In Nigeria, participation in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is compulsory for every graduate. But for Benjamin Olamide Shotola, that one-year period became an opportunity to do something different. He chose to forgo the scheme and, in doing so, changed the course of his life. Using platforms like HubSpot, Udemy, and Coursera, Benjamin taught himself email marketing. Having the …
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If you traveled back in time to ask young Mandy Basterman what she wanted to become, she’d have said a lawyer. Mandy, who is now a VoIP/IT Technician, even started law classes at the university. But her studies came to an abrupt halt because of the high cost of legal education. Parting from her desired career path was extremely difficult, …
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For as long as he could remember, computers had always fascinated Eric Aprioku. However, when his parents enrolled him in a computer school, it was as if his fingers were cursed. “I seemed to have an unrequited relationship with hardware because I spoiled every single system I tried to fix.” He was close to giving up when he discovered Python …
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In the ever-evolving landscape of African technology, where innovation often outpaces structure, Immaculata Ojadi stands out as a rare kind of builder — one who merges business intelligence, human insight, and systems thinking into tools and solutions that actually work. A Senior Business Analyst at James Chase Consulting, UK, Immaculata has built her career around a simple but powerful belief: …
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