Positivity

Flutterwave Logo “The complete payment solution to thrive in the global economy.” - www.flutterwave.com The statement quoted above both welcomes and introduces you to the Flutterwave website. Apart from it being a short and direct payoff line, it is a declaration that is loaded with promise and possibilities. Imagine being able to send to and receive from, any kind of payment, anywhere around the world. This is the possibility that the founders of Flutterwave have conceived and seek to deliver via an integrated platform. In 2017, CNN published a piece on Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, co-founder of Flutterwave where he speaks on how they intend to change payments in Africa . In 2018, Iyinoluwa announced his retirement as CEO of the company. According to a statement on the company’s website; “Our payments solution makes it easier with secure and reliable tools...you’ll experience 24/7 customer service, reasonable fees and the technology to achieve zero failed transactions.”...

A View from one of the stations of Olumo Rock In the year 1914, a new nation-state was born. It was a product of an amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Protectorates made up of territories that were previously ruled by empires, kingdoms, dynasties and strong knit familial communities. That union was renamed the colony called Nigeria, and mid-wifed by Sir Frederick Lugard. Though British Rule continued from that historic moment for almost fifty years, the nation eventually rode on the agitations for self-rule by nationalists movements of the time, to independence in 1960.    The amalgamation, one of the hallmarks of Nigerian history, was beyond the signing of a document that unified the two protectorates. It sought to give many people of diverse cultures, language, dialects, religions and norms, a singular identity; the Nigerian identity that would be strong in diversity.  Though it was also the harbinger of many experiences for Nigeria, one of the...

        Have you prayed today?   I was at the Platform 10.0 last week, an annual event organized by the wonderful leadership and people at CCC. The theme for this program was tagged 'Cultural innovation...Native intelligence going global'. It was a call to look inwards to see how well we could redefine and reinvent ourselves as individuals, businesses, communities and as a nation.    We were admonished to see 'westernization' as an experiment and not a lifestyle to follow 'zombie-like' because on the surface it looks like change but change at what cost? Do we have to trade our values in the name of progress? Should we throw away the beautiful and enterprising aspects of identity and culture under the guise of development? Food for thought but I digress...   I remember specifically that one of the speakers at the event wanted us to  pray for our country and this was the prayer:     "O God of creation Direct our noble cause Guide ou...