God's Own
What does it take to transition from healthcare into the fintech industry?
In this episode, Candice and I discuss her experience as a hybrid worker after making the switch from sonography to fintech. She also highlights the skills young people need to break into their dream roles in today’s evolving workplace.
Continue reading “How I Switched from Sonography to Fintech | The Future of Work in Africa”
By 2024, just 38% of Africa’s population was online, according to the International Telecommunication Union, well below the global average of 68%. For a continent often described as digital-first, this gap reveals the hidden barriers that continue to limit access, opportunity, and real economic participation for its youth.
Continue reading “Digital but Disadvantaged: The Hidden Barriers Facing Africa’s Online Workforce”
The future of work is already unfolding: digital shifts, new skill demands, and changing employee expectations.
But while we often ask whether workers are ready, we rarely ask the bigger question — are workplaces ready?
Continue reading “Are Workplaces Ready for the Future of Work? | The Future of Work in Africa”
It felt like I was being forced—compelled—to write an article that might impact the continent.
Continue reading “How to Write an Article (Even When You Don’t Feel Like It)”
Welcome to Season 3, Episode 1 of the Brazen Exchange podcast!
In this episode, Trae Zeeofor and I address the elephant in the room: tech as a get-rich quick scheme, and other misconceptions people have about tech work in Africa.
Continue reading “The Misconceptions of Tech Work | The Future of Work in Africa”
A growing narrative suggests that digital entrepreneurship is solving Nigeria’s unemployment crisis. It is not. What it has done instead is reorganise how unemployment expresses itself.
Continue reading “Nigeria’s Digital Boom Is Reshaping Work, Not Ending Unemployment”
The average Nigerian has two sides: the serious side and the effusive side.
Continue reading “A Country of Grateful People”
Back in the day, when one wanted more than their salary could afford, or facing hard times, they joined joint contribution communities where each person contributed a certain amount.
Continue reading “Are Nigerians Now Living on Credit? The Encroaching Loan Lifestyle”
The Nigerian flag danced wildly in the wind amidst collapsed houses, now a sea of gutted woods and floating human waste—the remaining signs of a once bubbly and densely packed settlement.
Continue reading “Makoko: The Last Days of a Floating City”
“Yeeh, my eyes!
Pepper pepper pepper!
Ahh! It has entered my nose.
Someone get me water!
Brazen with Vanessa