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Personal Stories
Do Like The Sea Does
I spent last weekend at the beach with some friends from work. It was a much-needed break to unwind from the pressures of being adult, being human. Take as many breaks as you need to cope w life and adulting. But hey, come back from those breaks and participate 100%, when you're strong. — Irony […]
Interviews
Working with Girlfriends: Dziffa Ametam
Originally published on the MEST Blog. Dziffa Akua Ametam is one of MEST’s new Communications Fellows. She’s also an entrepreneur, founder of Dziffa.com, a social enterprise that increases the global reach of local businesses by providing them with branding, marketing, and distribution services. Dziffa was awarded the 2014 Entrepreneur of the year by African Youth Excellence, […]
Personal Stories
Multi-tasking Saved My Dreams
Originally published on Nov 10, 2016 . . . I am the kind of girl who gets a million good ideas in a day! My brain never sleeps, and I’m always thinking of new concepts and business ideas as I go about my daily business. As there are only ever 24 hours in a day though, […]
Personal Stories
Why I Created This Site
Originally published on Oct 29, 2016. . . . In pursuit of a successful future and a googleable name, most of us lose joy in the present. Adulthood seems to be a long list of goals and to-dos, that most of us sacrifice the present which is all we may ever have for a future we might not live to see. […]
Career
How To Get Experience When You’ve Never Had a Job
Originally published on Bella Naija on 23.02.2016 . . . The most common question I’ve heard graduates ask is “How can I get experience when I’ve never had a job?” or “How can I use my skills when no one will hire me?” It’s easy and quite normal to get frustrated when job searching seems […]
Everything Else
The Electricity Situation in Nigeria
Bowing Out It is not a secret that I spent most of my entrepreneurial life within Nigeria at the front end of the electricity industry. However, Nigeria’s power problems are complex. The solutions appear simple to me; but re-engineering our “system” to address the solutions is where most of the problems lie. I am not […]
Career
Disregard These For Success
Originally published on Bella Naija on 01.07.2016. . . . Ever wondered why we eat with forks and knives? Why forks go with the left hand, and knives with the right? Ever wondered who makes these random rules, why everyone lives by them, and why you almost-always predictably follow them? Doing things different, just to stand […]
Career / Sponsored / Technology
3 Easy, Free Online Form Builders For Non-Tech Savvy Users
It’s a known fact that online form builders can make your life as a web user a lot easier. Whether you own or manage a website, organize events, run surveys or even collect payments; online forms are easy, quick and ideal, especially for people who aren’t overly tech-savvy or neck-deep into programming. As Communications Director […]
Career / Interviews
Working With Girlfriends: Tress App
Originally published on True Africa on 06.07.2016 Tress is a hair inspiration app targeted at black women. It was created by Priscilla Hazel, Esther Olatunde and Cassandra Sarfo in Accra where they came together due to their shared love for dreaming, learning, building, traveling and innovating. This June Tress, which was founded at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), was accepted to the Y-Combinator […]
Career / Videos
Video + List: Equity-free Funding For Your Business Idea
In this video, I share info on how to get equity-free seed funding for your business idea or startup. I also share a list of accelerators around the world to help you get started on your journey. List of Equity-free Accelerators Around The World Ready to take a bold step into the tech […]
Personal Stories
Toxic masculinity and what it means for the burgeoning digital economy in Nigeria
I wrote this piece (in quotes below) a while ago and didn’t have the guts to share it. It was an expansion of a social media conversation I was having and I must say it was undoubtedly a difficult conversation to have. However, after recently being the only male on CNN’s #MeToo panel at social […]
Sponsored
How AI and social media are defining new means of payments
Meet Kiah. Kiah is a 25-year-old freelance writer and graphic designer who spends most of her time on her smartphone. She, like the average digital consumer, spends up to 3 hours in the day on social networking and instant messaging. Kiah loves watching videos on YouTube and scrolling through her Twitter timeline, laughing and reacting […]
Everything Else
When well-meaning people can’t see it the same way
Yes, there are a few people who are mendacious, who are not seeking what you’re seeking. And yet, most of the time, there are plenty of good people who disagree with you–they want a good outcome, but the narrative they bring insists on getting there in a very different way. They have different glasses on […]
Sponsored
The 3 C’s: Industries That Will Survive Automation
Care, Computers and Clean Energy If you’re thinking 2026 is still far away, stop and think again. It really is less than 10 years away, which means we are as close to 2010 as we are to 2026. Let this sink in; it will be useful as you read through this forecast. The jobs dominating […]
Personal Stories
Public Speaking Tips From My Experience at TEDx Accra
Originally published on Nov 5, 2016. . . . Hello everyone! This is coming late but I still am pretty stoked about it. My presentation on the TEDx stage went great. I wasn’t as nervous as I thought I’d be. Maybe because by the time I got on stage, most of the attendees were leaving because […]
Technology
Want to get into Africa tech?
Originally published on Sep 24, 2017. . . . A summary of my notes from the recent Women Techmakers Leads and Google Developers Groups (GDG) Summit held in Lagos, Nigeria. I woke up on Monday morning to an invite to the Summit from my friend, Aniedi Udo-Ubong, Developer Ecosystem Manager at Google (Sub-Saharan Africa). It was to […]
