3 questions you should ask yourself
What problems do I want to solve? What skills do I need? How can I acquire these skills?
Becoming a part of the global economy
These days it is possible to work and earn from the larger global economy, rather than depending solely upon the local economy of your state or country. Gone are the days when the phrase “business on international waters” was only …
No, I wasn’t born this way
Some people are just so productive, they were born that way… That is what they want you to believe, furthermore; they would prefer to get you thinking you cannot do what they do. It is all baseless, I can assure …
Find a vision, your success depends on it.
I think the most important factor that guarantees success for a man is vision. Every man needs to find out early how he fits into the collective vision. Vision always has to operate with people, not a solo effort. Anybody …
Empowerment vs Exploitation
I see various “empowerment” schemes and I see through the mist. They are mostly exploitation schemes. The success story from most motivational seminars and workshops are usually the facilitator who gets to brag about the impact she has made from …
Curators needed
Everyone is now creating content. Everyone and their dog and 2 cats can now easily start a blog around anything from business, dating, tech, design, anything and anything. Yet, as we all know, this development has only increased the amount …
If you want to stay innovative, this is what you must avoid doing
Innovation does not start from thinking: “this is a great business opportunity, how do we cash in”. That does not work so well. Real innovation starts from “this is a serious problem and existing solutions suck! How can we solve …
One Jumia to rule them all, but will it solve the problem?
Africa Internet Group is merging all their operations under the Jumia brand. This means all startups under AIG are undergoing some form of rebranding or the other. Basically, their names are going to be changed to Jumia-something. Jovago will become …
So, who gets the credit?
I agree with people who say that we would make much more progress as a race if we did not care too much about who got the credit. When it comes to our work and things we do, we always …
Who will Mark feature next?
So, in May, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Founder featured Jobberman. Last week, he featured Andela, both of them are tech start-ups started by Nigerians in Nigeria. So, who will he feature next? Any spiritual, physical, economic, moral or cultural law that …