Dear Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,I hope you are doing good sir?If so, doxology.Sometimes, we have greatness thrust on us. Sometimes we fight for it. I believe you have fought for the position you occupy today in South-West Nigeria. But I also believe that there is
The proposed European Super League by the biggest clubs in Europe is an exciting business phenomenon. You can analyze it from many angles. From a platform perspective, I see UEFA, FIFA and the national football associations as platforms. The clubs are players in the ecosystem
In recent times, we have been inundated with the news from Francophone West Africa that they are changing the West African CFA to a new currency named ECO that will be pegged to the Euro. What most people might be forgetting is the fact that
The mission was a noble one. It came at a time when there was a real need to show that Nigerian/African born software developers can be world class if trained in a structured environment. It was about empowerment and a zero to hero concept that
One great podcast series is “How I built this business”. You are exposed to loads of founders who have gone through interesting experiences building businesses. As expected, most of the businesses are American. I am excited about the companies that are now coming out of
A statistic that may shock you. More than 17 Million South Africans are on Social Grants! This is 33% of the country. Wow. And only 15.5M South Africans have a job. Now, I have not seen the South African President at any time in the past 24 years since democracy go anywhere in the world to disparage his country and say his people are lazy. Think deeply about this for a moment. Rather, the South African government is looking at ways to improve education and bring more people out of poverty. You might also not know that South Africa builds small houses for its poor citizens. Any deep thinker knows the effect of apartheid on black South Africans. What is important is how to get out of that problem and raise a generation of prosperous and well-educated South Africans.
A leader’s biggest job is communication.
I prefer utilizing systems thinking in solving problems. Those who know me very well would have heard this concept from me many times. It just works in every situation – personal, business or society. I have attended Universities in Nigeria and South Africa. The level
Written on Teachers’ Day 2017 originally on my Facebook Page (October 5 2017) I went to a public primary school in the 80s. My mum was a primary school teacher and it automatically meant I went to her primary schools. First one was Ibadan Municipal
In 2012, after a stint on a project in Uganda, I was moved back to a project in South Africa that was certified by the client as ‘failing’ on the way to total failure. This project was a first for me compared to my strength
“The opposite of love is not hate, it is fear” – John Legend I finally watched Inferno, a 2016 movie staring Tom Hanks. The plot is dope. I love history and the play on Dante’s Hell and other historical facts/works of art just made it
I learned many business lessons from a tourism visit to Mauritius. I already shared one that had to do with urgency and how the government of Mauritius and Rwanda take the first place in Africa when it comes to the will do do good and
In June 2014, I did my Leadership Integrated Examination at the University of Stellenbosch. It was the final assessment in the leadership module of the MBA. The module took us more than 2 years to complete. This last assessment was an analysis (under exam conditions)
I visited Mauritius with the bae earlier this month. I thought I was going for just a holiday but I got lessons in business, citizenship, leadership and loyalty. We had fun! It was totally worth it. It was not my first time in Mauritius but
Dear African Presidents, I hope you are well? If so, doxology. The purpose of my scintillating letter is to inform you that Trump is now President of the United States, in case you are suppressing the use of the Internet like Ethiopia and some other