Nathan Bako

• Economist • Member @CommonFuturesCH
• Founder & Creative Head @Imperial_LKS
• Project Lead @BridgeConnectNG

[SPiD Climate Resilience @spid_org]

We’re kicking things off strong!

Our first live session of the AYEDE for Climate Action Fellowship features Dr Umar Saleh Anka, @villager01, who will be guiding fellows through climate policy, governance and advocacy.

#AYEDE4ClimateAction

[Development Economics X Corporation @DevEconX]

Economic history is important, but many public sectors across the developing world are living in the past when it comes to their policy abilities.

It's time for a change.

[Nathan Bako @NathanBako]

Middle Powers can and should support and strengthen the multilateral trading system with the @wto at its core.

#NEXT_STEP_CONFERENCE'24
@PIIE @LKYSch @NOIweala
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[Nathan Bako @NathanBako]

A distinguished comrade once said: "One's never really a full Nigerian until they've served".

Well, cheers to being fully Nigerian! 🇳🇬��

#BornoCorper
#GraceLife

[Abubakar Suleiman - previously blue ticked @suleimana]

You can treat your country like a parent who must provide for you, from whom you are entitled to certain basics and in whom you are (most likely) disappointed, or like a child you love unconditionally & will sacrifice to make it better

How you approach your country defines her

[Global Partnership for Education @GPforEducation]

Early childhood education is one of the best investments a country can make to prepare children for learning and give them a chance to thrive later in life.

We need to make sure it receives sufficient funding!

#FundEducation

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

The reason you have an MTN in Africa today is not because a poor boy from South Africa got VC funding and became a billionaire. I know some others try to force a similar narrative but it is not true.

People gained experience, put together plans, and then got investors. No magic. Each base station was built one site acquisition and equipment deployment at a time. Financing was tough but they hired the best to get it.

You just have to work or create work. It is in the creating work that we end up building the things that likely become venture scale. Scale builds upon scale and we have very few things already at scale. Scale is not built upon dreams and wishes but upon solid ground first.

I remember my observations the first time I visited America. My cofounder Salil previously told me that America runs like a well oiled machine. Femi Edun also told me that they build scale by dumbing things down to the basics. I saw that both descriptions were true. The infrastructure exists to sell at scale and you dumb things down to sell more.

According to Ogilvy “we sell or else.” America always sells or else it is not America anymore. To be able to sell, there has to be a market to sell to. They created that market in many ways. Infrastructure, education, and advertising.

You can’t sell when you haven’t built. Prospecting for gold in California led to the great railroads. Mining solid minerals in Congo and Nigeria have only led to wars and terrorism.

In Africa, we build, or else…

Let us build and then sell. We can’t sell what we haven’t built yet. Building on cloud infrastructure far away and trying to provide services to those who don’t have access isn’t building.

The day it dawned on me that payments in Africa wasn’t a startup opportunity but an infrastructure play was the day the scales fell from my eyes. PayPal got licenses in 50 American states and not 50 countries before it started making a lot of money.

One African country will not deliver our version of PayPal without our version of EBay which can only happen because we have our version of UPS or FedEx and the logistics that support it. That is further built on universities and a prosperous middle class.

We don’t have to follow the same trajectory but one truth is evident. Scale builds upon scale. Let’s build scale carefully. We have wasted so much time and effort on trying to create magic on a continent where illusions lead to hunger and despair.

[Nathan Bako @NathanBako]

#June26

🎯 This year's campaign emphasizes one crucial message: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 – 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

🎯 The best treatment is PREVENTION. Don't even go near it!

[Nathan Bako @NathanBako]

@DrJoeAbah Ok. I bet the best of the world must be on fire then 🔥🔥

[Fred Swaniker @FredSwaniker]

You know what I’ve learned over my 20+ years as an entrepreneur? With the right people, an okay idea can be molded, disrupted, & upgraded into something revolutionary. But even the most ingenious idea is dead on arrival without a stellar crew to execute it.

[Nathan Bako @NathanBako]

We have to start somewhere. Bold moves.

[Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, CON, CGH @akin_adesina]

It is time for vaccines sovereignty in Africa. Africa produces only 1% of its vaccines. Africa can no longer outsource the health security of its over 1.4 billion people to the benevolence of others. @gavi @_AfricanUnion @EmmanuelMacron @BillGates @WilliamsRuto @PaulKagame @APTF_org @AfricaCDC @DrTedros @NOIweala @AUC_MoussaFaki @GiorgiaMeloni @PaulKagame @CheikhGhazouani @LulaOficial @CyrilRamaphosa @AminaJMohammed

[OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH @opportunitiesfy]

📢 Wanted: Exceptional young minds to shape the future of global trade.
The WTO has launched the #YoungTradeLeaders programme to empower the next generation of global leaders.
Apply now for this opportunity to innovate, lead & make a global impact! 🔗 https://t.co/V0R2km02ic

[African Business @AfricanBizMag]

🌍 @afreximbank's Chief Economist @sgyemikale outlines Africa's resilient economic strategy amidst global challenges in trade and growth. Read more about navigating geopolitical tides on Afreximbank's analysis.

https://t.co/R4Z0wVhcKH

[Nathan Bako @NathanBako]

@suleimana I've always believed that our country continues to stand today despite the depth of impunity, because there are still people who have sacrificed so much and are willing to give up more for Nigeria. I still do!

[Nathan Bako @NathanBako]

Celebrate the relentless human spirit with my latest composition 'Embers of Resolve.'

#Poetry #Resilience #Motivation 🔥

https://t.co/gJBV7BbWFQ

[Fatihu🔑 @fatihu__m]

With food inflation over 40%. And GDP par capita decreasing every single year. This numbers are scary AF. But leaders don't give a sh**

Nigeria is a clear example of what an Economy shouldn't be like.

[Prof. Yemi Osinbajo @ProfOsinbajo]

Africa's only permanent friends are those who permanently support our interests.

Africa will continue to priortize long-term partnerships that serve our continent's best interests. I shared this and more at the @afreximbank Annual Meetings, where I spoke at the session on Navigating Economic Transformation in a Polycrisis world: Strategies for Global Africa.

[Ruhbir Singh @ruhbirsingh]

How Small & Medium Businesses Can Make It Big With Cloud #googlecloud #dataanalytics @Tatvic https://t.co/6DcaL9SDRU

[DANIEL @DanielWhalee]

Dangote is looking at steel production. He keeps venturing into dreadful territories others won't dare. When he dares and wins. Those that cannot run a POS kiosk successfully,will start shouting state capture and cronyism. Continue!

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

Finish one small task before you leave the office, write a to-do list for the next day, tidy your desk, and start your personal time in the evening on a positive note with the right sort of friend or family engagement. https://t.co/eXJoB27cwA