I AM
I am the quiet before the storm,
the breath the earth holds when the sky prepares to break.
I am the dawn before the sun rises,
the golden promise that exists before the first light wakes.
I am the dark of night where no light prevails,
where shadows have no shape and silence tells its tales.
I am the depth beneath the water,
where daylight dies and the ancient darkness reigns.
I am the space between thunder and rain,
the pause between departure and return,
the unseen hand beneath the surface,
the fire that waits beneath what appears still.
I am not the absence of light.
I am the place where light has yet to arrive.
I am the silence before the world speaks,
the darkness before creation remembers its name.
I am the unknown.
I am the beginning.
I am the deep.
I am.
One day, the things you're struggling through today will become the wisdom someone else needs to keep going.
Don't waste your pain. Let it transform you.
My job takes me to different place, scouting location for films. Yesterday I travelled to Liverpool for the first time with the plan to visit Everton/Liverpool stadium. But in the end, I found myself at the Beatles memorial instead. Not quite what I planned but something the unexpected stops make the best memories.
Africa doesn't simply need more jobs. It needs more productive enterprises.
The African Development Bank has explicitly pushed policymakers to focus on value-creating enterprises rather than simply counting jobs.
That distinction matters.
One productive factory can create jobs, suppliers, logistics businesses, technical skills and export opportunities around it.
Are we measuring employment or measuring economic capacity?
Africa doesn't simply need more jobs. It needs more productive enterprises.
The African Development Bank has explicitly pushed policymakers to focus on value-creating enterprises rather than simply counting jobs.
That distinction matters.
One productive factory can create jobs, suppliers, logistics businesses, technical skills and export opportunities around it.
Are we measuring employment or measuring economic capacity?
Nigerians are already spending billions on the digital economy.
Internet data consumption reached 8.52 million TB in the first half of 2026, with its estimated economic value put at ₦3.67 trillion.
That is an enormous market.
But much of the value still flows through foreign platforms, imported devices and external technology infrastructure.
When will Nigeria move from being a massive digital consumer to becoming a massive digital producer?
Nigerians are already spending billions on the digital economy.
Internet data consumption reached 8.52 million TB in the first half of 2026, with its estimated economic value put at ₦3.67 trillion.
That is an enormous market.
But much of the value still flows through foreign platforms, imported devices and external technology infrastructure.
When will Nigeria move from being a massive digital consumer to becoming a massive digital producer?