If you had told the boy who survived on unripe mangoes in university that he would one day be a panelist at a Google event in London, he wouldn't have believed you.
I lost my dad when I was 6 and my mom when I was 14.
Growing up in Nigeria, the odds were completely stacked against me. Getting through university was a daily fight, and there was a day when plucking unripe mangoes from a tree was the only way I had something to eat but Godโs grace and sheer grit kept me going.
Years ago, I worked with MindThe_GapNg, a Google partner, where I had the privilege of training thousands of people on Google digital skills. That was my first real connection to this ecosystem.
This past Wednesday, life came full circle.
I had the absolute honor of sitting on a panel at a Google event in London, representing the best team in the world, BPerfect Cosmetics.
It might seem like just another industry event to some but for me, it was a deeply significant milestone.
Sharing the stage with two brilliant minds (Raman Verma and Lewis Blitz) was an incredible experience.
They shared amazing insights during the event which Iโll be sharing along with other things discussed in other posts but today, I just want to pause, reflect and say thank you.
A massive thank you to Izuchukwu Echesirim (Eche), our phenomenal Google account rep and all the team at Google for the opportunity and for putting this together. I look forward to doing this again.
I also want to express my deepest gratitude to my manager, Maureen (Molly) Kelly. Your unrelenting support, leadership and trust mean the world to me.
Thank you for believing in me and giving me the platform to do what I love.
To anyone currently in their "unripe mango" season: keep showing up. Keep doing the work. Your current struggle is just the setup for your future stage.
What is a milestone you've hit recently that made you step back and realise how far you've come? Kindly share so we can celebrate you in the comments.
โ @GlobalSola
Update !!!
Dear Nigerians it's time to speak up I'll not be quiet over this matter,I got an information tonight from my IO that the @officialEFCC chairman @OlaOlukoyede_ ask i bring down this post, I was as well invited by the EFCC for meeting, I'm asking again which meeting are you inviting me over for? For close to 2 years I've visited your office more than 40 times, each trip to your office going and coming cost me N45,000 due to distance do the calculations, if I reach your office I'll be turned around, they will give me one excuse or the other telling me they're working on it, yet it never finishes since 2 years, Today I'm called to come but to do what exactly? To be asked to bring down the post I guess, Here's my condition to bring down this post, the EFCC Chairman @OlaOlukoyede_ should order the immediate release of my vehicle and my iPhone 13 pro max that's the only way I'll take down this post and everything here.. you have no case against Me, you haven't charge me to court since 2 years, you instead keep turning me around over my hard earned properties, I'm an employer of labour with more than 50 Employees working directly in my businesses & 70 indirectly through marketing, I feed 120 families with the least person earning N77,000 monthly, but look at my payback, look at how I'm disgraced, breaking into my home by 4am with my wife naked on bed, you pointed gun at me and my wife like common criminals, if only you could find me guilty of anything but here you are keeping my properties with you since 2024 yet expect me to keep quiet, not just that , the people incharge still tried to perform unauthorized transaction with my phone in your custody, Dear Mr EFCC Chairman, if you want me to bring this post down or any other post I have made, Order the release of my Properties Tomorrow 21st April 2026 or charge me to court tomorrow 21st April 2026 if you found anything on me. Simple as ABC. i have written you privately several times you ignored me but maybe public will be best place to settle it.
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