Two’s Day Tuesday 22nd February 2022 I am feeling lucky and I want to make a wish! Someone mentioned something like “Make a wish, the universe will answer” and I thought for a moment about all that I wished for the most that was unselfish? What else beyond exceedingly long lives for my family, loved ones, and myself, filled with love, happiness, peace, and prosperity? I paused and thought for a minute, I wished for the progress of Africa. I wished for peace and the elimination of wars and conflict. I wished for the prosperity of our nations and great leadership. I kept wishing and wishing for all good things and in the end, I realized that Africa was full of my loved ones.

I made an unpopular statement once at a Lagos Angel Network and Google event in Lagos, and from the look on people’s faces, they did not like what I was insinuating. Many people still don’t talk to me after that day. Yes, I was also making a jibe at some…

#MonsterMode “The Giant looks in the mirror and sees nothing.” – Donda West I have been pondering on this all week. Being a giant is the death of narcissism. Being bigger than everything and anything life throws at you makes you a giant. We were growing to become giants in 2021, we will become true monsters in 2022. Ego is the enemy. See nothing, be everything.

I had imagined today differently. I didn’t plan for a pandemic or to be stuck in quarantine. I had planned to be back in Benin City after such a long absence. I had imagined a celebration of my father’s life and times. …

Early investment experience in an African Unicorn “Takes a nation of millions to hold us back But when your boy reach a billion it’s a wrap” — Jay Z. “A Billi.” Hello, again, world! Just in case you have not heard it yet, Flutterwave is now a Unicorn ( a…

Lessons while growing up in Edo. My maternal uncle Paul Omoruyi was a customs officer, he is now retired and a successful businessman in Lagos. He has been an inspiration to me in many ways. …

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Another Nigerian phenomenon Oga — Nigerian term for boss. Earned as a result of status or wealth. Typically well to do and at least of above average means or with assets or access to using or acquiring assets. I remember the day our gardener in Ikoyi “Baba John” first called…

On the first day of June almost six years ago, I found out definitively that we were going to have a son. It was surreal. I was going through a myriad of emotions at the news. I was happy, worried and sad at the same time. I wished my father…