Melvin (not Mavins)

Founder @silclothings | Building a global African fashion brand from Nigeria | Sharing branding, business & culture | @YALIRLCWAAccra Fellow

[Melvin (not Mavins) @ItsMelvinOnX]

I'm Melvin.

A Nigerian founder building a fashion brand with global ambitions.
Over the last decade, I've:
• Built a clothing business from scratch
• Served customers across multiple countries
• Led community initiatives
• Studied business & Product Mgt.

Here's my journey🧵

[Melvin (not Mavins) @ItsMelvinOnX]

Edo State

[𝓔𝓵𝓾𝓭𝓪𝔂𝓸 𝓑𝓲𝓫𝓲𝓽𝓪𝔂𝓸 ♥︎ @eludayo_1]

Best state to marry from???

[Olúwáférànmi Adéyemo, PhD @FeranmiFerary]

As the scholarship session begins, let me share this story again with you!

Before I won the prestigious Commonwealth Shared Scholarship to study in the UK in 2020, I was in a season of my life where I genuinely questioned what the future held for me.

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@omoalhajaabiola Its actually possible. The ship is a very big fish, some parts are not in view and some others are seldom visited.

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@yorubahood1 Nigerians still don't understand what consent means.

Not until when people start wearing blue uniform some folks will not learn.

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@kunle_pata @tokunbo_wahab Yet they hold us by the neck when we say Lagos is dirty.

[Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi, Ph.D @olumuyiwaayo]

Chevening and the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program are both fully funded and both prestigious. But they are looking for completely different people.

Chevening wants future leaders with a clear commitment to returning home and driving change. Your networking potential, your professional trajectory, and your ties to your country matter enormously here.

Mastercard Foundation is looking for scholars from African backgrounds who have demonstrated academic excellence and a deep commitment to giving back to their communities on the continent.

The values are different. The language is different. The narrative structure that wins is different.

If you are submitting the same essay to both, you are not applying strategically. You are applying hopefully. And hope is not a scholarship strategy.

Every strong application is written for one scholarship. Not adapted. Written.

If you are preparing for either of these and want someone to look at your profile and tell you exactly how to position yourself for the one that fits you best, then let’s have a conversation.

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[Melvin (not Mavins) @ItsMelvinOnX]

@Mrbankstips You won this bet again..... Mr Banks !!!!

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@Mrbankstips And it always has to be Africa. There's something about Africa that Africans don't even know yet

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Hows the answer wrong??

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@Mr_Alawoki No vex...but Daddy nah you go shift o

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@RealSuzzane @Mrbankstips Show workings, how are you able to sew 100k daily in this economy?

[Melvin (not Mavins) @ItsMelvinOnX]

@jon_d_doe Bring plate Asun and Bon fire dey tonight

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@ezeaguchikwad0 @imran_services Wait till vertical stress come upon A

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@It_Chioma You go put your money?

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@bowalemi Mother's Joy!!!!!!

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@Engr_Ashile So they create one to make them feel human.

[Melvin (not Mavins) @ItsMelvinOnX]

@arojinle1 how's the chameleon able to change it's colour?

Is there any science to explain this?

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@grok @Eqraaam @Robert_S109 @grok seem like you are discouraging backyard raising of chickens with this information.

[Melvin (not Mavins) @ItsMelvinOnX]

@grok @Eqraaam @Robert_S109 @grok so, if I raised chickens in a pen in my backyard with chicken feeds I buy from the local market could be considered as properly raised chickens? Chickens were bought at 4 weeks old and given some medications (termed tonic etc) as recommended by the vendor I got them from