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Industrialisation remains the most realistic way of leveraging our large population and resources to create wealth/jobs at scale, and reduce poverty.
Not agriculture. Not finance. Not software. Not AI.
Manufacturing and industrialisation!
If we cannot build industries that convert our resources into useful products, everything else, is at best a temporary remedy.
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It's insane how difficult it is to manufacture simple electric motors here.
The challenge isn't that there's no knowledge on how to build them. It's how difficult it is to source the materials needed for major components like magnets and copper winding wire, as well as finding the local manufacturing capacity to produce the rotor shafts and metal housings to the right specs.
As a result, most of the actual manufacturing will have to happen elsewhere. we can only assemble the motors here, at best.
A tale as old as time.
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"The future of industry is autonomous"
At @Vireontech we're building that future,
for Africa.
Whenever the topic of robots comes up, one question follows, “What happens to all the jobs?”
Here are our thoughts on the question, the philosophy behind how we build robots, and how it all connects with the future we believe Africa should aspire to.
We've updated Kiara’s web based control interface to enable switching between teleoperation and autonomous mode, alongside real time monitoring of system parameters.
Next, we'll be integrating Kiara’s computer vision and object tracking data directly into the interface
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Paid a visit to Engr. Patrick Ijiti (@pijiti), CEO of Epitome Technologies. After an engaging conversation, I got to see a live demo of their industrial cardboard box cutting machine.
They’re doing great work, and it’s really encouraging to see Nigerian engineers push the boundaries of local manufacturing. I look forward to seeing what they build next.
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Africa has built a strong investment culture around fintech, SaaS and other software businesses.
But as global focus shifts deeper into robotics, advanced manufacturing, defence, energy and other physical industries, there seems to be something missing...
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This is a precision box-cutting machine designed and built from scratch.
Practical machine building capability like this is rare, and it’s exactly the kind of engineering expertise we need to strengthen local manufacturing.
Well done @pijiti, the future is ours.
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One of Nigeria's biggest manufacturing gaps is that we don't produce enough of the equipment and tooling that our manufacturers need to build their products locally.
After extensive research, i found that there is limited evidence of established Nigerian OEMs that produce or-
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Metal stamping is a manufacturing process that uses a stamping press(machine) and a custom made tool (Die) to shape flat sheets or coils of metal into precise parts.
This process is mostly used to mass produce metal components such as vehicle body panels, fan blades,-
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One of the best ways to ensure that more startups emerge and suceed in Nigeria's hardware ecosystem is strategic collaboration. Our hardware ecosystem is small and relatively young when compared to both other parts of Nigeria’s tech industry and other hardware ecosystems.-
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Nigeria’s hardware talent pool is growing, and more founders are emerging across the ecosystem
Alongside some friends, I intend to set up a small shared robotics/prototyping lab and metal-machining workshop in Lagos, where founders and engineers can access equipment, share-
By 2029, Nigeria could emerge as a critical hardware ecosystem. Yes, over the last few years, I have watched more young Nigerians move into hardware and other domains where atoms, not only bytes, matter. This shift has profound implications because, without hardware, many of software’s promises will remain muted. Software may provide intelligence, but hardware gives that intelligence a physical expression in the world.
At Tekedia Capital, we are seeing a growing number of entrepreneurs who aspire to design, manufacture and build tangible products. Perhaps the success of Terra Industries is inspiring more founders to pursue this path.
I am an engineer, and this is what my workbench used to look like. I understand the excitement of turning ideas, components and circuits into functional systems. That is why I remain committed to supporting those who want to build.
One of our most successful investments in Nigeria remains Egoras, a company that designs and builds physical products and operates its own showrooms. It demonstrates what becomes possible when engineering, manufacturing, software and distribution are brought together.
As you plan your hardware venture, consider building within a cluster. Hardware innovation thrives when people with complementary capabilities work together, share infrastructure and exchange knowledge. Unlike many purely digital products, world-class hardware increasingly requires mastery of both physical engineering and software.
The age of Nigerian hardware is emerging. It is time to build. And if you have an exciting idea, remember that Tekedia Capital partners with great founders. In the last three months, we have made more than 20 investments, and ready for more. We will like to partner with you.
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Succinctly put. However, apart from investing in practical robotics education, we also need to invest in startups and research labs that are actually building, testing, and deploying robots across various fields.
If these institutions don't exist, where will the newly trained-
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I'm building a battery/solar-powered sewing machine for my sis to reduce the amount she spends on fuel, reliance on generators and our unstable power.
This is my current progress👇
The target is
👉8hours continous use
👉Adaptable to all machine types
👉Solar powered
