Sep 19, 2026 · 1 hr 41 min · 10 segments
On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa have a guest! They are joined by Guy Futi, Co-founder of Orda. They talk about Uber leaving Nigeria and the implications for Decembers in Lagos, Nomba’s recent…
Guy FutiGuestNosaHostLaoluHostFuroHostTo be honest, I don't know why.
Are
you sure it's unprovoked?
I really don't know why.
I was in Lagos when it happened and I saw the email.
I thought it was like phishing.
I thought it was like a phishing email.
Who is this guy? Then somebody else sent it.
Um, so it actually worked immediately after they sent the email, like I could actually request the ride.
Um, but apparently I think what's that 9am or some, when they woke up in America, it just shut off.
So like if you're in the middle of a ride or if you're in the middle of a delivery, it was just like offline.
And you just try this crazy.
and she's like yeah she couldn't find the guys she couldn't find the guy staying again and she doesn't know if they delivered it or not so she had to call the person on the other end to know if they delivered so i think the whole thing is i'm sure they have very good reason i don't know haven't we tried to do any digging um and i tried to stay away from you know linkedin people's analysis
I'll just
try this again because they also like laid off like 2,000 people on Zende.
That's actually crazy.
And I think that's one part that we didn't really talk about.
Opinions.
Yeah, that they actually also laid off people globally.
So this was like a purge.
To be honest, I don't know why.
Are
you sure it's unprovoked?
I really don't know why.
I was in Lagos when it happened and I saw the email.
I thought it was like phishing.
I thought it was like a phishing email.
Who is this guy? Then somebody else sent it.
Um, so it actually worked immediately after they sent the email, like I could actually request the ride.
Um, but apparently I think what's that 9am or some, when they woke up in America, it just shut off.
So like if you're in the middle of a ride or if you're in the middle of a delivery, it was just like offline.
And you just try this crazy.
and she's like yeah she couldn't find the guys she couldn't find the guy staying again and she doesn't know if they delivered it or not so she had to call the person on the other end to know if they delivered so i think the whole thing is i'm sure they have very good reason i don't know haven't we tried to do any digging um and i tried to stay away from you know linkedin people's analysis
I'll just
try this again because they also like laid off like 2,000 people on Zende.
That's actually crazy.
And I think that's one part that we didn't really talk about.
Opinions.
Yeah, that they actually also laid off people globally.
So this was like a purge.
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