MTN Nigeria announced yesterday that Nigerians paid an incredible ₦1.7 trillion for data services during the first half of the year. Think about that for a moment. With many households trimming budgets for food, transportation, and other necessities, the expense of remaining connected has been unaffected. This should tell you something important. The internet is no longer a luxury. It is a necessity. A few days earlier, I was thinking about this: The telecommunication business …

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Two days ago, I read about the $250 billion investment from Nvidia and OpenAI going into the next wave of AI. Billions of dollars, tons of land, and data centers that use more power than cities. While you think it’s another of Big Tech’s excesses. For me, it’s a sign that only big ideas lead to the future. You can’t build a legacy thinking small. Each generation starts with projects that seem crazy at first. …

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While you are watching breaking news, someone is improving a product. As the markets react by the minute, another founder is talking to customers.

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The plane was crashing. His response changed my life. What to do when 99 things go wrong at once…

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On Saturday, I walked into a phone hub and noticed a quiet difference in the premium smartphones sitting behind the glass. When I looked at the “African versions” of the world’s biggest mobile brands, I spot a distinct feature. They all have double sim slots while the US version has one. It wasn’t always this way. For years, global tech giants enforced a strict “one phone, one SIM” standard. They operated on a common, yet …

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