My Ideas for Making Nigeria Better - SD Nuggets™

Your Certificate DOES NOT Define YOU! [Mind Map for my Presentation at Yaba College of Technology’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture on 3rd May 2012]

March 12, 2016

Below: This is the Mind Map I used to deliver my core presentation as Guest Speaker at Yaba College of Technology’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture - held at Grillo Hall, under the auspices of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, on 3rd May 2012. My core message was this: Your Certificate DOES NOT Define YOU! Polytechnic […]

Career Development

Developing Positive Income Earning Competence In Nigeria Is The Key to Eliminating Corruption Amongst Nigerians [Case Study: Aljazeera "Africa Investigates" video report titled "Nigeria's Baby Farmers"]

March 8, 2016

If you have not yet watched the Aljazeera "Africa Investigates" video report titled "Nigeria's Baby Farmers", starring Ghana's famous under cover journalist - Anas - and Rosemary an investigative journalist from Nigeria, then click here to watch it now. The revelations of the sickening yet vibrant trade in babies, actively engaged in by hospitals and […]

Career Development

PII 004: Get YOUR FREE Copy of Tayo Solagbade's Quick & Dirty Guide to English Language for French Speakers

March 7, 2016

WARNING: This Workbook based guide is NOT a standard language learning resource. I've called it a quick and dirty guide because that's what it is. This workbook assumes you're willing to spend time sitting behind your PC (and also on your mobile) listening to audiios corresponding to clickable words and phrases, (and pictures that appear […]

Entrepreneurship

It Takes Proven Know-How to Achieve Repeatable Web Marketing Success [True Story: How My 9 Year Old Domain Got Poached In May 2014, and I Used My Web Marketing System On a NEW Domain, to Build My Online Brand/Sales to a Higher Level Within 6 Months]

March 2, 2016

Two great quotes by a great man, who achieved great results in his chosen field of expertise: "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am" - Muhammad Ali "It ain't bragging if you can back it up" - Muhammad Ali Image Source: http://orig06.deviantart.net To paraphrase Ali with regard to BOTH quotes, […]

Career Development

Temi & Oluoma's No-Oven Charcoal Stove Cookies [Facebook page now LIVE!]

February 28, 2016

'Temi (10) & Oluoma (7) are sisters who (with support from their family) use creative low cost recipes & a charcoal stove pot to bake cookies for sale. This micro business venture began as a “skills acquisition project” Temi asked their Dad to let her do, after seeing videos of home made cookies baking. Click […]

Career Development

Is Olajumoke the Bread seller-Turned-Model Getting a Fair Deal?

February 26, 2016

I've wondered intermittently about this from the very beginning, but felt it was nothing to worry about given the high profile exposure that the entire development has so far enjoyed. Even now, I'm not sure what to think... However @HNNAfrica's tweets asserting that Olajumoke the breadseller-turned-model is being exploited have now made me decide to […]

Entrepreneurship

PII 002: Deliver Promised Quality Consistently, and Buyers Will Feel No Need to Look for Alternatives

February 22, 2016

This week's issue was inspired by Pius Adesanmi's 2006 article titled "Ibo Made" republished on Facebook on Feb. 20, 2016 (click). It was very articulate, and loaded with solid points. Definitely a good read. However I refuse to let my patriotic zeal blind me to the root causes I've identified to contribute in no small […]

Entrepreneurship

A Smarter and Cheaper Strategy for Earning Foreign Exchange [Hint: It's NOT Related to Crude Oil or Agricultural Exports...But It's Cheaper And More Sustainable]

February 19, 2016

It's become more apparent that we as a people in Nigeria still refuse to GET IT, when it comes to identify SMARTER strategies for earning TANGIBLE foreign exchange on a sustainable basis to boost our economy. Since I became a child capable of intelligent thought, growing up in Nigeria, most times the subject of foreign […]

Entrepreneurship

Succeeding Through Hard Work, Determination and Persistence: 3 Lessons from Nigeria's Igbo Traders

February 16, 2016

If you think the title of this article is an attempt by a Yoruba man, to suck up to Igbos (who happen to be my in-laws), I'm sorry to disappoint you. It is NOT. What I share here are insights based on objective study and evaluation of the trade and commerce (and sometimes manufacturing/creative) activities […]

Entrepreneurship

Rabbit Farm Business Startup As Alternative to Traditional Livestock Businesses

February 13, 2016

In a 2013 farm business ideas article (click to read it here), I wrote an article in which I made the case for Rabbit farming as a viable low cost means to boost availability of high quality protein towards raising the appallingly low per capita protein consumption in Nigeria/Africa. In my usual habit of walking […]