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Can online K-12 Education scale in Africa?

Technology has driven down costs and increased the quality of work in almost every segment of economies around the world, including education. Education Technology is the term used to describe the application of technology to solve problems in education, and Africa is full of companies, or rather start-ups that place themselves in the edtech category. […]

CEOs Who Meditate

This post was originally published on buildingabusiness101.com The science is pretty much settled. The overwhelming medical evidence shows that meditation is hugely beneficial for the mind and body. It helps lower stress, treats anxiety/depression, increases brain processing power, increases emotional control and resiliency, and lowers blood pressure. So it’s no wonder that many people are […]

Navigating Through a Pandemic, Startup.info Interview

Startup.info interviewed our co-founder and Director Ahmed Sabi Abubakar. The full interview can be found here.

The Ultimate Self-Care Ritual

The Ultimate Self-Care Ritual Give yourself permission to practice self-care rituals that prioritize your own standards of happiness. In today’s busy, over-stimulated world, taking the time to slow down can often feel overly indulgent and unproductive, but it’s actually the opposite. Allowing yourself the time and space to rest and revive is one of the […]

Nigeria, real change has come

For the first time as an adult, I have witnessed the weariness of Nigerians expressed through unified protests all over the country and around the world. People of all ethnicities with a common complaint; being fed up. Fed up with a country that has no plan for its citizens, especially the younger generation who are […]

The Mental Health Benefits of Self-Care

Additional resources: A guide about guarding mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Coronavirus financial relief programs and tips. What’s “healthy,” after all? In U.S. society, it seems health is often equated with tan lines, thigh gaps, summer bodies, and other impossible physical standards. Granted, exercise has been shown to lower stress, ease anxiety, […]

The Importance of Literacy

What is Literacy? According to Alain Buffing of Tuk Tuk, “Literacy is the ability to read, write, speak and listen in a way that allows you to communicate with others. The power of speech lies not just in the ability to read and write, but rather in a person’s capacity to apply these skills […]

Focus on Your Truth

Who Am I What is your truth? What do you stand for? What are the things you consider important, the things you can put your all in? What do you truly like to do, if we didn’t need money to function, but had to work, what would you choose to do? Most of us go […]

11 Things I Learned From Failure

We all experience setbacks in our relationships, businesses, academics and various aspects of life. There was a time failure was popularly seen as shameful, but thankfully, these days it is more often considered as a learning mechanism, especially in the business world, due to testimonies from successful people like Oprah Winfrey, Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, […]

4 Ways to Start Basic Self-Care Strategies

You are your own best advocate. That means that if you don’t take care of yourself, nobody else will. Most people today are run ragged by responsibilities from work, family, school, and more, so they don’t take the time to care for themselves. But it’s an important part of your life that should always be […]