I strongly believe that corporate communications teams should hands-off marketing communication. Allow me to elaborate on why I arrived at this conclusion. First, the Background When I initially began my journey in marketing, I was placed in the corporate communications department as a social media manager. I vividly remember one morning when one…

Understanding the financial system should be your first step in navigating any finance — corporate finance, business, or personal. In this article, we will gain a workable knowledge of how our financial system works. History of the Financial System Before the human population explosion, the exchange system in place was the trade by barter system…

Hi, this is the introduction to Around The Money, a series on financial education. Let us start with a story. — Fred gets a new job So, Fred moves to Lagos because he got a new job. The pay is four times what he used to earn when he was in Makurdi. Fred thinks that he has enough to settle down, and he gets to work with vigor, putting token sums aside to rent a house. …

2021 would forever be remembered as the time cryptocurrency bubbled into the mainstream. Just fresh out of the pandemic, markets boomed, and cryptocurrency was among the most talked about things on the internet. Several experts touted it as a revolution against wealth inequality. Motions were pushed for financial regulators to…

I like the wind that is blowing my way Spirit 2: You mean our way… Shaa: Yeah, it feels like we can do anything.

Confidence is amazing. That’s how this guy mentioned to me I was a top guy and I banged out a newsletter for him in 15+ minutes. — Spirit 7: Are you going to tell everyone about how you guys decided the tone and content 24 hours beforehand? Me: Nope, I’m going to make it look like I did it effortlessly. What’s wrong with you?

I just want to announce that I have updated my portfolio. — Spirit 2: Lol, you can’t be…holy crap. He has done it oh! Spirit 1: Done what? Spirit 2: Finally added Tuale to his design portfolio and has consolidated all his portfolios on his LinkedIn Spirit 3: Oh my God! Spirit 1: Why are you panicking? Spirit 4: You guys know…

Shaa: We’d probably have to bring back the spirits. — Inner Shammah: Wait…really? Shaa: Yeah, I need help. Inner Shammah: But we’ll need copious amounts of personal time and aimless unfocused consumption. Shaa: Whatever it takes. Inner Shammah: There’s no time. Shaa: We don’t need time. Inner Shammah: And a lot of writing. Jesus, what a task! If I wasn’t…

By the time I’m 50, I’ll have like 20 spirits. Shaa: How many are they now? Inner Shammah: We retired 3. So, like 8. Shaa: No that’s one too much. There’s Spirit 1,2,3,4…6 and you, making it 7. Spirit 2: Should we tell him? Shaa: Tell him what. Tell me what? Inner Shammah: Know what? Never mind.