Celestine Omin
On Software, life and everything in-between
On Culture
Early this year, during a company retreat, the CEO of a successful startup asked a question: “if we should die today, what would be the cause of our death? It was a rather unexpected question and a puzzling one too. A lot of people gave varying answers as to what...
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Bad Blood, in my opinion, should be the book of the year for 2018. Written by John Carreyrou, the book chronicles the fall of Theranos, a once beloved Silicon Valley darling, whose at its peak, commanded a valuation of about $9B, making its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, a Standford dropout, one...
Lee at 2
Man, it’s been a year since I last wrote to you. It wasn’t a mistake, it was intentional. I don’t want to bore you with so much, my hope is that these letters will be meaningful to you in the years to come and they will provide a good backstory...
For Nneka
You see, there are people, then there’s your person, Nneka is definitely my person. Hold your horses, let me explain. Every day, as we go on with our lives, without our knowledge, God is always working miracles on our behalf and these miracles range anywhere from an answered prayer to...
Chapter Five: P for Paystack, P for Payments
For as long as I can remember, payments, in general, has been a bit of an issue in Nigeria and Africa at large. While a lot of progress has been made, a lot still needs to happen and we are far from where we should be. There’s hardly a day...