Thani Oluwaseun knows what it feels like to be depressed and not know where to find help. “I’ve been depressed myself in the past and knowing how difficult it can be,” Thani reflects. “I was able to pick myself up, but not everybody can. That’s why some people go into substance abuse.” His experience with depression left him with a …
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Tosin Olugbenga grew up in Ekiti State, Nigeria, where academics were the pinnacle of success. It was only natural that after completing his first degree at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, he pursued a master’s degree in physics. His path seemed clear: get a PhD, become a lecturer, and join the ranks of the academics he admired, but the Nigerian …
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It started with a casual offer between friends. Nengi Sagbe, a medical student and product designer, had run out of practice questions while prepping for exams. Sitting across from her was Richard Eradiri, a software engineer who’d spent five years building apps for Nigerian banks but was itching to create something of his own. “I could just build something for …
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Ronald Eguh was the kid everyone called when something broke. A frozen phone, a dead laptop, mysterious Wi-Fi issues—he fixed them all. “I was the family IT guy,” he says with a laugh. Naturally, he wanted to study computer engineering. But like many Nigerian kids, what he wanted didn’t matter as much as what looked prestigious. His family pushed for …
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From a young age, Kelvin Omereshone’s interests marked him as a maverick. Unlike other children in Delta State, Nigeria, who listened to popular songs, he gravitated toward classical music. This distinct interest hinted at a mind that would chart its own path. At 10, his curiosity led him to search his father’s briefcase. Inside was a notebook filled with code …
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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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