There is a general consensus about the importance of innovation and how it is critically required if anything will change significantly for most developing economies, many of which are here in Africa. I am particularly obsessed with Africa and...

As educators, we talk a lot about developing 21st-century skills in students as we prepare them for the future, especially the future of work, innovation and entrepreneurship. We are very aware of the gaps and limitations in our educational...

I was reading Leke Alder’s book “Mind your business” and came across this topic called the philosophy of underachievement. He talked about guaranteed ways to become or remain a nonentity and many of them struck a chord. Although he...

The first things I see in any new environment are problems and opportunities. I try very hard to ignore many of them, and it is still a struggle for me today. My idea book is full of business ideas...

In May 2020, the Federal Government of Nigeria stated that it was spending 9.24 Billion Naira (over $23.8 million) in one state of Nigeria in its attempt to lift families out of poverty. What the government does is share...

On 26th April 2018, CNN published an article on their news website titled “Port Harcourt: why is this Nigerian city covered in a strange black soot?” The city which used to be called “The Garden City” now had a...

The Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generated yearly in Nigeria is between 16.8 – 25.3 million tons. Nigeria’s population according to the World Bank is about 206 million people and with this number, it is estimated that every individual produces...

In 2014 I co-founded a business with a loan of N500,000 gotten from a family member. We paid back the loan within 6 months, and over the next 3 years, the business had expanded with physical offices in 12...

Hopes Dashed When the ENDSARS protests began in late 2020, many young Nigerians thought this was it. We believed this was our opportunity to finally bring about the much-desired change that Nigeria needs. “Finally, the youth have come together...