Participated in a productive #UNGA sideline dialogue about "Health Security and HIV/AIDS as a Foreign Policy" hosted by the Bureau for Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD).... 1/2
...I was joined by Health Ministers from South Africa, Norway, France, as well as Ambassador John Nkengasong, U.S Global AIDS Coordinator & Senior Bureau Official for GHSD. 2/2
After concluding today's productive workshop with the Federal Ministry of Health leadership team, and sitting in on insightful breakout sessions, I'm confident that in 6-12 months, we'll witness a transformation in the healthcare sector of our country.
During a Ministry of Health & Social Welfare briefing on Sep 7th, 2023, #DrTunjiAlausa thanked ministry heads for their dedication. He stressed the importance of addressing healthcare challenges, promoting digitization, and using technology to improve healthcare in Nigeria.
My two investment themes right now:
1. Software cults:
How do you build cult followings via software? Which fringe communities will go mainstream?
2. Engineers are the new athletes:
What can we build to make engineers (highest paid knowledge workers) happier & more productive?
If you start a startup that can only reach users by doing deals with big companies, the default outcome will be that you run out of money and die while waiting for them to make up their minds.
In 2010, the iPhone represented about 15% of the 175 million smartphones sold worldwide.
Fast-forward to today, and Apple still has about 15% of the market, but total smartphone sales have mushroomed to 1.4 billion https://t.co/PVFkvIyUoF
"I'm definitely the only Somali girl and one of the few black girls that pushed the door open and I'm really proud of that."
Meet Cherrie, the RnB star with Somali roots shaking up the Scandinavian music scene. @Chxrrie
Live your best life by
- Putting yourself in positions where you’ll have to grow
- Investing in friendships across decades
- Not taking health for granted
- Optimizing for short term (what makes you happy every day) & the long term (5-20 years)
- Being your most authentic self
Business edu:
1) join a startup to learn holistically about business w/ all its facettes.
2) do an MBA to go deep on topics like finance & marketing.
If you become an entrepreneur: study psychology to better lead & manage.
If you join a big Corp: study political science
When Britons voted to leave the EU they had no say in what sort of Brexit they wanted. It has become clear that a softer Brexit is better, and Britain need only look to Norway to see why