Licensed to steal and exploit by government, by Muyiwa Adetiba
Many in my generation grew up reading all of Ian Fleming books. For the information of the younger generation, Ian Fleming was the original creator of James Bond, that handsome, debonair but extremely ruthless British Spy whose exploits entranced the whole world when they were eventually captured on celluloid. James Bond was the one and […]
Of leadership and apprenticeship, by Muyiwa Adetiba
There are many endearing aspects of the Igbo business culture. But few, in my opinion, are more endearing than the apprenticeship system. It is a system that teaches and then empowers. The two most important requisites in successful entrepreneurship are knowledge and finance. The Igbo apprenticeship system provides both. This system, which has become a case study […]
An endangered specie, by Muyiwa Adetiba
He retired ten years ago. But not out of choice. Left to him, he would have worked until he was 70 or until he was no longer able physically and mentally to go on. He had always relished the feeling of well-being that going to work offered him. He knew the emotional and financial security […]
Is there a tit for tat going on? By Muyiwa Adetiba
Some four years ago, when the then candidate Bola Tinubu felt hemmed in by friends and foes alike and saw his political ambition to become the President of the country slipping away, he made the famous ‘Emi l’okan’ statement at a gathering of APC faithful in Ogun State. It was a statement which bewildered many people, including, […]
Paradox of the modern world where more means less, by Muyiwa Adetiba
A young man and his partner came to see me for a possible interview a couple of weeks ago. They own a Public Relations outfit together. According to them, an encounter with some mass communication undergraduates made them realise ‘something’ was missing in the education of these young students. They decided to introduce some ‘doyens’ of the […]
A nation sleepwalking into the future, by Muyiwa Adetiba
The current Iran/ US war has upended many things around the world. Oil – refined and crude – is the fuel that powers the world. The Middle-East, the epicenter of this war, is also the seat of major oil producing countries. It is not surprising therefore, that the sudden disruption in the smooth flow of oil has […]
