I have always been interested in computers.  Curious and fascinated by it since when I was in primary school, so much so that anytime I saw an adult opening a laptop or sitting by a desktop, I’d eagerly go and stand beside them. I would observe what they did, and soon, I began to recreate what I saw them do. ...

I knew these days would come.  I saw it, what I didn’t see was how fast they were going to come.  As a young man who only had a dream, I started a global nonprofit, Church on the Streets, with about five thousand naira (which is less than eleven dollars) and this is how it all began. In my childhood...

If I build a model that can predict the rate of unemployment in Nigeria, and recommend interventions to bridge the gap, for instance between now and 2030, what would it mean for policymakers? I always think of the last man. In my work, there is a sense of responsibility that tallies with my own life’s purpose, in that in whatever...

The slums are a beautiful place to live in. Not so beautiful when you look at the living conditions, yes, but you find the beauty in community; how the people love each other, how no one is a stranger and how kids play football on the streets, for example. Growing up in this community gave us as kids a chance...

“Medicine has had its highs and its lows, but no matter the difficulties I have faced, there has never been a moment of doubt that I’m in the profession for me” Dr. Popoola Margaret Owoloyi MBBS, MPH ‍Orthopedic work for me personally is amazing. You gain instant gratification from your job because right on the operating table, as you fix...

“If empowering a lot of women is what I am able to do in my lifetime, I would have lived a happy and satisfying life”. I just finished an interview on a Television station, and I was smiling from ear to ear. I said to myself, “this is where I am supposed to be, this is where I belong”, I...

“Mummy Mo!” is what some friends and people in my community call me. In Nigeria and (I assume) in other places in Africa too, there is a tendency for people to venerate you. I didn’t want to become a “Mother Theresa” or a “Mommy G.O” or someone who had all that authority, I wanted my community to see me as...

I am pro-leave Nigeria and there are reasons why.  A friend asked me if I think leaving Nigeria is necessary, and my response to her;  “See, I don’t even know how to tell you, I don’t know how to describe it, but when I tell you that if you can, please leave”.  I knew I wanted to leave from the...

My name is Rose and this is largely the story of my educational journey. My journey is one of continuous learning; understanding life through my eyes and expanding my knowledge through the eyes of others, both in and out of school. I hope you find reading about my journey as exciting as I felt telling it.   Here I am, finally...

My name is Gbenga and I am going to tell you my story in two parts. In these two parts, I will share two sides of myself: the first part is what people say about me – what it looks like from the outside, and the second part talks about who I really am. For all intents and purposes, if...

I am the co-founder of a nonprofit, Ingressive for Good, and building it has been one of the proudest moments in my life and career; having gone from zero to 200,000 people in a community in two years, and being a part of it from inception till now. I grew up wanting to be a medical doctor because I wanted...