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Solving problems your competitors aren’t can drive major economic advantages for any company. Not because the problems are small. But because they’re inconvenient, operationally hard, or structurally ignored. In Africa, many of the biggest opportunities sit exactly there.

Please, I beg you. Amongst all the important criteria, marry someone that sees you as a big deal! That thing is non-negotiable!

Most PhD students I have encountered have no real work experience beyond being a TA, which is essentially an internship. That may be acceptable at the undergraduate level, but for a PhD, it is not enough. If you want to go into academia, then being an instructor might get you

A friend of mine has been hit by a few layoffs. Each time he bounces back within a month- usually with a pay bump, sometimes a promotion. He lands on his feet every single time. I asked him what he does- it's the stuff recruiters always say and many people say- "I did that" or

It’s been 2 years at Moniepoint Group 🥳 so I decided to share how I scaled our research practice from just 1 person (me) to now 8 people, and exponential business outcomes. In this article, I share 5 key things I did to build a world-class research team. iwalola.medium.com/scaling-a-rese…

I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul. From Invictus by William Ernest Henley, 1875

I’m not gonna lie. Once you decide to start studying for a certification, the FIRST thing you should do is search it up on reddit.

Tried out Claude Cowork for the first time yesterday. Like everyone else my downloads folder is a mess going back years. So told CC to go in there and organise things into folders in a sensible and intuitive way. Also told it to rename all screenshots by looking inside the

Many young people are looking to network and connect with folks they see as stars and heroes in their sectors. The truth is, these things take time. Start with your peers. The next unicorn founder may be sitting next to you as your colleague. Your buddy may be a bank CEO

My immediate elder sister taught me this No matter the Job she gets and no matter the country or high salary She types her resignation letter down the third month after assumption and she begins to look for a higher Job 6 months after settling in It's dog eat dog. And it

Lmao.. wo, in this life, just take yourself and your affairs seriously. With time everything will fall in line. Enemies will beg to become allies - on their own. Just show workings. Everything else will align. Value is the currency that will always run this world.

Nobody is skilled at the start. Nobody is unskilled after 10,000 attempts.

Many men struggled with this when they first arrive in the uk. I was talking to a couple and we were sharing our struggles as married people and we talked about how they navigate the first few months of arrival in the Uk. Wife said, “I always offend my husband, any small

THIS IS NOT A CAREER ADVICE. The fastest way to double your salary: 1. Get really good at what you do 2. Document every win with numbers 3. Apply externally with proof of value 4. Negotiate hard Internal promotions = 10-15% raise Switching companies = 40-60% even 100% raise

There are only 3 types of work that actually move your career forward. I’m currently focused on 1, 2 and 3🤣 𝟏. 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 Learning things that show up repeatedly in real roles. (Tech, tools, domain knowledge, communication.) 𝟐. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 Anything that

I replaced my friends with 90 year olds. And all my problems disappeared. A few years ago, I was depressed, in a rut, and trying to find meaning in my life. And everyone my age gave me terrible advice. So I thought to myself, "Why not ask people at the end of their life for

Here are the steps I'm using to achieve my goal: youtu.be/gA_yi7bL7hA?si…

Excited to announce I'm starting a new column at Bloomberg about the business of fashion. The first piece is about how to re-shore US apparel manufacturing. Instead of using mass deportations and tariffs, the government should move the industry upstream. 🧵

I’m on the grant committee for AI for Public Goods Fast Grants, an initiative that will distribute $150k in funds to advance critical research at the intersection of AI + public goods. Funding: $10k for 1k-word proposals Applications due February 28th: openreview.net/group?id=AI4PG…