Nigeria’s tech scene: Innovating or just writing code?
In 2016, after leaving my full-time job to start a creative agency in a spectacularly ill-timed move, I found myself briefly working as an Uber driver to pay my bills. I met a few people who…
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Nigeria has a budget crisis, but who will tell the state governors?
A few days ago, Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle revealed that his administration will start work on a new airport in Gusau, barely a week after taking office. In an oddly-worded…
Nigeria’s Infinity war on the economy
Thanos the Titan is a fictional character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, whose goal is to kill half of all living creatures across the universe, believing that allsocial and economic…
African socialism: The bad dream Nigeria can’t seem to wake up from
Sometime in September 1984, my dad and his pregnant wife drove to Abeokuta with my older brother in the car, pretending to be on a family getaway. The real purpose of their trip however, was…
“Agriculture” is a Fig Leaf for “Lack of Ideas”
“I was pleased to spend time on my farm in Daura, this morning. Agriculture will continue to be one of the priorities of our administration. I’m proud of what we have achieved in domestic…
Dear Nigerian businesses: Who is your market?
Back in 2015 when I still worked in Marketing on the agency side, I was part of a meeting involving a brand manager from a prominent brewery company. Said company was in the process of…