Introducing Lodestone
Extrafemi’s flagship product: a small library that keeps AI-powered tools working when free or cheap models fail, and the day of failures that made us build it.
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Writing on business, policy, data and craft since 2014.
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Naija Eval: N-ATLaS, tested in the open
Extrafemi's independent scorecard for N-ATLaS, Nigeria's own language model, scored on Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba speech and translation against its Llama base and four hosted models.
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No Nigerian Owns Their Land: The Land Use Act Entrenchment
The Land Use Act of 1978 means you hold a government license, not a title.
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Security in Nigeria — Whose Job Is It?
It is not really the job of the government of Nigeria to ensure security for Nigerians.
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100 Days of Hormuz: What the Data Actually Shows
$72 to $144 to $94 — the sharpest oil price surge since 1973.
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Nigerian Companies Are Paying Shareholders More Than All Their Workers Combined
A number buried in annual reports that nobody talks about enough.
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The Oil Pipeline Runs Dry: Why April Is the Real Crisis
By Extrafemi · Lagos, Nigeria.
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The Strait of Hormuz Is Closed
A live tracker maps the cascading supply chain collapse, and its reach into African digital entrepreneurship.
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The Complete Guide to Buying Solar on Credit in Lagos (2026)
You don't need ₦500,000 sitting in your account — just a salary.
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The Sun Also Rises: Comparing Nigeria and Pakistan
What Pakistan's solar revolution means for Nigeria, and how Nigerians can lead it.
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Extrafemi’s Involvement in the North Cyprus Banks Association's Financial Literacy Project
Financial literacy as a cornerstone for economic empowerment and sustainable growth.
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TEMU's Nigerian Takeover
Now that we're all importers… what's next for a changed e-commerce landscape?
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Surviving the Job Hunt
Job hunting has become increasingly complicated, for fresh graduates and experienced hires alike.
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The "No-Code" Stack
Here is the stack we use at Extrafemi.
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Navigating Oga Driven Development
Top-down decisions can stifle innovation — but let's be fair, both sides play a role.
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