How a chance meeting with Twitter bosses landed a Nigerian developer his dream job

How a chance meeting with Twitter bosses landed a Nigerian developer his dream job, Lagos, Nigeria – The Co-Creation Hub in Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous city, holds so-called tech-In series, where software developers and designers try to create new web and mobile based solutions to social challenges affecting the everyday lives of Nigerians over the course of two days.

Part of the appeal of tech hubs is that they provide affordable shared office space, fast internet, and access to reliable electricity, something that the continent overall still grapples with.

Nairobi Garage in Kenya’s capital offers all of these things, and holds tech events, conferences and workshops helping entrepreneurs gain new skills. Also in Nairobi, iHub tech incubator lists more than 150 companies that can trace their origins to ideas sparked there.

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)A Nigerian software developer has landed a job at Twitter following a chance meeting with the company’s executives during a visit to the country last week.

Dara Oladosu met Jack Dorsey, who was on a “listening and learning tour” in Africa with other Twitter executives and met with members of Nigeria’s tech community and business executives.

“A friend…Titi, got me a pass to the event Jack was at.

She asked if I could make it there and coincidentally I was on leave at work at the time so I made it before the event ended,” Oladosu told CNN.

Impressed by his work, Dorsey and his team including Kayvon Beykpour, Product Lead and co-founder of Periscope, Parag Agrawal, Chief Technology Officer, and Mike Montano, Engineering Team Lead invited him to join them.

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