Nigeria remains the most dependable gateway to Africa

At the millennium, there were just 200,000 internet users in Nigeria, but by last year that figure had already reached 70 million. As my urbane and fully connected colleague, Obi Asika, likes to say: “Kenya and other connected countries like Rwanda and South Africa may be a gateway into Africa, but Nigeria is the destination.” Ken Saro Wiwa

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The 10 Commandments of Logic

Image
 Remembering The 10 Commandments of Logic. ------------------------------------------------------ Whenever I come across ignorance on rampage, especially on this blue app, I remember coming across this list 11 years ago. And for those who never entered Phil 101,102,103 classes, this may be helpful. First, ignorance is in itself not a negative connotation. You don't know what you don't know and we are all ignorant in one area or another, and also of some things.  So don't take it to heart if someone says you are ignorant, calm down and ask , of what (or in what), the response may help you calm all the way down. Or even flare up.  As I said, someone sent me this over a decade ago. I swallowed my small pride, framed it in my mind, and studied it day and night. It has been helpful to me by steering me away from needless arguments or debates, and or trending issues. The Ten Commandments of Logic -+++++++++++++++++++++++ 1.Thou shall not attack the person’s character, but the a...
Read more

One day, I'll write about this place

Image
Unilag Cresol; a derivative of a congenial isomer. One day, I'll write about this place - Kunle Adegunoye. Even after leaving you , I dare not compare you to any other. From the front gate through the Senate building to the back gate, your serenity describes a genuine tranquility. I was a bit baffled when Akokites regard you as the school of first choice and nation's pride. I thought it was normal for them to bask in the ephemeral euphoria of having their education in Nigeria's first University established by the Act of Parliament. Time and again, you have made bold the claim of superiority to others. In my four years here from 2011 to 2015, you twice led the table of Nigerian universities according to NUC. Not only were you "first choice", you taught others how to be first in everything. Our first pride in you was the unilag radio, 103.1 established in 2004. When others saw and started making efforts to achieve the set feat, you moved a step ahead to havi...
Read more

RECIPE FOR REAL AND LASTING CHANGE BY FEMI MIMIKO

PROF. FEMI MIMIKO'S RECIPE FOR REAL & LASTING CHANGE. (Guardian of 3rd July, 2016) Read on: I closed my more recent intervention on the Nigerian situation in the media a little above one year ago on the note that the omens were bad. It doesn’t require expertise of any kind to know that the situation today is much more challenging than it was then, and arguably more than it had ever been in the history of the country. The economic stress that a preponderance of Nigerians are going through today is much more than we had seen in several years. The country is much more divided now than at any other time in its recent history. Desires for secession, always conveyed in hushed tones since the end of the Civil War, are now proclaimed from the rooftops, with all manners of makeshift currency designs circulating on the Internet. Human lives have suddenly come so cheaply in the hands of marauding gangs operating with impunity across the land. Most of the state governments are locked...
Read more