There’s a huge contrast between the way, say American parents raise their children when it comes to money and the way Nigerian parents do. I’ve started to wonder if this feeds into the way we relate to finances as adults. For instance, I read John D. Rockefeller’s biography, Titan. He describes his dad giving him weekly allowance […]
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2019: Let The Story Begin
Happy New Year everyone! It’s a late new year post but I’ve been in my village with really bad internet for the past almost two weeks (for those of you not aware, I’m currently in Nigeria). I hope you all enjoyed the festive period and are coming into 2019 with a lot of energy and […]
Nike May Lose the Battle, But They’re Winning the War
Yesterday, Nike revealed the new campaign marking the 30th anniversary of their “Just Do It” marketing slogan, with NFL player Colin Kaepernick as the face of it. The Internets, understandably, went to shits. For one side of the culture, the campaign was a massive hit and a salute to American athletes who have been taking […]
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 […]
One Stunning Fact About Coffee Production in Africa
Sometimes you run into a statistic that makes you realize that our continent as a whole is really not trying. We are not punching anywhere close to our deserved weight in so many areas, even in the commodity export we feel is our only source of edge. Today I saw statistics about coffee production and […]
Robinhood, Square Cash and More Are All Coming for Coinbase
Coinbase has long been the only way to most convenient way to buy crypto currencies in the US, making over $1 bn last year in fees and revenue from people buying and selling Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin. Now, that comfortable dominance is being challenged by none other than Robinhood and Square Cash. I opened my […]
Who Wants to Be A Millionaire? I’m Raising $500,000 for This Real Estate Opportunity
Happy new year, folks! 2017 was an incredibly challenging and rewarding year for me in a lot of ways, and I’m sure you all can say the same. I will talk about my year and what was arguably the biggest challenges and the biggest gains in further posts. I also had a massively busy one […]
