With entire industries across the country currently shut down due to the Coronavirus, one source which had continued to generate the much-needed cash and foreign exchange for the Nigerian government was the sale of crude oil, albeit at lower prices. This week, prices declined even further, causing Nigeria’s Bonny Light […]
Armed robbery in broad daylight: a government of the people and by the people, literally
In an address by Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, on April 13th, he communicated the decision to extend the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for another period of two weeks, due to the Coronavirus. He also stated that pallative measures had been approved and delivered to […]
Between a rock and a hard place – hunger or the Coronavirus?
With over 1.4 million cases and 82 thousand deaths, as at 7th April 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic has sent shock waves across the world and shows no signs of stopping soon. Projections and estimates about the extent of the outbreak are a dime a dozen, but one thing that most […]
Real Estate Investing with Diran Otegbade
In this episode, we welcome our first guest, Diran Otegbade, the Founder and CEO of www.realtor.ng, a real estate technology and marketing company.In the episode, Diran takes us through his transition from being a software developer at IBM in North America, to setting up one of the leading real estate […]
Nigeria becomes Africa’s biggest economy…again. Should we be impressed?
The news about Nigeria overtaking South Africa to become Africa’s biggest economy, as the latter slipped into its second recession in as many years, was celebrated like a major achievement by a lot of people. This would not be the first time that the West African Nation would lay claim […]
How to manage your money – Personal financial budgeting
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The easiest way to get rich
In this episode, I tried to categorize wealthy / rich people based on the path they took to building / generating wealth. I relied loosely on a classification made by Tom Corley, in one of his articles (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/27/4-main-paths-to-becoming-millionaire-here-is-the-easiest-way-says-money-expert.html) on CNBC. The four major paths to getting rich / becoming a millionaire […]