2025 has been an immense year for us.

We tripled our registered user count, shipped a ton of features our users genuinely love, onboarded large student communities across Nigeria and other parts of Africa, and—perhaps most importantly—learned many invaluable lessons along the way.

Above all else, the single most meaningful achievement of 2025 was truly building a community.

It's one thing to run a content platform where people can write, share audio, engage in conversations, and meet new people. You can have all of that and still miss the deeper sense of belonging.

Community is when people feel close to one another even if they've never met. When they connect not just because of shared interests, but because of a shared mission and a collective sense of purpose—the belief that they are all here for the same reason: to drive Africa and Africans forward through ideas, opinions, stories, and lived experiences.

If we had to sum up 2025 in a single phrase, it would be:

“The Year of Community.”

And we are deeply grateful to everyone who made it possible.

One of the most defining developments for TwoCents in 2025 was the massive adoption of the platform by Gen Z.

We onboarded thousands of students and numerous student communities across Nigeria and other African countries—and we learned a lot. A whole lot.

TwoCents would not be the product or community it is today without the invaluable lessons we picked up from the incredible Gen Z contributors on the platform.

What stood out most was just how much Gen Z has to say—on everything from career, school, and family, to relatonships, politics, love, and identity. The idea that Gen Z is aloof or apathetic turned out to be a myth. Instead, they've shown themselves to be deeply engaged, highly opinionated, and eager to participate in meaningful conversations.

Cheers to every Gen Z voice that joined and shaped TwoCents in 2025.

Check out some of their testimonials here

We're also proud of how sticky TwoCents has become for the thousands of people who use and love it.

For a product and community that isn't a traditional social network, our engagement and retention metrics—daily, weekly, and monthly active users, as well as sessions per day—have been genuinely encouraging.

This is a testament to the effort we've put into deeply understanding our users, listening to feedback, and continuously delivering a thoughtful and delightful experience on TwoCents.

At the beginning of the year, we made a commitment to keep improving every aspect of TwoCents—from user experience and content quality, to community health and monetization opportunities.

It wasn't easy. But we dug deep, stayed focused, and delivered on many of the promises we made at the start of the year.

That said, this wasn't a perfect run—far from it. There are still many areas where we can and will do better, and we're looking forward to checking even more boxes in 2026.

If 2025 was an incredible year, 2026 will be even better.

Here's a glimpse of what we're excited about:

1. Continued growth and an even stronger community
2. Native apps you can download from app stores
3. AI-powered features to make everything smoother and easier
4. More Africans from outside Nigeria, joining from across the world

We would like to take a moment to give special recognition to some truly incredible people who have played key roles in shaping TwoCents this year and over the years.

Kate and Anita

Most people know Cyrus and Tobi, but you should also know Kate and Anita

They currently lead our international growth efforts and have been instrumental in helping TwoCents grow beyond borders since 2021. Their consistency, insight, and commitment have made a lasting impact on the platform.

The OGs

These are contributors who have been sharing on TwoCents for years and played a vital role in laying the foundation for the rich, fast-growing community we have today.

A huge shoutout to:

Queensley Okon , Joshua Omoijiade , Samuel Ibok , Jefferson Nnadiekwe , Mohammed Ameer , Oluseyi Vandy , Esther Omemu , Loic Bethel Dje , Nse Obot , Hero James , Tacue Allen Mushore , Chefor Eugene , Victor Ntamugabumwe , Tomi Walker , Suzanne Nanyonge , Bolanlejesu Akinola , Chidera Odom , Belinda Chiazor , Godwin Erite , and Harmony John .

Your voices, consistency, and belief in TwoCents long before it became what it is today will never be forgotten.

Tomi Walker

Special recognition also goes to Tomi Walker , who has supported TwoCents since 2021 by generously sharing from his wealth of startup experience.

Abuja folks

We would also like to deeply appreciate Favour Adeyemo and Obella Shepherd , who played a huge role in spreading TwoCents within University of Abuja and across other colleges in the North Central region of Nigeria.

The Ugandans

Our deepest appreciation goes to Grace Kiconco , for all the amazing work she is doing to drive the adoption of TwoCents in Makerere University.

Students at LASU

Shout out to Dolapo Oludairo for helping spread TwoCents in LASU, and for onbaording her network of writers and creators to the community.

Babcock communities

We would also like to thank Aima Osunbor and Toluwalase Soyinka for the great work they did to grow TwoCents in Babcock University.

Toluwanimi Jewel

A special thank you to Toluwanimi Jewel , who has supported TwoCents in many ways over the years. We sincerely appreciate all you have done.

To our families

Lastly, we would like to express our deepest appreciation to our families for supporting us and standing by us through all these years.

Your patience, love, advice, and encouragement have played an invaluable role in this journey and helped make the road far smoother than it would have been otherwise.

We would not be here without you. Thank you so much.