazy - account maintenance charge of 596k. Nigerian banks are a real rip off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2018275477446599030)  2026-02-02T10:49Z 184.5K followers, 132.3K engagements


"In my school we have now introduced self-written and printed workbooks - every subject every term. It's drive a 15% increment in earnings per student per term and 20% boost to teachers income via royalties"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2018286441525022861)  2026-02-02T11:32Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"An inheritance tax of 15% on cash and asset value seems fair to me. Each generation loses 15% of the value and if they are good with money they would easily recover it. Otherwise society is permanently unbalanced"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2018976988346609824)  2026-02-04T09:16Z 184.5K followers, [----] engagements


"AI is going to decimate the corporate world. If you have a job hold on tight to it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2019438883294077396)  2026-02-05T15:52Z 184.5K followers, 48.1K engagements


"A good night to play Gerry Mulligan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2020256396076257646)  2026-02-07T22:00Z 184.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Pivot now to focus on business with physical assets. AI will decimate anything not on land and in the real world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2020387569029222735)  2026-02-08T06:41Z 184.6K followers, 25.8K engagements


"I think coders have realised before VCs that this is the end of their jobs. You need to unlearn and relearn or you will become irrelevant. VCs are still investing in things that now have zero moat. The "technical complexity" moat is completely destroyed and soon performance marketing will be gone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2020433696642175272)  2026-02-08T09:45Z 184.5K followers, 18.3K engagements


"I strongly encourage Bosun Tijani to run for Governor of Ogun State. I will even donate N500k to him if he does so"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2020454752660648404)  2026-02-08T11:08Z 184.5K followers, 14.5K engagements


"If you know what the thing in this picture is and you're good at deforming meshes using the tool pictured below drop me a DM I have a project for you. You must not be an expert. Just to show you really know explain why I may have oriented it like this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2020757896460439638)  2026-02-09T07:13Z 184.5K followers, [----] engagements


"When Amazon has internet in Nigeria - just a 10% lower cost and Starlink will be replaced. Internet is a commodity and price is mostly what matters. Reliability is assumed. Acc to news reports the @Amazonleo landing permit issued by @NgComCommission will take effect Feb [--] [----]. Permit will enable Amazon deploy (in Nigeria) internet services from its low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. (PS. Starlink currently has 70k users in ) Acc to news reports the @Amazonleo landing permit issued by @NgComCommission will take effect Feb [--] [----]. Permit will enable Amazon deploy (in Nigeria)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2020786528033603849)  2026-02-09T09:07Z 184.5K followers, [----] engagements


"When it comes to coding with AI a second monitor is actually a huge productivity boost. This is because the AI does things async and you need to see from the corner of your eye if it is done or not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2021095777326526974)  2026-02-10T05:35Z 184.5K followers, [----] engagements


"South America and Africa used to be joined together. In the past you could walk from Lagos to Rio De Janeiro. When you look at the world map Nigeria is surprisingly close to Brazil. They face each other directly across the Atlantic Ocean. The distance from Nigeria to Brazil across the Atlantic Ocean is approximately [----] miles. By sea a commercial ship traveling from Lagos to Rio https://t.co/NYKtmeiTUO When you look at the world map Nigeria is surprisingly close to Brazil. They face each other directly across the Atlantic Ocean. The distance from Nigeria to Brazil across the Atlantic Ocean"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2021097036959945111)  2026-02-10T05:40Z 184.5K followers, 19.8K engagements


"All the billionaires are moving south. The chance of the [----] extreme cold in the north happening is quite high. All of you migrating to Canada and the UK - you have less than [--] years before you need to migrate to the south. Exclusive: Billionaire Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are purchasing a newly completed waterfront mansion on Miamis Indian Creek becoming the latest California billionaires to buy a home in South Florida. https://t.co/VpmTXnqUyA Exclusive: Billionaire Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are purchasing a newly completed waterfront"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2021111210150654353)  2026-02-10T06:37Z 184.5K followers, 36.4K engagements


"Tests are the core of AI coding - if you use AI for coding tests will make you move rapidly. AI coding without tests is WAY worse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2021115058911171063)  2026-02-10T06:52Z 184.5K followers, [----] engagements


"The new coding is really about how well you can switch context. Previously you needed flow to complete a task. But now you can be doing 3-4 different parts of the app in parallel. You need to quickly recall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2021204521767313657)  2026-02-10T12:48Z 184.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@nikitabier Ai can read the channel and tell me what is important"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2021634743687696584)  2026-02-11T17:17Z 184.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I did a genetic test and it scored me high everywhere but still said I am likely to have less educational attainment 😭"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2021649338678853952)  2026-02-11T18:15Z 184.5K followers, [--] engagements


"@luksidee @Ariwodo_ My company pays out like that to our debt providers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2021650086737141869)  2026-02-11T18:18Z 184.5K followers, [---] engagements


"When you're coding and you are frustrated that you cannot fix the bug there is NOTHING more annoying than modern jazz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2021862091338953134)  2026-02-12T08:21Z 184.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I just did an implementation with AI of something I know nothing about. I was trying to move a render of an animation from CPU to GPU. AI said it could do it so I let it go ahead. Once done the entire figure was distorted. I had no clue what was wrong So I asked AI to break down each step and then add output traces verifying the correctness of each step. This should be put into a log. Using this I could loop the output back to the AI and it autonomously fixed the issue. Now I am rendering on the GPU with absolutely no idea about how it works."  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2021947051706085568)  2026-02-12T13:58Z 184.5K followers, [----] engagements


"The AI era seems to be dominated by people from China and India"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022004098040791357)  2026-02-12T17:45Z 184.5K followers, [----] engagements


"If X has [--] people then I doff my hat to @elonmusk and will say that he absolutely crushed it. Even if the product stayed static or regressed moving headcount in this way is a massive massive task that was well executed. @bengold Team Size Meta: [-----] Microsoft: [------] Google: [------] X: [--] https://t.co/G2nvR55ENd @bengold Team Size Meta: [-----] Microsoft: [------] Google: [------] X: [--] https://t.co/G2nvR55ENd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022533150606242098)  2026-02-14T04:47Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"It is way faster to get AI to do large blocks of functionality at once then you test across all - give it feedback on all and let it work again. Instead of doing one testing and iterating till its complete"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022538953229013309)  2026-02-14T05:10Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Do all south african songs use the exact same beat or what"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022594923623539020)  2026-02-14T08:53Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"VC dollars have been the input required to grow companies fast - but what if we get to a point where you can use infinite ai agents to grow any good idea Why would people raise It would be as anachronistic as artists raising capital to paint"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022616854821314952)  2026-02-14T10:20Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"How Mark Essiens 4-month old product made $2.3 million with less than [--] customers https://techpoint.africa/feature/how-mark-essien-tripdesk-3-million-revenue/ https://techpoint.africa/feature/how-mark-essien-tripdesk-3-million-revenue/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2021148368529957077)  2026-02-10T09:04Z 184.6K followers, 34.9K engagements


"If you build for the gatekeepers they still won't open the gate for you. Build for the people on the other side of the gate and they will command the gatemen to open the gate for you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022043283371729349)  2026-02-12T20:21Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends Nuhu Ribadu. Out of government. Even then those who were in government continued to pile on him from all angles. They feared him then despite being without power as much as they do now. Even though they were the ones with all the means and power. At this time in their head https://t.co/5gVtp3eH5E Nuhu Ribadu. Out of government. Even then those who were in government continued to pile on him from all angles. They feared him then despite being without power as much as they do now. Even though they were the ones with all the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022664443914547293)  2026-02-14T13:29Z 184.6K followers, 20.5K engagements


"The fatter they are the hungrier they are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022678703822770289)  2026-02-14T14:25Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Added the next solar unit to the school. More loading. Power is such a huge cost that if we go off grid we would save 1m+ a month"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022959833809387803)  2026-02-15T09:03Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Will Tinubu select Ribadu as his running mate in the [----] election"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022973851831775700)  2026-02-15T09:58Z 184.6K followers, 11.2K engagements


"A good butcher has no pity for the animal a good trader has no pity for the buyer a good financier has no pity for the poor. Understand this when dealing with people. You can't appeal to what they need to lose to be good at their job"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022976063299518774)  2026-02-15T10:07Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"The days leading up to getting a new laptop particular when you paid and it has not arrived yet are more exciting than the days after you got it already. Getting something is more exciting than having it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023647262115594359)  2026-02-17T06:34Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"There will never be a black population in Germany. Almost all Africans in Germany marry Germans and their kids marry again Germans. The further generation is then indistinguishable from Germans. Germany also has this assimilation drive - they do not like multi-culturalism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1842846404860915865)  2024-10-06T08:36Z 184.6K followers, 64K engagements


"Tinubu has reformed the tax laws removed the petrol subsidy transferred electricity to the states removed the multiple parallel currencies and stabilized the naira. From a policy perspective the Tinubu government has been very good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1938990609357807974)  2025-06-28T15:59Z 184.6K followers, 1.2M engagements


"On my first job as a programmer my boss gave me a C++ book and told me to learn it. My background then was visual basic. I was done with the book in two weeks and had started coding. It was only much later that I found out that this was somehow special when he used me as an example to say that "this company hires the type of people who learn C++ in two weeks". Being ignorant of constraints is good - if someone had told me C++ was hard and that it took time to learn it would probably have taken me much longer to learn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1969003492481118681)  2025-09-19T11:39Z 184.6K followers, 31.6K engagements


"Nobody wants to do anything for you. The only choice you have is to be so good they can't ignore you anymore. Work with that mindset"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022042798971924618)  2026-02-12T20:19Z 184.6K followers, 15.2K engagements


"It's weird how there is this coordinated push to start a new war. There seems to be a set of people that just don't like a peaceful world - just want to fight and fight. But they never send their kids to fight. Right now on the streets of Munich and other cities people are calling for support for freedom in Iran. We saw it. Ukraine does not share a border with Iran. Weve never had a conflict of interest with the Iranian regime. But the Iranian Shahed drones they sold to Russia are https://t.co/bbMmbB2dlS Right now on the streets of Munich and other cities people are calling for support for"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022929227109273765)  2026-02-15T07:01Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@Mxnasseh Wow that's amazing For the entire school will take a lot more time and investment to get there but step by step"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023005260059648369)  2026-02-15T12:03Z 184.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Instead of popular votes Nigeria should adopt the electoral vote system of the U.S. Each state gets between [--] and [--] electoral votes depending on population with the major urban states having more votes. Votes are assigned based on objective criteria showing population like: - mobile phone usage - satellite housing density - VAT contributions - Flight/Road Transport volume This is adjusted every [--] years before the election. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023007468511498388 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023007468511498388"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023007468511498388)  2026-02-15T12:12Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Don't get things mixed up - the west African slave trade was only existent for the purpose of the American colonies. Before that it was not a thing in africa. It emptied Africa of men for [---] years and the Americans had to be forced to stop by the British warships. The movement of [--] million people across the world was unprecedented and you're not doing yourself any favors by saying 'everyone did it'. Pick another battle your opinion here is ahistorical. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023121997962596526 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023121997962596526"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023121997962596526)  2026-02-15T19:47Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"You can listen to podcasts with [--] big company ceos and they are all the same. Very few insights or new ideas. A big company ceos is quite constrained in the environment they operate in - and they cannot talk about the really interesting stuff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023132412062953798)  2026-02-15T20:28Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Solar is very cheap in Nigeria right now. If you are single with 2.5m you can go fully off grid and never run a Gen buy electricity unirs or need to buy fuel again. That's just $1500"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023134599992213978)  2026-02-15T20:37Z 184.6K followers, 714.5K engagements


"The most dangerous thing a man can start doing is to drink high percentage alcohol daily (whisky and all that). It's very easy for that stuff to render a person useless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023135452710977865)  2026-02-15T20:40Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"My political position remains unchanged: what Nigeria needs is someone like El Rufai - competent and strong. For [----] I would still vote for Peter Obi if he ran - it remains a southern turn and rotation is required in Nigeria. For [----] if El Rufai runs I am firmly his supporter no wavering. At the same time I appreciate Tinubu's reforms - fuel subsidy removal tax reform currency CBN. He did some brave things and appointed some good people. He has not been a bad president. But ultimately my position is a limited West Africa federation with state reform into larger ethnically aligned regions."  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023312167756349926)  2026-02-16T08:23Z 184.6K followers, 29K engagements


"If you listen to the charts nowadays there are no "big songs" in the sense of the 80s or 90s. All songs feel like fast food - build for tiktok engagement and to last a month or two"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023352138500554766)  2026-02-16T11:01Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"My brother bought an electric car and hates it. Anytime he comes home from work he has to charge it for [--] hours then must move it away from the charging point. Meaning by 10pm he must leave the house go to the car and search for a parking spot"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023354207009644790)  2026-02-16T11:10Z 184.6K followers, 17.2K engagements


"Healthcare in the UK is not free you pay for it via your taxes. Healthcare in Germany is not free you pay up to N1.5m in monthly medical insurance. Just because you can walk into the doctor when you want does not mean you have not prepaid the bill. Until you have kidney problem and you need weekly dialysis in Abuja. The UK guy will be enjoying free healthcare your [---] million naira is about to be vanquished by one health crisis. Until you have kidney problem and you need weekly dialysis in Abuja. The UK guy will be enjoying free healthcare your [---] million naira is about to be vanquished by"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023385921060589664)  2026-02-16T13:16Z 184.6K followers, 43.3K engagements


"The north is already feeling persecuted under Tinubu now with Ribadu attacking El Rufai the sense of outrage will grow. This is shortly before election period. This does not seem politically wise. I thought the said El Rufai will sleep in the EFCC cell. 😂😂 https://t.co/NdUO5wr10r I thought the said El Rufai will sleep in the EFCC cell. 😂😂 https://t.co/NdUO5wr10r"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023666154170941851)  2026-02-17T07:49Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Don't allow insane people into your life however entertaining they are. When they run out of things to be mad about they will turn toward you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1989591502062752134)  2025-11-15T07:09Z 184.6K followers, 19.2K engagements


"The smarter the people get the smarter the politicians have to be to fool them. The bar keeps rising in Nigeria as education levels rise. Most politicians now are quite smart many of the dullards have retired"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022328779306373508)  2026-02-13T15:15Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"The idea that Nigeria will be better if broken into different countries is an old and expired idea from the 70s. The rest of the world is consolidating into mega-countries (e.g the EU). This is the right model for West Africa. Not little countries with borders that hinder trade. West Africa is so culturally similar that a single union will be coherent - a Ghanaian in Nigeria will have almost no cultural issue blending in. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022530460841046438 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022530460841046438"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022530460841046438)  2026-02-14T04:36Z 184.6K followers, 39.1K engagements


"It's like stars stopped twinkling what happened"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022732753431920976)  2026-02-14T18:00Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"There are some people who want to start their own business because they think they will work less. You can't start your own business and work less you will work 2x or 3x more than if you were employed. Employment is how you work less"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022964441965559961)  2026-02-15T09:21Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"If you want to know what a persons top and #1 interest is ask to see their Instagram explore page. Or check yourself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023104995919302832)  2026-02-15T18:39Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@ignitopedia Obi is very diplomatic so it's hard to tell how much iron he has"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023317712278077443)  2026-02-16T08:45Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"The Trumpian/Maga movement is actually going to be the future. A return to Clintonian democrats is not going to happen if it ever happens. America-First with European-Ally the end of migration and open Euro-America borders is the likely outcome. The world splits into blocs - Euro-American Chinese Indian African etc Africa will be the loser in this because almost all these blocs do not want African migration. At the same time the African population is growing. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023645703046902134 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023645703046902134"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023645703046902134)  2026-02-17T06:28Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"This Band A thing in Nigeria does not make sense. It has not solved the problem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023667931704414692)  2026-02-17T07:56Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Example of the renovation work - how we met it and improvements (photos during construction not final product)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1961347109652738083)  2025-08-29T08:36Z 184.6K followers, 144.7K engagements


"Dubai had a strategy. That's how they got here. Your governors strategy is to tar a few roads build a flyover and commission a hospital. That's the difference"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022919560069046755)  2026-02-15T06:23Z 184.6K followers, 10.6K engagements


"And if you do not have capital you will work 10x to 20x more. It is an unrealistic dream to want to start a business with little capital and expect to relax and money will flow in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022964646861210080)  2026-02-15T09:22Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"The West Bank will be fully merged into Israel the PA is done. Gaza will become a new independent country without Israel in it. This seems to be the conclusion of the war. Seems Israel has chosen to fully absorb the Arab population. Palestinian Presidency condemns Israels decision allowing it to classify West Bank land as a state property: https://t.co/6lk2iSOTBD Palestinian Presidency condemns Israels decision allowing it to classify West Bank land as a state property: https://t.co/6lk2iSOTBD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023081730186580150)  2026-02-15T17:07Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Every food is delicious it's just the number of people who find it delicious that varies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023297182406000784)  2026-02-16T07:23Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"One way to debug UI issues with AI is to output the actual dimensions on the ui itself so that the AI can look at it and debug. The AI is kind of blind you need to assist it in seeing better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023669038333694385)  2026-02-17T08:01Z 184.6K followers, [---] engagements


"What movie are you watching tonight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2022746238823637425)  2026-02-14T18:54Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"If you earn about [----] pounds a month you can live a better life in Abuja than in the UK (as a Nigerian). Yes there will be inconveniences but overall it's probably a better more comfortable life"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023117958248075417)  2026-02-15T19:31Z 184.6K followers, 242.9K engagements


"Completed our first batch of our new improved tables for the school. Self designed. 60k for each piece total cost. Good price and improved aesthetic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023320931716968921)  2026-02-16T08:57Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"At some point in the next [--] years everyone will be able to buy a $500 addition to their computer that will make monthly payments to the LLM companies unnecessary. It is inevitable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023635314107879856)  2026-02-17T05:47Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"If we use these kinds of tables in our dining room in the hostels how do we protect the surface from getting scratched and ugly Considering it is MDF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/2023676929514131931)  2026-02-17T08:32Z 184.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Decided to give my driver my car as a present a [----] Venza. Car has been in Lagos for a while and I'm rarely using it. He can use it more usefully than me. When I travelled I left my car with my driver. Was supposed to be a short trip but covid happened and I was out of the country for long. After some weeks my driver called that the steering rack of the car was spoilt. I told him to park the car that I don't need it for now. When I travelled I left my car with my driver. Was supposed to be a short trip but covid happened and I was out of the country for long. After some weeks my driver"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1965062945454592173)  2025-09-08T14:41Z 184.6K followers, 98.2K engagements


"I keep saying this: people who don't like you will never like you. Don't bother trying to do stuff to make them like you they won't. Once that dislike is there it rarely changes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1982699363618140440)  2025-10-27T06:42Z 184.6K followers, 16.4K engagements


"I give it 50% chance that Tinubu brings in regional governments in his second term"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1984240143012868399)  2025-10-31T12:44Z 184.6K followers, 49.9K engagements


"If CBN does not print money for a while dollar can get to N900. Nigeria productivity is rising very rapidly now that the price shocks have been absorbed in. You can see it on large company annual reports. Dollar is [----] today Tinubu don collect FX feeding bottle from awusa Fulani 😆 Dollar is [----] today Tinubu don collect FX feeding bottle from awusa Fulani 😆"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985595345607545049)  2025-11-04T06:29Z 184.6K followers, 72.7K engagements


"Pls don't use AI for your company social media posts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1969474987762282633)  2025-09-20T18:53Z 184.6K followers, 30.3K engagements


"HNG mentors discussing how best we can be very nice to our students"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983127818998304826)  2025-10-28T11:04Z 184.6K followers, 163.9K engagements


"If the coastal road actually gets to Calabar it will be the single greatest infrastructural project Nigeria has seen. It would change the flow of goods in Nigeria fully. Listen to this secondary school graduate working on the Lagos - Calabar coastal highway. Please support Just Ozed by subscribing to his channel. He gives the best coverage of the project on a weekly. https://t.co/BZ3U4uvbck https://t.co/HnWhaAX2pz Listen to this secondary school graduate working on the Lagos - Calabar coastal highway. Please support Just Ozed by subscribing to his channel. He gives the best coverage of the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1908597189510586872)  2025-04-05T19:06Z 184.6K followers, 189K engagements


"China is likely holding a huge amount of USD. If they release it all the value of dollar will drop like a rock. If you are a Nigerian holding USD I advice you change it to NGN or EUR soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1909619497289253191)  2025-04-08T14:49Z 184.6K followers, 624.8K engagements


"The technology that allows armed groups to stop shipping through that canal is only going to get better. The attackers just need a hole and missile. You can't fix this - except by actually stopping the mass murder and letting people who want to have their own country have it. I don't think there is any way to keep beating the child till it stops crying here which seems to be the strategy. If Musk had gotten his dream of the South African volkstaat then that route too would likely have closed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1910238175085076790)  2025-04-10T07:47Z 184.6K followers, 21.1K engagements


"Okomu Palm Oil made a profit of N40 billion last year. How far your tech company"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1928702316741263384)  2025-05-31T06:37Z 184.6K followers, 306K engagements


"If you want a child to be good at math don't give them more advanced topics take them back to the simpler topics and let them practise and study those topics till they are perfect in them. Then slowly move up. Most kids struggle with math because they missed some basics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1950787311400103971)  2025-07-31T05:15Z 184.6K followers, 157.2K engagements


"Some months back instead of paying the staff their weekly bonus I told them I will be withholding it. Weekly bonus then was around 25k. I withheld two weeks so about 50k. I then offered an additional 80k to everyone's money and said if they do not request us to immediately pay them their bonus we would save the money for them = N120k. But if they request we will only give their due bonus of 50k and not add 80k on top. People grumbled but allowed us save it for them. Now they get interest of about 4k a month from this (paid by company) and on top of that every staff has at least a basic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1965377562655264921)  2025-09-09T11:31Z 184.6K followers, 37.4K engagements


"If you're in Nigeria and want to make some quick money go to ali express select a top category then sort by "number of sales". Find some products you like that are selling import them. Sell them in your town"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1965665276684558481)  2025-09-10T06:34Z 184.6K followers, 57K engagements


"In case you want to be the next Dangote here is a list of things the Nigerian Govt wants you to build in the country. The raw material import has a significantly lower tarif than the finished product: Shoes Parts of Footwear (e.g. uppers): 10% Import Duty Finished Footwear: 20% Import Duty Cement Raw Materials (Gypsum Limestone): 5-10% Import Duty Finished Cement: Up to 20% Import Duty + 30-40% IAT Ceramic Tiles Raw Materials (Clays): 5% Import Duty Finished Tiles: 20% Import Duty + 20-35% IAT Corrugated Roofing Sheets Raw Material (Uncoated flat-rolled steel): 5% Import Duty Finished Sheets:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1970069846491582935)  2025-09-22T10:17Z 184.6K followers, 32.5K engagements


"CBN has released their money statistics and it's quite encouraging. Money printing has slowed and the amount of Naira in the system is mostly stable. Additionally CBN is not "defending" the naira with CBN/treasury bills like it did from [----]. The naira rate is accurate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980507059427869132)  2025-10-21T05:30Z 184.6K followers, 39.2K engagements


"TechCabal before you do a HNG hit piece invite me to a podcast let me explain our own methods. Cos whatever criticism altschool has faced online ours are like 10x worse. Edutech is not easy. When @AltSchoolAfrica launched it promised the glitz and glory of the tech ecosystem to prospective students. Now [--] years later its fulfillment of that promise is being called into question by former and current students. https://t.co/jf3z6Sou6B When @AltSchoolAfrica launched it promised the glitz and glory of the tech ecosystem to prospective students. Now [--] years later its fulfillment of that promise is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1983848961741091106)  2025-10-30T10:50Z 184.6K followers, 113.4K engagements


"Tinubu is really not afraid to make major changes to Nigeria. Changing the anthem seems like a minor matter but no other president has been able to push these types of reforms through. BREAKING: President Bola Tinubu has officially signed the amended National Anthem Bill making it a law. https://t.co/4s22qPyLVk BREAKING: President Bola Tinubu has officially signed the amended National Anthem Bill making it a law. https://t.co/4s22qPyLVk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1795785083317616913)  2024-05-29T11:51Z 184.6K followers, 983.4K engagements


"It's just today I realised there is something like Bay leaf. All this while anytime I am cooking and they said to add bay leaf I have been adding Bailey's"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1798374519700365764)  2024-06-05T15:21Z 184.6K followers, 489K engagements


"@cremieuxrecueil Don't be silly. There was barely anything left behind and what was left behind was for a [----] population not a [----] population. You make it sound like it's the colonists who gave Africa everything in [----]. Tuck your racism in it's showing.again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1810022097948651776)  2024-07-07T18:44Z 184.6K followers, 69.9K engagements


"Nigeria is now researching AI safety. Nigerian AI is already very safe because it DOES NOT EXIST. Instead of fixing the Post Office this AI mirage is being chased. Join us in shaping the future of AI safety. Submit your application by August [--] [----]. Send application to ncair@nitda.gov.ng. We can't wait to work with you https://t.co/DFmFGPLtso Join us in shaping the future of AI safety. Submit your application by August [--] [----]. Send application to ncair@nitda.gov.ng. We can't wait to work with you https://t.co/DFmFGPLtso"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1823231718083506384)  2024-08-13T05:34Z 184.6K followers, 57.7K engagements


"I'm so proud of my daughter. She is only [--] but she has already started remote work. I send her to get the remote for me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1845537085400265199)  2024-10-13T18:48Z 184.6K followers, 43.5K engagements


"I met two remote workers in Nigeria today: one is a data labeller and the other is a copywriter for U.S clients. This is the industrialization of Nigeria happening before our eyes - it's remote technical work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1847894162688921971)  2024-10-20T06:54Z 184.6K followers, 523.9K engagements


"Lagos is historically Yoruba land. Nigeria is stable because everyone respects everyone's historical land. There is one shared space in Nigeria - that's FCT/Abuja. I think we should all respect tribal home zones in the interest of unity and peace. Who is a Lagosian Who is a Lagosian"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1861724712797139069)  2024-11-27T10:52Z 184.6K followers, 274.7K engagements


"Tinubu devalued the Naira removed the Petrol subsidy and is about to reform the tax system to one that gives much more power to the states. This is what you guys were asking for all along why the whining now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1862168326476083507)  2024-11-28T16:15Z 184.6K followers, 170.8K engagements


"In your entire lifetime you will never get an opportunity to invest in Nigeria better than right now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1862484634916794497)  2024-11-29T13:11Z 184.6K followers, 42K engagements


"The Nigeria VAT reform is this: 60% is now based on derivation. That means those who brought in the most VAT get the most money. To make it fair VAT is now calculated based on where exactly the service was rendered not where the VAT was paid in. It's a great reform"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1862492692816568537)  2024-11-29T13:43Z 184.6K followers, 42.2K engagements


"Tinubu is actually restructuring Nigeria the way people have been clamouring for it to be done. This Tax bill is a major step in that direction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1862562382767124530)  2024-11-29T18:20Z 184.6K followers, 63.7K engagements


"@Onsogbu You do know that what we are looking for is people to implement the policies we want we do not care about who the person is. Tinubu is implementing many things I wanted I am not going to turn against those things because I supported Obi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1862741146004300083)  2024-11-30T06:11Z 184.6K followers, 26.6K engagements


"Over the past [--] months central bank of Nigeria has kept money supply stable. The Govt has been earning a lot of forex. The Naira is about to fully traded. The Petrol price increment shock is being absorbed. If CBN does not print more money we should expect NGN to strengthen within the next [--] months. The economy will be boosted by Christmas productivity will go up as prices adjust to match the new reality"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1863281922450878882)  2024-12-01T18:00Z 184.6K followers, 106.7K engagements


"Funded a smart young electronics guy in Akwa Ibom to develop this traffic light. He is adding a lot of awesome features - e.g automatic number plate detection adjustment of lights depending on traffic particularly at night. Entire thing is locally developed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1878859477509927371)  2025-01-13T17:39Z 184.6K followers, 16.6K engagements


"People do not see how much the Nigeria economy is gearing to take off. I monitor a bunch of numbers regularly and all the key metrics are sharply up. When Nigeria takes off the entire West Africa takes off with it. Some states in Nigeria in particular are really doing well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1894640958865621252)  2025-02-26T06:49Z 184.6K followers, 75.6K engagements


"In Nigeria you cannot even say the truth - that these are Chinese cars - without people violently attacking you. It's some kind of mass delusion enforced by idiots and promoted by the car importers. People are scared to speak the truth about these cars now because of online mob attacks. These are Chinese imports with a local logo. They are not made in Nigeria. Governor Otti hands over made in Abia vehicles to [--] Abia House of Assembly members. 🎥: @iam_kelex https://t.co/mXG4izphm7 Governor Otti hands over made in Abia vehicles to [--] Abia House of Assembly members. 🎥: @iam_kelex"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1896107371174219796)  2025-03-02T07:56Z 184.6K followers, 146.6K engagements


"The richest cities in Nigeria are multi-ethnic and multi-cultural. Once a city become open for anyone it rapidly rises in wealth. Ethnic enclaves stagnate and become poor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1910585599393739139)  2025-04-11T06:47Z 184.6K followers, 109.9K engagements


"If Peter Obi becomes president in [----] what do you think he can do to improve peoples lives"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1914550142377533665)  2025-04-22T05:21Z 184.6K followers, 320.3K engagements


"Let's be honest: UK TechNation visa has completely drained the Nigerian startup scene. Most of the people who could have made companies are in the UK now and you don't hear from them anymore. The UK sucked out all level-2 and level-3 people from the [----] to [----] startups"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1948630139383791860)  2025-07-25T06:23Z 184.6K followers, 56.4K engagements


"Remember how the founder of Figma came down to Nigeria to understand his users better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1951186373718810702)  2025-08-01T07:40Z 184.6K followers, 23.3K engagements


"@victorydchair Ad - Lead capture - Make a call for inspection/entrance exam - make a call to do deposit - Call to get them to enroll"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1961361629486129653)  2025-08-29T09:33Z 184.6K followers, 99.8K engagements


"We are starting our free online tech internship on the 15th of Cctober. HNG Internship has changed many lives in Africa - we have more than 5k people earning more than $1k a month. But warning - it's a tough program and not for beginners. Registration has started"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1961362315632103755)  2025-08-29T09:36Z 184.6K followers, 63.1K engagements


"There is a huge difference between your company earning a certain amount every day (e.g 100k/day) and this amount going up per day (100k 105k 110k 120k etc). It's not a minor difference it's a MASSIVE difference. Every company is structurally set up to earn a flat rate per day. For example imagine if you have a hotel with [---] rooms. If you sell out all [---] rooms every single day then your income is flat. Or imagine you sell rice and your warehouse has [---] bags - if you sell out all your bags per day you have a flat income. This is how 98% of companies are set up - there is an upper limit. A"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1966377558112436236)  2025-09-12T05:45Z 184.6K followers, 68.7K engagements


"All West African countries joined together do not consume as much electricity as Poland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1967149684742636011)  2025-09-14T08:53Z 184.6K followers, 66.6K engagements


"Here are some Nigerian markets you can sell to: [--]. Young men looking for hope/riches. E.g football betting visa services job boards [--]. Young women working corporate or with rich parents. E.g Hair Group Travel AirBnB [--]. 40+ men who are into business. E.g wholesale hotel booking property China import services [--]. Large corporates with 1000+ employees. E.g procurement services travel services supply digital services There are many more but always understand the market segment you are operating in and how to find them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1968599054872395908)  2025-09-18T08:52Z 184.6K followers, 40.5K engagements


"After criticizing the Govt for so long Bosun was appointed minister and his #1 priority was to connect all LG Chairmen offices with Fiber How is this important and what prioritization framework lead to this Meanwhile NIPOST is under him could have been transformative for e-commerce but seems abandoned. If you're wondering why I am a critic the above among others"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1973780367749345695)  2025-10-02T16:01Z 184.6K followers, 41.5K engagements


"Iron smelting was independently invented in West Africa. This was one of the core technologies that allowed West Africans colonize and inhabit half of Africa. Many people are not aware that there were other Africans that are mostly gone with West African origin people being 50% of the African population. The Zulu of South Africa spread there from West Africa less than [----] years ago. What has ever been invented in West Africa What has ever been invented in West Africa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1984179230385586507)  2025-10-31T08:42Z 184.6K followers, 55.6K engagements


"I don't think people appreciate how much the policies of a) not printing new naira b) ending fuel importation will have an impact on the naira. Energy is the heart of the modern world and Nigeria has been transferring dollars out to cater for the energy needs of 130million people. Dollar is [----] Wow Dollar is [----] Wow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984550097942675796)  2025-11-01T09:16Z 184.6K followers, 40.7K engagements


"I remember the day I want to MIT in the USA. I showed them a laptop and told them that with that laptop they had access to more technology than their President had [--] years ago. They were amazed and took a photo with me. talked to Nigerian students today at the University of Lagos. told them a powerful idea. with just a laptop they have access to more technology than the President of the United States had [--] years ago. build on @base and you will be rewarded. https://t.co/UQipqa16Tu talked to Nigerian students today at the University of Lagos. told them a powerful idea. with just a laptop"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1985731498042147098)  2025-11-04T15:30Z 184.6K followers, 93.5K engagements


"When I travelled I left my car with my driver. Was supposed to be a short trip but covid happened and I was out of the country for long. After some weeks my driver called that the steering rack of the car was spoilt. I told him to park the car that I don't need it for now. Some months later when I came back he picked me with the car. I was surprised that how come the steering rack problem was gone He said he had fixed it. I entered the car and he had purchased a 3rd party screen for the car with Bluetooth Airplay and a reverse Camera. The AC that had always been mediocre was now blowing super"  
[X Link](https://x.com/markessien/status/1792981435252441465)  2024-05-21T18:11Z 184.6K followers, 126K engagements

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