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Sep 14

Nail It, Before You Scale..It.. Out

At business school and then in the real world, at Diamond Bank, I learned that you follow your customers. Banks open locations based on business; where their target customers are. In previous times, we followed the [physical] trade routes of our customers. Whilst some banks opened locations in capitals of…

Venture Capital

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Nail It, Before You Scale..It.. Out
Nail It, Before You Scale..It.. Out
Venture Capital

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·Jun 9

Winter is Coming!! — technology is redefining the relationship between Risk and Capital

Risk & Capital is top of mind for the CBN at the moment — especially for microfinance banks in Nigeria — who are currently being scrutinised and regulated very strictly. It seems they no longer had implicit trust in many of the digital financial services platforms that have secured MFB…

Risk Management

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Winter is Coming!! — technology is redefining the relationship between Risk and Capital
Winter is Coming!! — technology is redefining the relationship between Risk and Capital
Risk Management

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·May 10

Big Isn’t Always Beautiful — The Power of Small Businesses

When we started Sparkle, there were three main areas that we focussed on and that were central to all decision making; build trust, keep costs low by leveraging the power of technology and good governance. Whilst I’ve spoken previously about the fact that even with 30+ years of experience in…

Small Business

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Big [5] Isn’t Always Beautiful — The Power of Small Businesses
Big [5] Isn’t Always Beautiful — The Power of Small Businesses
Small Business

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Mar 25

Selling Security

Let’s talk about security, beyond cyber crime. Let’s look at security in giving customers comfort; especially when it comes to the situation of cash shortages in Nigeria. At present, amidst the current cash scarcity issue, customers are having to rely on digital banking more than ever. This is an opportunity…

Security

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Selling Security
Selling Security
Security

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Feb 10

Chatting with ChatGPT

A week or so ago, my colleague Nkem and I were having a play around with the AI-tool of the moment, ChatGPT. We were trying to come up with a suitable picture for an advert. We asked ChatGPT to describe a woman, of African descent, carrying a golf bag, in…

AI

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Chatting with ChatGPT
Chatting with ChatGPT
AI

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Dec 31, 2022

The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm This year has been busy, and there are four very big things that happened in the world of tech and digital money. The introduction of the eNaira The White Paper on Open Banking The Nigeria Start-Up Act The Nigeria CBN Cashless Policy All of the above happened…

Cashless

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The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm
Cashless

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Dec 11, 2022

Making Money Cheaper by Making Cash More Expensive

The recent CBN announcement, whereby cash withdrawals in Nigeria will be limited to N100,000 a week has somewhat polarised opinion and has left many with mixed feelings. For me, the decision made sense, although yes, I can see that this sudden jolt of news is going to disrupt the equilibrium. …

Digital Transformation

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Making Money Cheaper by Making Cash More Expensive
Making Money Cheaper by Making Cash More Expensive
Digital Transformation

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Sep 28, 2022

Impact or Experience

When I was young, experience was more important than impact. Experience, and of course the age factor, was currency; the competitive edge. History played a big role in shaping peoples’ personas and perceptions of others, because life moves much slower and history stayed relatively static, whilst access to information [data]…

Nigeria

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Impact or Experience
Impact or Experience
Nigeria

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Aug 22, 2022

Transparency

Transparency Spend any time with Gen Z and below and you’ll notice that they are far more transparent than the generation before. Whereas my generation, and certainly my father’s generation, saw knowledge as power and coveted it as a premium resource, today’s young people are far more willing to share…

Transparency

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Transparency
Transparency
Transparency

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Apr 29, 2022

A Good Road

PGD must have been a spiritual person as he chose the name “Uzoma” for his first born, which means “a good road”. I often consider the motives behind his choice. Did he mean that he wanted his son to have a good path? Or perhaps to lay the path for…

Pathfinder

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A Good Road
A Good Road
Pathfinder

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