Jun 14, 2021Congratulations Egbon TK On Ayinla — The MovieSometime in 2018, after my book, Afonja The Rise, came out, I got a call from egbon Moruff Adenekan who was managing PR for the book for me. He had given a copy to the legendary Tunde Kelani, and TK wanted to see me. Earlier that year, TK had hit…Tunde Kelani2 min readTunde Kelani2 min read
Apr 9, 2021Let’s Keep Innovating — KYC and ThingsWhat Happened? So, over the last few days, it finally became public that access to BVN Verfication Services is no longer available except you are licensed by the CBN. And, if you are one of the licensed players that has access to it, you cannot extend the service to anyone unlicensed. …Kyc2 min readKyc2 min read
Jun 24, 2019More Health Plans — Senior Citizens and a Family PlanSometime in April (thankfully, not the event the popular film of the same name dramatizes) I put out this POST talking about how we had been working in partnership with Hygeia HMO to make health plans affordable. You can simply buy health plans, pay monthly and select one of almost…Healthcare4 min readHealthcare4 min read
Apr 12, 2019What I’ve Been Doing — Making Health Plans AffordableWhat Have I Been Up To? Many writers will tell you that they find it easier to write about other people than about themselves and what they are doing. But at certain milestones, it is important to pause, breathe, and document what one has been doing. 2017 was a particularly hectic year for me. First, the…Healthcare5 min readHealthcare5 min read
Aug 7, 2017For thine is the tech, the business and the profitSo I work in payments and in tech circles, it’s the in thing now. Everyone is either doing a payment app, a disintermediation system (a la Uber) or an aggregator type platform. But what I find is people who know the tech of the thing but have almost zero idea…Payments1 min readPayments1 min read
Jun 27, 2017Africa Will Not Entrepreneur or Tech Its Way To DevelopmentYes. Contrary to what the conferences say and many nice speakers and reports postulate, Africa will not Tech, Entrepreneur or Small Business its way to development and prosperity. This is because all these three things are actually results or if you like they are based on other things. Every single…Africa2 min readAfrica2 min read
Jun 22, 2017Accountability Roles — Citizens, The Media And GovernmentSo this is going to be short. The purpose is to clarify what in my view are the roles of each of the parties in the subject is in governance, so that hopefully people do not get guilt-tripped into anything by those who have turned themselves into the accountability police. …Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Jun 20, 2017On Criticising Men of God — Touch Not My Annointed?I wrote this a while ago, but with recent events like the videos of Pastor Ashimolowo that trended on twitter, Pastor Ibiyeomie and how the Kemi Olunloyo matter was handled and many others, I thought to share again here. One of the most abused verses of scripture is found in…Christianity3 min readChristianity3 min read
Jun 16, 2017Why They Are Leaving Nigeria — To Create HopeFrom my immediate University clique, another person is leaving Nigeria for America at the end of this month, with her family of three. Virtually every month for the last two years, I’ve gone to visit one person or the other who was making a similar move. In fact, one of…Nigeria5 min readNigeria5 min read
Published in The Future of Work·Jun 13, 2017The Future of WorkMy friend Cheta Nwanze is giving a talk for the CBN today on The Gig Economy and while discussing it with him yesterday, it triggered a couple of thoughts I thought to share. One of the peculiarities of being human is that whilst big changes might be happening when we…Future Of Work5 min readFuture Of Work5 min read
