Lade Araba

A proud mother | Board Director @ARCapacity | Co-Founder @Visiola_Fdn | Angel Investor | Views mine | Retweets = info

[Lade Araba @LDAraba]

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. I dream of (54) truly synergistic African economies and of synergy in our leadership.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Airbnb CEO: winning an argument is never more important than preserving the relationship.

[𝐀𝐒𝐊 @askghmedia]

“They killed my son like a dog after claiming he was a foreigner, even though he was a fellow South African.”

— The mother of a 19-year-old South African who was killed by his own countrymen in a xenophobia-related attack over the weekend laments, appealing to South Africans to help her cover her son’s funeral expenses, as she is unemployed

[رغد @Raghad7wr]

زميلي في الدوام دايم يتفاخر إنه منضبط جدًا. يشتغل طول اليوم ، وبعد الدوام يروح النادي مباشرة ، ما يفوّت أي تمرين ، وأكله دايم مجهّزه مسبقًا

كنت دايم أتساءل كيف عنده وقت وطاقة أكثر من باقي الناس ، لين قابلت زوجته في عزيمة أمس (وهو عمره ما ذكرها قبل). و كانت الصدمة...

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

“Wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it. Right is right, even if no one is doing it.”

[Lade Araba @LDAraba]

Vision. Execution. 6 weeks. That’s all it takes.

@BelloGaladanchi 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

#FixEducation

[Dan Bello @BelloGaladanchi]

I renovated a whole primary school in northern Nigeria

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

The cost of originality is criticism. The value of originality is priceless.

[Lade Araba @LDAraba]

Brilliant!

[Dr Yemi Kale @sgyemikale]

My Keynote Address Delivered at the Afreximbank Accelerator Program Demo Day in Nairobi, Kenya — 20 May 2026 titled

“Why Now? The Macroeconomic Shifts Driving Africa’s Trade-Tech and Innovation Economy”

https://t.co/MvL6ahw7Mv

[Lade Araba @LDAraba]

Inspired by Dr. @sgyemikale exploring the macroeconomic view of why investing in innovative startups matters, at the @afreximbank Accelerator Demo Day. #trade #Africa

[Efosa Ojomo @EfosaOjomo]

How philanthropic capital can accelerate asset ownership for the poor. It is essential if we are going to eradicate poverty and build wealth.

https://t.co/S498ByRJPF

[China pulse 🇨🇳 @Eng_china5]

DO YOU KNOW THE CHINESE WOMAN
At last night’s dinner banquet, a Chinese woman from Hunan sat in the most prominent seat between two figures known to the entire world: to her left, Tim Cook, and to her right, Elon Musk.

Forty years ago, she was a poor rural girl who left school at the age of 15.

Her name is Zhou Qunfei

She lost her mother at five, and her father was injured in an accident while making explosives, leaving him blind with damaged hands. The family survived by making handmade baskets.

At fifteen, she left her village for Guangdong to work, joining a watch‑glass factory in Shenzhen. She worked on the production line during the day and studied at night school, earning certificates in accounting, computing, customs clearance, and driving.

After just three years, she rose from a simple worker to a factory manager.

But she later resigned after being sidelined in favor of the owners’ relatives.

She left with modest capital: 20,000 yuan and eight of her relatives.

They rented a small apartment that became both a factory and a home. She would go from factory to factory offering her services, then return at night to work until 3 a.m.

She continued like this for ten years.

Then came the first opportunity in 2003.

Motorola wanted to manufacture its iconic V3 phone with nearly impossible specifications: ultra‑thin, ultra‑clear glass with zero defects.

Every factory refused.

She accepted.

The mission succeeded, and the phone sold more than 100 million units worldwide. From there, **Lens Technology** was born.

Then came Apple.

When Steve Jobs wanted to build the first iPhone with a strengthened glass that had never been commercially produced, Apple’s engineers searched the world for a factory willing to take the challenge.

They found only Zhou Qunfei.

After months of joint work, she succeeded in producing the first iPhone screen, later becoming the largest supplier of glass for Apple devices—from iPhone to iPad, MacBook, and Apple Watch.

Tesla, Mercedes, BMW, and others followed, entrusting her with manufacturing automotive glass, smart displays, and even components for humanoid robots.

That is why she sat in the most prominent seat last night.

To her left, Tim Cook, whose Apple has relied on her factories for 18 years; to her right, Elon Musk, whose Tesla and Optimus robots depend on her technologies.

When asked about the secret of her success, she did not speak of luck, intelligence, or even hard work.

She simply said:

Dare to accept.

Then added:

The things others see as impossible… accept them.
The tasks everyone runs away from… accept them.
When you accept the challenge, you learn how to succeed in it.
And when you succeed, bigger challenges come to you.
Opportunities are not discovered by people… opportunities are the things others abandon, and you bend down to pick them up.

[+234 @aderemilekun_]

- Tolu stole N5,000 from her parents but she couldn’t just start spending it freely in school without teachers or classmates asking where she got the money from.

- So, on her way to school she bought pens and started selling them to her classmates.

- Now, the money appears legitimate because everyone believes Tolu is making money from selling pens. She can now buy food and snacks without suspicion.

[Dr. Abayneh Alemu @DrAbayneh]

Tourists from around the world are enjoying vibrant experiences in Addis Ababa, as Ethiopia continues to rise as one of Africa’s leading cultural and tourism destinations. With its rapid modern development, the city is becoming a major hub for tourism.

[Neto @docneto]

@koladeafolabi20 @DoubleEph https://t.co/HfFAMGqpm1

[Tayo Oviosu 🗽 @oviosu]

https://t.co/2WMmdzfOUS

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

The cost of inaction is usually much higher than the cost of making a wrong choice.

[Lade Araba @LDAraba]

In 2024, Nigerian diaspora remittances totaled $21 billion (2/3 of its SDG financing gap), compared to just $3.37 billion in ODA flows. If remittances & domestic institutional capital were channeled effectively, Nigeria could close its own SDG funding gap

https://t.co/BWaOz2QPw3

[Lade Araba @LDAraba]

i.e.”Do the work.”

[Jay Yang @Jayyanginspires]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but most things in life are more achievable than we think. If you decide what you want and go after it with full effort and intensity, the world will bend to your will far more easily than you might expect.

[Gatwirii♊ @thatgeminibloom]

Give her all the funding imagine just 4 cycles a year 💃🏽

[Ritwik Pavan @ritwikpavan]

JUST IN: Skin exams are getting automated.

SquareMind just raised $18M to build a robotic system that scans your entire body and tracks every mole over time.

• Swan robot captures full-body dermoscopic images in minutes
• Tracks new and changing spots across visits
• Replaces spot-check exams with total skin coverage
• Creates a time-series record for earlier melanoma detection
• Plugs directly into dermatology clinics

Robotics is going to reshape healthcare.