Safeboda is the most reliable community-based urban transportation network in Africa.

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We are a venture funded company, including backers such as Go-Ventures (GoJek), Allianz X and Unbound, that is already having a huge impact on millions of people in East and West Africa. ... Internet giant Google announced that it has made the first investment from its Africa Investment Fund in Ugandan super app SafeBoda...

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SafeBoda is Africa’s Super App - 2-wheeler ride hailing market leader and has a growing consumer platform that is revolutionizing transportation, payments, fin services and on-demand services in Africa’s cities. Based in Uganda &amp; Nigeria, we are a venture funded company that is already ...

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SafeBoda is Africa’s Super App - 2-wheeler ride hailing market leader and has a growing consumer platform that is revolutionizing transportation, payments, fin services and on-demand services in Africa’s cities. Based in Uganda & Nigeria, we are a venture funded company that is already having huge impact for millions in our markets.

Babajide is an experienced professional whose mission is to help founders build long-lasting technology-enabled companies in Africa. His experience spans tech, banking, and consulting. Babajide previously worked as a Community Manager with Andela, had stints in Access Bank and Phillips Consulting and is the ex-country manager of Safeboda. Currently, he is the GM (Nigeria) of M-kopa. M-Kopa is an African connected asset financing platform that provides underbanked customers in Africa with essential products, including solar lighting, televisions, fridges, smartphones & financial services. M-Kopa was launched commercially in 2012 and is headquartered in Nairobi. Watch the video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3f3Cl7bS2c Video timestamps Introduction 0:00 Where did you grow up and what is your family and career background like? 1:25 When you started Angela, it was your first time at a Tech company, what was the culture shock you experienced? What was the early days like? 27:30 What was the shift you experienced and how did you manage it? 31:58 What are the mistakes or challenges that has rocked your career? 37:13 Babajide talks about moving around multiple companies and industries. 43:22 Babajide shares more about his M-KOPA experience 50:15 How did you find your Life Coach and what has been the value involved? 52:54 How has your upbringing affected you life patterns and decisions? 56:47 What is that one big lesson you’ve learned? 1:01:33 What is your leadership style? 1:04:45

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Let's learn about via these 55 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the to find the most read stories about any technology. Peace Itimi /Learn Repo 1. #FoundersConnect: Mariam Jimoh, CEO & Founder of Oja (Ethnic Grocery Delivery Startup) Peace speaks with Mariam about her grocery startup for afrocarribean people living in the diaspora. 2. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Hanu Agbodje, the Founder and the CEO of Patricia In this episode, Peace Itimi interviews Hanu Agbodje, CEO of Patricia, on his journey as a tech entrepreneur and 3. #FoundersConnect: Abdul Hassan, CEO & Founder of Mono, Backed by Ycombinator #FoundersConnect: Abdul Hassan, CEO & Founder of Mono, Backed by Ycombinator 4. #FoundersConnect: Chimezie Emewulu, Co-Founder and MD of Seamfix Limited. Conversation with an OG Founder, Chimezie Emewulu, Co-founder and CEO of Seamfix. 5. The co-CEOs of Printivo, Temitope Ekundayo and Ibukun Oloyede on How to Run a Company Peace interviews co-CEOs of Temitope Ekundayo and Ibukun Oloyede or Printivo, a solution enabling small and medium enterprises to print items seamlessly. 6. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Chijioke Dozie, the CEO of Carbon Peace interviews Chijioke Dozie, CEO of $15.8 million VC-backed company, Carbon on his journey as a tech entrepreneur. 7. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Nadayar Enegesi, CEO of Eden Life & Co-founder of Andela Peace interviews Nadayar Enegesi, the Co-founder and CEO of Eden Life a tech-enabled service that puts its users' home chores on autopilot. 8. #FoundersConnect (Music): Rebecca Inyang Junaid Founder of JustJoJo (Music Publishing) A conversation with Rebecca Inyang Junaid, Founder of JustJojo Entertainment, a music agency based in the UK on career, life and experiences. 9. #FoundersConnect: How Erika Brodnock, Founder of Kami, Uses Tech to Improve the Lives of Families Peace speaks with Erika Brodnock, Founder of Kami app. 10. #FoundersConnect: An Interview With Bernard Parah, CEO of Bitnob Bernard Parah, CEO of Bitnob, a Bitcoin centred payment service shares his love for cryptocurrency and the plans for his growing Startup with me. 11. Ayo Akindele, Founder and CEO of Kyshi Interview with Ayo Akindele, of Kyshi, a payment startup for transnational money transactions. 12. #FoundersConnect - Bayo ‘Lion’ Adedeji: CEO, Wakanow & Founder, Dundu Nation & Wave Beach In this interview I have a conversation with Bayo Adedeji concerning how work at Wakanow and his extensive journey as an entrepreneur. 13. #FoundersConnect: Kay Akinwunmi, Co-Founder & CEO of Zazuu, A Transborder Payment Company Kay, Co-founder and CEO of Zazuu, speaks to me about his platform that allows money transfers across border with ease, his background and journey. 14. Adewale Yusuf, Co-founder TalentQL, on Helping Young Africans Launch Their Tech Careers Peace interviews Adewale Yusuf, serial entrepreneur with a demonstrated history in EdTech,  with building Talent QL, Techpoint Africa and AltSchool. 15. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Musty Mustapha, Co-Founder & CTO of Kuda Peace Interviews Co-Founder of Kuda Bank, Musty Mustapha on his journey as a tech entrepreneur, experiences and lessons. 16. #FoundersConnect: Douglas Kendyson of Selar on Hitting Huge Revenue Milestones Peace sits with Douglas Kendyson, CEO and founder of Selar for a fun and elucidating interview on his journey and his company. 17. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Yinka Adewale, the CEO of Kudi Peace interviews Yinka Adewale, CEO of Kudi, a Start-up that offers seamless banking services to communities in Africa. 18. #FoundersConnect: How Kemi Olawoye Is Building BabyMigo, Nigeria's Largest Parenting Community Kemi shares her journey building Babymigo, Nigeria's largest Parenting Community 19. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Michael 'Trojan' Okoh - Co-founder and CTO, ThePeer 22-year old Founder of ThePeer, Michael Trojan Okoh, shares his story with me. 20. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Yanmo Omorogbe, Co-Founder of Invest Bamboo Peace interviews Yanmo Omorogbe, Co-founder of Invest Bamboo, on her "accidental" journey into entrepreneurship, running Bamboo and biggest wins and lessons. 21. Interview with Ezra Olubi, CTO of Paystack, on Getting Acquired by Stripe Peace interviews Ezra Olubi, co-founder and CTO of Paystack as he shares the Paystack story. 22. #FoundersConnect: Njoku Emmanuel, the 19-year-old CEO & Co-founder of Lazerpay Interview with Lazerpay co-founder & CEO, Njoku Emmanuel. 23. #FoundersConnect: Duncan Muchangi, Principal @ Unicorn Growth, Former MD, Jumia Group & Antler E.A Interview with Kenyan VC, Duncan Muchangi and founder of Unicorn Growth Capital. 24. #FoundersConnect: How Preston Ideh is building Africa's Largest Intelligence Startup, Stears. Interview with Preston Ideh, CEO and Co-founder of Stears. 25. #FoundersConnect: Wale Adetula, Co-Founder of TNC Africa Interview with Wale Adetula, the Founder of one of Nigeria's pioneer Media companies, TNC Africa. 26. #FoundersConnect: Peter Bunor Jr., From Nollywood Child Actor, to Co-Founder of Field Intelligence Peace interviews Nollywood Child Actor turned Founder, Peter Bunor of Field Intelligence. 27. #FoundersConnect (Music): Interview with Toba Adeyanju, CEO of Ejoya Music I sit with Toba Adeyanju, CEO of Ejoya Music, a startup music company, on his journey, insights and plans for the future. 28. FoundersConnect: Interview with Kelvin Umechukwu, CEO and co-Founder of Bumpa Kelvin Umechukwu, CEO of Bumpa,  shares his journey into entrepreneurship and the role of community in effecting change. 29. Interview with the Founder of Money Africa: Financial Education, Investing, and More Peace interviews Oluwatosin Olaseinde, founder of Money Africa and Ladda on her journey as a startup founder, biggest life lessons and future plans. 30. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Onyeka Akumah, CEO Farmcrowdy & Co-founder CrowdyVest, PlentyWaka Peace interviews Onyeka Akumah, CEO of Farmcrowdy, and co-founder at Plentywaka, Crowdyvest and Rent Smallsmall on his journey as a tech entrepreneur. 31. Yele Bademosi, Founder of Bundle Africa, Talks About Tech Entrepreneurship Peace speaks with Yele Bademosi, founder of Bundle Africa, Microtraction and co-Founder of Nestcoin, in a lengthy and elucidating interview. 32. Interview with Atsu Davoh, Founder of Bitsika, on Creating a Payment App in Africa Peace sits down with Atsu Davoh, Founder & CEO of Bitsika. Bitsika is a payments app for making transactions. 33. The Founder & CEO of Kudigo Talks About Tech Startups in Ghana Peace interviews Kingsley Abrokwah, serial entrepreneur and founder of Kudigo, a software solution for retail businesses in Africa. 34. #FoundersConnect: Odun Eweniyi, Co-Founder of Piggyvest, Africa's Top Savings App Odun Eweniyi, coFounder of Piggyvest, FirstCheck Africa and the Feminist Coalition shares her journey with me. 35. #FoundersConnect: Eyitayo Ogunmola, Founder of Utiva, an African Ed-tech Startup I speak with Eyitayo Ogunmola, the CEO of Utiva, an education service for Africans and people of colour entering the tech industry. 36. #FoundersConnect - Ized Uanikhehi, CEO of Loose Media, and Her Advice for Tech Marketers Peace interviews Ized Uanikhehi, Media professional and CEO of Loose Media on her journey, experiences and advice. 37. #FoundersConnect: Tosin Faniro-Dada, MD /CEO of Endeavor (Nigeria) Peace has a conversation with Tosin Faniro-Dada, the MD & CEO of Endeavor in Nigeria, about her career and her passion for helping entrepreneurs. 38. #FoundersConnect: Moe Odele - Tech Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate & Travel Enthusiast Peace speaks to Moe "Moechievous" Odele, about her life and career, growing up in a polygamous family, studying law and finding tech law. 39. #FoundersConnect: Babajide Duroshola, General Manager at M-KOPA & ex-Country Director, SafeBoda (NG) I speak with Babajide Duroshola, the General Manager at M-Kopa with years of experience managing startups about his journey and work. 40. #FoundersConnect: Ben Lyon, CEO and CoFounder of Stax, an Offline Payment App for Africans Conversation with Ben Lyon of Hover Developer Services, the parent company of Stax, a simple way to carry out payment services without internet or USSD codes. 41. #FoundersConnect: Bunmi Akinyemiju, Partner at GreenHouse Capital, Former CEO Venture Garden Group I speak with Bunmi Akinyemiju, one of the biggest investors in the African startup space, and Founding Partner at GreenHouse Capital. 42. #FoundersConnect: Ijeoma Akwiwu, Lawyer, Developer, and Co-founder of Pivo, a Digital Bank Peace speaks with Ijeoma Akwiwu, the Co-founder and COO of Pivo, a bank for trade. 43. #FoundersConnect: Tomiwa Aladekomo, The Man behind Big Cabal Media (Techcabal & Zikoko) Peace speaks with Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO of BigCabal, the parent company of Zikoko, a media company that creates content for African youth, and TechCabal. 44. #FoundersConnect: Adia Sowho, CMO of MTN Nigeria Peace speaks with Adia Sowho, CMO of MTN Nigeria, on her life and journey. This interview is one you definitely should not miss! 45. #FoundersConnect: Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph, CEO of Kippa, a Company Helping Small businesses Grow. I have a conversation with Kippa's CEO & Co-Founder, Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph. 46. #FoundersConnect: Koromone Koroye, Managing Editor of TechCabal Conversation with Koromone Koroye, Managing Editor of TechCabal on her interesting life experiences, thoughts of religion, work culture and more! 47. #FoundersConnect - Interview with Rodney Jackson-Cole, Cofounder and CTO at Prospa (YC W21) Rodney Jackson-Cole is the CTO of Prospa, a company set out to aid African entrepreneurs. Peace finds out more about his mission and journey in this episode. 48. #FoundersConnect: Ameyaw Debrah, the Founder of Ameyawdebrah.com | Ghanaian Celebrity Blogger Peace has a conversation with Ameyaw Debrah, Ghanaian celebrity blogger and founder of Ameyawdebrah.com, a lifestyle news blog about media, his life, and more. 49. #Founders Connect: Moses Enenwali, CEO & Co-founder of Topship (YC W 2022) Peace speaks with Moses Enenwali, the CEO and Co-founder of Topship, a fast-growing Logistics startup in Africa. 50. #FoundersConnect: Jude Dike, CoFounder and CEO of GetEquity Conversation with Jude Dike, co-Founder of GetEquity, a company democratizing access to startup investment in Africa. 51. #FoundersConnect: Marvin Coleby, Co-Founder and CEO of Raise Marvin Coleby is building Raise, an equity management platform with a vision for Panafrican unity. He shares his background, startup and experiences with me. 52. #FoundersConnect: Godwin Tom, Serial Entrepreneur, Music Business Mogul & CEO of iMANAGE AFRICA Conversation with Godwin Tom, an expert in music management and CEO of iMANAGE Africa on his journey, his work, and the future. 53. Interview with the Cofounder of Helicarrier (Formerly, Buycoins) on Crypto in Africa Peace interviews Tomiwa Lasebikan, co-founder and head of product at Helicarrier, a product dedicated to connecting Africans with financial solutions. 54. #FoundersConnect: Florence Githinji, Regional Marketing Manager at YellowCard Conversation with Florence Githinji, Regional Marketing Manager of Yellowcard. 55. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Lotanna Nwose, Co-founder of Investsika I sit with Investsika's Co-Founder, Lotanna Nwose and we discuss his passion for stock accessibility and entrepreneurship and desires to provide this in Ghana. 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Let's learn about via these 61 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the to find the most read stories about any technology. Founders Connect /Learn Repo 1. #FoundersConnect: Duncan Muchangi, Principal @ Unicorn Growth, Former MD, Jumia Group & Antler E.A Interview with Kenyan VC, Duncan Muchangi and founder of Unicorn Growth Capital. 2. Interview with Ezra Olubi, CTO of Paystack, on Getting Acquired by Stripe Peace interviews Ezra Olubi, co-founder and CTO of Paystack as he shares the Paystack story. 3. #FoundersConnect: Ijeoma Akwiwu, Lawyer, Developer, and Co-founder of Pivo, a Digital Bank Peace speaks with Ijeoma Akwiwu, the Co-founder and COO of Pivo, a bank for trade. 4. #FoundersConnect: Marvin Coleby, Co-Founder and CEO of Raise Marvin Coleby is building Raise, an equity management platform with a vision for Panafrican unity. He shares his background, startup and experiences with me. 5. Interview with the Cofounder of Helicarrier (Formerly, Buycoins) on Crypto in Africa Peace interviews Tomiwa Lasebikan, co-founder and head of product at Helicarrier, a product dedicated to connecting Africans with financial solutions. 6. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Chijioke Dozie, the CEO of Carbon Peace interviews Chijioke Dozie, CEO of $15.8 million VC-backed company, Carbon on his journey as a tech entrepreneur. 7. #FoundersConnect: Florence Githinji, Regional Marketing Manager at YellowCard Conversation with Florence Githinji, Regional Marketing Manager of Yellowcard. 8. Ayo Akindele, Founder and CEO of Kyshi Interview with Ayo Akindele, of Kyshi, a payment startup for transnational money transactions. 9. #FoundersConnect: Jude Dike, CoFounder and CEO of GetEquity Conversation with Jude Dike, co-Founder of GetEquity, a company democratizing access to startup investment in Africa. 10. #FoundersConnect (Music): Interview with Toba Adeyanju, CEO of Ejoya Music I sit with Toba Adeyanju, CEO of Ejoya Music, a startup music company, on his journey, insights and plans for the future. 11. Adewale Yusuf, Co-founder TalentQL, on Helping Young Africans Launch Their Tech Careers Peace interviews Adewale Yusuf, serial entrepreneur with a demonstrated history in EdTech,  with building Talent QL, Techpoint Africa and AltSchool. 12. #FoundersConnect: An Interview With Bernard Parah, CEO of Bitnob Bernard Parah, CEO of Bitnob, a Bitcoin centred payment service shares his love for cryptocurrency and the plans for his growing Startup with me. 13. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Nadayar Enegesi, CEO of Eden Life & Co-founder of Andela Peace interviews Nadayar Enegesi, the Co-founder and CEO of Eden Life a tech-enabled service that puts its users' home chores on autopilot. 14. #FoundersConnect: Peter Bunor Jr., From Nollywood Child Actor, to Co-Founder of Field Intelligence Peace interviews Nollywood Child Actor turned Founder, Peter Bunor of Field Intelligence. 15. #FoundersConnect - Bayo ‘Lion’ Adedeji: CEO, Wakanow & Founder, Dundu Nation & Wave Beach In this interview I have a conversation with Bayo Adedeji concerning how work at Wakanow and his extensive journey as an entrepreneur. 16. Interview with Atsu Davoh, Founder of Bitsika, on Creating a Payment App in Africa Peace sits down with Atsu Davoh, Founder & CEO of Bitsika. Bitsika is a payments app for making transactions. 17. #FoundersConnect: Wale Adetula, Co-Founder of TNC Africa Interview with Wale Adetula, the Founder of one of Nigeria's pioneer Media companies, TNC Africa. 18. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Onyeka Akumah, CEO Farmcrowdy & Co-founder CrowdyVest, PlentyWaka Peace interviews Onyeka Akumah, CEO of Farmcrowdy, and co-founder at Plentywaka, Crowdyvest and Rent Smallsmall on his journey as a tech entrepreneur. 19. #FoundersConnect: Kay Akinwunmi, Co-Founder & CEO of Zazuu, A Transborder Payment Company Kay, Co-founder and CEO of Zazuu, speaks to me about his platform that allows money transfers across border with ease, his background and journey. 20. The co-CEOs of Printivo, Temitope Ekundayo and Ibukun Oloyede on How to Run a Company Peace interviews co-CEOs of Temitope Ekundayo and Ibukun Oloyede or Printivo, a solution enabling small and medium enterprises to print items seamlessly. 21. #FoundersConnect with Oluwatomi Solanke, Co-founder/CEO of Trove Finance Peace interviews Oluwatomi Solanke, co-founder and CEO of Trove Finance, a micro-investment platform that allows Nigerians to invest in foreign stock markets. 22. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Musty Mustapha, Co-Founder & CTO of Kuda Peace Interviews Co-Founder of Kuda Bank, Musty Mustapha on his journey as a tech entrepreneur, experiences and lessons. 23. #FoundersConnect with Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Co-founder of Andela & Former MD of Flutterwave Peace interviews Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Co-founder of Andela on his career journey across various successful projects; mistakes, insights and much more. 24. #FoundersConnect: Douglas Kendyson of Selar on Hitting Huge Revenue Milestones Peace sits with Douglas Kendyson, CEO and founder of Selar for a fun and elucidating interview on his journey and his company. 25. #FoundersConnect: Koromone Koroye, Managing Editor of TechCabal Conversation with Koromone Koroye, Managing Editor of TechCabal on her interesting life experiences, thoughts of religion, work culture and more! 26. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Yinka Adewale, the CEO of Kudi Peace interviews Yinka Adewale, CEO of Kudi, a Start-up that offers seamless banking services to communities in Africa. 27. #FoundersConnect: Njoku Emmanuel, the 19-year-old CEO & Co-founder of Lazerpay Interview with Lazerpay co-founder & CEO, Njoku Emmanuel. 28. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Hanu Agbodje, the Founder and the CEO of Patricia In this episode, Peace Itimi interviews Hanu Agbodje, CEO of Patricia, on his journey as a tech entrepreneur and 29. #Founders Connect: Moses Enenwali, CEO & Co-founder of Topship (YC W 2022) Peace speaks with Moses Enenwali, the CEO and Co-founder of Topship, a fast-growing Logistics startup in Africa. 30. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Lotanna Nwose, Co-founder of Investsika I sit with Investsika's Co-Founder, Lotanna Nwose and we discuss his passion for stock accessibility and entrepreneurship and desires to provide this in Ghana. 31. #FoundersConnect with Damilola Olokesusi, Co-founder & CEO of Shuttlers Peace interviews Damilola Olokesusi, Co-founder and CEO of Shuttlers, a platform that enables its users access efficient shared transportation in Lagos, Nigeria 32. #FoundersConnect: Eyitayo Ogunmola, Founder of Utiva, an African Ed-tech Startup I speak with Eyitayo Ogunmola, the CEO of Utiva, an education service for Africans and people of colour entering the tech industry. 33. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Yanmo Omorogbe, Co-Founder of Invest Bamboo Peace interviews Yanmo Omorogbe, Co-founder of Invest Bamboo, on her "accidental" journey into entrepreneurship, running Bamboo and biggest wins and lessons. 34. #FoundersConnect with Tito Ovia, Cofounder of Helium Health (#1 Health-Tech Provider in Africa) Peace speaks with Tito Ovia, co-founder of Helium Health, a health-tech provider in Nigeria set to digitize hospital processes within the continent. 35. #FoundersConnect: Odun Eweniyi, Co-Founder of Piggyvest, Africa's Top Savings App Odun Eweniyi, coFounder of Piggyvest, FirstCheck Africa and the Feminist Coalition shares her journey with me. 36. #FoundersConnect: How Preston Ideh is building Africa's Largest Intelligence Startup, Stears. Interview with Preston Ideh, CEO and Co-founder of Stears. 37. #FoundersConnect (Music): Rebecca Inyang Junaid Founder of JustJoJo (Music Publishing) A conversation with Rebecca Inyang Junaid, Founder of JustJojo Entertainment, a music agency based in the UK on career, life and experiences. 38. #FoundersConnect: Chimezie Emewulu, Co-Founder and MD of Seamfix Limited. Conversation with an OG Founder, Chimezie Emewulu, Co-founder and CEO of Seamfix. 39. FoundersConnect: Interview with Kelvin Umechukwu, CEO and co-Founder of Bumpa Kelvin Umechukwu, CEO of Bumpa,  shares his journey into entrepreneurship and the role of community in effecting change. 40. How Kuda Bank Grew From Zero to Millions of Users Peace interviews Bradley Want, the VP  of Growth at Kuda Bank. 41. #FoundersConnect: Interview with Michael 'Trojan' Okoh - Co-founder and CTO, ThePeer 22-year old Founder of ThePeer, Michael Trojan Okoh, shares his story with me. 42. #FoundersConnect: Mariam Jimoh, CEO & Founder of Oja (Ethnic Grocery Delivery Startup) Peace speaks with Mariam about her grocery startup for afrocarribean people living in the diaspora. 43. #FoundersConnect with Ben Eluan, Co-Founder/ CEO of Flux Peace interviews Ben Eluan, co-founder and CEO of Flux, a crypto remittance startup built to help individuals and merchants make transactions globally. 44. #FoundersConnect: How Erika Brodnock, Founder of Kami, Uses Tech to Improve the Lives of Families Peace speaks with Erika Brodnock, Founder of Kami app. 45. #FoundersConnect: Ameyaw Debrah, the Founder of Ameyawdebrah.com | Ghanaian Celebrity Blogger Peace has a conversation with Ameyaw Debrah, Ghanaian celebrity blogger and founder of Ameyawdebrah.com, a lifestyle news blog about media, his life, and more. 46. #FoundersConnect: Abdul Hassan, CEO & Founder of Mono, Backed by Ycombinator #FoundersConnect: Abdul Hassan, CEO & Founder of Mono, Backed by Ycombinator 47. #FoundersConnect - Interview with Rodney Jackson-Cole, Cofounder and CTO at Prospa (YC W21) Rodney Jackson-Cole is the CTO of Prospa, a company set out to aid African entrepreneurs. Peace finds out more about his mission and journey in this episode. 48. #FoundersConnect: Tosin Faniro-Dada, MD /CEO of Endeavor (Nigeria) Peace has a conversation with Tosin Faniro-Dada, the MD & CEO of Endeavor in Nigeria, about her career and her passion for helping entrepreneurs. 49. #FoundersConnect: Moe Odele - Tech Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate & Travel Enthusiast Peace speaks to Moe "Moechievous" Odele, about her life and career, growing up in a polygamous family, studying law and finding tech law. 50. Yele Bademosi, Founder of Bundle Africa, Talks About Tech Entrepreneurship Peace speaks with Yele Bademosi, founder of Bundle Africa, Microtraction and co-Founder of Nestcoin, in a lengthy and elucidating interview. 51. #FoundersConnect: Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph, CEO of Kippa, a Company Helping Small businesses Grow. I have a conversation with Kippa's CEO & Co-Founder, Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph. 52. #FoundersConnect: Adia Sowho, CMO of MTN Nigeria Peace speaks with Adia Sowho, CMO of MTN Nigeria, on her life and journey. This interview is one you definitely should not miss! 53. #FoundersConnect: Ben Lyon, CEO and CoFounder of Stax, an Offline Payment App for Africans Conversation with Ben Lyon of Hover Developer Services, the parent company of Stax, a simple way to carry out payment services without internet or USSD codes. 54. The Founder & CEO of Kudigo Talks About Tech Startups in Ghana Peace interviews Kingsley Abrokwah, serial entrepreneur and founder of Kudigo, a software solution for retail businesses in Africa. 55. #FoundersConnect: How Kemi Olawoye Is Building BabyMigo, Nigeria's Largest Parenting Community Kemi shares her journey building Babymigo, Nigeria's largest Parenting Community 56. #FoundersConnect: Babajide Duroshola, General Manager at M-KOPA & ex-Country Director, SafeBoda (NG) I speak with Babajide Duroshola, the General Manager at M-Kopa with years of experience managing startups about his journey and work. 57. #FoundersConnect: Tomiwa Aladekomo, The Man behind Big Cabal Media (Techcabal & Zikoko) Peace speaks with Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO of BigCabal, the parent company of Zikoko, a media company that creates content for African youth, and TechCabal. 58. Interview with the Founder of Money Africa: Financial Education, Investing, and More Peace interviews Oluwatosin Olaseinde, founder of Money Africa and Ladda on her journey as a startup founder, biggest life lessons and future plans. 59. #FoundersConnect: Godwin Tom, Serial Entrepreneur, Music Business Mogul & CEO of iMANAGE AFRICA Conversation with Godwin Tom, an expert in music management and CEO of iMANAGE Africa on his journey, his work, and the future. 60. #FoundersConnect - Ized Uanikhehi, CEO of Loose Media, and Her Advice for Tech Marketers Peace interviews Ized Uanikhehi, Media professional and CEO of Loose Media on her journey, experiences and advice. 61. #FoundersConnect: Bunmi Akinyemiju, Partner at GreenHouse Capital, Former CEO Venture Garden Group I speak with Bunmi Akinyemiju, one of the biggest investors in the African startup space, and Founding Partner at GreenHouse Capital. 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An interesting message popped up on my radar from Kevin Law on September 21st, 2016: “You’d be a perfect fit for a company I’m advising if you’re extremely flexible on location” Since I love working on early consumer products and traveling, it was only three weeks later that I touched down at the airport in Kampala. Serve as interim CTO for 1 month and provide leadership to a small ride share engineering team, paving the way for future success. The mission: (Note — there are several HD YouTube videos of Uganda at the end of this post if you’re like me and you like to watch videos.) Boda Boda A “boda boda” is an inexpensive motorcycle ride offered in African cities (for my San Franciscans, imagine a ride from Hayes Valley to the Marina for just $1 versus a $5 Uber carpool). It is estimated that 1,000,000 boda rides take place everyday in Kampala. While on a walk, upon reaching a sidewalk, you will find you are solicited by a boda driver within seconds. “Boss!” “Boda!?” A regular boda ride involves hopping on the back of a boda driver’s low power motorcycle. He will take you on a harrowing ride, dangerously weaving through the chaotic gridlocked streets, sometimes crossing a median, often narrowly avoiding a collision or sideswiping a bigger vehicle, and sometimes just driving on the sidewalk. Passengers rarely have helmets, they sometimes double or triple-up on the back of a single bike, drivers are often unlicensed, and, at least in Kampala, there are very few traffic signals, street lights, or stop signs. At the end of the boda trip, you negotiate with your driver and you pay in cash. A look at the streets of Kampala during the day. Video shot . here Don’t let the above-mentioned video fool you- if it looks fairly organized in the video, one must only travel a block or so before you hit points which seem totally chaotic. Most intersections are very disorganized and seem extremely dangerous to a like me. mzungu Drivers Want “SafeBoda” The name of the company I consulted for is called . Its business hypothesis is that consumers may want a safer, organized, and vetted system for requesting a boda ride. SafeBoda drivers are screened, have a bright orange reflective vest, and have an extra helmet available for you to wear on the ride. The SafeBoda driver’s unfair advantage? - they get many more boda passengers than before they were a “SafeBoda” driver and therefore they make more money. SafeBoda drivers also have access to insurance, quality equipment, training in first-aid and road safety, and a sense of community that is rare in the industry. SafeBoda Evidence of early traction is that with virtually no technology, SafeBoda was able to sign up over 1,300 Kampalan boda drivers who each pay a fee as part of their onboarding. SafeBoda was so successful at this that they stopped accepting new drivers in order to focus on passenger demand and product. Before my arrival in Kampala, SafeBoda had a basic app in the Google Play Store with which around 1,000 rides per month were taking place. Clip of my “SafeBoda” ride from my apartment to the office Uganda’s Mobile Phone & Payment Technology Android is king in Uganda with around 70% market share. iPhones are rare… perhaps a 3% share. There are also ‘feature phones’ which only allow calls, texts, and a basic interactive textual menu provided by the carriers ( ) which I would estimate is used by the remaining 27% of users. USSD The major cellular carrier is called . In addition to data plans and voice calls, MTN also provides a money transfer service called “Mobile Money” which is tied to your SIM card and used by around 85% of Uganda’s citizens. MTN A Ugandan can deposit his or her pay (which is usually disbursed as cash) at any one of thousands of MTN locations throughout the country. MTN Money locations are usually offered as an extension to a physical store front such as a market or street vendor. After depositing cash at an MTN Money vendor, the balance on the user’s mobile interface instantly updates. With the updated balance on the mobile interface, the MTN Money balance can then be used to pay bills and transfer money to others at a cost of ~3% in fees on each transfer. Clearly as part of a technology revamp, SafeBoda should include MTN Money as part of the payment solution. However, we wouldn’t be able to complete the integration within 10 days due to MTN’s stone aged SOAP-based API. Instead, we decide to use Stripe’s API platform which we can implement in 1 day and which the founders felt would help to validate whether or not credit card holders are willing to use the service. It is decided MTN integration will take place in a subsequent development cycle. SafeBoda’s Legacy Tech Upon my arrival, the 5 person engineering team had first created a PHP / MySQL backend on 1 server, but then decided to rewrite it using with after they had encountered a series of problems related to connection issues and deliverability problems with the Android client. CodeIgniter Digital Ocean Node.js Socket.io On my arrival, some of the problems the local engineering team was grappling with were: When the client would miss a socket.io message, the app would strand The MySQL database was hard to migrate The code was peppered with large, hand rolled complex inline SQL queries The developers were actually testing against the production servers There was a lot of opportunity to improve both the development process and the product. Overhaul In 10 Days I convinced the founders to let me drive a complete overhaul to their product architecture and process in 10 days flat — roughly 300 man hours split between just 3 engineers. Having worked for over 2 years engineering at Lyft, I also know a thing or two about the best way to design almost anything related to ride share services. Scaleable product architecture and fast development process using technologies the team is already familiar with was right up my alley and my experience would allow us to leverage everything I had learned. I wanted to use Python and , but after interviewing the team, I was able to see that due to their lack of significant Python experience, there would be little chance we would have a working revamp in 10 days. I had to keep them on PHP… something that made sense for them since scaling wasn’t an issue yet and rapid prototyping and market validation were the main focus. We would generally build with an eye towards future scalability in case things explode out of the gate, but for now, fast development was priority #1. Flask With 2 of their existing devs, the three of us started a 10 day process in which we locked ourselves away in a room, worked almost until midnight every night, and emerged at the end of the 10 days with a new minimally viable system. Below is an animated gif (pardon the low resolution) of the “Golden Path” of a ride request & boda driver pickup. This recording was made on the evening of our 10th day of development. This screen recording used the real API’s that were working on the 10th night. A “rough cut” of the working app. All of the screens used real API’s behind the scenes on our new server architecture. Almost all of the values were dynamic and correctly pulling from the REST API. Obviously several ui features were not completed at this stage. The following week, the Android interfaces were updated: HD video of the golden path about 1 week after the animated gif was recorded. How We Made It In 10 Days When you rapidly build something, you start with an idea of what the features will be, what platforms it should run on, and who will do what. Given Android is the market leader, our mobile developer would build out all of the front end screens according to our product spec. We mapped out all of the screens on a whiteboard and then our Android dev was off to work. The other developer and I would would hack out the backend architecture. We would create a new development process, infrastructure, product architecture, and API’s. We would document them, and hand them to the Android dev to implement on the 4th day. Hosting on Heroku Hosting this project on propelled us faster and further than I had originally imaged. Using Heroku pipelines with GitHub integration meant that once a pull request’s tests pass in Circle CI, it automatically deploys into our staging environment. I had never used Heroku pipelines before, but I think it’s amazingly easy to setup and very powerful. Heroku Heroku’s awesome pipeline interface used for deploying to production The best part is that as we open up pull requests, Heroku senses it and offers us an ability to launch a test app called a “review app” — you see it above in the left column. One click will launch a fully operational environment that you can connect the mobile app to in order to test an upcoming feature. Setting all of this up takes only 3–4 hours, which includes learning how it all works. Dockerized Development In production, we use mlab.com to host MongoDB version 3.2. Docker allowed us to launch a local Docker development database container with 1 command: docker run — name mongodb -d mongo:3.2.10 (Note — some of the additional switches we use are omitted for brevity) As for PHP, I was able to create a PHP dev environment container that closely mirrors Heroku’s environment. The devs can do a similar docker ‘run’ statement to launch a local development container through which they can work on their local PHP files, do live debugging with PHPStorm via both web and cli requests, and even test their local development using an Android phone across an ngrok tunnel. PHP Application Framework The closest thing PHP seems to have to Python’s Flask is called . Lumen gives you a basic routing system and is setup to support REST API development. It makes versioning your REST API very easy. It also supports adding “Middleware” which performs things like API authentication. One thing I personally like is the IOC injector that detects which objects your controllers would like to use and automatically injects them for you by default. Lumen For Mongo access, we used PHP’s — an open source data mapper for MongoDB that we used back at and a project to which I have also been an . Doctrine ODM Lyft open source contributor to Gameplan On day 1, we mapped out our data model. We really only needed two key domain models: User & Ride. We then went to the whiteboard and defined our ride state transitions. The happy path looks something like this: ‘requested’ -> ‘accepted’ -> ‘arrived’ -> ‘pickedup’ -> ‘droppedoff’. There are two edge cases. One is that if our dispatcher fails to find you a ride, we set the state to ‘operatordispatch’ - a final state in which the mobile client simply displays the number to SafeBoda’s human powered dispatching call center. They’re able to manually setup dispatches to drivers who have feature phones. The other case is when the passenger cancels — that’s a final state where the request ends. If the driver cancels, the dispatch loop just continues. Below are some of the actual whiteboards drawn in our kickoff on day #1. Initial diagram of the ride initial state changes. Some chicken scratch from that first meeting where I described the way the phones would poll the server and how we would structure the HTTP JSON server response. From left to right: Charles, Kirk, and Jon (me). RestAPI We next sketched out a basic HTTP REST API that has methods such as: Create a ride request. POST /v1/ride Update a user’s current location. PUT /v1/userlocation In total, we have about 20 REST calls that were defined. We wrote the whole API spec up in an swagger.yml file that is rendered beautifully if viewed with . http://editor.swagger.io/ For the following 9 days, we hacked away. We didn’t attend any of the company meetings and we spent some of the time in my personal apartment so as to not be distracted by anything. Service Oriented Architecture As with most minimally viable apps, we created a tiny so-called ‘monolith’ app. I like to organize business logic into service classes — these become the foundation of what you would eventually ‘decompose’ later into application partitions, or what some people call “microservices”. In our app, we have the following PHP “service” classes which can easily be broken out into the future and implemented in any programming language into microservices: Behaviors responsible for converting between USD and UGX using the latest exchange rate. Currency Behaviors responsible for finding the nearest drivers, and powering the dispatching lifecycle. Dispatch Behaviors used to determine the number of minutes it will take to travel on the road between two places Eta Behaviors used to authenticate a Facebook user and retrieve profile data. Facebook Behaviors responsible for tracking analytics event information. Metrics Behaviors related to billing users using a payments gateway. Payments Behaviors related to pricing rides. Pricing Behaviors related to casting a rating for a ride and then also updating a driver’s record to update their average rating. Rating Behaviors related to creating and updating a ride. Ride Behaviors related to user creation and update. User Behaviors related to updating the user’s location. UserLocation Coping with Eventually Consistent Data Due to the fact that MongoDB is not an ACID database, the application must be able to cope with database references which can be out of sync. In MongoDB, there are no transactions or rollbacks. To help overcome concurrent update contention and data loss, we use optimistic record locking by default on all updates. We use Doctrine’s event hooks in order to ensure two records point at each other. For example, If I put user A in ride B, I will first update user A’s record to have ride_id = B’s id. Then, during the post update hook, I will next update ride B’s user_id to have user A’s id. There are short moments when the database is therefore out of sync during normal operations. Further, the app might encounter a show stopping error before the 2nd update hook completes, leaving the database in a state where the user record indicates the user is in a ride, but the ride does not correctly point back at the user and this would be the source of trouble if your code is not setup defensively. To cope with this, we must have protective ‘cleanup’ routines that check for situations like this. Before key business logic fires, we invoke a “cleanup” routine to ensure the data integrity is correct. Note that we do not employ MongoDB’s “ref” feature — we manually store record id’s and resolve database references manually. Also noteworthy is that when we update the user’s location on their user record, we perform the update without the default optimistic locking record strategy used throughout the rest of the software, or else we would see tons of optimistic lock exceptions for no good reason. 3rd Parties Tools We Used GeofenceAPI PagerDuty PaperTrail for MongoDB hosting Mlab.com for Jenkins & S3 hosting Ec2 for the API cert, for the Jenkins cert RapidSSL LetsEncrypt CircleCI Mixpanel InstaBug Features & Hindsight A surprising number of drivers in Uganda cannot read maps. Some clearly had trouble knowing left from right. The society is also highly cash based and most folks don’t have credit cards. If I had known some of these things, I would have advocated for a slightly different MVP in which relied less on screens with maps on them and put more emphasis on calling the driver. Conclusion The developers are no longer testing against production machines. We ditched complex hand rolled inline SQL for a MongoDB solution which requires no production migrations. If the project takes off, MongoDB will allow us to add more shards and rebalance data. It’s now up for the market to decide if the product is the right one for Uganda. A Personal Note Living in Kampala for a month and working on a real startup again was awesome. I feel personally enlightened and the trip gave me a new perspective on the world. In San Francisco, we have a lot of millionaires & billionaires and I often feel like I’ve missed out on something that everybody else was able to achieve. However, my trip to Africa made me realize just how fortunate I am to be a self made engineer and what an achievement it is to even be able to live in San Francisco in the first place. My 30-day contract has ended. I wish the founders the best of luck. Here are the current state of things: SafeBoda is seeking an on-site full-time CTO. If you’re up to the challenge, contact team@safeboda.com The version of SafeBoda in the Android Play Store is still the legacy version of the app. They continue to make iterative improvements to the upcoming platform, and have a strategy to release the new platform in January. The work we accomplished currently lives in the beta channel. Make me proud guys! Twitter: Email: block.jon@gmail.comJoin me on the DoorDash API Platform Team and browse other available positions: Contact: @blockjon https://www.doordash.com/careers/ Pictures And Videos From My Trip KLM flies from SFO all the way to Kampala’s international airport with layovers in Europe My former office: San Francisco’s luxury “China Basin” building. My Kampala office? This inexpensive building. Photo taken . here HD clip of a ride down a street in Kampala shot from an Uber. A look at some Rhinos which were going to sleep for the day World’s most powerful waterfall Heading towards the center of Murchison National Park — home to thousands of wild animals Giraffees in the road in Murchison National Park Elephant hanging out at the water’s edge on a hot day. Hippos in the water. Walking from my apartment to the coffee shop. Filmed . here A Ugandan lunch: Rice + G-nut sauce, sweet potatoes, cabbages, and greens. Wiping out in a Jinja class 4 rapid (me in front left) A sophisticated fashion event Buying a breakfast sandwich “Rolex” on the side of the road in a slum. Video shot . here Eating tilapia at the shore of Lake Victoria. Video shot . here Inside the ultra-modern Acacia Mall food court Buying a random rolex on the side of the road heading from Jinja to Kampala

How engineering @ Lyft helped me launch a new African ride share app in 10 days

Building a data scraping application is common for many developers, especially in fields where data collection, analysis, and storage are crucial. Using the Puppeteer, Node.js, and PostgreSQL trio is an excellent approach. is a great choice for this task. It allows you to control a headless browser, which is crucial for scraping dynamic websites. Many websites now use JavaScript to load content, and Puppeteer enables you to interact with and scrape this dynamic content. Puppeteer is well-suited for building scalable and efficient server-side applications. It's non-blocking and event-driven, making it a good fit for handling concurrent requests in a scraping application. Node.js will handle the backend of the data-scraping application. Node.js Storing the scraped data for the app will be handled by because it supports complex queries and indexing, which makes it suitable for storing and retrieving scraped data efficiently. PostgreSQL is a PaaS provider that aids the secure deployment of applications. It also provides database management services, with PostgreSQL being one of its supported databases. Hence, this project will use the managed PostgreSQL service provided by Aptible. Aptible In this tutorial, you'll discover how to build a data-scraping application using Puppeteer, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Aptible. The application will scrape data from a popular movie streaming app, Netflix, and store it in a PostgreSQL database managed by Aptible. Prerequisites To follow along with this tutorial, you will need the following: A node version of 16.13.2 or greater is installed on your machine. You can install it by following the instructions on the . official Node.js website An Aptible account. Visit the to sign up. Aptible website A fundamental understanding of JavaScript and Node.js. Setting up the project To get started, create a new directory for the project and initialize a new Node.js project in it by running the following commands: mkdir web-scraper
cd web-scraper
npm init -y This will create a file for you with the following output: package.json Wrote to /home/user/web-scraper/package.json:

{
 "name": "web-scraper",
 "version": "1.0.0",
 "description": "",
 "main": "index.js",
 "scripts": {
 "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
 },
 "keywords": [],
 "author": "",
 "license": "ISC"
} Installing dependencies To install the dependencies for the project, run the following command: npm install puppeteer pg dotenv This will install the necessary packages, which are Puppeteer, Node-postgres, and dotenv. Creating the database For the PostgreSQL database, you will use the managed database service on Aptible. To do this, follow the steps below: Log in to your Aptible account and create a new environment. Navigate to the new environment and click on > . Databases New Database Click on the dropdown menu and select . This will create a new PostgreSQL database for you. PostgreSQL 16 Input the Database Handle and click on to create the database. New Database This will provision a new PostgreSQL database for you. You can view the database by clicking the tab on the left menu. Databases Creating a database endpoint To connect to the PostgreSQL database, you will need to create a database endpoint. To do this, follow the steps below: Navigate to the database you created and click on > . Endpoints New Endpoint Include an IP address in the field. This will allow you to connect to the database from your local machine. IP Allowlist After the endpoint has finished provisioning, click on the tab. ConnectionURL Click on the button to copy the connection URL. You will need this to connect to the database. show Create the scraper script. This scraper script will scrape data from Netflix and store it in the PostgreSQL database. To create the script, create a new file named in the root of the project directory and add the following code to it: scraper.js const puppeteer = require("puppeteer");
const { Client } = require("pg");
require("dotenv").config(); The code above imports the necessary packages and loads the environment variables from the file. .env Below is a breakdown of the packages imported: : A headless browser automation library for Node.js used for web scraping. puppeteer : Part of the pg library, a PostgreSQL client for Node.js. Client : A library for loading environment variables from a file, used to load database credentials. dotenv Next, add the following code to the file: scraper.js async function run() {
 const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ headless: "new" });
 const page = await browser.newPage();

 // Navigate to the website you want to scrape
 await page.goto("https://netflix.com/");

 // Extract data from the page
 const data = await page.evaluate(() => {
 const title = document.querySelector("h1").innerText;
 const url = window.location.href;

 return { title, url };
 });

 // Close the browser
 await browser.close();

 return data;
} The code above creates a function named which will be used to scrape data from the Netflix website. run A brief explanation of the code above: is an asynchronous function that launches a headless browser using Puppeteer. run It opens a new page, navigates to , extracts data (title and URL) from the page using a function provided to , and then close the browser. https://netflix.com/ page.evaluate The extracted data is returned as an object. Next, add the following code to the file: scraper.js async function saveToDatabase(data) {
 const client = new Client({
 connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
 ssl: { rejectUnauthorized: false },
 });

 try {
 await client.connect();

 // Check if the table exists, and create it if not
 const createTableQuery = `
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS scraped_data (
 id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
 title TEXT,
 url TEXT
 );
 `;
 await client.query(createTableQuery);

 // Insert data into the database
 const insertQuery = "INSERT INTO scraped_data (title, url) VALUES ($1, $2)";
 const values = [data.title, data.url];
 await client.query(insertQuery, values);
 } finally {
 await client.end();
 }
} The code above creates a function named which will be used to save the scraped data to the PostgreSQL database. saveToDatabase A brief explanation of the code above: is an asynchronous function that connects to the PostgreSQL database using the credentials in the environment variable. saveToDatabase DATABASE_URL It checks if the table exists and creates it if it doesn't. scraped_data It then inserts the scraped data into the database using an SQL query. Next, add the following code to the file: scraper.js (async () => {
 try {
 const scrapedData = await run();
 console.log("Scraped Data:", scrapedData);

 // Save data to the database
 await saveToDatabase(scrapedData);
 console.log("Data saved to the database.");
 } catch (error) {
 console.error("Error during scraping:", error);
 }
})(); The code above calls the function to scrape data from the Netflix website and then call the function to save the scraped data to the PostgreSQL database. run saveToDatabase A brief explanation of the code above: This immediately invoked function expression (IIFE) executes the scraping and database saving process. It catches any errors that occur during scraping or database operations and logs them. If successful, it logs the scraped data and a success message. All together, the file should look like this: scraper.js const puppeteer = require("puppeteer");
const { Client } = require("pg");
require("dotenv").config();

async function run() {
 const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ headless: "new" });
 const page = await browser.newPage();

 // Navigate to the website you want to scrape
 await page.goto("https://netflix.com/");

 // Extract data from the page
 const data = await page.evaluate(() => {
 const title = document.querySelector("h1").innerText;
 const url = window.location.href;

 return { title, url };
 });

 // Close the browser
 await browser.close();

 return data;
}

async function saveToDatabase(data) {
 const client = new Client({
 connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
 ssl: { rejectUnauthorized: false },
 });

 try {
 await client.connect();

 // Check if the table exists, and create it if not
 const createTableQuery = `
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS scraped_data (
 id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
 title TEXT,
 url TEXT
 );
 `;
 await client.query(createTableQuery);

 // Insert data into the database
 const insertQuery = "INSERT INTO scraped_data (title, url) VALUES ($1, $2)";
 const values = [data.title, data.url];
 await client.query(insertQuery, values);
 } finally {
 await client.end();
 }
}

(async () => {
 try {
 const scrapedData = await run();
 console.log("Scraped Data:", scrapedData);

 // Save data to the database
 await saveToDatabase(scrapedData);
 console.log("Data saved to the database.");
 } catch (error) {
 console.error("Error during scraping:", error);
 }
})(); Creating a file .env The file will contain the database credentials. Create a new file named in the root of the project directory and add the following code to it: .env .env DATABASE_URL=postgres://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<database> Replace the placeholders with the database credentials from the database endpoint you created earlier. Note: Running the scraper script To run the scraper script, run the following command: node scraper.js This will launch a headless browser, navigate to the Netflix website, scrape data from the page, and save the data to the PostgreSQL database on Aptible. You should see the following output: Scraped Data: {
 title: 'Unlimited movies, TV shows, and more',
 url: 'https://www.netflix.com/'
}
Data saved to the database. You can verify that the data was saved to the database by logging into the PostgreSQL database using the credentials from the database endpoint. You can do this by running the following command: psql <connection_url> Replace with the connection URL from the database endpoint. Note: <connection_url> Once you're logged in, you can list the tables in the database by running the following command: \dt You should see the table listed in the output: scraped_data List of relations
 Schema | Name | Type | Owner
--------+--------------+-------+---------
 public | scraped_data | table | aptible
(1 row) You can view the data in the table by running the following command: scraped_data SELECT * FROM scraped_data; You should see the scraped data listed in the output: id | title | url
----+--------------------------------------+--------------------------
 1 | Unlimited movies, TV shows, and more | https://www.netflix.com/
(1 row) Conclusion ​​In this tutorial, you learned how to create a data scrapping application using Puppeteer, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Aptible. To enhance this project, consider adding more functionality to the scraper script. For instance, you can expand it to scrape data from multiple websites and store it in the database. Furthermore, you can extend the application by incorporating a frontend. This addition lets you visualize the scraped data in a web browser, enhancing the user experience.

Build a Data-Scraping App Using Puppeteer, Node.js, PostgreSQL and Aptible

The beauty of any web application is its responsiveness to users' actions. Therefore knowing how to build a dynamic and interactive app as a developer is crucial. In this article, we are going to look into the concept of state in React, and how it makes React components dynamic and interactive. If you're new to React, don't worry! We are going to explain the concept step by step. Prerequisites Basic understanding of React Understanding Component and Data Components in React are like building blocks; they can range from a simple button to a complex web page. So it's these building blocks that get compiled together to become a fully functional web application. React components can either be a class component or a functional component. However, we will only be focusing on functional components. What is State In React, is like a safebox inside a component that holds all the information about the component. state Think of it as the specific memory for that component. The information could be emails, usernames, images, etc. . Importance of State in React Components React uses a building block system called "component-based architecture." Imagine the use of bricks for building a house. Each brick is the component and the house is the app built by React. Each brick now has its state - a safebox for storing information or data. State is crucial to each React component, as it helps the component inform React that the information or data it possesses can change. This helps developers to store information in components and display it as needed. For example, it can help React keep track of the number of times a button is clicked and displayed on every change. How State make Components dynamic and interact. Since the state acts as a form of memory for each component, enabling them to respond to every action or input by the user. The component response is based on the information stored in its memory. Such response(s) can be triggered by some events or user actions on the React app. State empowers React to change and update the display or behavior of each component. The dynamic and interactive properties of the React app are therefore dependent on the capability of each component to remember the data they have and the changes affecting such data. It's like thinking of changing the color of a building, and the way of doing that is by instructing each brick to achieve this. A brief explanation of Props. Props, short for properties, facilitate the communication between different React components. By enabling the passing of data or information across components. The data are passed as arguments. Similar to the use of attributes in HTML or the passing of arguments in javascript functions. Props in react move unidirectionally from the parent to the child component. The child component cannot modify the passed data. Using Props is also important in making components reusable and interactive. Differences between State and Props. The difference is as follows; Management Manages data only within a component. State: Manages data passed from parent to child component; this enables communication between them. Props: Scope and Access The data is only available and accessible to the component within which it has been declared. It cannot be accessible by another component unless passed as props. So the data is private. State: Allows only the availability of data in a parent-to-child direction. Props: Mutability State is mutable. The data can be modified by the component, and this causes React to be re-rendered. State: Props are read-only and not mutable. Once the child component receives the data, it cannot modify it. Props: React Hooks and State React has several hooks, but we are only going to talk about the hook, which helps in the management of state in React. useState So, what are hooks? Hooks are functions used by React functional components. They are used to access and manage state and react lifecycle behaviors in React functional components effortlessly and more simply. So basically, they allow you to "hook into '' React state and lifecycle in functional components without writing class components. The useState hook helps access and manage state in functional components. This hook takes an initial value and then returns an array with two elements that is, the current state and the " function that updates the state. setState" Let's look at an example to explain state and the use of the useState hook. import React, { useState } from 'react';

function Counter() {

// Declare a state variable named "count" with an initial value of 0

const [count, setCount] = useState(0);

 return (

 <div>

 Count: {count}

 <button onClick={() => setCount(count + 1)}>Increment</button>

 </div>

 );

 } Here, in the example we see the counter state is initialized to by " " and then the " " function is provided alongside to update the state, thus causing React to re-render with the updated count displayed. Therefore, whenever the button is clicked the state gets updated and the new count is displayed. 0 count setCount Conclusion. In conclusion, state plays a pivotal role in the response of react components to users' events or activities. Thus making React applications more responsive. This helps react developers manage data or information and also display them. We made a distinction between state and props. We got to understand that State is private to each component and the data is personal and cannot be passed to other components except as props. While props can be passed to another component, that is the child component(s). We also got introduced to how to manage state in React by using React hooks - the useState, which offers a more easy approach to handling state in functional components, better than the class components. In essence, understanding of state empowers React developers to create dynamic and interactive web applications. Don't worry. As you drive deeper into the world of React and build more on your knowledge, a better understanding of state will enable you to build responsive interfaces. There are other ways to manage state in React and they include using the useReducer hooks or a third-party library the Redux Toolkit. NB: The complexity of our app determines how to manage the state. Happy coding champs! Also published . here

SAFEBODA

safeboda.com

201-500 employees

Since 2015

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SAFEBODA

EVERGREEN INDEX #9281

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SAFEBODA

safeboda.com

201-500 employees

Since 2015

COMPANY RANKING

SAFEBODA

EVERGREEN INDEX #9281

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