As the saying goes, "The best time to start is now."
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I've decided to share it here.
So I recently discovered websites where people have been silently Importing Cheap Cars Straight From China.
You may even be able to get cars for as low as ₦4 million, the same cars you might be buying for maybe ₦12 million in Nigeria. I'll share the websites below:
1. AutoCango (https://t.co/7JslfW34ow)
This platform allows you to choose whether you want to cars that were used within less than 3 years or around 180 days. You can check for different types of vehicles like Jetour, BYD, Honda, Geely, Mercedes Benz, and so on.
2. Guazi (https://t.co/omdzM63Ky1)
You can get used cars from here too, including Toyota, Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai and several Chinese brands. They also offer auctions, and they indicate the grade of each used car.
3. Alibaba (https://t.co/tUU3gjeAP7)
You probably know Alibaba as a platform for buying wholesale goods from China. However, it also has vehicle suppliers and exporters. You can search for new or used vehicles, but it's better to look out for verified sellers specifically.
4. Made-in-China (https://t.co/n7KHb2eL5F)
This is another platform where you can find Chinese vehicle manufacturers, dealers and exporters. You can find both brand-new and used vehicles, including electric cars, SUVs, sedans and pickup trucks.
5. SellGoodCar (https://t.co/4mI8LOubeZ)
You can get both new and used cars from here too. I learnt they typically provide inspection reports, escrow payment arrangements and international shipping. You can find brands such as Toyota, BMW, BYD, Geely and Chery.
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Be careful when ordering, though. Make sure to vet properly. Do your due diligence.
It may be better to work with a sourcing agent who can help you inspect and make sure your order is shipped. The agent might just take some percentages as a service charge.
Stay informed
And
Stay sharp! 🪒
Two interesting things I discovered this week are:
1. That you can get genuine court affidavits online from the Nigerian Federal High Court. A genuine one, not the ones those roadside people give you.
The website has all sorts of affidavits, even ones I didn't know existed.
2. The National Population Commission has a working portal. You can register your newborn online and get a certified birth certificate that is accepted worldwide.
You can do all these things without any bureaucracy.
For 1, visit: https://t.co/mMEjgphabJ
For 2, visit: https://t.co/vEssNLkZ5l
Joseph Adedeji
A fundamental investment process contains four procedures in the following sequence "B-M-F-V"
✑ (B)usiness: ability to generate stable above-average returns (i.e., ROA, ROE, ROIC), defensibility of competitive position, cost position, market share, product quality, employee talent.
✑ (M)anagement: management quality (profile, track record, past achievements, network), incentives and compensation, corporate culture.
✑ (F)inancials: sales growth, margins, working capital, capital structure, off-balance-sheet financing
✑ (V)aluation: with peers, with the overall market, with its own specific fundamentals
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In 2020, all I had was ₦20,000 I made from my days of playing Bet9ja.
My girlfriend at the time, who is now my wife, was a fresher at the University of Ibadan and needed some money to start a business.
I honestly didn’t think twice.
I sent her the money and supported her as she started her perfume business.
Later that same year, I made some really bad decisions.
A friend and I took money from some friends to trade with, and we lost everything.
We ran into serious debts, and things became crazy.
I had to sell almost everything I had.
I was depressed.
I got to a point where I considered selling one of my kidneys just to pay off the debts.
I even considered suicide.
Yeah, it was that terrible.
But while all of this was happening, something else was happening too.
My girlfriend’s business was growing.
And not just growing a little.
It was doing really well.
She was young. Beautiful. A student. She had her own money. She had every reason to walk away from a man who had nothing to offer at that point.
But she stayed.
She took care of me.
She fed me.
She clothed me.
She supported me.
She stood by me through what was probably the lowest point of my life.
Looking back now, I realise that she could have left.
There were probably many women who would have.
She had enough reasons to choose herself and walk away.
But she didn’t.
She stayed.
Today, when I think about the woman I have beside me, I don’t just see my wife.
I see the young girl who believed in me when I had nothing.
I remember those sacrifices.
I remember those difficult days.
And I just want to say:
Thank you, my woman. ❤️
Thank you for staying.
Thank you for believing.
Thank you for loving me when loving me wasn’t convenient.
I will never forget.
I am afraid, this does not fly, in my opinion.
If you deliberately establish a “first-name” culture, it should apply broadly, including to senior leadership, unless the policy explicitly carves out the board (by the way, imagine setting a culture and it is not starting from the top).
Yes, non-executive directors occupy a different governance position from employees and executive management, but their unique position within the company does not inherently exempt them from the first-name policy.
If a company says “we operate a first-name culture. Irrespective of seniority, employees address one another by their first names”, then having an unwritten exception “but obviously you don’t call a director or person xyz by their first name” undermines the philosophy behind the policy.
After all, the purpose of a first-name culture is usually to reduce unnecessary status signaling, make senior people more approachable and create a less hierarchical working environment.
If management wants the convention to be “first names for everybody below the board, formal titles for directors”, then say so.
It is highly problematic when the written or communicated policy says one thing while an invisible hierarchy says something else.
What is all these talk about “wisdom”, “culture”, etc.? If those things indeed were a big deal, why the performative stunt of “first-names policy”?
Or why is no one directing the “wisdom” yarn to TOE that the young lady is still very young, maybe inexperienced, and does not understand yet how things ideally work, and so you do not come off as conflicting what the laid-down principle is publicly?
If the irritation comes from “I am way older and way above you in status”, was that not considered before setting a policy? You all didn’t know that?
You import the form of an institution without accepting the behavioural implications that give the institution meaning. The company gets to present itself as having a flat, progressive culture without senior people actually surrendering any of the status markers associated with the old culture.
This is how we bastardise concepts and principles.
If the organisation is not comfortable with the consequences of that philosophy, there is much cleaner solution… “Simply don’t adopt the policy”.
Be hierarchical. Be formal. Require whatever title or whatever conventions you consider appropriate.
I wouldn’t call TOE by his first name too, but that’s me. But saying “we are on a first-name basis here” and then humiliating someone doing that is an inconsistency that is worse.
At the heart of it, this really speaks to a broader problem of weak institutional culture and “big-manism ” in the corporate world, where formal policies supposedly apply to everyone until they clash with status and hierarchy.
“Can you call Aliko or Femi Otedola by their first name?” Let them not implement first-name policy if it would be an issue or if the “cultural context” is that very strong (and that would be perfectly fine).
Institutions should be stronger than personalities. Let’s quit all that performative nonsense.
This experience was disappointing and honestly worrying. Emergency response is not something any city should take lightly. In critical moments, every second matters. A functional and reliable emergency system saves lives, reduces traffic chaos, and gives people confidence that help will come when needed.
Lagos is growing fast, and our emergency response system must grow with it. We need faster response times, better coordination, more equipment, and more accountability.
We can do better. And we should.
#accident #lagosnigeria #emergencies
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