Convener of Lagos Digital Summit, leading digital technologist Adetona Adewale Akeem, known as iSlimfit, has offered explanations for his motivation for starting a new vlog titled “Tech Chat with iSlimfit.”
According to him: “My desire to make an impact and contribute to the growth of upcoming tech professionals birthed the vlog. In addition, I am motivated to replicate what I do offline with Lagos Digital Summit, in an online manner.”
Explaining further, he said: “The vlog is basically a series of YouTube chat series where I bring various people in tech—growth marketers, UI/UX designers, product managers, startup founders, mobile app developers, etc— to share their career journey, background, transitioning, their career journey, learnings, and general questions about their day-to-day job so that tech enthusiasts can learn from their expertise.”
A known champion of digital inclusion, iSlimfit noted that government could help citizens with digital empowerment by enacting policies that can accelerate digital development in the country.
Said he: “The Nigerian government need to come to terms with the fact that digital technology is the bedrock for the development of the nation. They need to develop policies that will shape the nation’s digital economy and design a roadmap for grassroots digital tech empowerment of Nigeria’s agile population.”
He also added: “We also need more people to champion and improve on our quest for digital entrepreneurship development through various platforms.”
Reacting to a question about whether or not his undertakings are driven by profit motive, iSlimfit avowed responded by citing the example of Menopays, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) app which he co-founded.
His words: “Menopays is different because our focus goes beyond the profitability of the industry. We tailored a minimum spendable amount with a decent repayment period for the minimum wage in Nigeria. Our vision stands in the middle of every decision we make both business-wise and/or product development-wise. The measure in place is that decisions are guided by why we started Menopays, which is “to fight poverty”. We don’t charge customers exorbitant interest as it goes against what we are preaching as a brand.”
