I didn't open Figma once.
7 App Store screenshots for my new app:
→ Codex planned the panel order, headlines, and what each screen had to prove
→ GPT generated every image
→ I approved and shipped
Designers, tell me these look AI-made 👇
At 35, this Nigerian was handed one of America's most famous restaurant chains, in the middle of bankruptcy. His response? "We're going to execute the greatest comeback in restaurant history."
Meet Damola Adamolekun.
Born in Nigeria to a neurologist and a pharmacist - parents, he lived in Zimbabwe and the Netherlands before landing in Springfield, Illinois, at age 9.
In America, he did it all at once: played football at Brown University while landing a Goldman Sachs internship at just 19.
From Goldman to private equity at TPG, partner at the hedge fund Paulson & Co. And at 31, he became CEO of P.F. Chang's. One of the youngest chief executives of a major American restaurant chain. Under him, the company grew to roughly $1 billion a year in revenue.
Then in 2024, the call came. Red Lobster, an American icon with hundreds of restaurants and tens of thousands of employees, was in bankruptcy. Investors needed someone to bring it back from the dead.
They chose the 35-year-old from Nigeria.
Within weeks of his arrival, Red Lobster was out of bankruptcy. Since then, he's rebuilt the menu, brought back what customers loved, and is now betting big on making it, in his words, the most AI-forward restaurant company in existence.
The comeback isn't finished. But that's exactly the point, he chose the hardest seat in American dining, on purpose.
A Nigerian is fighting to pull off the greatest comeback in restaurant history, and remember this: he's not the exception, he's the evidence. There are thousands of Damolas building Beyond Africa, and I want to tell the World about them.
Let me know who I should feature next in the comments.
Every 13th of August each year is set aside to celebrate the 'International left-Handers day'. So today, I want to share some few things on been a southpaw( the affectionate term for lefties) especially in Nigeria, where we have different tribes with different ideologies,
The thing that needs to die in this country is the stigma against left handed people. Personally, I don’t give a fuck if a child hands me an item with his left hand.
It is 2025. If you think it’s a sign of disrespect, work on yourself.