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Author: Chude Jideonwo
At 70, What It Means To Be Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The first time I spoke to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, she was perhaps the most powerful minister in Nigeria and I was a 17 year old journalist. I had just interviewed her…
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Why Queen Elizabeth II is my person of the year 2022
It can be confusing to be in the world today. The mesh of a truly globalized culture, thanks to technology, and a seismic change in values, means we are dealing…
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#TheJoy150: The 150 most interesting Nigerians in the culture today who bring me joy, and inspire many
What does it take to be influential and famous? To rise past back-breaking hurdles or succeed in whatever corner of the world you have carved for yourself? The answer, always,…
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Chude Jideonwo: This is why I am endowing a N1 million prize for difference and diversity in Nigeria
Last year, I wrote a piece on CNN during Pride Month—a month set aside to celebrate sexual and gender diversity globally—to spotlight the progress Africa is making overall (though not…
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Chude Jideonwo: Pandemic reality
This, is from the timeless Harvard Business Review essay on Resilience. It’s the foundation for the Surviving Crises module Joy, Inc. is using to help companies and organisations in the…
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Chude Jideonwo’s 5 lessons at 35: Power corrupts
Why would a best friend you’re helping with a place to stay be so resentful that they would share a deep secret of yours to a random stranger? Why is…
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Chude Jideonwo’s 5 lessons at 35: Home is where the heart is
“I love your Lagos,” the lover said to me after a beautiful day of driving and dining, visiting and ‘art-gallerying’ across my favourite spots in the city of my birth…
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Chude Jideonwo’s 5 lessons at 35: You don’t need confidence to cross the street
If there was anything I learnt just after I turned 30 in 2015 and then 2016, it was the danger of certainty. In 2015, I often made the common sense…
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Chude Jideonwo’s 5 lessons at 35: Saying yes to Life
Last year I did an interview that was consequential, to put it lightly. The photographer, Busola Dakolo shared a powerful story with me about alleged rape by a prominent Nigerian…
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Chude Jideonwo’s 5 lessons at 35: The valley of the shadow of death
“What is joy?” one of Nigeria’s most powerful politicians (he would be in the top 10 of any rankings, I suspect) asked my co-founder of 15 years, Adebola Williams about…
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The Daily Vulnerable: Compassionate humans
contributed by Kui Wamithi The more I proceed through this journey called life, the more I learn that people need room. They need room to grow. Room to figure themselves…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Facing Fear (again)
(contributed by Francesca Onomarie Uriri) Recently, my brother had a health challenge that was frightening, debilitating, and quite frankly, difficult to describe. As I kept vigil by his bedside I…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Mid-year Crisis
The past few days a strange cloud has hovered my spirit. I struggled to report to work and when I did, tardily, even my attire conveyed reluctance. I dreaded staff…
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The Daily Vulnerable | The greatest gift my mother gave me
When I came out of secondary (high) school in 2000, I was 15. That meant that, though I had excellent grades, I couldn’t get into university in Nigeria, where the…
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The Daily Vulnerable | You have two spirals
With every day that you wake up; with every circumstance that you face, every person you have an interaction with, you have the choice of two spirals. You can spiral…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Don’t lie
Don’t lie to yourself, about what the opportunities that exist in your industry are, because someday ahead you will have to confront that lie and the illusions you created around it,…
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The Daily Vulnerable | It’s actually simple
Life is actually simple. You're in a relationship that’s hurting you? Step out of it. It's a marriage and you're not working so you need the security? Ask yourself if…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Your life is important already. But do you know it?
Everyone wants to be, for instance, Barack Obama, the star who made history and changed the world and will never be forgotten. But do they want to be pre-Presidency Michelle,…
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The Daily Vulnerable | The energy to live
I was walking up the stairs of my house the other day, normally, sprightly, when suddenly I remembered something that wasn’t working as well as it should, and it made…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Stretch is good
Knowing who you are and how you best function doesn’t mean you should close your mind and actions to other possibilities, or even just to the opportunity to stretch yourself…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Leaking
I have spoken twice about emotional leakage – and in context, I have used it to explain when the parts of yourself that need improvement, or that you are working on still…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Love and duty
When you die, if you are West African like I am, your kinsmen will most likely rally around and arrange your burial. Those who hated you and cursed you out…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Pay attention to yourself
Stop looking for signs of your own progress in other people’s eyes or actions. You know where you are coming from, you know where you are going, and you know…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Accountable
I like to make a small difference between holding myself responsible for something or holding myself accountable. The former means I am to be blamed for the situation. But the…
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Decide for yourself | The Daily Vulnerable
When people come to meet me for advice, they often want me to look into my life’s situations and tell them exactly what to do. And sometimes that is very…
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The Daily Vulnerable | Sorry, but your fears are boring
I always laugh when younger people tell me in an urgent voice, the voice you use when you have something deeply important to discuss with someone else; something that hasn’t…
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Rookie mistake | The Daily Vulnerable
I used to make this mistake a lot, and today I continue to be surprised when people make that elementary mistake. People get unhappy, and they assume the solution is…
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How does one deal with insecurity? | The Daily Vulnerable
Therapy helps. But when it comes to emotions, therapy is about management more than anything else. And what you want is a shift in consciousness. I like those who request…
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From Africa to the world | A letter from RED, as 2019 kicks into gear
Our fourth presidential win. It was completely worth waiting for before writing this year’s letter. Our company, StateCraft Inc., after almost two years of sterling work in Senegal, ended it…
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Good grief | The Daily Vulnerable
You know when you break up with someone you shouldn’t have been with, end a business partnership you shouldn’t have entered, quit a job you shouldn’t have managed, send a…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy