Uncle Tony at VFTT #Lite

I should listen to Nigerian business leaders more often.

Hi guys,

Hope you are well. I’m doing okay, Alhamdulillah.

I write this at 12:38pm on Sunday afternoon, sitting cross-legged on my couch. I’ve had a looong week.

Over the past month or so, a combination of public holidays, days off for office trainings and workshops, and a short vacation I took meant that so much work had piled up. Especially as we have some immovable deadlines for end-of-month, it appears the next few weeks will be much of the same.

Oloun wa pelu wa.

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** Update:

It is now 9:59pm. I spent my day prioritizing other things, and finally ticked one very important box that had been in progress for over 3 months. To very quickly tick the “I posted!” box, I will quickly share an interview recommendation and a meme that made me chuckle. 😅

What I’m watching

I’m currently watching a Stanford #ViewFromTheTop interview with Tony Elumelu, Nigerian multi-millionaire and Chairman of Heirs Holdings.

I have a lot of respect for Uncle Tony, afterall, it is not beans to build x own multiple sucessful companies in Banking (UBA), Insurance (Africa Prudential), Power (Transcorp Power), Healthcare (Avon HMO), Oil & Gas (Heirs Oil & Gas), and Hospitality (Transcorp Hilton).

** side note: And no he is not my Uncle. If he were, I would not be writing a newsletter. 🤣🤣

If e easy you sef do am!!

Stanford-educated omo Naija calling Tony by his first name. Love to see it. 😀

While watching, I realized just how rarely I watch Nigerian business leaders speak. While I do (try to) read their books, I have shown little interest in watching their speeches or listening to their interviews the way I follow business leaders in the US, for example. This is something I will try to improve on in the coming months in sha Allah.

Anyhoo, the interview is about 45 minutes long, and well worth your time.

Meme of the day

** Jara content:

“Because I believed in myself so stubbornly, the world had no option but to believe in me too.”

- Humans of Bombay

Have a great week. ✨