He with the keys to the vault will always be better placed to take advantage of the window of opportunity, whenever it beckons. Olówó ló l’òwò. Cash is king. Credit, the Prince. Ready access to funds – one’s own or leveraged, helps with one foot inside, with opportunities that really matter. Even as custodian of…
The 20 years between 1985 and 2005, especially the 90s in between, must pass as the most consequential years in the history of modern-day Banking in Nigeria. Â It was during those years that Banking, as it used to be, was fundamentally redefined, with the institution, held back by traditional approach to book-keeping and sluggish…
Founders, Investors & One-man Mentality,By Simbo Olorunfemi Yesterday, it was all about this Pharmaceuticals Retailer, supposedly in an ownership tussle between Founder and some foreign equity investor. A lot the reports in the newspapers and commentary leaned more towards a presentation of this as ‘hostile take-over’, by PE, even with the apparent misunderstanding of what…
It was the news by Strive Masiyiwa last week of the launch of the multistory building by his company, Africa Data Centres, at the Eko Atlantic City that jolted me to the fact that I still had not done the story I have been wanting to do on Eko Atlantic City for our magazine. Of…
Cosmas Maduka is a fascinating man. I got to know him in the early 90s. through some of the business magazines of that era and later Sunny Ojeagbase’ s Success Digest. His story is as intriguing as it is inspiring. Dropping out of school, after the death of his father, in ‘Elementary 3’ as he…
Each time I see our young people complain, lamenting how difficult things are, with the doors of opportunity shut in their faces, I smile. If only they know. Not too young to run? I smile. The young have always been running. All over the place. The young have always run. Look around you. Many of…
While growing up, South Africa was a very different country from what it is today. I was born in 1976 and from an early start I knew all was not well in my country. The general white folk of the time were not aware of the truly terrible things happening elsewhere in the country, building…
Gareth Cotten is a South African serial Entrepreneur. He has set up a number of businesses, sold quite a few and bought over a number of them, which he runs in line with his own set of rules, hardly in tune with the norm. Constantly thinking outside the box, running affairs on terms he has…
Olajide Abiola has 14 years of strong professional experience cutting across the Military, IT, Legislation and Public service. With a Bachelor degree in Computer Science, he has received multiple certifications in Microsoft technology as an IT professional and Engineer. He is also certified in Negotiation from the University of Michigan, Project management and Entrepreneurship from…
