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Dr. Ola Brown, Iyin Aboyeji, Abubakar Sadiq Falalu…See the #YNaijaPowerList2020 for Business
Editor’s Note: A young-world revolution is unfolding before our eyes, rupturing the idea that only experience can change the world. Increasingly, young people are participating actively in all aspects of…
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See who won the popular vote for the Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2017 | Overall winner to be announced December 31st
It has taken us the larger part of the month to collate all of your votes, but we finally have a winner - at least for the popular vote. And…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Olamide Bada, Sola Akinlade… See the #YNaijaPowerList2017 for Technology
by Wilfred Okiche For the sixth consecutive year, YNaija brings you its annual ranking of the most powerful young persons under the age of 40 who are getting things done…
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Gina London, Chude Jideonwo, Lala Akindoju, others set for The Edge Series Student Summit
SwiftThink Limited through her human capacity development initiative, The Edge Series, is set to contribute it's quota towards reducing the widening gap between business and academic knowledge. The Edge Series…
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Chude Jideonwo, Mosun Layode talk social Innovation, leadership at Ideation Hub Africa’s Development Dialogue
Ideation Hub Africa recently hosted the Development Dialogue, her flagship conference for social entrepreneurs and development champions in Lagos, on Thursday 26th November 2015. The event, which held at Commerce…
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Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, Seun Onigbinde, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji… look who else made the #YNaijaPowerList for Technology
by Wilfred Okiche As the annual #YNaijaPowerList enters its 4th year, we bring you the most influential young Nigerians under 40 navigating the arcane and increasingly complex world of technology.…
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Nigerian graduates need to develop themselves – Brian Oji speaks on Rubbin’ Minds
by Oge Okonkwo Red Media Africa executive, Brian Oji and founder of FORA, Iyioluwa Aboyeji were guests on Channels Television's programme Rubbin' Minds on Sunday. The duo on the hot…
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“Leading the online education revolution is our tack at Fora” – Iyinoluwa Aboyeji speaks on ‘Conversations with Mercy Abang’
by Mercy Abang Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is the CEO of Fora. Fora is Africa’s first fully digital education publishing and distribution platform focused on the tertiary and professional education markets. “Conversations with Mercy Abang” caught…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: ASUU strike – It’s time Nigerian universities joined the big leagues (Y! FrontPage)
by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji To be honest, despite how callous the average Nigerian might think, the government’s position is not atypical from what is obtainable in many countries whose education systems we…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Technology in Nigeria – Bridging the generational divide (Y! FrontPage)
by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji One of the fundamental building blocks of the new Nigeria will be the ability of older generations to stoop to conquer so to speak and more willingly share their…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Nigeria’s patchy development – A returnee’s experience (Y! FrontPage)
by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji It didn’t look planned in the way that say a new city or a new estate would be planned. Instead, the development seemed somewhat random, like a patchy…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: First they join the cults, then they join the government (Y! FrontPage)
by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji This lack of alternatives has allowed us lose too many conscientious youth to the logic that to change the game, they must play the game. First the silence…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Change the nation by starting from where you are (Y! FrontPage)
by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Yes, you want to change Nigeria but you don’t need to boil the ocean. Start somewhere. Pick one problem. Study it, till you can explain and solve…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: We need to change the way we teach (Y! Frontpage)
by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji The world often tends to follow a power law distribution or what is more popularly called the 80-20 rule or the Pareto principle. This phenomenon of power…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: It is not enough to be proudly Nigerian
by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji These days it is not enough to be “Proudly Nigerian” when we can build global companies that are “proudly from Nigeria”. I used to be very worried…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Nigeria – The role of technology in driving the new economy (Y! FrontPage)
Nigeria needs to acknowledge how dire the situation is and correct its educational system especially at the tertiary level. Our Universities need to be talent factories and not talent drains.…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: The Nigerian Education sector needs a total overhaul ( Y! FrontPage)
The effect of this problem is showing in the quality of our graduates and employment opportunities available to them and Nigerians who are very good at finding patch work solutions…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Is it your money? (Y! FrontPage)
One thing I have found particularly problematic about our country’s culture is our consumerist addiction to the short term. Even though many people will likely be offended by this example,…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Nigeria needs a third way (Y! FrontPage)
In the same way, lumping together our brightest and best with the clueless “forty thieves” that dominate our corridors of power in the interest of political expediency is simply a…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Dr. Abati and the power of the powerless (Y! FrontPage)
What remains to be seen is whether these “children of anger” can work together to put Aso Rock on red alert again in 2015. This time for good. A little…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Who will document the failure of #OccupyNigeria? (YNaija FrontPage)
So here is my plea to Nigerian writers. Save us the displeasure of another horrid review of “There was a Country”. Give us an authoritative account of what happened in…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Goodbye to the disaster that was 2012 (Y! FrontPage)
The final and I believe the most important lesson of 2012 is that despite all of Nigeria’s doom and gloom, there is still incredible opportunity. You can’t imagine how glad…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Nigeria gives nothing but takes it all from you (YNaija FrontPage)
The trouble is nation building requires more than subsistence money transfers. Nigeria needs it local knowledge and need must be matched with global experience and talent. Same people that I…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Nigeria may never be home (YNaija FrontPage)
by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji You’ve been put on this earth to be all you can be, like the reserves. - (Jay- Z) Lost Ones. I couldn’t help noticing the kidnap…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Cutting the fat in our politics (YNaija FrontPage)
...we don’t have to settle for the mediocre compromise that most of Nigeria’s mainstream political parties represent. Last week, we talked about the concept of lean startups and what would…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: The lean startup (YNaija FrontPage)
Much of the rest of the country is already resigned to the revolving door of illegitimate, corrupt and inept public officials that turn up to claim their mandate every election.…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: #ALUU4: The savagery, the remedies (YNaija Frontpage)
The second lesson is that social media is becoming an important tool for monitoring not just the misdeeds of our leaders but those of fellow citizens (or savages?). “We are…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Transformation? Try transparency first (YNaija Frontpage)
"Turn up the lights in here baby, Extra bright I want y'all to see this Turn up the lights in here baby, You know what I need, want you to…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Barth Nnaji – I hate to say ‘I told you so’ (YNaija FrontPage)
Never got love from a government man Heading downstream till the levee gives in What can I do to get the money We ain't got the money, we ain't getting…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Training our public officials (YNaija Frontpage)
“Maybe you can be my intern, and in turn I’ll show you how to cook up summer in the winter”- Kanye West (Gone) One…
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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