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Trae Zeeofor
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The Misconceptions of Tech Work | The Future of Work in Africa

On February 12, 2026, I had the privilege of being a guest on the ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ with ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ.

The episode is titled: โ€œ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™ ๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™  | ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ๐™›๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™–.โ€

The interview has since been published, and you can watch it here: โ€œhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM7Ldjn0u2Mโ€

Iโ€™m not usually a public-facing person, but this was refreshing and fun to do. I hope to do more conversations like this in the future around my career and tech.

Some of the topics we covered include:
My background and transition into tech (3:50)
Misconceptions about tech work (12:20)
Challenges and risks in digital work in Nigeria (18:28)
The role of government and hopes for the future (24:25)

There are also short-form clips from the episode on the podcastโ€™s pages:

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