NEW BOOK RELEASE Before The Ivory Tower – Finding Your Way Tells the story the way it is. It looks at a country that lies fallow in the midst of plenty, where future leaders are left at the mercy of fate, where admission to higher institutions has become a competition rather than an invitation, and […]

I’d like you to take a moment and imagine you’re four years old. You’re building a tower, and you’re really proud of it. But then the next minute another child comes running along and kicks over your tower. You are outraged, and you feel all these feelings bubble up inside — hurt, panic, frustration and […]

I first heard this statement on the 2025 Workers’ Day edition of The Platform Nigeria now Platform Africa, a national development initiative hosted by Pastor Poju Oyemade. During the public service session, Dr. Oreoluwa Finnih Awokoya, the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on SDGs, was rounding up her remarks when she said something […]

What causes successful organizations to fail? What makes stocks fade, innovations slow, customers jump ship? We can agree that certain skills are essential. That hiring coders who can’t code, salespeople who can’t sell, or architects who can’t design is a waste. But these skills — let’s call them vocational skills — have become the backbone of […]