Busy. MBA @Cornell. Ex: Tech Journalist @TheInformation, '23 Knight-Bagehot Fellow @Columbia, and Advisory Board @InsideTheCabal.
Joined October 2009
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Abubakar retweeted
Happy that 3 intense days of Moonshot is over. Really proud of how my team delivered on creating a beautiful event. A little glitches but overall, we delivered a massive event at a scale that we aren’t used to or understand the work it takes.
#MoonshotByTechCabal
Abubakar retweeted
Moonshot 2026. We did that!
Incredibly grateful for my wonderful team
@InsideTheCabal.
Abubakar retweeted
My moonshot takeaways
1. Regulators have funds, offices and grants we’ve never even heard of. Some office in the bank of industry has thousands of dollars supposed to be going towards the creative system but they’re trying to figure out where to put it?
2. Data centers. Lots of it coming soon.
3. A major structural gap in the creative industry is the unwillingness to do the boring stuff.
Operations, data analytics, KPIs, research, coordination.
5. The future of the creative economy is to eventually evolve from project based pay.
6. Data privacy is a huge problem
7. Creative, tech and business spaces have taken some very heavy hits because of our economic reality, it’s sad.
The way we complain in music that the first wave of funding was practically squandered and so investors are tighter now is the same way they’re complaining in tech.
Abubakar retweeted
North Korean state hackers appear to have been behind the Binance attack. The entire event started through a single DevOps engineer's compromised laptop. With the confirmed impact now at $6.3 billion, it is by far the largest crypto heist in history.
Abubakar retweeted
Builders. Innovators. History makers
The Aladekomo Family 💜
#Moonshot2026 #MoonshotByTechCabal
Abubakar retweeted
Confirmed and announced today:
Kalshi announced it raised $1 billion series G at a $40 billion valuation, co-led by Wellington and Sequoia
Kalshi says it now makes over $1 billion in annualized revenue from non-sports markets
Exclusive: Sequoia, Wellington in advanced talks to back Kalshi at $40 billion valuation.
Wellington, an asset management giant, would be a new investor in Kalshi. It has made investments in companies leading up to their IPOs:
theinformation.com/briefings…
Abubakar retweeted
Yesterday at Moonshot, I had the best time sharing the stage with @shollsman during his keynote on how Paystack powers the ambition of not just its customers but the stacks that build the product. We also shared a never-before-seen pic of me pitching Selar to him with the audience 😄
I'll be forever grateful for my time at Paystack 💖
Abubakar retweeted
What does it take to build something that lasts beyond your lifetime?
At Moonshot 2026, Sir Demola Aladekomo, Founder of Chams Holding Company and Chairman of Smarcity, joins Fu’ad Lawal, @FuadXIV Co-founder and Executive Director of @StartArchiving for a conversation about what it takes to build a lasting career, the lessons that come with building a business, and what it means to leave a legacy.
Catch Forty Years A Tech Bro: What It Takes To Build Something That Lasts at Moonshot. 🚀
Our flash sale is still live! Get 30% OFF Moonshot tickets before the offer ends on October 24. Get yours at moonshot.techcabal.com
#Moonshot2026 #MoonshotbyTechCabal #CourageAndConviction
Abubakar retweeted
this is a full circle moment.
gb: how did you move from an employee [engineer] to one of the most important tech founders [business leaders] in africa?
ridwan: i failed through it.
Abubakar retweeted
I know that Moonshot is a great reunion location, but I hope everyone takes the time to listen in on a panel or two. At the start of the day, I promised the room that they'd receive "no fluff" information that would help them build sustainable businesses in Nigeria. #Moonshot2026
Abubakar retweeted
Details from my fascinating conversation with CBS News Editor-in-Chief @bariweiss this morning.
We discussed: Culture change at CBS, the state of 60 minutes, how she balances her personal opinions with running the network, future of streaming and subscription, what is next for the @TheFP, how she is covered by the media, what Trump says about her, her recent plane ride with CNN chief Mark Thompson and much much more.
theinformation.com/articles/…
Abubakar retweeted
love that we have our own flagship conference actually
moonshot you’ll always be famous ✨
Abubakar retweeted
Taraba! Not a single Nigerian news outlet reported this , it’s insane . Is this a military Government?
At least 62 people have been killed after gunmen attacked a community in northeastern Nigeria, the country’s emergency agency said. apnews.com/article/nigeria-g…
Abubakar retweeted
Heartbreaking story of a Chinese immigrant engineer, who, after getting laid off from Amazon, reduced epilepsy medication on ChatGPT’s advice so she could perform better at job interviews and apply for a green card. She died because of all these.
nytimes.com/2026/10/27/well/…
Abubakar retweeted
Naija, your phone just became your new wallet! 🇳🇬✨ Now you can tap your Android phone to make payments in stores and online, and keep your bank cards, boarding passes, and event tickets in one safe place.
More details here 👉👉 goo.gle/WalletinNigeria
Abubakar retweeted
iyin is building again.
semafor.com/article/10/28/20…
Abubakar retweeted
We’re also hiring a Head of Events for @WorksInProgMag — based in either NYC or SF: stripe.com/careers/listing/h…
Please apply if it seems like a fit!
I’m hiring an NYC-based Managing Editor for @stripepress. The ideal person for this role has substantial editorial experience at a publishing imprint or another publication and is fluent in our universe of ideas, but ideally isn’t my (or our) ideological twin.
Stripe Press is a small team with an unusual amount of autonomy. Right now we’re obsessively focused on the future: expanding our catalogue, rethinking our assumptions about the kinds of books we publish (fiction!?), and thinking about how to connect our readers w/ one another beyond the pop-ups we’ve been hosting since 2022.
Hoping to meet a lot of brilliant people who love books and are excited about building a world-class publishing institution: stripe.com/careers/listing/m…
Abubakar retweeted
I’m hiring an NYC-based Managing Editor for @stripepress. The ideal person for this role has substantial editorial experience at a publishing imprint or another publication and is fluent in our universe of ideas, but ideally isn’t my (or our) ideological twin.
Stripe Press is a small team with an unusual amount of autonomy. Right now we’re obsessively focused on the future: expanding our catalogue, rethinking our assumptions about the kinds of books we publish (fiction!?), and thinking about how to connect our readers w/ one another beyond the pop-ups we’ve been hosting since 2022.
Hoping to meet a lot of brilliant people who love books and are excited about building a world-class publishing institution: stripe.com/careers/listing/m…
