The Young Shall Grow
Journeys of my past, mentorship for the future Has this been a September to Remember for you or was it just another cliché? Making every single month count for posterity always is…
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10 Underrated Small Businesses of Africa’s Top Startup City
Service provider directory of a Lagos worker If you ever lived in a city where everyone is mobile, has something to sell and advertises unashamedly, whether dressed in a three-piece suit or…
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How to Get the Job After a Failed Interview
Guide to job hunting Virtual interviews are no easier than the panel of interviewers I sat face-to-face with in my early career years. As Covid-19 came upon us in 2020 threatening our…
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Discussing Porn with a Teenage Son
A tool to aid parent-adolescent experience It is always a proud parent moment during my children’s visiting day at their boarding school. When I get introduced as Roy’s Mom, a staff would…
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The Pride of Africa’s Mega City
Drive, trek or move out! Cities that inhabit 10 million or more inhabitants are described as mega cities. The largest of them are Tokyo in Japan, Jakarta in Indonesia, Delhi in India,…
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The Neighborhood of the Naked Pedestrian
What standards of humanity can justify such neglect? The weather was bright, traffic was light and at 7.45am we drove off the Roundabout to the inner road. Lining the road on both…
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The Race That Began Before It Started
Seven Life Lessons for Achieving your goals I woke up on race day somewhat nervous about the 10k run. For a Goalaholic like me, this first milestone for the year would validate…
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The Choices We Called Mistakes
Courage to embrace them intentionally One of the lessons I’ve learned since living more intentionally was to embrace mistakes. This sounds like incitement to do wrong. It’s not. It’s been demonstrated that…
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The Brisk Walker and Her Fixer
Village memories of a grieving daughter Every school resumption week the shopping goes full swing for my children in boarding school. My twelve-year-old daughter accompanied me to Yaba, a bustling open market in…
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The Best Way To Engage Your Child This Holiday
It’s not Coding, Music or Art Classes Summer holidays are here. It’s a full house of fun, fussiness and fights. This time five years ago I would have made all these grand…