“There is little success where there is little laughter” — Andrew Carnegie The biggest bet that turned into the biggest win for me in 2022, was trusting myself enough to start SentientXT. Especially, coming on the heels of the back-to-back challenges of Ballgecko. I didn’t want to start an Agency…

I started 2021 with a lot of expectations, and to be fair, so did everyone else. It was a New Year and I wasn’t alone in the chase of getting new things going. Early into the year, my startup — Gecko5 had successfully raised Angel Investment, I had recruited my…

If you have ever failed before… Or ever been limited in life at any time, this might just turn out to be a good read for you. I am on the conviction that success/growth in life is highly customized and our circumstances/specific events/opportunities are mostly typified for us (alone). …

Amazing write-up, considering that this is a silent, persistent thought in the minds of any <35 yo working within Nigeria today. My first remark would be to consider more deeply that thought stream of 'You have a dream life... and you will always put in the work wherever you find…

The last couple of days have been hard for all melanated skinned folks world over. The systemic oppression is real, the changes are non existent or at best muddled and vague under layers of hate and bias. But that’s not the entire story. But maybe when we point the fingers…

I am what I say I am, Not what I guess I am, A flow of energy and blood, I am human. In a world of clashing levels of joy and pain, Solace is never a mile away, Solace is here… in a neighbour’s embrace, We are human. If love overcomes anguish, And giving brings so much gain, On what fire do love’s coal burn, Is love human? What moves us to compassion, The will to judge or the need to assuage, Can mankind be really kind? Are we human?

Fresh beginnings are not always planned but they are powerful markers in an individual life’s journey. — Tomorrow always holds better promises than today, the task however is to stay alive till tomorrow comes. Extend that vista of opportunity and hope as much as possible and someday you will win. Sometime in the evening of yesterday, I changed my bio across all my major social feeds and…

In the next few days my life and career takes on a new trajectory. I do not know whether to be happy or sad… I am somewhere in between though. I came into Lagos 3.5 years ago with a backpack and just enough money for transport fare back to my…