July 2022: Africa, the world’s second-largest continent by population, with around 1.40 billion people, or 16.72% of the world’s population, has a promising future. Its predominantly youthful population is changing the course of history in many facets. Internationally, young Africans are cutting their teeth and putting smiles on the faces…

“Upbringing could pose as a hindrance to survival.” This thought sounded absurd to me at first, but further upon review, I have observed how decisions based on convictions and values, for example morals, could be a reason for apparent hardship. This was my reality as life recently threw me a…

A Nations Intention It’s 6:00 am and I am out for a run, jogging swiftly through the streets of Maitama, Abuja [Err …. not really]. [Actually] I am walking because I am in the worst shape. …

Forward: My Anthony is now 16 and in High school. …

I moved to Nigeria 15 years ago with a burning desire to contribute to my continent. My comfort zone of a thriving career in a Fortune 100 company on Wall Street was no longer comfortable enough. Despite that fact that my wife and I had just started a young family…

Part 3: Should we be hopeful? I remember when I visited my cousins in Lagos, how it felt like I had boarded a plane to different country. Lagos was just a big bustling city and was a new adventure as we hunted for the best akara and fried yam vendor…

Part 2: Despair On finding my love in 1999, I set targets on what I needed to achieve and accomplish in my host country before getting back with my love. America would never be the same to me again. I was now focused on getting back to Nigeria. In 2004…

Part 1: (Rekindling) In 1999, I rediscovered my first love! She had grown up. I mean I had grown to become aware of her beauty. She was stunning and full of all possibilities. I could not wait to spend as much time with her as possible; to reacquaint myself with…

(so this was written Christmas 2019….. What a year 2020 turned out to be… We look at 2021 and ready to ride… ) On Christmas morning I woke at 3am with a smile on my face, it was a big smile. I had gone to bed early the night before…