Dear reader!
Let’s be honest, Nigeria’s tech is on fire. From fintechs to Edutech, raising millions for health apps saving lives, creating what works for students to make learning easy, to releasing more apps for great use, Fashion, entertainment, and the economy. We’re truly building those incredible solutions. But while everyone’s shouting “scale!”, “Deploy!”, and “Funding round complete!” There’s a quieter conversation we’re ignoring.
And it’s costing us.
It’s the conversation about testing.
And yes, it’s the difference between glory and disgrace in tech.
Now, I think it’s here that we take a deep breath and focus. First, let’s start with …
The Scandals We Don’t Talk About
Every time a payment gateway fails at peak hour…
Every time a government tech portal crashes the night before a deadline…
Every time a savings app suddenly “glitches” and swallows someone’s ₦100k… “You need a hug if this is relatable. Don’t worry, I will explain why it happened.”
It’s not just a bug. It’s a scandal.
Because users don’t care if it’s a backend issue, they care that they were embarrassed, delayed, or robbed. This isn’t the intention, yet it happened, and it’s still happening.
Now, let me give a quick eye-opener.
Testing Isn’t Just Clicking Around
We need to stop thinking testing is just “checking if it opens.”
Testing is:
- Stress Testing: Can Your Fintech Handle a Black Friday Load?
- Security Testing: Can Hackers Exploit Your Users’ Data?
- User testing: Does your app make sense to a real Nigerian user with a 3G connection and a cracked screen?
Testing is Reputation Insurance
Remember that viral post where a startup lost ₦32M to a bug that could’ve been caught in staging? I mean, from the very start before it goes live?
Imagine a simple test case that says:
“When the user clicks Withdraw, ensure the value deducted matches the account balance.”
That’s not magic. That’s testing. This applies to any product you have built, whether it’s an application, software, or hardware. All applications, regardless of their type, require testing to ensure the quality and value of the product.
How to Fix It — As a Community
- Founders: Hire testers early. Not when things break.
- Developers: Write testable code and collaborate with QA as if your bonus depends on it (because it might).
- Policy makers: Demand testing in procurement. A broken govtech portal embarrasses the entire country.
- Testers: Speak up. Don’t be silent about a bad process. It is for a good purpose.
Quality Is the New Cool
Tell me who doesn’t like quality? One thing about something you sell is when it has quality no matter the price it will sell, but when there is no quality even when its cheap people will say its because its cheap. Cheap automatically equals Less quality. The best Nigerian tech brands tomorrow won’t just have the best UI or the funniest Twitter account.
They’ll be the ones who:
- Don’t crash.
- Don’t compromise data.
- Don’t disappoint.
They’ll be the ones who tested first.
Join the Movement: Nigerian Software Testing Week (Sept 1–6)
Let’s make software testing mainstream. Let’s make it cool, necessary, and proudly Nigerian.
From workshops to masterclasses, from bug-hunting sessions to live debates. We’re putting testing at the center of our national tech conversation.
Because the next big scandal shouldn’t come from code that wasn’t tested.
Let’s build trust. Let’s test.
This is something you don’t want to miss. Come as a business, product user, or investor. Let’s have an in-depth knowledge of what matters.
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