Why do people like destroying winning systems? Pride! In NBA many years ago, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal were winning in LA Lakers – then, one felt he could win without the other. The rest is history.

The outclassing of C. Ronaldo and Juventus last night, by Ajax, has shown that even Ronaldo needs Real Madrid just as Real Madrid needs him. There is nothing else he will win in Italy this year Juventus has not been winning without him. The President of Real Madrid wanted to prove a point – and Ronaldo also wanted to make his own point. Today, all backfired: Real Madrid is laughable this year and Ronaldo’s season came short.

The Italian side’s huge investment in the Portuguese to try and secure Champions League glory has ended in failure

In business, sometimes, wisdom is managing these extraordinary talented people. If you just have the mentality they can leave, the end result may be bad for them – and also for you. Sure, Ronaldo has his $133 million to make more statutes but he might have won his last Champions League.

Both Real Madrid and Ronaldo lost last night!

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Comment #1: Same thought went through my mind.  CR7 needed Marcelo with the dangerous crosses, Ramos with the we-die-here spirit, Modric with the small job in the midfield. He couldn’t get them. Madrid needed the finishing of Ronaldo, but they couldn’t get it. Lose-lose situation.

Comment 2: It would be mistaken to assume/presume that had Ronaldo remained in Madrid, another Champions League would have been possible this year. When you look at Real Madrid trajectory in the last few years, the team peaked in 2017, winning Champions League in 2018 papered over a serious crack, in a disastrous campaign. It was actually a question of when, not if; the team had been in decline, but any magical night kept making everything else look fine…

As for Juventus, the team have had fundamental flaws in the last few years, they always looked good on the surface, but always cracked any time they faced a good team with fast players; check their records in the last four years. The Juve’s deficiencies are beyond what Ronaldo alone can cover; they are atrocious most times in Europe, only looking good when playing cagey football against average teams.

For businesses, keeping one or two star performers happy may not save you all the time, if you fail to address the fundamental flaws that breed inefficiencies in several departments. That you have an experienced pilot won’t save an airline who fails to run all the checks over long period of time; the aircraft will still carve in at some point.

A defective heart may fail any body part.

By Nnamdi Odumody

Seamfix is a technology company founded by Chimezie Emewulu, Chibuzor Onwurah and two other partners in 2007. They began with N75,000 to solve some of the frictions in identity management in Nigeria.  With offices in Lagos, Calabar and Enugu, and staff strength of over 100, they have provided cutting edge solutions which are used in diverse industries. Over the years, they have built systems with footprints in Identity Management, Digitization, Lending, Business Solutions and Customized Services. You can call this entity a digital conglomerate.

Seamfix provides solutions that enable organizations to seamlessly capture, onboard, verify and digitize identities of customers and their documents in real time

These Seamfix solutions include:

BioSmart KYC Suite: This is a SIM registration solution for Telcos. It is an integrated, enterprise scalable, robust and highly dynamic platform for end to end Know Your Customer(KYC) processes which range from Capture of Customer Details, Customer Identification, Customer|User Management, Customer Detail Validation, Robust Management & Reporting. BioSmart KYC Suite is a proprietary, innovative and first-in-industry compliant tool which automates the entire KYC process for both new and existing customers. Data on the BioSmart KYC client and remote servers are encrypted to enhanced security. BioSmart KYC Suite is developed primarily for businesses interfacing with large number of customers or subscribers (Telcos)

BioRegistra: BioRegistra is a proprietary innovative and state of the art online platform developed primarily for individuals or business owners to enable them capture and store any form of information. It provides the convenience, flexibility and dynamism which allow the set up and configuration of information to be captured with the sole purpose of achieving a customer desired end requirements. The platform enables easy capture and convenient access of data at any time and from anywhere.

Autotopup.ng: Autotopup.ng operates independently as a standalone intelligent solution developed to strictly adhere to instructions given by you; to monitor your account balance for when it is running low and automatically recharge your phone with sufficient airtime directly from your bank account to make sure you never run out of airtime. Other services include scheduled airtime and instant recharge.

ITranscript: This is a web application platform for managing online requests and processing of requested transcript. This web application has two major components; the transcript request and verification platform. It makes the processing of transcript easier, faster and more convenient saving alumni the hassles of travelling down to their schools to apply for their transcripts.

Verified.ng is an online identity validation service developed to solve the challenge of validating the authenticity of an individual’s identity. It runs on a robust engine that connects to multiple sources of variable data to meet the identity validation requirement of businesses in Nigeria. The usage of this platform spans across businesses, government and individuals with the purpose of bridging the infrastructural gap with regards to identity security.

FuelVoucher is an alternative means of purchasing fuel without the use of cash, cards or paper vouchers. It completely automates and provides a management interface of the fueling process to organizations. With FuelVoucher, you can remotely send electronic FuelVouchers to drivers and or stranded employees or friends without having to worry about sending them physical cash. The vouchers can then be easily redeemed at the nearest participating station.

LoanPair is an online platform that connects borrowers and lenders for the sole purpose of performing loan transactions. This platform cuts out the traditional protocols and establishes a modernized way of getting loans. The platform does not provide the funds but acts as facilitators to both the loan seeker and loan giver. It offers an Automated Payback Process, Identity validation through their user validation process, Negotiation in real time between the lender and borrower with no third party, Activity analysis that monitors your activity on LoanPair, Instantaneous information on request dealings and The Pro-Lender feature.

PrimePayroll: PrimePayroll is an enterprise cloud service for payroll and human resource management. It is safe, efficient and simple to use with zero upfront investment. Its payroll system gives you the freedom and flexibility required to grow your business

By Nnamdi Odumody

Leading OEMs, ODMs and other ecosystem collaborators have integrated the Qualcomm Vision Intelligence Platforms to deliver powerful computing for edge and on-device camera processing and machine learning with exceptional thermal efficiency across a wide range of IOT (internet of things) applications.

According to Jeffrey Torrance, VP Business Development Qualcomm Technologies, by leveraging the power and security of their application processor technology, they are bringing platform solutions together with a broad base of customers and creating an ecosystem for connected intelligent cameras.

The Qualcomm Vision Intelligence Vision 300 and 400 platforms support AI and ML Functions such as tracking, identification and classification of people, objects, and sounds. It uses  the latest purpose built QS605 and QCS603 SoCs that are ideal for running machine learning and other edge computing use cases that require video processing and analytics support with real time stitching for simultaneous multi-video streams while running concurrent applications.

The Qualcomm® Vision Intelligence 400 Platform is purpose built to bring powerful visual computing and edge computing for machine learning to virtual reality and action camera applications.

The platform features Qualcomm Technologies’ first family of system-on-chips (SoCs) built specifically for IoT in an advanced 10-nanometer process and is engineered to support exceptional power and thermal efficiency. It also features Qualcomm Technologies’ most advanced image sensor processor (ISP) and digital signal processor (DSP) to date, along with cutting-edge CPU, GPU, camera processing software, connectivity and security.

The platform also integrates proven connectivity, superior audio and hardware based security to support the development of IOT devices with advanced security features.

The applications of this includes smart security cameras, sports cameras, smart watches, smart glasses, next generation smart phones, AR and VR headsets, robotics, inventory management, dashcams, smart cities, smart factories, smart transport, smart homes and smart logistics.

Nigeria and Africa focused OEMs like Transsion, makers of Tecno, Itel and Infinix, should collaborate with Qualcomm to integrate these solutions and develop intelligent products for the augmented customer of this era.