You think I'm happy living abroad?
I have a family I grew up with, whom I love with all of my heart - and the reality keeps dawning on me, on how many times I will see them before I one day turn 60.
People I saw daily, or once a month - I haven't seen in years, and would realistically only see once a year, going forward.
You think I'm happy?
That one day, I might end up having children and my siblings might not have the relationship with them - the relationship I had with my uncles, in my formative years? I remember clearly how they would take us to MrBiggs every Sunday - I am currently reliving the flavour from that meatpie.
How we would go to the family house in Ikeja, every year for Eid. The grandchildren uniforms, the snacks while watching your uncles slaughter rams.
You think I'm happy that I might one day lead a family of children who might not know their version of that?
WTF will I be doing in another man's land, if I did everything they asked me to do from childhood (face your studies, be exceptional, stay away from crime, be hardworking) and opportunities lined up for me to be the best I could, in my motherland? WTF will I be doing here?
Why will I condescend myself to living in a clime where I have to mentally switch from sun burning weather to teeth clenching winter - when I came from a land where I never needed gloves? You think I'm happy?
If I could do honest work, be on my way home and not have to bother about the risk of getting shot by the people meant to protect me, because I have some lines of tattoos on my body - you think I would leave?
If I could trust a justice system to defend me, ensure my rights even though I am a nobody - have trustworthy institutions banking on the highest standards, not have to worry about the bread I eat, the fake drinks from the club or streets, the fake drugs - you think I would leave?
Don't get me wrong. I am grateful for the opportunities this clime has given me, to test my limits - to be everything I thought I could be. But all of these, in replacement for the soul I grew up with?
You know the satisfaction that settled within me when I could wake up on a Saturday morning, stroll to the Iya wanke's place - relish an entire plate, or some ewa agonyin while watching children battle it out, in a 5 v 5 across the streets.
That communal living that relished my soul, is now replaced with silent streets and finely divided sealed terraces.
You walk through the city centres in the evenings - you see friends having an aperitif (they do so every evening), you see grandfathers meeting up with their children, you see entire families with extended families living across the streets, first cousins are even able to use the same gym and you remember what that looked like for you back home?
You think of all your friends scattered across continents, some you might never get to hug again.
For a lot of diasporans, you don't want Nigeria to work more than us. A lot of us want to come home, but what is home? Where is home? When will home feel like home?
I hope to continue living life without lack, in comfort, with accomplished dreams - but I want to do so, with soul. When I die one day, I want to do so - with soul.
Every Client suddenly wants “dashboards”…
But 90% of people are just building pretty charts that mean nothing.
If your dashboard doesn’t answer:
• What’s happening?
• Why it’s happening?
• What to do next?
…it’s useless.
I just dropped a step-by-step tutorial showing how to build dashboards in Google Looker Studio that clients will actually PAY for.
Steal the exact process: https://t.co/W8JNSr94NV
Last year,we gave full scholarship to 2 people to register for our training in @Koka_AcademyLtd . The both of them have been taking the training so seriously and it makes us so proud.
Today, we will be posting another scholarship opportunity on Koka Academy's page. By noon,go and participate if you're interested.
Note that registration closes next month.
I thought I was going to finish this automation project this weekend… but automation had other plans.
The idea sounded simple in my head.
Build a system that processes loan applications automatically:
• Someone fills a form
• The system checks if they qualify
• Calculates interest and repayment
• Sends a loan offer automatically
Easy, right?
Well… not exactly.
The problem I wanted to solve was something many small finance businesses deal with. Every time someone applies for a loan, someone on the team has to:
Read the application
Check if the applicant qualifies
Calculate repayment manually
Send an email with the offer
And when you have dozens of applications, that becomes slow and messy. Some leads even get forgotten.
So the goal was to build a system that runs automatically using Zapier.
Here’s how the workflow started coming together.
First step: the trigger.
A loan applicant submits a form. That form response becomes the trigger that starts the automation. Once the form is submitted, the Zap wakes up and begins processing the data.
Next step: storing the applicant.
The workflow sends the applicant’s details into Google Sheets, which acts like a simple CRM. Every application gets recorded with details like name, email, income, and loan amount. This way nothing gets lost.
Then comes the calculation step.
Using Formatter by Zapier, the system calculates the loan details automatically:
• Interest on the loan
• Total repayment
• Monthly repayment
This is basically the calculator of the workflow.
After that, the system checks eligibility.
Using Filter by Zapier, the automation asks a simple question:
Is the applicant’s income high enough to qualify for the loan?
If yes, the workflow continues.
If not, the workflow stops.
Finally, the system sends the loan offer.
If the applicant qualifies, the automation sends an email showing:
• Loan amount
• Interest
• Monthly repayment
• Total repayment
So the applicant instantly receives their offer without anyone manually writing an email.
That’s where I stopped for now.
My original plan was to finish everything this weekend, including:
• accept / decline buttons
• automatic reminders
• status updates
But even getting to this stage taught me something important about automation.
Still learning. Still building.
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