Starting out as a content creator at Pulse.ng and now editor-in-chief at Zikoko, Fu’ad Lawal’s career has been nothing short of remarkable. He shares with us how he does it all, on today’s edition of …
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How I Work: Tomi Davies, Africa’s tech angel
Tomi Davies is one of the most influential people in the Nigerian and African technology community. He recently stopped by at the Techpoint office and shared how he worked with us.…
Building million-dollar startups in a male-dominated space: The experience of 3 female founders
What do you know about women who have co-founded million dollar startups? How do they navigate Africa’s tech space? A glimpse into the experiences of Miishe Addy, Temitope Omotolani and Vivian Nwakah …
How I Work: Opeyemi Odeyale’s transition from coveted corporate jobs to the startup world
Despite the upward trajectory of his career, Opeyemi Odeyale decided to make the move into the startup world with his company Ping Express. He tells us how he manages a startup across three timezones …
How I Work: Joeboy, spreading love and light from social media to the world
Joeboy started his career sharing his music on Instagram. His music soon caught the right kind of attention and it has been a wild ride ever since. Joeboy reveals how he manages his time and the tools…
How I Work: Nichole Yembra, the hard and smart worker
Focused, driven, and refuses to be outworked. These are a few ways one could describe Nichole Yembra, founder of The Chrysalis Capital, a $15M African tech fund. This week, Nichole shares with us her …
Jobberman co-founder, Opeyemi Awoyemi joins worldwide job search engine, Indeed
During global job search engine, Indeed’s visit to Nigeria on Monday, the familiar face of Opeyemi Awoyemi, co-founder Jobberman, was spotted among the eight-man delegate. Here’s what we d…
How I Work: John Egwu VP, Supply Chain at Cars45
On this week’s How I Work, we speak with John to learn how he moved up the career ladder and how he stays productive.…
How a team of AI experts is trying to solve access to Nigeria’s legislative bills
Accessing reliable and complete government documents like parliamentary bills in Nigeria comes with major challenges. Thankfully, some proactive AI experts are taking on this challenge on the local an…
How I Work: Mark Essien, tech genius on a mission to ‘fix Africa’
Seven years after founding hotels.ng, Mark has continued to impact the ecosystem through his writing, speaking, and internship programs. Here is how he works…
Meet the Nigerian-American who created the LiveShow+ filter for Instagram Stories
If you’re a regular Instagram Stories user, you may have noticed LiveShow+. Meet Ayoola John-Muyiwa, the brain behind the filter…
How I Work: Titilola Oludimu, tech journalist with the midas touch
A passion for digging up under-reported stories in the tech ecosystem has led Titilola to write several impactful stories of people that have propelled their businesses and careers. Here’s how s…
How Femi Longe, co-founder of Co-creation Hub, wants to tackle unemployment in Africa with his new startup, Qiesto
After leaving Co-creation Hub, Femi Longe turned his sights to a new challenge, Qiesto. Here, he tells us how and why he is trying to solve one of Africa’s biggest problems: unemployment.…
How I Work: Joan Omionawele, Boombuzz Country Manager
On the first How I Work edition of the year, Joan Omionawele, the Country Manager for Boomplay’s media arm, Boombuzz shares how she began her career form her university days and walks us through…
Roundup: Our favourite How I Work editions of 2019
This year, we launched our How I Work series to shed light into the work lives of the smart Africans making waves across various industries. As 2019 winds down, we decided to take a look back at some …
While writing for popular TV shows, this Nigerian scriptwriter found her true calling in animation
Earlier this year, Nigerian scriptwriter Omotunde Akiode was selected as one of the writers of Netflix’s first African animation series. This is the story of her journey from local shows to internatio…
What it means to be the ‘Jagaban of Instagram’
The Instagram influencer behind Hustlersquare explains how a passion for women empowerment helped her gain over 200,000 real followers in less than two years.…
How I Work: Eniola Abiola, Product Designer at Cowrywise
Eniola Abiola is a Product Designer at Cowrywise, a savings and investment platform. On this edition of How I Work, we talk to her to learn what her job entails and how she handles it all.…
Meet the Nigerian developer that runs free online digital skills training on Facebook and Slack
At a time when it is expensive to learn digital skills in Nigeria, a female developer — Iniobong Udoh — and her team offers free online and offline digital training to youths to give them…
How I Work: Fisayo Fosudo, Tech Video Producer
Fisayo shares with us his career journey, his simple — yet efficient — hack for getting things done, and his fascinating pastime. So, without ‘FodaAdu’ here’s how Fisayo Fosudo works:…