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Bottomline: According to the Nigerian Senate, Nigeria has lost about $450 million to cyber-criminals. Cyber-crime is real and it is already ravaging businesses and families. From the evil Yahoo Boys to the sophisticated Russian syndicates, Nigeria and indeed Africa continue to experience high incidence of cyber-related crimes. This will not change because the higher the […]

Bottomline: Last week, Amazon posted a new job description, titled “Business Development Manager – eCommerce/ West Africa”, but quickly took it down. Amazon wants to be in West Africa, using its best product, the ecommerce, as a landing platform to expand its empire, and have new data sources. Those empires include Echo/Alexa, Amazon Web Services, […]

Bottomline: In this piece, I explain how you can operate in Africa and pay zero or extremely low tax, legally. There is nothing wrong in paying zero tax provided it is done legally. And you should not be ashamed that you are paying what you only owe the state. Your fiduciary responsibility to your stakeholders […]

Bottomline: Legendary co-founder and former CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, was a legend. He pioneered a management system in Apple which successfully redesigned the firm and brought unrivaled level of product innovation in the world. He engineered perception demand constructwhich made Apple a category-king in most sectors it competes. In this long piece, I explain […]

Over the past few decades, Nigeria has emerged as one of the key political leaders in Africa. Despite a long history of under-performance, driven primarily by leadership and visioning problems, it remains a key global strategic partner. It has petroleum with the capacity to partly influence the dynamics of global commerce and industry.  Whether the […]