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BOSSes Anne Ganguza and Tolupe Kolade, a leading voice from Nigeria's vibrant voiceover scene, connect to explore the sonic tapestry of Africa's storytelling. They unpack Tolupe's experiences building a career and community within a dynamic market, offering a window into the unique challenges and triumphs of voice acting on the continent. Listeners will discover the crucial role of genuine expression in connecting with audiences, gain understanding of the industry's growth in Africa, and appreciate the power of shared narratives across borders. Anne and Tolupe also discuss practical pathways for aspiring voice talent and the evolving nature of the global voice landscape.   00:01 - Speaker 3 (Announcement) Anne changed my life a few years ago while coaching me for my commercial demo. Since then, I've been traveling throughout Europe and the UK and I never miss a VO Boss podcast. It's just how I start my Wednesday, no matter what country I'm in. I love that I can stay connected with her and continue to learn about VO even from across the pond. Love you, Anne.  00:23 - Speaker 4 (Ad) Hey guys, it's that season again. Are you feeling that tickle in your throat? Don't let a cold or flu slow you down. Combat your symptoms early with Vocal Immunity Blast, a simple and natural remedy designed to get you back to 100% fast. With certified therapeutic grade oils like lemon to support respiratory function, oregano for immune-boosting power and a protective blend that shields against environmental threats, your vocal health is in good hands. Take charge of your health with Vocal Immunity Blast. Visit anganguza.com to shop.  01:00 - Speaker 3 (Announcement) It's time to take your business to the next level, the boss level. These are the premier business owner strategies and successes being utilized by the industry's top talent today. Rock your business like a boss a VO boss. Now let's welcome your host, Anne Ganguza.  01:22 - Anne (Host) Hey, hey guys, welcome to the VO Boss podcast. I'm your host, Anne Ganguza, and today I am honored to have a very special guest with me today, all the way from Nigeria, Tolupe Kolade, also known as T-Code, which is such a cool, I love that name. He is a Nigerian voiceover artist, podcaster and coach, and a 2024 Sova's Award nominee for Outstanding Commercial Best African Voiceover. As the creator of Nigeria's first voiceover podcast, Everything Voiceover's, the African Perspective, and the creative partner of the Association of African Podcasters and Voice Artists, APVA, T-Code champions the African voiceover industry, mentoring new talents and collaborating with top brands to bring impactful storytelling to life. I love that. I love that so much. T-code, it is so nice to have you on the show. Finally.  02:13 - Tolupe (Guest) Finally, Thank you so much.  02:15 Anne.  02:16 It's been years of listening to you over the seas and I can't express how excited I am right now to share the same podcast with you being a guest. Oh my God, I feel so great.  02:29 - Anne (Host) Well, I'll tell you what. You sent me, oh my gosh, years ago, a really lovely audio testimonial about my podcast. And I just recently if obviously you've been listening to the podcast, you know that I never really did any ads or anything and I finally decided, gosh, I should do some ads for my own podcast for however many years. And so I started featuring some of the audio testimonials from people, and I featured yours and then, all of a sudden, I got flagged in this amazing video that you created for me and bosses out there, if you ever want to do a testimonial that will get the attention of a potential client right, this is a very boss move. I love this .T-code Create a lovely video that does a nice shout out, that expresses gratitude, and it was a lovely video and I was so touched that you took the time to create a video and, by the way, the production value was just amazing.  03:20  kudos on the production value of that. I mean it was insane, and I was just so excited that you were excited and I wanted to talk to you. I mean, with all these accomplishments, you are quite a VO boss, and so I was only too happy to ask if you would be on the show, and my apologies because bosses out there. I don't know about this time zone slash day but I completely messed up the first time that we were supposed to get together, so I'm just so glad that we're finally here.  03:48 So glad to have you on the show.  03:50 - Tolupe (Guest) Thank you so much.  03:51 - Anne (Host) Yeah, so let's talk about your start in voiceover, because I think a lot of bosses here we know what happens in our own little bubble here, but it's difficult to really find out what's going on in other countries. And how is voiceover? How is it doing in Africa? And you're championing it. So I think it's a wonderful start to talk about how you got started.  04:14 - Tolupe (Guest) Okay, so I'm going to talk about how I got started and then we talk about the industry in Africa. I got started officially in 20. So there was the 2016 version of me getting into voiceovers and there was the 2016 version of me getting into voiceovers and there was the 2020 version of me getting into voiceovers In 2016. It was more of broadcasting. As a broadcaster, I worked on radio and that was where I got introduced to the world of recording audio.  04:40 Prior to that time, well, even while I was in university because I graduated from the university in 2015, I did a bit of radio stuff and that was actually the first time that I would do a voiceover. I wasn't a presenter at the time, but someone heard my voice and said, oh, would you like to come to the university radio station? Which I said okay, yes, I did. And I got there and they said oh, said oh, okay, what stuff have you got? So the radio station's name was something around Versity Radio at the time and I just said you're listening to Versity Radio, something around that, and they were like whoa, that was great and they allowed me do the voiceovers for the radio station, the audio branding and all of that at the time, but then I wasn't schooled about voiceover. I didn't really know what it was, so I continued my radio journey.  05:29 2016. I would go to other radio stations and do the same thing for the radio stations and the presenters on the radio. Then, 2017, I started understanding what voiceover was because I was officially working on radio at this time.  05:43 - Anne (Host) Did you have your own radio  at this time, and did you have your own shows at that time? 05:47 - Tolupe (Guest) Yeah, I had a show on radio, but I was more on tv because the establishment was a tv and radio station combined. Okay, so I was doing more of tv, but they would call me to do some of the promos for some radio and tv shows and I would do all of those at a time. But I still didn't understand what voiceover was until fast forward to 2019. I was working in another radio station. The demand for my voice had increased and some money started coming in, but very little at the time. So I started getting curious to how the industry in voiceover was at the time. So I started asking questions, I took online courses and 2020 was when I got into voiceover officially. So there were different versions of that.  06:40 But late 2019, I took a bold step to find anybody who would need my voice on the internet. So I went on youtube and I found some youtube channels by africans who were doing voiceovers on their youtube channel as to narrate stories on the youtube channel. But they weren't professional voiceover artists. But compared to what I was doing at the time, I could read better. So I would respectfully reach out to them and say Hi, I'm a radio presenter and a voiceover artist here in Nigeria and I don't know if you don't mind, I would love to record your voiceovers.  07:14 At the time I didn't have any idea of exactly how the industry worked, but I just wanted a platform somewhere to put my voice out there. So I reached out to a couple of youtubers and one of them reached back to me and was willing to offer me some stipend monthly for recording voiceovers for a channel, and that was how it started. So the moment I got to realize that I could earn a living from voiceovers and there was opportunity for me to improve and grow my skills, I took it so serious and I started looking for resources and I think it was 2020 and 2021,. I discovered your podcast and it was just a whole new height for me because I was connecting to the voiceover industry globally and that really just opened my mind to more about voiceover. So that's the story of how I got into this.  08:05 - Anne (Host) I love that. So prior to that you were full time in radio.  08:08 - Tolupe (Guest) Yes, radio and TV. I did that for about six years.  08:11 - Anne (Host) Got it. Got it Radio and TV. So where did we're going to fast forward to the podcast? Because you've been doing your podcast for a while now and now you realize that it's a labor of love. It is something that does require like a focused, like passion to creating content that goes out there on a consistent basis. Talk to me about what drew you into the podcast. Were there other podcasts, voiceover podcasts, let's say, specifically in your area, that talked about African voiceovers or voiceover in Nigeria? What prompted you?  08:43 - Tolupe (Guest) Okay, so my first foray into podcasting wasn't because I wanted to podcast at the time, and this was in 2019. So I was working on radio. I needed a medium to save my radio shows right, because people would listen. And radio is a medium yeah, radio is a medium where people just listen once and you can't rewind, you can't listen again on the go. So I had that program I was doing on radio and I wish to archive it. So I was looking for ways to do this on the internet for free, and that was how I stumbled on podcasting, because, of course, you could just upload an audio and it's there.  09:22 Right, right, right. So that was how I started I love that that's so interesting.  09:24 So that was how.  09:24 I started. I love that.  09:25 - Anne (Host) That's so interesting because I have to tell you that I wanted to get into radio but I wasn't, and so I said, well, let me create a podcast  09:32 So it's very interesting, and that was my radio. 09:36 - Tolupe (Guest) Oh yeah, it still feels like radio because I resigned from radio. In 2021 to face Voice of Us full time. Oh, okay, in 2021 to face voiceovers full time.  09:44 Oh, okay, yeah but back to the question of how the podcast came to be. So, prior to the time I was entering into the voiceover industry, there was no voiceover podcast that I had heard of. And 2020, I took a course at the voiceover workshop. That's one of the few voiceover training institutions we have in Nigeria, so I realized that there was more to this. People did this full time. There was an industry around this, so I was curious to know more. Podcasting was already getting more popular at the time, so it just made sense that there should be somebody on the internet podcasting about voiceover. So a friend shared a couple of podcasts and then I saw this article the top 10 voiceover podcasts in the world. Your podcast was a part of them, with a couple of other podcasters that I respect a lot.  10:37 - Anne (Host) Wow, I didn't even know that. That's awesome. 10:40 - Tolupe (Guest) Yeah, and then I checked it out and I just fell in love with it because the style of the presentation you were so real, so relatable. It felt like you were trying to help people, just groom them, feed them and you break down the stings. So I'd stalk to your podcast and I'd listen and listen. And I checked the African space. At the time there was only one lady from South Africa podcasting about voiceover and it was quite refreshing to find her at the time, but not in Nigeria. I didn't find anybody in Nigeria. So I wanted to start because I felt it would be so great for voiceover artists in Nigeria to share their stories.  11:22 So people can know what we're going through, because a lot of things needed to be restructured in the voiceover industry at the time, in my opinion. But there was nothing like that. So from 2020 the idea came, but I had this imposter syndrome because I was like, oh, you're just young into the industry, how do you expect to be the guy to host people and just talk about voiceovers? So I delayed the idea till 2022. And in 2022, nobody was doing it. I'm like, well, you have to do it. So I started the podcast. Prior to that time, I had the experience of podcasting. I'd worked on radio, I understood how to record a deed and put things together, upload a podcast. So I just took all of that knowledge and I started the Everything Voice of Us podcast, the African Perspective, which was for Africans, by Africans, to tell African stories.  12:16 - Anne (Host) I love that, you know. What's so interesting is that I don't know if it's a prerequisite or a requirement to be the expert if you want to start a podcast, because for me, I remember, before I started the podcast I started my VO Peeps group because I had moved across the country and I wanted to kind of get to know the people in my industry, and so I basically started to interview my heroes. I didn't necessarily present myself as the expert at anything, but I was absolutely interested in sharing resources and educating the community, and I think that that is a great way to look at any type of a podcast that you want to start out there, bosses, so that you can share and educate, and I think that is a really great angle to come upon it. And so I think for you, you do a lot of interviews in your podcast and I'm sure people are very eager to get their voices heard as well, and so it's kind of a win-win for both, for both of you?  13:15 - Tolupe (Guest) Yeah, absolutely, absolutely.  13:17 - Anne (Host) Yeah, what would you say has been your biggest I don't know your biggest takeaway from now starting and having a successful podcast. What would you say is your biggest takeaway from now starting and having a successful podcast. What would you say is your biggest takeaway?  13:29 What's your biggest gift from the podcast?  13:29 - Tolupe (Guest) That's a huge question, 13:30 - Anne (Host)  And what's the biggest challenge?  13:33 - Tolupe (Guest) Okay, so first the biggest gift from the podcast and then the biggest challenge.  13:38 I think the biggest gift from the podcast has been connecting me with the world.  13:43 Like the world is so big and there are people waiting to be heard and people wanting to hear more, so my biggest gift is that I've been able to connect with the world and share that network, or the stories that I learned across the way, with people.  14:02 Because of the podcast, a lot of people know me and because of the podcast I can also access a lot of people from different parts of Africa and even outside Africa, and it has helped me to grow such network that many prominent things happening in the voiceover and audio creative space in Africa. I am often involved in most of these things and it's just a very humbling experience for me. So the network is a powerful gift that I've gotten humbling experience for me, so the network is a powerful gift that I've gotten. I think the biggest challenge for podcasting, as you've said earlier, anne, is that it's a should I use the word thankless job, or it's a service, it's something it is. Yeah, it's a very sacrificial thing to do because literally I don't know how it works over there, but we don't get paid in Africa for podcasting.  14:52 - Anne (Host) No, we don't get paid here either, and to get sponsors is very difficult.  14:57 - Tolupe (Guest) It is. It is so. It's something that if you are not convinced, if you are not passionate and selfless, you're going to burn out real quick. So I have invested my time, my energy, my money into this. I had to create a team. I mean, for the first two seasons of the podcast, I was doing this independently and since, in theory, I took on some boss moves. To be honest, you inspired me as well on this episode you did, where you talked about podcasting and you I think it was the beginning of this year you said something about how much you spent on podcasting the previous year.  15:34 It's not cheap, was it like $15,000 or something. It was like $10,000 to $15,000,.  15:39 - Speaker 4 (Ad) Yeah, yeah, and when I heard that I'm like guy, you can do more. People at the top do a lot to get to where they are. So I decided, okay, I'm going to invest more into this. And they are. So I decided, okay, I'm going to invest more into this. And my focus was to help him build a better voice of our industry. That has always been my inspiration to doing many of the things that I do. So, yeah, that's my gift and the biggest challenge, the fact that you're just doing it on your own. But, yeah, it's still a blessing at the end of the day, Right?  16:10 - Anne (Host) Now you mentioned that you thought there needed to be restructuring or you were wanting to be active in restructuring the voiceover industry in Africa. Tell us a little bit more about that. How has it evolved and what do you want to do to restructure that?  16:24 - Tolupe (Guest) Interesting. So, interestingly enough, yesterday I had a conversation with one of the very respected voiceover artists in Nigeria top voiceover artist on my Instagram page where we talked about the evolution of voiceover in Nigeria and I see something very similar to that in Africa. Voiceover for the longest in Africa, has been heavily associated with broadcasting. I believe it's almost the same thing every other place, but the difference is that for a lot of African countries that I have observed, voiceover is still somewhat glued to broadcasting, meaning broadcasters are the ones who officially do voiceovers.  17:04 Not many people come to claim the career to be voiceover artists. It is still being viewed as a part-time side hustle, right. So when I was coming in, of course it started as a part-time stuff for me as well, but I met a few nigerian voice actors, like eric maximus, who I was just referencing, e, and a couple of people like that. These people stood out as full-time voice actors Chilu Lemba, you know, femi Bakes these are my colleagues and I was inspired and also, listening to you, I realized this was possible. So the things that I felt could be restructured is that I needed people to see this more as a business, more as an industry and, gracefully, some people as far back as 1999, 2000 in Nigeria had realized this is what we needed to do, so they created an association in Nigeria at the time called the Association of Voice Over Artists in Nigeria.  18:08 Oh, okay, yeah.  18:10 And this association has been for about 22 years. But unfortunately the growth of the association has seen a lot of challenges because technology came quicker the old era of voiceovers, where everybody had to go to physical studios with the agencies and directors and all of that had gone, but a lot of people here were stuck in that era. So the new era of having a home studio, you know, and working with international rates and how things are being done live sessions, directed ones these things were into the norm over here and I felt that we needed to do better. Our rates weren't standard, as it were, very low at the time when I came, and just the attitude of people towards voiceover is just like a side hustle. People didn't respect the craft. So these were the things that I wished could change.  19:06 Also, if you look at the American space, you had organizations that would fight for voiceover artists and you had resources for voiceover artists the coaches. There were people who had written books, there were award shows and things like that. We didn't have so much of those here. You hardly would find any book written by anybody about voiceover If you go to the internet, any book written by anybody about voiceover. If you go to the internet. There were no like very scanty.  19:35 So I felt like people needed to own this craft, people needed to build the industry, and I had to do what I had to do. There were a few companies, like training institutions that existed already at the time, so I just had had to contribute. I joined the association, joined another association called the African Association of Podcasters and Voice Actors, and together we started forming the policies and the building blocks, creating resources for voiceover artists, for podcasters in Africa, creating events like award shows. So we have the APVA Awards, we have webinars. We started creating these things and I must say it's been an interesting journey, a challenging one as well, but quite an interesting one since then.  20:17 - Anne (Host) Yeah, absolutely.  20:18 It's kind of like you're building it from the ground up, which I think is really amazing, and that is something that having knowledge of building things, being a kind of a pioneer in building things as the technology evolves and as our space voiceover industry grows.  20:33 It's a lot of thankless things, a lot of donation of your time, and so I think it's wonderful that you have really kind of gotten in on the ground floor so that you can help to develop policies and guidelines and then also you have a platform that's able to broadcast that out to the world.  20:51 And what I love is, and what I'm hoping, is that our connection here can also help you to be even more globally known, because that, of course, as I mentioned multiple times on my show, the podcast actually cost me money, but it also gives me a lot back in terms of people know who I am, lot back in terms of people know who I am, and so I think we know, and I think you must also know, that that is one of the most important things when you're trying to get your voice out there and when you're trying to become known as a business as well, so that you can survive full-time on voiceover.  21:23 Would you say that you are able to survive full-time on voiceover now, or is it still something that you are building? I know that it took me a few years to do that and you've been working already at it for a few years. Is it something that is a realistic goal for, let's say, I have been thriving as a voiceover artist full-time and I have colleagues who are also doing the same full-time, but we're not so many compared to the US, and the reason for?  22:01 - Tolupe (Guest) If you look at those of us who are doing voiceovers full-time, we are multi-skilled. We are able to record, we're able to edit and produce, we understand acoustics, we have learned about voiceover, we understand marketing as well. So it takes all of the skills to be able to stand and say, oh, I'll do voiceovers full-time, but majority aren't able to do that. Also, looking at the economic challenges and the reality surrounding what it takes to be a full-time voiceover artist, where in a country and largely in many parts of the continent, we don't have stable electricity, so you could be working and you run out of power, and that affects your work, especially if you're In your livelihood.  22:48 Exactly Right. So there's also the challenge of being able to erect or build a home studio for yourself, and also the fact that the equipment could be very expensive. Looking at our exchange rate, when we convert this equipment that costs some maybe $500 or $200 into Naira, whatever currency, it's a lot. So it's very challenging to decide to go full-time into voiceover, but for the few of us who are able to do it, it's also rewarding, especially and I must say, the fact that we get to work with clients out of Nigeria, especially clients from the us, using platforms like voice one, two, three and other pay-to-play sites. They open us up to opportunities with foreign clients and getting paid in dollars has its own advantage. So, yes, it's quite rewarding to work as a full-time voiceover artist, but it's also very challenging for a lot of us.  23:48 - Anne (Host) So what would be your best advice? That you would give aspiring voiceover talents in Nigeria Africa if they're looking to get into the industry. 23:57 - Tolupe (Guest) All right. So for people who are looking to get into the industry, the first thing that I recommend they do is to acquire knowledge. A lot of people still think, oh, you could just record voiceovers on your phone and I'm like, no, it doesn't work that way. So you need to learn, and I'm grateful that we have voiceover institutions in Nigeria and also other parts of Africa. We've got one in South Africa. That's the South Africa Voiceover Academy. In Nigeria, we have Voiceover Workshop Voiceover Academy. There are a couple of them and they've been able to come together to gather the body of knowledge needed for young voice artists to start. So I recommend. Second thing I recommend is podcasts. Listening to podcasts helps to develop the required skill in a sense, because you're listening to experts in the field. Now, I've been learning from you for many years and we had never met and it's been free, so that's the beautiful thing about podcasts.  25:01 It is a beautiful thing, isn't it? Yeah, it's absolutely free.  25:05 So I encourage people because you might not be able to afford hundreds of dollars to have Anganguza or any other top voiceover artists, so listen to podcasts. I recommend that as well. The third thing is to practice and take the big step, because I've also been coaching people in voiceover for a while. I realized that oftentimes they come, they train but they don't implement. There's this fear and imposter syndrome of calling yourself a voiceover artist. They hardly make the bold steps, they don't do demos and put themselves out there. They're waiting to be perfect, they're waiting to get it all figured out. So they compare themselves to someone like me or other colleagues of mine or people ahead of me and they're like I don't have what it takes, I don't sound like you just yet. So I always encourage them Start now, when nobody even really knows you so much. Make the mistakes Grow, because we all started somewhere. We didn't start perfect. So these are the things that I'll encourage them.  26:07 - Anne (Host) And I also think and this is kind of my big thing when I have students that say, well, I don't sound like I'm not there yet I'm like in reality and I think you must know, because you've had such a lengthy experience in being on camera and also in radio and podcasts when you connect with someone, nobody's really listening to how you.  26:27 I mean, yeah, we can sound good, but in reality that is only like a temporary, fleeting thing, that, okay, it sounds good, it sounds clear, I understand you, but when we connect, we connect on an emotional level and that really comes into the storytelling, that comes into that point of view that we're able to express. And I think that podcasting helps us to do that, like, especially if it's a conversation between you and I. But I use those skills in my voiceover to connect with that theoretical client and that's really where it becomes the most important. So how important would you say the connection in storytelling is for, let's say, the current trend and styles that are happening in your area? I mean because globally, I think we all need to be able to tell stories. But I'm just curious in terms of locally, when people hire you, are they hiring you for that big, deep, booming voice? Or are they also hiring you for that storytelling capability?  27:18 - Tolupe (Guest) That's a very good question, because in the continent, especially in Nigeria, I'm going to take Nigeria we have been very influenced by the Western cultures the things we see from movies in hollywood, the cartoons that we've seen growing up, so these has heavily influenced how we tell our stories in the media. There's still a lot of true storytelling, I must say, but when people think about voiceover, a lot of young people think about Disney, they think about all the Cartoon Network stuff and what that affects is the accent. So they're tempted to want to sound like the kids they watched growing up. They think that's what voiceover is. And it doesn't mean that's not what voiceover isn't. It just means the people you see on your screens.  28:14 They're telling stories that are relatable to them. It's their local stories. The animation you watch, even though it's fiction, but the communication, the nuances, you know all of those expressions. They're very akin to wherever they come from. Over here there's a way we tell our stories, the way we crack our jokes, the lingua. It's very local. So it's a lot of work to try to explain to upcoming talents that see, your accent is good enough yourself.  28:50 The way you sound is good enough. It's good enough you are enough.  28:54 You don't have to sound like barbie. You don't have to sound like right.  28:58 - Anne (Host) I'm so glad that you like this. It gets me emotional actually. I'm so glad that you like this. It gets me emotional actually, because I'm so glad that you said that, because it's important for not just locally you, it's important for us, it's important for the world to hear those stories. Right, it's important for us to understand you and how you tell stories, because it may be different than how I tell the story, but it's certainly very interesting to me.  29:19 You know what I mean.  29:25 And it's something that I feel I could benefit from hearing and I could enjoy it and it could be educational, it can be entertaining and I think just getting that experience and that culture and that storytelling is so important to a global audience.  29:35 Yes, absolutely, which I?  29:36 think is important to your business, which?  29:38 is so important to your business, so I think for anyone and I love how you talk about the imposter syndrome, which I think we all have.  29:44 I think that's a global thing, right? Everybody has imposter syndrome I still think, at the very heart of it, the fact that we can share and that we can communicate and we can connect with one another, that is something that is very much wanted and desired.  30:03 It may not be, as, let's say, marketable in certain places yet. Right, because even in America there's a lot of places that say they want the conversational connection, but yet a lot of times what you hear on television turns out to be something different because of whoever's directing you, whoever is hiring what they hear in their head. Right, Because they could have grown up with those kind of announcer kind of broadcast sort of sound and that's who ended up directing you and that's how the commercial sounds or that's how whatever it is that you're doing sounds. But I do believe that when it comes to people that really want that connection, that engagement with their brand, that they're going to hopefully continually go more and more into the storytelling aspect and it becomes less about your voice and more about how you can reach that person that's listening to you at the other end of the mic in reality.  30:52 So, yeah, I think it's all about the connection. So let's talk a little bit about any type of, let's say, memorable story or project that showcased your unique storytelling. Is there anything that you can talk about that is out there on a global level that can really speak to your unique storytelling?  31:14 - Tolupe (Guest) Now that you say memorable, I've done a couple of voiceovers for different brand. I think the most recent that I did was for coca-cola. So I've done a couple of voiceovers for different brands. I think the most recent that I did was for Coca-Cola, so I've done a couple of them. I think the two most memorable would be getting cast on one of the biggest animations to come out of Nigeria, which would actually be out next year, 2025. And that animation is called Iyanu. It's going to be on Cartoon Network on.  31:42 Showmatch in Africa. So I'm one of the cast and it was such an honor to be on that because it's not just a cartoon for the world to enjoy, but it captures African stories. The entire cast were Nigerian, so we spoke the true Nigerian accent. It was quite a mix of traditional and youth, friendly and young. You know all of that, so I'm happy to be on that. I play a character called Shiju, which people would come to find out much more about later. Then the other one would be.  32:16 Recently I did a voiceover for a friend. She started this podcast and I recorded the voiceover and I just something about that voiceover stood out for me. It's on a podcast anyway, so, um, it's memorable to me personally. It's not like it's for a global brand of some sort, but it's just something that when I think about that particular voiceover maybe because the way I read it it was just so real and I just felt everything in that script Very powerful story, very touching experience. It's titled the First and Last Time I Saw my Parents Dance and that story was just so powerful. So, yeah, that works for me too. It's on podcasts and platforms.  33:02 - Anne (Host) Awesome. Well, I'll be connecting those links up in the show notes for any of those bosses that are looking for more information. So tell us what's next for you Any exciting projects on the way or other goals that you're working toward. Any other associations you're going to pioneer. Any other associations you're going to?  33:21 - Tolupe (Guest)  Next up for me is my youtube channel. Already I have the podcast running on youtube, but I am planning on creating a youtube channel where I talk more about voiceover extensively, particularly for Nigerians and africans my extension, so that is going to be coming up next year. I also am working on some online courses. Although right now I teach voiceovers, I mentor people one-on-one. I also teach voiceovers with other voiceover institutions of learning in Nigeria, but I realized that there's a lot of demand out there and I can't always be physically there to teach over and over and over. It's very demanding. So I'm putting together an online course that will be available, and my website is also in the works. So by January 2025, everything will be ready. So these are the things I'm working on.  34:13 - Anne (Host) Well, that's quick, that's like next month. Yeah, I love it. So tell our bosses where they can find you, where they can learn more about you. Follow you on socials.  34:25 - Tolupe (Guest) Okay, so my Instagram handle is tcode70. That's T-C-O-D-E underscore 70. My YouTube channel is I am tcode70. So you can find me on YouTube and on TikTok I'm also tcode underscore 70 TikTok. Tcode underscore 70. On X, which is formerly Twitter, my website will be out really soon will be, I mean, launched so my website is iamtcode.com Iamtcode.com.  34:57 - Anne (Host) Love it, love it. And that's coming January, January 25. So now I'm hoping that I myself am releasing a new website that is supposed to be out in January of 2025 as well. So it's just a little refresh of my brand.  35:10 So  oh my gosh, it has been so much fun chatting with you and I am keeping my fingers crossed for Sunday, which is coming up in a few days, to find out about that Sova's nomination. But the way I feel if you're nominated award nominated is just as good as award winning in my book, and actually even that is subjective. But yeah, my fingers are crossed for you and I'll be listening. I've got a couple nominations myself that I'm going to be you know. We'll see if that works out and in the meantime, it has been such a pleasure chatting with you and I want to actually check up with you next year again so that we can reconnect and see what other amazing things you've done, because you are definitely a VO boss for sure, and it's been a pleasure chatting with you today.  35:56 - Tolupe (Guest)  you so much, and it's been a pleasure chatting with you too, and thank you for inspiring me and millions of others, because, yeah, a lot of people are still going to listen to this. Podcast is a platform that people can listen to many years to come, so thank you so much, Anne.  36:12 - Anne (Host) No problem, all right, I'm going to give a great big shout out to our sponsor, ipdtl. You too can connect and network like bosses, like Tico to myself. Find out more at IPDTLcom. Bosses, have an amazing week and we'll see you next week. Bye, bye.  36:28 - Speaker 3 (Announcement) Join us next week for another edition of VO Boss with your host, Anne Ganguza, and take your business to the next level. Sign up for our mailing list at VOobosscom and receive exclusive content, industry revolutionizing tips and strategies and new ways to rock your business like a boss. Redistribution with permission. Coast to coast connectivity via IPDTL.   

BRICS added as a new partner Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, with the 6th-biggest population on Earth. BRICS+ now has 10 members and 9 partners, which make up 54.6% of the world population and 42.2% of global GDP (PPP). Ben Norton explains the importance of this expansion. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNNrMP_1E9g Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/01/19/brics-expands-population-nigeria-africa/ Check out our related video on BRICS' plan to challenge US dollar domination by creating a multi-currency financial system: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/10/19/brics-russia-multi-currency-system-us-dollar/ Topics 0:00 BRICS expansion 0:58 BRICS' two main goals 1:52 De-dollarization 3:36 Map of BRICS membership 4:00 Indonesia joined BRICS 5:01 List of members & partners 5:37 BRICS is 54.6% of world population 6:57 Fastest growing countries by population 7:59 Africa's population growth 9:05 BRICS is 42.2% of global GDP (PPP) 9:47 Africa's biggest economies 11:37 Nigeria is Africa's top oil producer 12:05 BRICS+ & OPEC+ 13:04 Shared economic interests 14:27 Outro

Have you ever met any Indie hackers?  In this episode, we discuss this unconventional tech career path with our guest, Kelvin Omereshone. He gives a glimpse into his life following this path and defines what it truly means to solve problems as developers. You can reach out to Kelvin on Twitter @Dominus_Kelvin. Follow #InsidetheTechosystem on Twitter & Instagram: @insidethetechos. Send any questions or feedback you have to insidethetechosystem@gmail.com You can subscribe to our newsletter at https://insidethetechosystem.substack.com Show Notes & Resources (03:21) - Guest introduction (04:31) - Kelvin introduces himself and answers how he got into tech (10:04) - What is Indie hacking? (14:05) - How does he convince people to get into indie hacking? (21:34) - Link to Hagfish: https://hagfish.io (23:58) - Popular indie hackers: Marc Lue (https://www.indiehackers.com/marclou), Peter Levels (https://levels.io/nomad-list-founder/), Bria Sullivan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/briasullivan/) (24:56) - Kelvin talks about Hagfish invoice (28:18) - How does he decide how much to charge? (30:12) - Are there any cons to indie hacking? (36:16) - What are the first steps to getting into indie hacking? (53:03) - How is open source doing in Nigeria/Africa? (01:00:05) - Kelvin comments on some of his hot-take tweets (01:13:37) - Link to Google firing their product managers: https://medium.com/illumination/google-once-fired-all-managers-30f73e862ff4 (01:16:10) - Kelvin talks about TKYT - Teach Kelvin Your Thing: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4qsujwiHvcP-a8z1--RyZ8XVFHbeBIfn (01:23:34) - Sailsconf Africa 2024: https://sailsconf.com/af (01:28:14) - What would Kelvin be doing if he was not in tech --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethetechosystem/message

In this podcast episode, Premium Times Senior Reporter who covers Foreign and Disapora affairs, Chiamaka Okafor, attended New Global financing summit in France discussed the following: - Potential foreign investors in Nigeria - Benefit of World Bank's toolkit for Nigeria - Update on $100 billion climate fund

In todays episode, we meet up with Olu Akanmu, President and CEO of Nigeria's OPay whiich is one of Nigeria's leading fintech companies. With a growing population of more than 200 million, almost twice as large as Ethiopia and Egypt the next 2 largest African countries by population size, not only is Nigeria Africa's largest economy, but it is also the most important Fintech centre on the continent. It is estimated that there are at least 250 fintech companies in Nigeria, and Opay sits right at the top of this list alongside other well-known Nigerian fintech's such as Flutterwave and Chippercash. In our conversation, Olu provides his perspective on how technology driven financial services are driving financial inclusion and spreading prosperity across Nigeria's urban and rural communities. This is a fascinating insight into the power of fintech and how modern digital payments  infrastructure can underpin, enable and catalyse economic growth and transform lives. Episode links: https://www.edgardunn.com/theedcpodcast Martin's contacts: https://linktr.ee/martinkoderisch

In Nigeria's pivotal election, the so-called godfather of Lagos and Nigeria's kingmaker, Bola Tinubu, snatched victory. This comes amid calls of election fraud from the opposition parties and their two candidates, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi. Tinubu nonetheless faces compounding crises amid persistent security threats in Nigeria and a flailing economy dependent on oil revenues. Yet Nigeria also holds great potential as Africa's most populous nation and largest economy with a young population looking for a reason to remain in Nigeria if the conditions improve.Ruth Maclean, the West Africa bureau chief from the New York Times, joins Stewart to unpack Nigeria's consequential election and where the Giant of Africa goes from here. The two discuss the immediate crises Tinubu must confront early on in his presidency, how to solve Nigeria's endemic brain drain, and the reverberating effects the new president will have in West Africa.

U.S. lawmakers seem to agree on a tougher view of China. How does the competition look from China? Nigeria — Africa's largest democracy — has elected a new president. But opposition leaders are contesting the election results and are calling for a new vote. And rescuers in Greece searched all night for survivors of a train accident. More than 30 were killed when a train carrying hundreds of people collided with a freight train head on.

Our Guest today on our Podcast is  Pastor Joy O Makanjuola from Abuja, Nigeria Africa.After You've Travailed and Labored for IT, that's not the end of the fight! This is actually when the attacks, plots, plans, and schemes of the enemy are accelerated. Why because the enemy attempted to kill IT upon conception… He tried to kill IT in the WOMB…. He tried to Kill IT as it exited the WOMB. Now he has an allotted time to try to get you to abort what God has placed in you!  RCN Ministries Five Fold Apostolic and Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showThe Lord is doing great and mighty things in the lives of his people throughout the world. Don't get distracted with the noise in the world but stay focused on God! 2023 is the Year of EPIC!!!

Chinua Achebe, popularly known as the father of African literature hails from Ogidi in Anambra State Nigeria, He was born on November 16 1930 to the family of Mr and Mrs Isaiah & Janet Achebe. Chinua Achebe married Christie and they had four children. He studied at University college of Ibadan now known as University of Ibadan where he studied English and literature. He taught for a while before joining the Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation in Lagos and served as director of external broadcasting. Chinua Achebe wrote his first book in 1958 at the age of 28. The title of the book is "THINGS FALL APART ". Things Fall Apart remains the most widely read book in Africa. Some of his other books are *Arrow of God *A man of the people *No longer at ease *Chike and the river. In 1990 when he had an accident in Nigeria which left him partially paralysed, he moved to USA. Chinua Achebe died in March 21 2013 at the age of 83 years. Chinua Achebe's legacy is celebrated annually every November 16th at Awka Anambra State.

Our Guest today on our Podcast is Apostle Gideon Agene from Abuja, Nigeria Africa.Birthing Heaven's PurposeThe Lord told me Birth IT, Build IT, and I shall Establish IT!!!Heaven is Travailing and Birthing forth Heaven's Purpose. There is a NEWNESS which has been release to reestablish the things of God. There is a realigning the lives of Gcd's people. Many of you will no longer desire to be connected with some people. Why because the Lord has exposed the intents of their hearts! The Lord has stripped them naked before you and no matter what they say, teach, preach, and prophesy the wickedness of their hearts are opened unto you.Check out our YouTube Channels as we started also recording our Podcast in Video Live on our Channels. RCN Ministries Global TV and ApostleRosemary RCN Ministries & OSGA #Subscribe, #TurnOnNotificationBell,  #Like,  #Comment. RCN Ministries Five Fold Apostolic and Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showThe Lord is doing great and mighty things in the lives of his people throughout the world. Don't get distracted with the noise in the world but stay focused on God! 2023 is the Year of EPIC!!!

A very special event with the cast on the red carpet along with director Ryan Coogler including Lettia Wright, Dania Guirra, Lupita Nyong'O, Tenoch Huerta Mejia, and Winston Duke , Audio courtesy of Marvel Studios and EPK.TV

UN emergency relief office warns of humanitarian crisis in Nigeria++Africa's climate needs may go unmet at COP27, scientists warn+++S.Africa gets $497 million from World Bank to move away from coal

Overview: Today, we're going to talk about Reliance Health, the African HealthTech company - we'll explore the Reliance Health story across the following areas: African health context Reliance Health's early history Product & monetization strategy Competitive positioning & potential exit Overall outlook This episode was recorded on October 30, 2022 Companies discussed: Reliance Health, Y Combinator (YC), Hygeia HMO, CribMD, AXA Mansard, RedCare & BIMA Health Business concepts discussed: Insurance monetization, Insurance partnerships, consumer distribution, telco partnerships, product development, consumer market penetration & pricing strategy Conversation highlights: (01:00) - Intro and why we're talking about Reliance Health (06:12) - Context of Africa and Nigeria's healthcare (13:03) - Reliance Health Founding + Early History (39:25) - Fundraising & Geo expansion (52:16) - Product strategy and monetization (1:36:00) - Competition and options for exit (1:45:57) - Bankole's overall thoughts and outlook (1:59:57) - Olumide's overall thoughts and outlook (2:14:17) - Recommendation and small wins Olumide's recommendations & small wins: Interested in investing in Africa Tech with Olumide: Read about Adamantium fund & contact me at olumide@afrobility.com Founders looking for funding: If you're a B2B founder working on Education, Health, Finance or food, please contact me for funding at olumide@afrobility.com Recommendation: Kinky Boots: Musical show in NYC. It was incredible. Recommendation: Paying for Status: Talks about loyalty strategy Recommendation: The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution (by Gregory Zuckerman) Small win: Finishing Included VC fellowship. It was incredible especially meeting everyone in Included VC live in Barcelona la Bankole's recommendations & small wins: Recommendation: Podcast: Sandy Kemper of C2FO on Fintech One-on-One & Podcast: Invest Like The Best with Karen Karniol-Tambour Small win: Getting ready for upcoming travel Other content: Podcast: Femi Kuti on Aid Evolved Listeners: We'd love to hear from you. Email info@afrobility.com with feedback! Founders & Operators: We'd love to hear about what you're working on, email us at info@afrobility.com Investors: It would be great to link up with you. Contact us at info@afrobility.com

Tune in as Smith interview Nigeria, Africa Hip hop Super Star K prince as he talks New music, The importance of investing your money wisely and so much more you dont want to miss !!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/weareaod/support

Overview: Today, we're going to talk about Thrive Agric, the Nigerian Agricultural technology company - we'll explore Thrive Agric's story across 5 areas: First we'll start with some context about African agriculture Thrive Agric's launch & early history Product & monetization strategy Competitive positioning & potential exit options Overall outlook This episode was recorded on September 25 2022 Companies discussed: Thrive Agric, Apollo Agriculture & FarmCrowdy Business concepts discussed: Agricultural Technology (AgriTech or AgTech), smallholder farmers acquisition strategy, Agriculture financing, Crowdfunding, Agriculture value and supply chains & Debt financing Conversation highlights: (10:41) - Africa Agriculture context (19:38) - Nigeria Agriculture context (26:14) - Nigeria crowdfunding backgroun (32:30) - Founders' background and launch story (46:48) - Fundraising (55:47) - Product and monetization strategy, (1:09:15) - Competition & options for exit (1:19:20) - Bankole's overall thoughts and outlook (1:24:45) - Olumide's overall thoughts and outlook (1:32:25) - Recommendations and small wins Olumide's recommendations & small wins: Interested in investing in Africa Tech with Olumide: Read about Adamantium fund & contact me at olumide@afrobility.com Founders looking for funding: If you're a B2B founder working on Education, Health, Finance or food, please contact me for funding at olumide@afrobility.com Recommendation: Jim Rohn - How to change your life video - Incredible. He just drops non-stop knowledge bombs. Remarkable Recommendation: Toucan chrome extension to learn languages Small win: Exercise of writing 50 goals. Brought up a lot of interesting ideas. Shout to Alan Donegan for facilitating this Other content: A Thrive Agric Story. One Farmer at a Time. Bankole's recommendations & small wins: Recommendation: AI And The Limits Of Language, Lindy Hacker News & Lying For Money Small win: Strength workouts Other content: Asake - Mr Money with the vibe, ThriveAgricPR - product overview, Leadway Insurance response on Twitter, SEC Nigeria rules on Crowdfunding, Invest Like The Best - Jeff Jordan & Kevin Systrom on Lex Fridman All episodes on Afrobility.com

In this episode, we talked about the voice-acting industry in Nigeria/Africa. Remi Olutimayin profile: Remi Olutimayin is a voice-over, voice actor, producer, and the first voice director for animation in West Africa. A Mass Communication graduate from Babcock University, his career in voice work started in 2002 at SO&U advertising agency. ____________________________ For more about Obehi Podcast, visit our YouTube channel - ObehiPodcast. Check out also our official website Obehiewanfoh.com. Join our Content Membership for content creation strategy and digital entrepreneurship --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/obehi-podcast/message

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The Covid-19 Pandemic, which hit the global economy ‘below the belt', with the latter losing $12.5 trillion says IMF revised forecast, did not, however, undo account-able budgeting practices worldwide, according to a new survey by the International Budget Partnership (IBP), which it unveiled in its latest open budget survey (OBS) for 120 countries. Most countries preserved accountable spending practices in their annual budget processes during the pandemic.With South Korea spearheading inclusive practices for public consultation in the budget process, Nigeria, Benin, and the Gambia surprised financial bookmakers by being“among the biggest improvers in this round of the survey.

We interview comrades Adeyinka and Adebayo of the Movement for African Emancipation on Neocolonialism, Dollar Hegemony, Colonial Bourgeoisie and Parasitic Elites, in Nigeria and across Africa. Check out MAE's Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwxhMOyuAC7otNaOT6QC2Pg/videos Check out the blog for incredible writings: https://movementforafricanemancipation.org/news-media/page/5/ Check out their Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/arise4freedom

  MP3 Download Link:Click Here To Download: Nigerian Police In Zamfara State Arraign Suspected Cannibal In Nigeria, Africa : Alfred ReactsReferences:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjYcSSpQBhk

  MP3 Download Link:Click Here To Download: Nigerian Police In Zamfara State Arraign Suspected Cannibal In Nigeria, Africa : Alfred ReactsReferences:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjYcSSpQBhk

Rod invites Dr. Lola Day a Pediatric Physician living in Orlando to discuss food, travel tips and suggestions on taking a trip to the African City of Lagos, Nigeria. Dr Lola is also an adult ADHD coach and the co-creator of the Podcast "The Promise of Africa". You'll hear more about this bustling city full of diversity and find that Lagos rivals the Silicon Valley of the United States and carries the title as the high tech center of Africa, not to mention it is one of the fast growing cities in the World. Don't travel like a tourist, travel like a Chameleon! Get in touch with Rod. Suggest a destination or pitch Rod to be his next guest on The Cultural Chameleon Podcast.Travel Podcast | Cultural Chameleon With Rod Desch (lifeofaculturalchameleon.com)

  MP3 Download Link:Click Here To Download: World Economic Forum's Leftist NWO Agenda Now Pushed In Nigeria, Africa Through Local Orgs Like Oxfam References:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfimwMygH4o&t=0s

      MP3 Download Link:Click Here To Download: The Johnson & Johnson Vax Foreign Nations Reject Gets Donated To Nigeria, AfricaReferences:- https://news.alfred.vip/2021/09/covid-19-vaccine-exposed-part-3-johnson.html- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvxg6S4_uCk- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUXGB5FzhPc&t=1s- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW3fNGiJDBk- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnuJgvQB7kU- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tjp8NDgmII- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGJjE6a0Nxc- https://news.alfred.vip/search/label/COVID-19%20Exposed- https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/janssen.html 

 MP3 Download Link:Click Here To Download: Gov Wike Bans Street Prostitution & Night Clubs In PH City (In Nigeria, Africa) : Alfred Reacts

When I finally decided to chase the dream of becoming a software developer. There weren't enough learning materials or good learning opportunities. I started out with no computer but with a passion, textbooks and a trusted notepad. The episode details my journey from how I learned while not having a PC at home to practice programming with to when I finally had one. My first Job as a teacher involved me learning and teaching what I learned at the same time. I later shared my thoughts on how I think today in present day Nigeria (Africa), comparing it to my early days how learning can be achieved. For feedback email: theadgpodcast@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adg-podcast/message

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://osazuwaakonedo.news/bandits-have-created-more-widespread-poverty-in-nigeria-africa-buhari/22/11/2021/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/osazuwaakonedo/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/osazuwaakonedo/support

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://osazuwaakonedo.news/goodluck-jonathan-the-ever-shining-light-of-democracy-in-nigeria-africa-atiku-abubakar/20/11/2021/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/osazuwaakonedo/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/osazuwaakonedo/support

MP3 Download Link: Click Here To Download: No Vax No Work Policy Begins In Edo State, Nigeria, Africa : Nigerian News Updates - by Alfred References: - Channels Television: Edo Begins Enforcement Of No Vaccination Card, No Entry Policy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfVc76AvG3M - TVC News Nigeria: Edo State Govt Bars Unvaccinated Civil Servants Entry Into Offices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67en2Dztd8A - Channels Television: COVID-19: No Vaccination Card, No Entry Into Govt Facilities - Edo Govt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StEYaINB8zg

  MP3 Download Link:Click Here To Download: No Vax No Work Policy Begins In Edo State, Nigeria, Africa : Nigerian News Updates - by AlfredReferences: - Channels Television: Edo Begins Enforcement Of No Vaccination Card, No Entry Policy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfVc76AvG3M- TVC News Nigeria: Edo State Govt Bars Unvaccinated Civil Servants Entry Into Offices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67en2Dztd8A- Channels Television: COVID-19: No Vaccination Card, No Entry Into Govt Facilities - Edo Govt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StEYaINB8zg

  MP3 Download Link:Click Here To Download: No Vax No Work Policy Begins In Edo State, Nigeria, Africa : Nigerian News Updates - by AlfredReferences: - Channels Television: Edo Begins Enforcement Of No Vaccination Card, No Entry Policy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfVc76AvG3M- TVC News Nigeria: Edo State Govt Bars Unvaccinated Civil Servants Entry Into Offices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67en2Dztd8A- Channels Television: COVID-19: No Vaccination Card, No Entry Into Govt Facilities - Edo Govt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StEYaINB8zg

Continuation of my chat with Iredumare Opeyemi, on the Live music industry in Nigeria, the fate of the touring business, the ugly truth about access to funding/investment in the creative industry, and way forward. BONUS TIPS: How to attract brand partnerships as a music creator. Business Opportunities for Real Estate Developers Kindly follow to be the first to know when new Episodes drop! You can also download and save this episode to listen later. welcome to the Backstage!

Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMLXrFn09Vw MP3 Download Link: Click Here To Download: Is Patreon Now Also Banned In Nigeria, Africa - by Alfred

 MP3 Download Link:Click Here To Download: Is Patreon Now Also Banned In Nigeria, Africa - by Alfred{Automated Transcript. Contains Typos. Not Yet Edited By A Human}:hello everybody i'm alfred and i like to ask is picture banned in nigeria you know obviously by now most of you might have heard about twitter being banned and of course this is very strategic because you see the reality of the matter is that the current administration the buhari administration has its own goals and its own agenda which is separate from the agenda of all nigerians it has a very um fulani agenda and it's eliminating all its opponents you know by taking away twitter keep in mind that there are a lot of pastors and preachers and ministers in nigeria who this is how they reach out to the world also there are a lot of businesses there a lot of nigerian businesses who this is how they reach out to the world this is how they expand their business this is how they expand their um reach you know their customer base you know when it comes to marketing twitter is one of the key ways in nigeria facebook twitter and instagram are very big for businesses and promoting businesses as well as whatsapp and that's how a lot of businesses you know communicate as a matter of fact even most of the largest umdirect to customer businesses in nigeria they talk to their customers on twitter they have their own supports handle you know for their company where they interact with their customers even banks in nigeria interact with customers via twitter so by taking away twitter you know that is an attack on a very important aspect of the nigerian business and also a very important aspect of churchesyou see how can you be an administration that says you believe in infrastructure and building but you have caused more destruction to amer to nigerian businesses by taking away twitter all because twitter deleted one of your tweets so you banned them from the entire country in comparison to donald trump where you know donald trump was stricken off twitter while he was still sitting present and even before that every single thing he posted had a warning label on it twitter the same facebook that is same you know facebook is the other sides are busy extending the banning yet president trump didn't ban sweetheart from america you know in spite of the fact that um americans are so clueless to see the danger of all the social media companies united for a political purpose and the political aim of kicking one person out of office you know how does that not infringe on anyhuman rights or concept of democracy you know but in any case to get back to this matter i observed that from nigeria you know one cannot log in or view patreon now patreon is actually one key way that nigerian creatives you know those in nigeria who make youtube videos or you know who make content for youtube you know social media content that is one of the key ways to get support you know there's adsense of course when it comes to nigeria adsense is big and then also you know things like patreon you know because as long as it's online and the services are available to nigerians keep in mind that some foreign businesses don't make their services fully available or available at all to nigerians you know and there are the reasons for that is best known to the company for example paper in when it comes to nigerian paper in nigeria can open a paypal account to send money to buy things but cannot receive money and that says a lot why is it that in nigeria cannot receive money when they open a paypal account that is a nigerian people accounts so nigerians go around this if they have um connections you know to um either happen a foreign visual and virtual accounts or if they can actually travel outside you know open a bank account from another country or uh try to circumnavigate it that is how most nigerians do but because of that paypal is not a big um service for receiving payments like it would have been if paypal had opened itself to nigeria two today paypal is not open to nigeria as a matter of fact when people have started for years he did not even allow nigerians to create the profile to even send money it was later they opened it after years and years of you know nigerians talking about it and not really asking for it you know which is a different topic altogether but you see some companies restrict their services but in this case this is a new development this is an attack on creatives but most importantly on the church because you see paypal is big i mean um patreon is um heavy when it comes to donations you know and that is the platform no you create stuff and you receive donations that is one big um way to receive donations so of course there is the um hype hub and you know receiving donations and there's also the um issue of like iphone receiving donations so the issue of boko haram receiving donations but interestingly this was never an issue since and of course you know also in nigeria cryptocurrency has been banned under this administration this administration is doing so much to make the lives of nigeria's difficultkeep in mind that the vice president was against it but is the president that is right and his other advisors the vice president made it clear that they should not have banned it but the cbn governor and you know the presidency they decided to ban cryptocurrency in nigeria that is very unfortunate and that is not wise allow nigerians to invest in what they want to invest in you see they have restricted a lot of nigerians from making money a lot of nigerians who invested in cryptocurrency um prior made a lot of money now you know the so-called concerns about safety and criminal activity and criminals um using cryptocurrency guess what all the kidnappings that are still happening in nigeria are payments not being made through banks why can't you track down people uh and even cash payments and all those deposits if if if you are talking about concern about criminals using the it's what about all the stuff that is happening with cash payments you know how does a criminal ask for 50 million or 100 million even as much as a billion naira how is a billionaire transferred to one person to another person without bank the banking system cashing it it is impossible it is impossible for the banking system not to catch it even if you say that the person wants to withdraw one billion naira how does somebody withdraw one billion naira and take it to your location and somebody carries dewey and where will they keep it when they still put it into banks how does the system not cash this what's good is the banking system and all the automation and all the algorithms that now exist in nigeria and you you are telling me that people are shifting over this money and it is not being seen the the reality of the matter is that um especially during this administration quite the number of criminals are now ruling you know nigeria has always had the uh problem of corrupt people or criminals ruling now this um current administration under the guise of eliminating corruption is putting only muslims and fulani people and those who he trusts and those who have their jihadist mindsets in different positions of power so he's reshuffling and removing people i'm accusing anybody that he wants you know this and that person of corruption the reality is that they are all corrupt and this administration has been the worst so far that nigeria has seen in in recent years even worse than abasha you know this this administration has you knowclearly in the mind of the youth and you know when it comes to the danger to the economy and to the future of nigeria you know the buhari administration has been worse than the abasha administration way worse you know because he even with the treatment of the biafra you know he he's doing things that point towards war basha as evil as he was and as obsessed he as he was with killing everybody that opposed him he did not drive nigeria in the direction of waryou see he did not make moves but like this presidency is clearly making moves in that direction when it comes to the banning of patreon you know if you're in nigeria you have to use a vpn you know and you know act as though you are logging in from another country or visiting the site from another country to to use patreon you know it's very interesting you know and the twitter banning was public what if the presidency is banning other sites and these are strategic sites especially sites that affect the church patron seriously affects the church you know this is a good way for foreigners to support the church and especially um everyday people you know and upcoming or starting um ministries you know to really receive donations from outside nigeria it is true patreon you know that is one of the best ways i can get you know the everyday person from america to support a ministry in nigeria church in nigeria or in different parts of the world is true patron as well as those who are creating christian content or just those who are creatives those who make youtube videos you know and other um kind of content that they give that you know they have some they give for free and some they want you know people to pay for they give away everything for free but say you can support me through patreon you know patron has been taken away from all nigerians you know this is very unfortunate you know there's a possibility and the question of is this a move on patrons but the patron itself ban nigerians you know from logging in or is it the president that banned nigerians from going to patreon you know the reality of the matter is that patreon hasn't canceled the accounts of those in nigeria you know those in nigeria who built um their proof of house you know um uh who have their professional picture but it's very interesting we live in in a very interesting times there are so many things happening there are those who are trying to control the social media and control the rhetoric you know um years ago the concept of the internet was to open up the world to let human beings free and let human beings be able to communicate even the visions of companies are changing like you know facebook's initial vision was to unite the world and to let everybody communicate i need to become it to help to build a better and safer world but now they are the kings of censorship you know the mission statements of like for example google you know which one of their taglines you know internally with the company was don't be evil they have removed it you know and of course these people you know they probably think the word evil is offensive and you know and there's no such thing as evil so they the these companies that initially um started on the general idea of the internet being open and free and letting people express their views you know now it has turned into cancer culture it has turned into you only have to have those views and any of you that's contrary to this view that we want to push has to be eliminated you know so it remains to be seen i like to ask anyone watching this video you know to if you are not in nigeria use a vpn and log in from nigeria and you know post your comment and reach out to us you know that's um ask alfred online at gmail.com or ask at alfredo vip and you know communicate to me what is your experience are you able to log in you know from nigeria are you able to um visit patreon from nigeria you know you can use a vpn and check then if you are in nigeria try without the vpn accessing patreon can you visit patreon the spectrum work then also you have to use a vpn download a vpn you know i recommend proton vpn you know all you have to do is create a proto mill you know it's safe and it's the company is based in switzerland you know so it's use it has this free option and paid option use description is free option works good you know the paid option are is many times faster but the the free option is fast enough so use the free option you know and check out you know if um you can then log into picture using a vpn you know try um connecting as we in america or something and see what happens you know they there's also um the aspect of you know because it's a question of is its picture that that is banning nigerians you know is it the company that is making that decision or is it the president that has behind us since banned picture from nigeria you know so these are things that um we need to look into and understand you know and we have to make sure that these kinds of things don't happen anywhere else you know you may not be in nigeria and you may be like i'm not in andrea what how does this concern me remember the words of martin luther king jr you know injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere you know because evil spread evil copies when you allow darkness to live in a place it will expand there would have been a second world war if the whole world addressed adolf hitler when he invaded belgium if after he invaded belgium and took over belgium the whole world said ah mr hitler come we need to talk you you can't do that you need to give belgium back you can't you can't do that if the whole world did that there would have been no second world war there was a second world war because everybody was holding their arms it does not concern me it took so much time before america got involved in the war it took so much time you know britain only got involved in the world when it came to their doorstep america you know it took a lot of persuasion and all of that it is after um adolf hitler attacked america you know after um bombing you know it never obeys i believe you know that is when the america began to take it serious you know it's unfortunate don't wait for evil to to meet your doorstep to come to your doorstep before you um try to push it back or try to stop it because that's you mean you may not be so fortunate that time may be too late injustice anyway so you try to justice every there are a lot of people who want to say things like why does america want to be the police of the world why do they want to be the world's worst dog that if america does not feel that place somebody else will and what if that person is more sinister remember the antichrist you know so the the antichrist is coming there that position is going to be filled by someone and you see whoever feels the position like for example who is more powerful the the the leader of the united nations you know all this um world economic forum and you know the world all these um organizations summits that's like the g8 and all of that the leaders of those organizations are more powerful than the presidents of individual nations because whoever becomes presidents of the individual nations have to fall in line with the agenda of the leaders of all these g8 and all this economic and world economic forum and all these people that have great reset plan for the war which is very dangerous because these are unelected officials who are actually truly ruling the world and deceiving the world that people are thinking that they are in democracies you know think about america for example democrats and republicans first of all they have deceived everybody that you are either here or here a democrat or a republican but that is not real but that aside irrespective of whoever wins you have to fall in line with whatever is discussed and whatever is agreed and whatever is the universal vision of the g8 and the world economic forum and all these united nations all this this difference but look at how all the doctors were slaves to the world health organization the world health organization opened their mouth to say that um a drug that had been used in africa for thousands of years and has been used to fight malaria in africa successfully said that it was wrong that it that is dangerous that everybody has to get vaccine all the wisdom of doctors involved in all the all the knowledge of doctors in all countries all around the world had to bow down to the world health organization is not better that we christians are the heads of such organizations and create or create such organizations or swallow of social organisms those are more powerful than the presidents those are more powerful than the kings those are the true rulers of the world you see so um that being said back to this spiritual issue remember what i said you know try using a vpn i'm not using a vpn you know from nigeria and outside of nigeria to see the um results i really want to verify what the problem is you know and you know also send letters to picture you know addressing this issue so we we can know for sure whether it is patron itself that banned nigerians from visiting patreon remember that paper has a similar thing paper does not allow nigerians receive money you know they want nigerians to be poor something you know and there will now be the same hippocrates who will go to america and be saying oh we care about um um africans and people of afghanistan so black lives matter oh this that that that but they come to africa to persecute and destroy africa yet they go there and be screaming black lives matter that is the those that is the companies look at starbucks if starbucks pays for its coffee if starbucks was an honest company rather than putting black lives matter this that that all the coffee that you take in starbucks is from africa all the swiss chocolates the expensive chocolate that you guys are eating all around the world in the the most luscious restaurants that chocolate is actually from coco that came from ghanalook at the state of ghana do we you know this these companies are so funny they will come out and say um black lives matter who we care about um dark skinned people this od president trump is ravis oh these guys racist blah blah blah but they are the ones that will do everything to try to enslave africa and pay africans little for so much and keep on um robbing africa you know but um that that is that remember to um check out alfredo's vip if you are listening to this and you've not given your life to christ click the salvation prayer link in the main menu you know when you go to alfred the vip prayer of salvation come and say that prayer give your life to christ thank you and god bless you

 MP3 Download Link:Click Here To Download: Is Patreon Now Also Banned In Nigeria, Africa - by Alfred{Automated Transcript. Contains Typos. Not Yet Edited By A Human}:hello everybody i'm alfred and i like to ask is picture banned in nigeria you know obviously by now most of you might have heard about twitter being banned and of course this is very strategic because you see the reality of the matter is that the current administration the buhari administration has its own goals and its own agenda which is separate from the agenda of all nigerians it has a very um fulani agenda and it's eliminating all its opponents you know by taking away twitter keep in mind that there are a lot of pastors and preachers and ministers in nigeria who this is how they reach out to the world also there are a lot of businesses there a lot of nigerian businesses who this is how they reach out to the world this is how they expand their business this is how they expand their um reach you know their customer base you know when it comes to marketing twitter is one of the key ways in nigeria facebook twitter and instagram are very big for businesses and promoting businesses as well as whatsapp and that's how a lot of businesses you know communicate as a matter of fact even most of the largest umdirect to customer businesses in nigeria they talk to their customers on twitter they have their own supports handle you know for their company where they interact with their customers even banks in nigeria interact with customers via twitter so by taking away twitter you know that is an attack on a very important aspect of the nigerian business and also a very important aspect of churchesyou see how can you be an administration that says you believe in infrastructure and building but you have caused more destruction to amer to nigerian businesses by taking away twitter all because twitter deleted one of your tweets so you banned them from the entire country in comparison to donald trump where you know donald trump was stricken off twitter while he was still sitting present and even before that every single thing he posted had a warning label on it twitter the same facebook that is same you know facebook is the other sides are busy extending the banning yet president trump didn't ban sweetheart from america you know in spite of the fact that um americans are so clueless to see the danger of all the social media companies united for a political purpose and the political aim of kicking one person out of office you know how does that not infringe on anyhuman rights or concept of democracy you know but in any case to get back to this matter i observed that from nigeria you know one cannot log in or view patreon now patreon is actually one key way that nigerian creatives you know those in nigeria who make youtube videos or you know who make content for youtube you know social media content that is one of the key ways to get support you know there's adsense of course when it comes to nigeria adsense is big and then also you know things like patreon you know because as long as it's online and the services are available to nigerians keep in mind that some foreign businesses don't make their services fully available or available at all to nigerians you know and there are the reasons for that is best known to the company for example paper in when it comes to nigerian paper in nigeria can open a paypal account to send money to buy things but cannot receive money and that says a lot why is it that in nigeria cannot receive money when they open a paypal account that is a nigerian people accounts so nigerians go around this if they have um connections you know to um either happen a foreign visual and virtual accounts or if they can actually travel outside you know open a bank account from another country or uh try to circumnavigate it that is how most nigerians do but because of that paypal is not a big um service for receiving payments like it would have been if paypal had opened itself to nigeria two today paypal is not open to nigeria as a matter of fact when people have started for years he did not even allow nigerians to create the profile to even send money it was later they opened it after years and years of you know nigerians talking about it and not really asking for it you know which is a different topic altogether but you see some companies restrict their services but in this case this is a new development this is an attack on creatives but most importantly on the church because you see paypal is big i mean um patreon is um heavy when it comes to donations you know and that is the platform no you create stuff and you receive donations that is one big um way to receive donations so of course there is the um hype hub and you know receiving donations and there's also the um issue of like iphone receiving donations so the issue of boko haram receiving donations but interestingly this was never an issue since and of course you know also in nigeria cryptocurrency has been banned under this administration this administration is doing so much to make the lives of nigeria's difficultkeep in mind that the vice president was against it but is the president that is right and his other advisors the vice president made it clear that they should not have banned it but the cbn governor and you know the presidency they decided to ban cryptocurrency in nigeria that is very unfortunate and that is not wise allow nigerians to invest in what they want to invest in you see they have restricted a lot of nigerians from making money a lot of nigerians who invested in cryptocurrency um prior made a lot of money now you know the so-called concerns about safety and criminal activity and criminals um using cryptocurrency guess what all the kidnappings that are still happening in nigeria are payments not being made through banks why can't you track down people uh and even cash payments and all those deposits if if if you are talking about concern about criminals using the it's what about all the stuff that is happening with cash payments you know how does a criminal ask for 50 million or 100 million even as much as a billion naira how is a billionaire transferred to one person to another person without bank the banking system cashing it it is impossible it is impossible for the banking system not to catch it even if you say that the person wants to withdraw one billion naira how does somebody withdraw one billion naira and take it to your location and somebody carries dewey and where will they keep it when they still put it into banks how does the system not cash this what's good is the banking system and all the automation and all the algorithms that now exist in nigeria and you you are telling me that people are shifting over this money and it is not being seen the the reality of the matter is that um especially during this administration quite the number of criminals are now ruling you know nigeria has always had the uh problem of corrupt people or criminals ruling now this um current administration under the guise of eliminating corruption is putting only muslims and fulani people and those who he trusts and those who have their jihadist mindsets in different positions of power so he's reshuffling and removing people i'm accusing anybody that he wants you know this and that person of corruption the reality is that they are all corrupt and this administration has been the worst so far that nigeria has seen in in recent years even worse than abasha you know this this administration has you knowclearly in the mind of the youth and you know when it comes to the danger to the economy and to the future of nigeria you know the buhari administration has been worse than the abasha administration way worse you know because he even with the treatment of the biafra you know he he's doing things that point towards war basha as evil as he was and as obsessed he as he was with killing everybody that opposed him he did not drive nigeria in the direction of waryou see he did not make moves but like this presidency is clearly making moves in that direction when it comes to the banning of patreon you know if you're in nigeria you have to use a vpn you know and you know act as though you are logging in from another country or visiting the site from another country to to use patreon you know it's very interesting you know and the twitter banning was public what if the presidency is banning other sites and these are strategic sites especially sites that affect the church patron seriously affects the church you know this is a good way for foreigners to support the church and especially um everyday people you know and upcoming or starting um ministries you know to really receive donations from outside nigeria it is true patreon you know that is one of the best ways i can get you know the everyday person from america to support a ministry in nigeria church in nigeria or in different parts of the world is true patron as well as those who are creating christian content or just those who are creatives those who make youtube videos you know and other um kind of content that they give that you know they have some they give for free and some they want you know people to pay for they give away everything for free but say you can support me through patreon you know patron has been taken away from all nigerians you know this is very unfortunate you know there's a possibility and the question of is this a move on patrons but the patron itself ban nigerians you know from logging in or is it the president that banned nigerians from going to patreon you know the reality of the matter is that patreon hasn't canceled the accounts of those in nigeria you know those in nigeria who built um their proof of house you know um uh who have their professional picture but it's very interesting we live in in a very interesting times there are so many things happening there are those who are trying to control the social media and control the rhetoric you know um years ago the concept of the internet was to open up the world to let human beings free and let human beings be able to communicate even the visions of companies are changing like you know facebook's initial vision was to unite the world and to let everybody communicate i need to become it to help to build a better and safer world but now they are the kings of censorship you know the mission statements of like for example google you know which one of their taglines you know internally with the company was don't be evil they have removed it you know and of course these people you know they probably think the word evil is offensive and you know and there's no such thing as evil so they the these companies that initially um started on the general idea of the internet being open and free and letting people express their views you know now it has turned into cancer culture it has turned into you only have to have those views and any of you that's contrary to this view that we want to push has to be eliminated you know so it remains to be seen i like to ask anyone watching this video you know to if you are not in nigeria use a vpn and log in from nigeria and you know post your comment and reach out to us you know that's um ask alfred online at gmail.com or ask at alfredo vip and you know communicate to me what is your experience are you able to log in you know from nigeria are you able to um visit patreon from nigeria you know you can use a vpn and check then if you are in nigeria try without the vpn accessing patreon can you visit patreon the spectrum work then also you have to use a vpn download a vpn you know i recommend proton vpn you know all you have to do is create a proto mill you know it's safe and it's the company is based in switzerland you know so it's use it has this free option and paid option use description is free option works good you know the paid option are is many times faster but the the free option is fast enough so use the free option you know and check out you know if um you can then log into picture using a vpn you know try um connecting as we in america or something and see what happens you know they there's also um the aspect of you know because it's a question of is its picture that that is banning nigerians you know is it the company that is making that decision or is it the president that has behind us since banned picture from nigeria you know so these are things that um we need to look into and understand you know and we have to make sure that these kinds of things don't happen anywhere else you know you may not be in nigeria and you may be like i'm not in andrea what how does this concern me remember the words of martin luther king jr you know injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere you know because evil spread evil copies when you allow darkness to live in a place it will expand there would have been a second world war if the whole world addressed adolf hitler when he invaded belgium if after he invaded belgium and took over belgium the whole world said ah mr hitler come we need to talk you you can't do that you need to give belgium back you can't you can't do that if the whole world did that there would have been no second world war there was a second world war because everybody was holding their arms it does not concern me it took so much time before america got involved in the war it took so much time you know britain only got involved in the world when it came to their doorstep america you know it took a lot of persuasion and all of that it is after um adolf hitler attacked america you know after um bombing you know it never obeys i believe you know that is when the america began to take it serious you know it's unfortunate don't wait for evil to to meet your doorstep to come to your doorstep before you um try to push it back or try to stop it because that's you mean you may not be so fortunate that time may be too late injustice anyway so you try to justice every there are a lot of people who want to say things like why does america want to be the police of the world why do they want to be the world's worst dog that if america does not feel that place somebody else will and what if that person is more sinister remember the antichrist you know so the the antichrist is coming there that position is going to be filled by someone and you see whoever feels the position like for example who is more powerful the the the leader of the united nations you know all this um world economic forum and you know the world all these um organizations summits that's like the g8 and all of that the leaders of those organizations are more powerful than the presidents of individual nations because whoever becomes presidents of the individual nations have to fall in line with the agenda of the leaders of all these g8 and all this economic and world economic forum and all these people that have great reset plan for the war which is very dangerous because these are unelected officials who are actually truly ruling the world and deceiving the world that people are thinking that they are in democracies you know think about america for example democrats and republicans first of all they have deceived everybody that you are either here or here a democrat or a republican but that is not real but that aside irrespective of whoever wins you have to fall in line with whatever is discussed and whatever is agreed and whatever is the universal vision of the g8 and the world economic forum and all these united nations all this this difference but look at how all the doctors were slaves to the world health organization the world health organization opened their mouth to say that um a drug that had been used in africa for thousands of years and has been used to fight malaria in africa successfully said that it was wrong that it that is dangerous that everybody has to get vaccine all the wisdom of doctors involved in all the all the knowledge of doctors in all countries all around the world had to bow down to the world health organization is not better that we christians are the heads of such organizations and create or create such organizations or swallow of social organisms those are more powerful than the presidents those are more powerful than the kings those are the true rulers of the world you see so um that being said back to this spiritual issue remember what i said you know try using a vpn i'm not using a vpn you know from nigeria and outside of nigeria to see the um results i really want to verify what the problem is you know and you know also send letters to picture you know addressing this issue so we we can know for sure whether it is patron itself that banned nigerians from visiting patreon remember that paper has a similar thing paper does not allow nigerians receive money you know they want nigerians to be poor something you know and there will now be the same hippocrates who will go to america and be saying oh we care about um um africans and people of afghanistan so black lives matter oh this that that that but they come to africa to persecute and destroy africa yet they go there and be screaming black lives matter that is the those that is the companies look at starbucks if starbucks pays for its coffee if starbucks was an honest company rather than putting black lives matter this that that all the coffee that you take in starbucks is from africa all the swiss chocolates the expensive chocolate that you guys are eating all around the world in the the most luscious restaurants that chocolate is actually from coco that came from ghanalook at the state of ghana do we you know this these companies are so funny they will come out and say um black lives matter who we care about um dark skinned people this od president trump is ravis oh these guys racist blah blah blah but they are the ones that will do everything to try to enslave africa and pay africans little for so much and keep on um robbing africa you know but um that that is that remember to um check out alfredo's vip if you are listening to this and you've not given your life to christ click the salvation prayer link in the main menu you know when you go to alfred the vip prayer of salvation come and say that prayer give your life to christ thank you and god bless you

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References & Sources For This Video: - BBC: Nigeria's Twitter ban: Government orders prosecution of violators: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57368535 - CNN: Nigeria bans Twitter after company deletes President Buhari's tweet: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/04/africa/nigeria-suspends-twitter-operations-intl/index.html - New York Times: Nigeria Bans Twitter After President's Tweet Is Deleted: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/05/world/africa/nigeria-twitter-president.html - The Verge: Twitter blocked in Nigeria after deleting a tweet by its president: https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/5/22520166/twitter-suspended-nigeria-delete-tweet-president-violate-rules

References & Sources For This Video: - Recap: Twitter Deletes Buhari's ‘In The Language They Understand' Tweet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2jhc3CZgAg - Buhari Vows To Shock Those Agitating Against His Government, Twitter Deletes Buhari's Tweet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vElGPy8T2o8 - FG Reacts To Twitter Deletion Of President Buhari's Tweet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y4HhXmhLZA - Buhari's June 1 tweet retweeted 21,000 times before deletion: https://businessday.ng/news/article/buharis-june-1-tweet-retweeted-21000-times-before-deletion/ - Twitter deletes Buhari's tweet for ‘violating' rules: https://thenationonlineng.net/breaking-twitter-deletes-buharis-tweet-for-violating-rules/

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Many people, including Africans in diaspora nurse the idea of building the next unicorn. While planning your business, you must understand the Uniqueness of the local terrain and why you can't scale in the same as foreign startups do.

Reading is delivered by Felicia Husada (from the Church Santa Maria Ratu blok Q in Jakarta, Indonesia) and meditation is delivered by Odiri Meggison (from Lagos, Nigeria-Africa). Micah 7: 14-15.18-20; Rs pslam 103: 1-2.3-4.9-10.11-12; Luke 18: 9-14. GOD'S MERCY IS NOT AN INJUSTICE Our meditation today has the theme: God's Mercy is not an Injustice. One of our admirations and even our inability to understand God is when we encounter His mercy. The most powerful expression of God's mercy for us is His power to forgive sins. The term the "almighty God" signifies the Lord's power to rule over everything and everyone, including the remission of sins. For the believers, this admiration and feeling of unworthiness in the presence of God are considered parts of the experience of faith. As for the non believers, the all powerful God and especially the remission of sins actually have no meaning for them. The prophet Micah, in the first reading today, expressed his faith with deep admiration that no other God could forgive the sins of his people, except the God of Abraham. God had all the power to eliminate human mistakes. He even threw all the sins into the magnificent sea, the deepest part of the universe. Micah spoke about Israel's past experience of liberation from the Egyptian slavery and their rescue during the time of wandering in the desert. In line with this, JesusChrist made it more concrete through the parable of the prodigal son and his merciful father. The positive law and human justice determine that the solution for an evil act is the necessary punishment which is compatible to the sin committed. Unbelievers and people in general use this way of thinking to ascertain that Israelites, who had been very guilty in opposing God, deserved punishment one after another. The prodigal son must receive the same penalty suited to the grave sin he had committed. The Pharisees and the scribes assumed that sinners were very dirty, and therefore, they could not interact with the sinners. Yet all these were against the Lord's deeds. He is so merciful. He actually comes to meet and remains united with them. He forgives them. This is obviously seen by the common people as an act of injustice. However, the truth certainly reveals that an act of mercy is not an injustice. An act of mercy or compassion basically brings a sinner close to us and can help him or her to repent. We bring him or her back on the right path through forgiveness and guidance. God wants that none of the believers will be lost from His attention and embrace. It could be one of them is from our circle, or your friend, or a family member. In this period of Lent, therefore, we can collaborate with God to bring back those who until this moment are still lost both theirs bodies and souls. Let's pray. In the name of the Father ... Almighty Lord, make us aware and long for returning to you as our best way of discipline in this Lent. Our Father who art in heaven ... In the name of the Father and of the Son ... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/media-la-porta/message

The New Testament gives us clear instructions when it comes to our acceleration in The Kingdom of God regarding our position in Christ Who is God's First Born Son regarding The New Creation.

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Amy Beauchamp documents her travel across two continents to descend into the country of Nigeria, Africa. She is researching the supernatural weave of an ancient land amidst a modernizing culture that is still predominantly tribal. After spending two years building several networks across the Northern belt of Africa, she embeds herself with a Nigerian family to learn what it is like on the ground in a population of 200+ million Nigerians...where many are still practicing the ancient pagan Yoruba religion that would eventually evolve into VooDoo and Santeria in other parts of the world. You can find out more about Amy online at her website https://www.pandorasjarparanormal.com/ (Pandora's Jar Paranormal). Intro/Outro Music written and produced by https://www.monkeymindmusicgroup.com/ (MonkeyMind Music Group).

Akporode Collins was born in 1984 in the small town of Agbarho in Delta state Nigeria. Had his early education in the same town before moving to the School of Art and Design, auchi polytechnic Auchi in Edo state Nigeria. Had his National Diploma (ND) in painting and general art 2009 and graduated with higher national diploma (HND) in sculpture 2012 as the overall best graduating student. Inspire by his father believe that artist are less successful in life, he is driven to make his art count and use it as a universal language of communication, documentation, education, and peace. His immediate everyday life is always a subject of his work using it to pass deep message and issues. Exhibition -He has exhibited in the grand finale of the life in my city competition 2013 in Nigeria -Africa art month in Abu Dabhi, United Arab Emirate -historical festival residency in Abu Dhabi, UAE organized by ArtHub -work was also exhibited in the Abu dhabi international Art Fair 2014 in UAE ARTIST STATEMENT: History is better told in the eyes of the art, the art of yesterday is a clue of who we are and the art of today is a picture of generation yet unborn. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creative-habits/support

In this special episode celebrating Nigeria's 60th year of Independence from the British Empire, I talk to 4 Nigerians about their thoughts on Nigeria and what they think about the state of the country. This episode is a letter to the country on what needs to be done moving forward. To follow more news on Nigeria/Africa check out www.globalfinancialdigest.com

Greg Hendricks is a former professional basketball athlete having played overseas in six different Countries, as well as coached in the NBA as a volunteer assistant with the Seattle Supersonics. Greg Hendricks was a great basketball player. He competed at the NCAA Division I level, played professionally for nearly a decade and was the second-leading scorer in Brazil while sharing the floor with several current NBA players.He presided as Head Coach of a High School Basketball team in Washington State. Hendricks was a volunteer assistant, working out with players like Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis and Luke Ridnour. Greg was President and Director of a non-profit based out of Nigeria Africa called the Ejike Ugboaja Foundation. Greg was a member of the Advisory Board of The Olivia Hudson Foundation.  For five years Greg was living out of state in Washington and going to Africa every summer to run basketball camps, and helping kids come to America to get Christian educations and go to college. He has participated in many charity events including speaking engagements in the U.S. and abroad. Organizations and engagements such as the Hope Leadership foundation, sports camps / prisons in the Philippines, Rock Church events, and Chapels for WNBA & NBA franchises.  www.sdrock.com  

The African Union has set a target of 1 percent of GDP to be invested in research and development by African countries. But data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics show that only South Africa, Kenya, and Senegal are close to this target, investing around 0.8 percent of their GDP. Countries like Nigeria - Africa's largest economy currently spend 0.1 percent of the GDP compared to countries like Singapore, contributing 2.1 percent of the GDP. In this week's edition of the Africa Climate Conversation, Dr. Judy Omumbo, a senior Programs Manager at the African Academy of Sciences, explains why research is essential and if Africa is investing enough in research as it seeks to develop.

I had an interesting conversation with Eloho Gihan-Mbelu who is the MD/CEO of Endeavor Nigeria. Endeavor not only funds, but also provides advisory and networks services to high-growth companies. Eloho is a private equity investor with decades of experience, and her wisdom shone through this conversation. Many thanks to her for speaking to me.Listening and downloads options are also on Apple, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, and TuneIn. You can rate us on any of those platforms or directly here. If you like what we do and will like to support our work with a donation, here is our Patreon page.TranscriptTobi: Hi and I am on today with Eloho Gihan-Mbelu, the Managing Director and CEO of Endeavor Nigeria. You're welcome.Eloho: Hi Tobi. Thank you for having me.Tobi: The way I think about this now is that, whether we like it or not, going forward, there will always be a pre-Covid and a post-Covid world. Either socially or otherwise. What I want to know is - recovery, going forward. Adapting. What is the most important node in getting things back to the new normal? Is it government interventions? Is it investors, or the adaptability of businesses? What are your views on that? Eloho: I think this sort of pre-and-post Covid type dynamic, the reality is post-Covid is not post-lockdown. Post-Covid is post recovery and so we will only really be able to assess the impact of post-Covid in another, by all indications, if we're lucky, depending on the pace of the recovery, maybe 18 to 24 months' time. Because what Covid has done is it has triggered this... you know, we now have two crises, right? There's the immediate health crisis which some countries are coming out of, we are still sort of trying to manage and navigate a little bit here and then, of course, there's a broader economic crisis that Covid was the catalyst for. So in terms of just what post-Covid means first of all - it's today, and it's 18 months' time. I think the element then with regards to what that recovery looks like or could look like and what the biggest influencers could be - whether it's government, whether like you say its investors and whether it's the companies themselves. I think the elements play against each other. The first is on the company side, I think there are [a] certain profile of companies that will have a higher likelihood of survivability through the crisis to get to that post-Covid world. I think the easy way to look at that on almost, there are certain sectors that will tend to sort of be a little bit more resilient, I think that's true, there are some which are much harder hit, that's also true. But I also think within the companies themselves there are all kinds of individual questions and dynamics and criteria that will mean that a certain profile of company survives. So the companies that survive will be the companies, very simplistically, that have the most cash in the bank so they are able to almost sort of hunker down and navigate the crisis and wait for it to play its way through. I think it will also be those founders who are you able to adjust their companies to thrive, who are you able to potentially have capital structures and profitabilities that allow them to respond very very quickly. It will also be the ones that are able to spot trends and spot trend waves that their companies can ride to get to the end of the crisis. It will be the ones who have taken the time to get the right investors behind them, if they had that opportunity to begin with - investors who are experienced, who have a deeper pocket and are able to...and the one who have been better performers, I guess, historically as well...so they are able to count a little bit on that as investors support as they go through [the crisis]. That's on the entrepreneur's side. I think on the Investor's side, then a couple of things also - people who have the capital support the companies through the crisis. But of course, investors are not going to necessarily protect or support companies that are not doing well through the crisis. I will actually expand that investor bracket to say... to my mind, it's really a private sector bucket and that we can talk a bit more about it later if you want. I think there are so many different actors within the private sector that should be part of and helping to define that post-Covid future, whether they are philanthropic organisations, whether they are investors but not necessarily funds. Whether they are family offices, whether they are commercial banks and lenders, I think the toolkits around what that support for the innovation sector should look like relies on all of these different players playing different roles to meet the needs of startups and scale-ups and SMEs through this crisis. And then finally, the government, I will say... I really view the role of the government as a galvanizer of capital. The role of government as helping to organise this different actors and players, but really taking a step back and letting the private sector do what it does best which is allocate capital to the companies that are likely to have the strongest and the most robust responses through the crisis. Because I think we must also be careful that in a scenario where there is limited resources, limited capital and we're under a bit of time pressure to make sure that we're able to navigate to the recovery quickly, I think we must be careful...this not really a time, frankly, to worry about things like mass programs etcetera etcetera. I would much more prefer a response that is targeted and focused on making sure... of course, there are issues with the way that capital sometimes is declared in Nigeria under these public sector programs ...but in ways that are making sure that the best founders with the highest chances of surviving and the highest chances of driving returns with the capital that they will have access to are the ones that get access to the capital. And we're not funding businesses that probably would not have...before, the crisis was one more thing but they were probably not financially healthy propositions before. I think those are how I will view those three things playing in terms of what the post-world could look like and what the different roles could be.Tobi: If I'm a founder or a business owner, I'm thinking one of the dilemmas I would be facing if I make it through this crisis, going forward, is to build some resilience into my business model and how my organisation is structured and at the same time, I would be looking at some form of future growth.Eloho: Sure.Tobi: So, how can businesses balance those two things going forward?Eloho: I think the most important thing is surviving. The most important thing is not taking your eye off the ball so that you have business at the end of it that you can then...I'm not saying you necessarily only at that time think about growth, but the business should grow, right? There's nothing to grow if you've taken your eyes off the business because you're focused on revenue opportunities that may not necessarily be that immediate and that actionable. I think that the way that we have tried to advise some of our founders to think about it is: first of all, to just sort of batten the hatches, secure the business that you have today, create a war room, know what your sort of critical scenarios look like, know what your critical responses are going to look like so that you're not making last-minute decisions, emotional decisions as the crisis kind of unfolds - there's a bunch of unknowns, and you'll be hit by a range of unknowns. But I think you are able to sort of think about the kinds of triggers they would sort of provoke certain responses as you go through. And then, once that happens, I think it creates a little bit of flexibility for you to then be creative I think about what the future could look like. Creative around "okay, so, where have I seen..." in the stark case, for example, of a full lockdown "where have I seen vulnerabilities in my business model?" The vulnerabilities might come through the fact that, for example, I'm only selling through one particular channel which might be more of a physical channel, and if you accept that we are going into a world where...I am not a full believer that we're going into this zero-touch models, especially not in Nigeria, but I do think that you will find that we are lower touch for a while, but also that we might have finally seen that big boost to a digitisation change that we been waiting for for a while and that in and of itself create opportunities. So I think having the bandwidth to take a step back and say "okay, so how can I take advantage of these opportunities, how do I access the vulnerabilities that my business has exposed, through the crisis, and how do I then respond to those opportunities?"I think the third thing I would say in terms of, again, being ready to respond and being ready to grow is there's a lot of people at the moment that are cutting back assets, they're liquidating assets or they're cutting back on investment spend. They're not spending on marketing, they're letting some of the people go...taking all kinds of actions in response to the advice to shore up capital. I think it's a fine line, but the entrepreneurs are going to have to find where that line lies between taking all the right prudent actions to make sure that there is a business that survives but also then making sure that you've not cut so far and so deep that when the recovery comes you have to spend so much time reinvesting in these things. So if, for example, you are a consumer-facing business that, of course, the brand in and of itself is a major asset, then investing nothing in that brand for the next 12 to 18 months because you take the view that "marketing spend is discretionary, and I have a core base of customers that are doing work with me or transacting with me, I just need to sort of maintain that level" may not be the most prudent thing. If you're a business that has... I don't know, you have a sales team, for example... and you've potentially cut that too far and you also have a sales team that if you brought new people on you would have to sort of spend quite a bit of time training, it means that you probably want to be a little bit careful, one: who you even let go. Two, careful that you're timing your recovery right so that you are able to bring them back.So I think that's the way I would think about it. I would think about securing the business that you have today, creating a war room - having a set of decisions (having a playbook around how you make decisions through the crisis) and then creating a recovery kind of response and scenario where you say "here are the different assets that I need to sort of keep productive or I need to be able to quickly and readily turn on when that recovery starts to come. And it's a little thing. It's in the way that you even engage... if you have to let people go, it's the way you engage with them through that process. That's the difference between, for example, being able to quickly call on some of your lieutenants and say "look, I can offer you another job back if you want it" for example, versus having burnt a bunch of those bridges. And I think as that business owner that you described at the top of the conversation, I think that's the difference between surviving through the crisis and I would say thriving in the post-recovery.Tobi: If I ask you to construct an opportunity profile for companies and some industries, and please, be specific if you want to... so what would the picture look like for thriving through this crisis? Is that even possible or are we stuck in some kind of medium to long-term risk management/survival mode?Eloho: I think, to begin with, there are a couple of industries that...so not everybody has done badly. So the picture is not all bad. I think that there are some industries that are benefitting through a crisis like this. Businesses that are built digital first - I think that's the first factor that separates a couple of businesses and I think you are finding that, for example, businesses that addressed people's healthcare needs, mental health needs, but are doing them virtually, digitally, are actually doing relatively well through this crisis. Businesses that are providing critical equipment and infrastructure through the crisis are doing relatively well. Businesses that are helping people to educate their kids whilst they are at home through this crisis, like to say post lockdown into this lower touch world, those ones are doing relatively well broadly as a category. I think businesses that are allowing...we all know the Zoom story, right? The crazy growth numbers that are [indinstinct words] through this crisis. But businesses that are also helping teams to be more productive are doing super well. In more traditional sectors, businesses that have been able to pivot very quickly to switching on digital channels - for example in places like food and groceries retail have actually fared better than the alternative which is businesses that were not able to turn on or open up some of those channels as quickly. There are examples of that happening and I hope those are specific enough.The second part of your question is how does one thrive rather than just survive through it, and I certainly don't want to paint a picture and sort of be glib in suggesting that, you know, just thrive through the crisis and therefore it must be relatively easy but I think this is really where the mettle of entrepreneurs really gets tested. I think that we will also see, of course, businesses that are built through this crisis, in response to the opportunities that open up by virtue of the crisis. But the thriving point is a little bit of an alchemy of a bunch of things - It's an alchemy of the business model that you had to begin with, it's an alchemy of those things that I talked about before around...in the response, what are those critical assets that you preserve and you maintain and you keep warm so that you can turn some things back on relatively quickly. It's also an alchemy of the investors and the advisors that you have around you. So from the investor perspective, especially if you're a portfolio company that has done well through the crisis, that has historically performed well for your investors, you have a good relationship with them etcetera, you're more likely to find that you are funded through to the crisis by your existing investors. There's also something around the mentors and the networks that you have around you and your ability to rely on all those and apply course learnings and look for advice and things like that. I think that's really, ultimately, what will help a bunch of founders not just survive but thrive. I think the last piece that I don't want to sort of underestimate its importance is tied to that investor point but it's not necessarily related to investors. So the point I made, again, about the role of the organised private sector should play into stepping in at a time like this. I think liquidity becomes critical. I think that this is when we should see and we're seeing it in other parts of the world but I think particularly in an environment like Nigeria (where the government is under fiscal pressure, we all know the story), I think this is when I would love to see for example a Covid fund...but for the innovation sector - that is focused on startups and scale-ups. Designed to deploy different kinds of instruments into these businesses, but the ones that you can genuinely access and say the direct impact on this business has been due to the Covid. It has some great founders behind it, the underlying business model is fundamentally sound, but they need some short term liquidity or medium-term liquidity support. Or they need a bridge to their next major equity round. How do we do that? This is also when you should see, I believe, grant structures being created or grants being created or grant programs being created for some of these other businesses as well. And I really genuinely believe that that is a role for the private sector. Like I said at the beginning of the chat, I think that government should play an organising role, perhaps. Government should help to galvanise capital into the innovation sector in Nigeria. Government should help to create a conducive investment environment etcetera, but the actual capital and the allocation of capital should be done by the private sector, they have deeper pockets anyway as a collective.Tobi: Yeah, yeah, thanks for that. Moving away from that a bit, one distinction I encounter often is social versus market ventures. Well, it's usually not put that starkly...Both grinningTobi: But yeah, so is that a helpful distinction? Is it even a real distinction and what are the differences, if any?Eloho: I think that it's not a new distinction. I think fundamentally you're talking about for-profit businesses or pure for-profit businesses versus what I think today people think about as double or triple-bottom-line businesses. So that's on the social impact side where, of course, you want to run the business sustainably but you're not driven by pure profit motive and you have a bunch of other goals around environmental, around social impact, typically [a] sort of bottom of the pyramid or addressing under-represented or unrepresented segments in whatever your area of focus is versus a business that is being run purely for-profit and I want to maximize my shareholder value, I want to give a great return to my investors and I want to walk away as a nice happy rich entrepreneur myself. So I don't think that's a new distinction. I'm not sure, are you asking me which I think is better? Tobi: No, not really. I'm just asking what really are the distinctions because to my mind, even triple or double bottom-line businesses like you said still need a profit formula, so I'm not...Eloho: They need sustainability, I agree with you. But I think they don't need to maximize their profits. So, it might be the difference between me setting a margin on my business, a gross margin, I don't know...a fifty percent gross margin versus a twenty percent gross margin. If I'm a profit maximiser and I have space to drive a greater per-unit profit on whatever it is I'm selling or better unit economics on whatever it is I'm selling, then I will do that. But as a double or triple-bottom-line business, I might look at it and say "well, if I'm able to sell this thing at a lower price to people in certain segments then...I'm also tracking things like access, I'm also tracking things like the number of people that came in touch with our product because there's a greater good or there's a social good that I viewed as part of that product or that service. I think that's fundamentally it, but I agree with you that I think at their core, that both of those businesses, but certainly the social impact business needs to be profitable, otherwise it's not sustainable. And to be fair to a lot of the very successful social impact entrepreneurs, I don't think that the ones that you and I admire from afar, people who are not running their businesses as sustainable propositions, right? I think they're very aware of the fact that the businesses ultimately need to be sustainable, they're just not so worried about necessarily delivering a maximum [return] to their investors. And in fairness to them, their investors are not invested in them for that reason either. Their investors have a bunch of other metrics as well as the financial return that they track.Tobi: Looking at the African startup ecosystem now, I don't want to generalize to all markets and, of course, all markets have their unique challenges and context but looking at the African startup ecosystem generally, there is a common problem - which is, public goods, policy, and the overall business environment. Now, do you think that African startups can really leapfrog some of these challenges or we are just ahead of our time so to speak? Because, here is what I have in mind...if you look at China I think the startup ecosystem, for example, started growing and started getting a lot of traction when the economy itself has already gotten some mileage in terms of overall economic growth, but when you look at Africa, of course, we have diverse policy environment that but the general growth environment is poor. So are startup ecosystems in Africa ahead of their time and is there hope on the horizon?Eloho: I think that your question even in the way it's phrased paints a very dismal picture when you say "is there hope on the horizon?" [indinstinct words] looks like there is gloom and doom which I don't believe that there is. I think the first thing I would say is there's always a counter-narrative, right? So you talk about a low-growth environment and the second you say that, to me... I think about, for example, Endeavor companies in Argentina in the worst of their economic crisis - double-digit inflation, negative GDP growth year-on-year that were counter-cyclical in that they were growing very quickly, they were generating jobs. I think in the data, there's something like about six of the first companies that we selected or eight of them...Between them, I think over something like maybe a 5-year period created 20,000 jobs at the time when low-growth environment etcetera. So it does happen. We've seen it happen, of course... in Nigeria, we've seen examples of periods when broadly the narrative is not exactly exciting or encouraging, but you see spots, bright spots of success. So I don't think it's all doom and gloom. Now, the question of what do I think the role of the government is which is where I think you started. You said that even, for example, in China, the government sort of created that enabling environment and there was growth, and then on top of that the Chinese, I guess, e-commerce or tech consumers are able to build their company on top of it. I certainly think you're on to something. I think that it's important that there is a layer of... there's a conducive layer. I think that conducive layer has elements to it. It has hard infrastructural elements depending on what it is you're trying to do, it has software infrastructural elements and the touch on things like policy. But I also think that the beauty of being part of an ecosystem that is increasingly organised, increasingly advocating, increasingly influential is that you don't necessarily need to wait for those things to have happened, you can put those things in place and be a part of pushing for those things as you build. And I think that's why it's so important that you have organisations like CC-Hub etcetera, but you also have organisations like Endeavor at the scale-up stage that are focused on making sure that the ecosystem works. That then means that you can always put on a policy hat and say "what should we be doing, for example, through this Covid-19 crisis and then how do we then use the networks and the influence that we had to make sure that the right actions are being taken and the right conversations are being had, and the right voices are being heard where those conversations are being had?" So I don't think you necessarily have to weight one for the other, I don't think you need to have a perfect environment to build. But like I said I think that there are some enabling infrastructures and the great thing about the way we think about this organised ecosystem-type entrepreneurship at least today, not just in Nigeria, in many other parts of the world including silicon valley is that the ecosystem itself is a driver of change towards those infrastructure needs. The companies themselves sometimes can be the solutions that bring in...or can provide the solutions or build the solutions or iterate around solutions that solve some of these harder infrastructural challenge. The quick answer to the first question - which is can you leapfrog? - is that I don't believe...I've never believed in this leapfrog theory, I've always found it a little bit silly. I think that what would happen is you potentially just sort of accelerate a little bit faster to creating the layers around which other things get built. And I think the classic example is a fact that we cannot leapfrog is when 8 years ago, we were all talking about e-commerce in Nigeria and it was always a very difficult story to sort of close the loop on because I remember I would always ask people "have you ever ordered anything from Jumia? It was 8 years ago, and they would say 'yes'". Well, some people will say yes. To be honest, a lot of people would say "no, I've never used it." So I could never quite understand this thing that was meant to be exploding but beyond that, people who did say yes, I'll say "well, what was your experience?" and I've never heard a story about it being delivered on time and I don't think that was Jumia per se, I think it was just really the fact that we had these core infrastructural challenges around which we were trying to bring build certain things on top of. I remember trying to do, at the time, diligence on a couple of these companies and the question around cash on delivery was always a big one of course and that comes with all kinds of issues. It comes with massive return rates, it comes with security issues and cost on top of that. So it's really really hard to build and to build profitably when the foundational elements are not done. The other side of that story though is to think about what's happening in fintech today. And think about the fact that a company like Interswitch and others as well, but I think the most prominent one that we will all be aware of is Interswitch - Mitchell Elegbe has built that business over 17 years. And a lot of what he has done has been to build the infrastructure and the layer on which a lot of companies are building today. I don't think he necessarily thought to himself when he started “I am going to build the rails and build the infrastructure under which great companies like Flutterwave and Carbon and PayStack and Mines and the like are going to be built on top of in 17 years' time. But I think at some point he was probably aware of the fact that “we kind of have to lay the infrastructure here”, and I think that's what the entrepreneurs that you and I, again, probably get the most excited about - I think there is that level of consciousness around what they’re doing. So in as much as often, their businesses are for-profit, I think their missions are always bigger than themselves and are always bigger than the exit story in necessarily. Those are the entrepreneurs that excite me the most, those are the entrepreneurs we get the most excited about at Endeavor, the ones whose broad missions are around things like building sustainable models in their local ecosystems, and galvanizing multiplier effect and paying it forward and those big galvanizing missions and stories are the ones that tend to end up building the infrastructure on top of which the next generation of companies come. Tobi: Yeah...sorry if I'm being gloomy in my picture...LaughsTobi: But here's a bit of what I have in mind...great point about Latin America but when you look at countries like Argentina, Brazil and co. and here is what I have in mind - these are countries that are middle-income economically. These are countries that are averaging between six to ten thousand dollars in per capita income. Yeah, they may be having slow growth and there's always problem in the policy arena, public finance that regularly distress some of these economies but the market, the nature of the market is really different. These are countries that are a third or a fourth bigger than even the richest economy in Africa and even the infrastructure environment is different. I don't wanna use the word better, but different. So what I'm saying is...I'm not saying it's impossible but what I'm saying is given the nature of the investment effort, are we going to see the explosion in that startup ecosystem space in terms of growth? Or are we going to see anytime soon or a lot of these things...Eloho: I think you’ve used the example of Latin America.Tobi: Yeah.Eloho: I think you used the example of Latin America but you’ve ignored the example of SouthEast Asia.Tobi: Okay.Eloho: So, yes...GDP per capita is slightly higher than in some of our African countries but by no means are countries like Vietnam high-income countries and you have some really really interesting high growth businesses being built there and you have really really compelling flows of capital into those businesses and into those founders. I think that where it really gets interesting is on the digital play when there is a digital adoption story and when there is an access story around it. But for example, I don't know that you need a high...well, I think you're probably right to a certain extent, but I don't know that you need a middle-income country’s level of GDP per capita to be able to build a lending business sustainably...a digital lending business sustainably in Nigeria, for example, you probably need the opposite to a certain extent. So I think it depends [on] what you talking about, I think it depends [on] what sectors, things like that but I certainly don't think that it cannot be done. I'm not a big big fan of the narrative that Nigerians are too poor to build a business around them. It's not tech but one of my favourite stories and I know this one of the stories that a lot of our entrepreneurs in Endeavor actually really like. It is the story of what Promasidor has done or did in the FMCG sector. So they have lots of dairy products things like that and they basically went on a whole new strategy with their distribution and their sales, whereby they were basically distributing in product sizes at price points that were accessible and affordable for the bulk of Nigerians. It was not people sitting in Lagos, but it was distributed all over the nation, in environments that are much lower GDP per capita at the sub-national level than we have even in Lagos and did that successfully.I think it comes down to a business model fundamentally. I think there are certain businesses that you will struggle to get the unit cost of what you're trying to do so low that you're able to scale it profitably, and I think that's fundamentally some of the issues that e-commerce face in Nigeria - that the unit economics fundamentally just didn't work because it was just so expensive and so hard to ultimately get the product to the end customer and people were often doing things like...and I think some of the blame also potentially lies with some of the companies themselves but people were doing things like they were only going to the e-commerce businesses to buy for their phones. And the phones, because these companies were competing with each other for customers and for growth, the margins on those 3C units...so whether it was phones, whether it was whatever else but typically phones...were so thin, sometimes even negative that of course, you're not going to drive any kind of profitability off that sale but the idea was that I'll bring you onto the platform as a customer and you will come back and you buy other things. I don't think there's any escaping the question or need to sort of build a business fundamentally profitably, but I also don't believe that because Nigerians are poor then we’re not able to do it. I think if you also take a step back and really think about what we're talking about, we are so early in this journey towards finding the sustainable business model. Because like I said to you when we started, from my perspective, it's in the last 10 years that the potential of entrepreneurship to really fundamentally shift our regional economies, for example, in Nigeria has become clear. Because [it's] so much more accessible, so much more democratic than the idea used to be. People are actually building business in Nigeria now in a way that they were not even thinking about doing 15 years ago, 20 years ago. I think those success rates will come. I think we already have some of them. I think the next generation of future business leaders are emerging. I think many of their businesses will continue to survive and would be sustainable and I think scale takes time but I think businesses are scaling every day around us.Tobi: You're probably right. I certainly don't think that Nigerians are too poor for businesses to be built around them. It depends on what your building, right?Eloho: Yeah.Tobi: So, maybe I'm being impatient here.LaughsEloho: And it's hard, right? Because you want to see your environment change and you want to see lives touched and you want to see the successes that entrepreneurship is...and we’re seeing it. But I'm also a little bit impatient like you, I want to see more of those stories as well, and they're coming. I’m in a privileged position whereby I get to see what's coming, we have a pipeline, we have a bunch of founders that we are very excited by, we know what's going on within the companies that are within our portfolio as well, that I think I'm excited by what the future looks like.Tobi: Yeah, so, I want you to solve another puzzle for me.Eloho: [Laughs]Tobi: Let's talk about domestic capital. The startup ecosystem, that space, is really interesting. There's a lot of things that's going on that personally excites me, but one of the things I'm not seeing is domestic capital - funds, banks and other forms of traditional finance rushing to take advantage of that opportunity, even when you have policies like the loan deposit ratio for banks, and... I don't know how the CBN defines real sector in this case, so I'm not going to get into that, but why aren't banks, for example, starting VC funds? Solve that puzzle for me. Is it a case of exit?Eloho: I think it’s a couple of things. Well, I don't think many banks set up VC funds anywhere in the world. The skillset and the risk appetite is pretty different. I think that as a banker, you grow up in an environment where your entire training is: extend the loan, earn some interest on it and don't lose your capital. Whatever you do, don't lose your capital. That's how you fail. I think in a VC environment, you appreciate some risk around potentially losing your capital and you price that in. But of course, the return for that is: what if I don't lose my capital and I make 10 times on this investment? So I think those mindsets are just fundamentally different, and of course, then the infrastructure, and the teams, the models and the approaches and all of those things and the cultures are just built differently in those two ways. But the question around why do we not see more local capital more generally going into businesses? I think it's a little bit of... I think it's a complex answer. I think there's also something around the exits as well. I think that if you're investing same way as I said, you know, the first rule on the banking side is don't lose your money, the first rule on the VC side is - where is your exit? If you can't see an exit, then what are you doing? This 10x is 10x on paper if there is no exit. And so I think there is an issue around the... I want to say "the depth" I guess, and the quality of the investment ecosystem more generally so that you know that I can see a path to a company circling through its potential points of capital... potential funders of capital. So that I'm coming in, for example, as an angel and I can see where they're going to get the first institutional round. I can see where I'm coming in as a growth investor and I can see where potentially that business is going to IPO and give me my liquidity. I think a lot of the exits that we've seen, for example, at the later stage or at the private equity stage in Nigeria/Africa, a lot of them are secondaries. I know that there's not very much in terms of IPO exit etcetera. And all of those things compound. So I think, again, it will come. I think one of the ways that we solve for that, interestingly enough, is by attracting foreign capital into the ecosystem so that you know that the liquidity is there for your exit. I also think there's also something around how and where Nigerians invest. I think that there is something around the fact that we are in a high inflation environment. At the moment we are even now worried about things like foreign-exchange, devaluation etcetera. So you've got to really be sure of some massive or be comfortable with the risk anyway of some massive outsize returns probably before you're putting your money in such an asset class versus keeping it in foreign exchange potentially offshore. I think all of those things coming into play. I would like to see more local capital going into earlier-stage businesses. I think it will come. I think it's one of those things where success breeds success a little bit and once you start to see the exit, once you start to see the liquidity come into the ecosystem, it will come. But also, of course, we're now going into a broader recessionary environment and that doesn't bode favourably for broad investment trends whether it's local capital, whether it's foreign capital into Nigeria. But I actually think an environment like this also creates an opportunity for local capital providers because it's harder for some of these companies...it will get increasingly harder to raise capital offshore and so if you are an entrepreneur-friendly investor, if you're writing fair cheques on fair terms, I think this really is an opportunity to...and if you have the conviction around what's happening in the ecosystem and the growth that our founders are able to deliver, then this really is an opportunity, potentially, to write some of the interesting deals. Tobi: Interesting. What has been the most challenging thing for you running Endeavor, so far?Eloho: Explaining what we do. I remember 18 months ago when I first started talking about how we focus on the scale-up companies, a lot of people didn't even know what scale-ups were. And I don't think that was because it was a brand new term that I discovered...I think it's just because it wasn't something that we talked about very actively or openly in our ecosystem. It comes back to what I was saying earlier about how we assume that once a company has, for example, raised a Series B, then they're already successful and let's worry about the earlier stage companies. Interestingly, when I sit one-on-one with people and I explain it they get it immediately but most people from the outside don't get it, so what they say is "you're are helping people who are already successful to be even more successful." And I suppose that's one way of looking at it, but the way that I see it, really, and the way that at Endeavor we see it, our theory of change is actually really really simple and super powerful, and effective - we believe fundamentally that it's actually the entrepreneurs that do more than just think big, but they're successful, they will successfully scale their companies. And for us, you've scaled your company successfully when you are able to employ a couple of hundred people. But critically we also want people that are then going to turn around and say "okay, so I've been successful and I've scaled my company in this ecosystem, how do I then help this ecosystem and reach back and help the next person do something similar? So how do I invest in that founder as an angel? How do I mentor that founder" etcetera? And we find that by creating that culture, by having that sort of almost virtual feedback loop, of course by selecting the great entrepreneurs to begin with, having them role model, having them play this sort of mentorship investing role, you then create a multiplier effect that means that you're able to scale an ecosystem much quicker at the scale-up stage. So we would be a little bit counter that theory if what we are worried about was "how do we help a hundred ideation stage founders launch their companies? There [are] people that are doing that and doing it much better than we would because it's not our area of expertise. But like I said, if you think about an ecosystem and think about the different needs of founders at different stages, we're very lucky to be in this unique position whereby we are very very laser focus on scale-up stage founders because we think that people who have successfully navigated to [the] scale-up stage, are really the people who then understand what it takes to scale a business in that ecosystem. And helping them, then go back and plough that experience back into the ecosystem, from our perspective, is what will be the most effective thing that you can do from a support perspectiveTobi: That's interesting, and I don't want to ask this because it can easily get controversial and also...Eloho: [Laughs] But you're going to ask anyway.LaughsTobi: Yeah, I'm going to ask you anyway. Also because it distracts from some of the real important issues sometimes... but have you had gender-related challenges and in what colours do those come?Eloho: Ooh...that it distracts from the issues, I disagree. I think this is a very very important front and centre issue, so I'm glad you raised it. Have I had gender-related challenges? I think we all do, as women, unfortunately. I'm not sure if you mean professionally but I'm just going to hatch this out and answer your question broadly because I think that it kind of all just blends into one experience as a woman.Tobi: Okay.Eloho: I find that I have up till a point in my career, I would have told you categorically that at work I didn't have gender-related challenges because I was so certain that I was being treated absolutely the same as all my male peers, has getting compensated exactly the same as all my male peers and I was respected in exactly the same way. Interestingly, the more that I understand how these things play out, the more I understand that that was probably a voice of naivety that was speaking in that actually the way that these kinds of biases play out is in little things like, for example, microaggressions - which mean that you say certain things and you're teased in the office in a way that your male colleague might not be...and of course, I had a lot of that when I was growing up in my career. It is in things like you're nervous about asking too many questions during your review because you don't necessarily want to be seen to be aggressive when, really, all you're doing is being assertive. But it's in your male colleagues not having to worry about things like. It's in being nervous about negotiating and not taking the first offer that you are given, again, because you don't want to create the impression that you this pushy woman. I think that's how, indirectly, some of those things play out. In terms of direct challenges by virtue of being a woman, the kinds of things I noticed as I got more senior in my role is things like... you know, I've had men come into my office to meet the boss and they will turn and speak to my male colleagues, to my male staff, not understanding that I was the boss which I always found funny and end up ultimately embarrassing the male staff. I've had people come into my office...it's been one guy and this story always makes me laugh. And then he comes into my office and I think when he realised... I think he also went through that thing of "oh, he wanted to talk to the boss" and he was surprised that it was me, then when he realised that it was me, he recovered very quickly and then he sort of made a couple of comments as he was leaving "oh, hmm, I wonder what the average age is of everybody in this office?" and he kind of made this nervous comment twice and it was funny because he wouldn't have cared what the age was if he was talking to a room predominantly full of men. So he was confused, my team is mostly women not by design but he was confused, there [were] all these women and you could see he was flustered...and so the next thing that came out was "ah, that's interesting, you must have a very young team" and of course he left and even the guy in the team was like "what the hell kind of comment was that?" So you see it play out in a different way, but I've never had any direct confrontations or direct issues by that... I think the issues play out for me or have played out for me much more subtly. But like I said, the colour of those issues has changed over time by virtue of my experience as well and by virtue of just the fact that I think there's a lot of more information out there as well with regards to what the experience is as a woman, as a professional woman and I think it's empowered me and I hope it's empowered lots of other young women as well to... when you have that niggling doubt in the back of your mind and you have one more question under review, I think the younger a lot Eloho would not have asked the question. The older Eloho, today, probably would because she's now aware of the fact that these biases are actually real, so you don't have that struggle of trying to convince yourself that what you suspect is actually a real issue that you're facing. I also think we're in an environment where more men are listening. I think it's helped by the fact that there's a lot more data, there are many more male advocates and male allies as well. I think corporates and institutions have the issue of diversity and gender balances on their agendas, so it's a corporate agenda. Not as many as they should but it's on their corporate agenda as well so it's a legitimate topic of conversation and I think all of that helps to mean that the experiences that I had when I started out my career 20 years ago are very different from the experiences that I would hope that a young lady who was charting the same path was having today.Tobi: I'm so happy you brought that up, thank you.Eloho: Did I bring it up or did you bring it up?LaughsTobi: I did. Okay. I'm so happy you answered my question. Because this is one area where I would easily admit my ignorance, so...Eloho: Yeah, and I'm glad you've admitted it openly... the truth is I think we are all a little bit ignorant because first of all, even for women, not every woman's experience is exactly the same. So sometimes you hear stories and you see the data, and you're like "absolutely, I believe that cause I directly went through it" and there are times that even for me I'm like "oh my gosh, I didn't know that women went through this." For example, the concept that I could have been paid less than my peers in exactly the same role was foreign to me. I was just like "what do you mean? I got the job, I was given an offer, it was on paper" but the difference is the guy probably walked in the room...for multiple reasons including probably the way that he socialized in the way that we're not socialized women... he probably walked into the room and said "I want 20 percent more" and they said, "okay, fine." But I think that you might be ignorant of certain things, the most important thing is that you are open to understanding certain things and to learning. But I think there's probably a level of learning that can and should happen on gender biases in general for men and women, I don't think gender biases are the exclusive purview of men, I think it's a societal thing. It affects all of us. It affects all of us and it plays out in all of us.Tobi: Yeah. So it's kind of a tradition on the show. So I'm going to ask you if you have one idea... I know you have many ideas...but I'm restricting you to one.Eloho: One.Tobi: Yeah. So if you have one idea you want everybody to be excited about that you would like to see spread far and wide, what would it be?Eloho: Ohh, I'm a big big big fan and I'll tell you a secret. I'm working on a project where hopefully... it's been a dream of mine and hopefully, I get to be a part of making this happen... is I think that people should tell stories more. I don't think we tell stories more and I think it's critical in Nigeria for people to tell stories of their journeys more. And I think we need to get into a mode where... for some reason, we only tell two kinds of stories I think, at the moment. We tell stories of success - so everything is up and to the right and, you know, here you are slaying and breaking barriers and that's the only story you tell. Or we tell stories of extreme disenfranchisement and somebody is hard-done-by in some really horrible way. And I think the truth is, the path that we each take, for the most part, is not always the case for everybody, unfortunately. But for the most part, the path that we take kind of oscillate between those two things. You're massively successful in certain things. Every once in a while, you probably fail at things more often than you're successful at them and it's not this up and to the right journey. So one big idea I think that I'll like to sort of encourage people to do and one that I'd like to be a part of [is] role-modelling... is just telling frank candid stor[ies]. I think there is this myth that if you tell the truth it's not going to be interesting. If you tell the truth and it's not a sad story or it's not a story of overnight success it's not going to be interesting. And I'm testing that and I'm finding that there is a lot of energy around using platforms just to tell stories. So people kind of have something to relate to and connect to as they navigate the different inflexion points of their lives, whether it's family, career, jobs, marriage, having children, what have you. I don't think we do enough of that as a society.Tobi: So when you say you are involved in that, are you telling your own story, because I'll like to get an exclusive?Eloho: [Laughs] I was told off by somebody who said it that I didn't tell enough of my own story and I guess she's right if people are interested, I don't do much of that. But aside from that, I think rather my own story, I want to tell other people's stories but I think it would be inauthentic for me to push people to tell their own story if I wasn't telling my own. So hopefully, that will come. In terms of exclusives, let's talk about the exclusives later because I'm not quite ready for it. But I'm actually trying to put together a small project around the storytelling. And I'm happy to talk to you about it off the podcast.Tobi: Alright. Thank you very much, Eloho. It's been fantastic talking to you.Eloho: Thank you, Tobi. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at www.ideasuntrapped.com/subscribe

This is the continuation of the Question of 9.999 or Quest 10. Due to Mar's day of Mardi Gras, the Mercury Retrograde of Wednes-day, and of Rejoicing in the Jovial of Thor‘s day or Jupiter blessing. Here are the continuation of the story of mankind from Nigeria Africa and Togo Africa. As some of us cease to harm, give up or sacrifice the practice of hurt and pain during the Lenten season. This episode is asking to look at the EYE or the I of being powerful, being in the present tense of self-awareness in being almost perfect 10. No more wasting fresh energies by worries and wars. No more edging goodness out or “ego” by being fine or finite. Channel in the angels of 10 to the power of 100th. Be the light that enlighten. Be the source of sun that warm with kindness.

Show date 12/19/2019

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EP. 55 FARMING and moving back homeSimple conversation between friends #ColourOutTheBox Host: Mo (@MoActuallyUK), is joined by Jumoke Adekunle (@dear_naija)We discuss: Film review of FARMING by Adewale Akinnouye Agbaje (warning includes some spoilers). As its Black History Month we talk about the complexity of black immigration to the UK and our own personal stories. As well as moving back to Nigeria/ Africa, Jumoke shares her personal experience. ColourOutTheBox Jumoke Adekunle, Brand and Retail Consultant, https://ng.linkedin.com/in/jumoke-adekunle-4080b867@dearnaija https://www.instagram.com/dearnaija/?igshid=11vjkzsypmrk5Visit the newly updated website: http://colouroutthebox.comSocial Media Twitter: @colouroutthebox Instagram: @colouroutthebox Email us your thoughts, feedback and questions: ColourOutTheBox@gmail.comRATE, REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE, your review will be featured on the show.Intro music: Nangdo “1st 2 Know “Outro music: “LoveChances” (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats: https://makaihbeats.net Via FreeMusicArchive.org

The recent attacks on Nigerians in South Africa seemed to have shocked many people around the world and Africa as a whole but this is not the first time this is happening in the country. The Wahaala Boys talks about the tension between South Africans and Nigerians in the country. #xenophobia #Nigeria #Africa #stopxenophobia #wahaalaBoysPodcast #SouthAfrica

T.N.T podcast on the difference between men and boys. How the affects of having an actual man in the house plays a strong role in the children being raised. As well as how it shapes our society today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/e-roc-tha-don21 /support

T.N.T podcast on the difference between men and boys. How the affects of having an actual man in the house plays a strong role in the children being raised. As well as how it shapes our society today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/e-roc-tha-don21 /support

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Ever wondered which brand of phone is the king of Nigeria/Africa and why? Hi, I'm John Omoku, and You'll get to find out on this Podcast!

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Pastor Bryan Hudson and I discuss, “Helping Kids Discover their Destiny”. Bryan Hudson operates a multimedia firm, Vision Communications and he’ll define and contrast fate vs destiny, share ways that kids can turn interests and talents into professions and careers, and he’ll explore how trauma can distract kids from discovering their destiny.  Rev. Bryan Hudson, (Th.B.,B.S.,M.S.) is a pastor, author, adjunct professor, and ministry technology consultant. He is the founding pastor of New Covenant Church & Ministries in Indianapolis, Indiana where he has served for 34 years. Bryan operates a multimedia firm, Vision Communications, that equips people, ministries, and organizations with life-changing media and digital media solutions, including regional/national television broadcasts. He has more than 36 years experience in media production, training and consulting. Bryan Hudson has earned degrees in Bachelor of Theology (Rehoboth Christian College), Bachelor of Science in Media Arts & Science (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis), and Master of Science in Education with a Specialty: Instructional Systems Technology (Indiana University). His education reflects his calling to serve God's purposes in ministry, media, and education.Bryan’s passion is teaching the Word of God, serving everyday people, and helping Christian leaders more effectively serve their congregations and communities. Bryan also conducts multimedia workshops for youth, with the goal to inspire the next generation to become producers of positive media. Pastor Hudson helped establish a Christian training institute in Lagos, Nigeria Africa and participated in a fruitful mission to Kenya, Africa in  2013 an 2016. He conducts workshops related to publishing and digital media, such as for The Associated Church Press national conference.  Bryan is a former adjunct professor at Crossroads Bible College in Indianapolis where he developed and taught a 300-level college course a called, "New Media for Urban Ministry.” He also teaches ministry-related technology courses. For 39 years, Bryan has been married to Patricia Ann Hudson, an inner-city public school educator. They have raised four children, have two grandchildren, and reside in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Terfa Tilley-Gyado is the Director of Communications for Temple Management Company. He spoke to us about his work as Temple's Director of Communications, how Temple aims to change the talent, sports, and events management narrative in Nigeria/Africa, the birth of Temple Music production, and more.

Ifeoma Malo, the founder of the Clean Technology Hub & Country Director of Power For All, joined me on The Iveoma Show to talk about the opportunities in renewable energy for Nigerians, especially women. Ifeoma discusses that 60% of Nigerians are living without access to electricity and this energy poverty mostly affects women and girls. Ifeoma reminded me that because women and girls bear the primary responsibility for cooking, washing, fetching firewood and other chores in Africa, lack of electricity significantly impedes their economic advancement and even affects their health and personal security. So join us as we explore the opportunities in renewable energy for Nigerians and African women everywhere.   TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: The difference between a hub, accelerator & incubator (3:30) Why Ifeoma started the Clean Technology Hub (7:03) Why the lack of electricity paid a major role in the kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls (8:33) Percentage of Nigerians who do not have access electricity (12:44) How the Clean Technology Hub is increasing the focus on renewable energy in Nigeria (13:35) Why women and girls are impacted the most by energy poverty (16:34) How the Clean Technology Hub & Power For All are changing the male-dominated energy section by empowering women (18:32) How Ifeoma leveraged her connections and family/friend funding to start the Clean Technology Hub (25:46) Why Ifeoma carves out personal time for her family and herself (29:00) Ifeoma's dream for Nigeria & Africa (33:20)

"Testimony Solomon Owolabi Missionary to Nigeria Africa" - By Solomon Owolabi.