A few days ago, the Federal Government of Nigeria launched a project aptly called “N-Power”, a project that seeks to “Empower Nigerian Youths for Prosperity.” While this is a laudable initiative, the main source of information collection — the website — wasn’t managed properly. It’s reminiscent of Obama’s healthcare.gov initiative...

It’s an interesting time to be working in tech, especially at startups. But I’ve got a feeling that a lot fewer people are cut out for the high powered, high input and high expectations environment that comes with working at startups. A few days ago, I had a conversation with...

Payments in Nigeria is a painful experience. Anybody that has tried electronic payment in Nigeria can attest to this. From using ATMs, to POS all the way to online payments, nothing is reliable. You literarily have to pray for your transaction to go through successfully with no hiccups. Let me...

Makinde managed to pull himself together, “I wouldn’t let this issue ruin my day, it’s way too early”, he said to himself. I reached out to M just as I was heading out for my lunch break. I wanted to see how his day was going. “O’l boy, how far...

The day began with an unusual tempo, Makinde, my office and ride mate had arrived rather early with an unusual grin on his face. “What is it? I inquired, I haven’t seen him this way for as long as I can remember. “Bidemi and I are back together, we made...