I bought Chinua Achebe’s Memoir, There Was A Country sometime last year, back when it was generating a lot of discussion on social media but I never really made a serious effort to read it until now. I love Chinua Achebe as a story teller, and I definitely loved this book. It is heavily political, as you […]
Category: Rebels
Apple Hits $1TRILLION
It finally happened. Apple Inc. became the first company to hit a trillion dollar market capitalization ever in the history of everything. This is a legendary moment. From the days when Apple was almost going under, to the re-emergence of Steve Jobs and the creation of the iPhone, this is one of the most remarkable […]
The Nigerian Bond Market: How Progress Happens (Or Doesn’t) – DoubleEph
Below is a transcript of a thread shared on twitter by Feyi Fawehinmi about the Nigerian bond market and how a country develops or fails to, or even reverses course. I think it contains many lessons for us and I decided to share them here. I’ll repost his tweets with minimal edits/comments. Thread reads: I […]
California!
Hi guys! I travelled to California for the first time since I’ve been in the States. I’d always wanted to visit but I never found sufficient reason to but this year I finally took the plunge. My visit brought me to the San Francisco Bay Area. And I’ll tell you right now? I love it. […]
Road Trip (Part 2)
Sorry guys, I left you all hanging for the second part of my road trip. We left New Orleans and made our way to Dallas. The drive was uneventful, we cracked jokes, blasted music, slept, woke and kept at it. I woke up right as we pulled into Dallas, at almost midnight. It was my […]
Road Trip Part 1: New Orleans
So I went on a road trip, guys. This year has been super busy and stressful and I realized a break was needed. All work and no play and all that jazz so my friends and I decided we would go on a road trip first week of May. Cool shit. The week before our […]
What Kanye’s Meltdown Tells Us About Ourselves and Our Society
1. Everyone likes to complain about ‘society’ but everyone forgets that we are society. Us. You and me and everyone else. There’s no organization known as society with set meeting dates and plans and agendas to carry out. It’s individuals and their beliefs expressed one by one that makes up society. Stay with me. 2. […]
