Eket Could Have Risen As Kano Pyramid Faded
OPEC destroyed Detroit as fuel-guzzling cars opened the world for Japanese cars. Detroit City and Detroit auto sector had gone through bankruptcies. But as Detroit was fading, Silicon Valley was rising. Both are Americans!
In this piece, I draw that history on the fading of Kano groundnut pyramid, Owerri palm plantation, Ife cocoa, etc and failures of Eket (oil), Ibom (shipping), Kainji (power) and more to rise.
Simply, Detroit was innovation. But Detroit declined. The modern American Detroit today is Silicon Valley. This is Google’s 21st birthday. Google’s impact cannot be overstated in our world; it has totally redesigned transformed how we find and consume information. With Google, Facebook, Apple, Intel and amalgam of other companies, America has renewed even as Detroit faded.