May 18When a church congregation stunts evangelismPastor, your members are scaring the queers — A few years back, Chimamanda was in France and in one of her speaking engagements a french journalist in attendance asked if there are bookshops in Nigeria, her response was sublime “I think it reflects very poorly on French people that you have to ask me that question”. For a…Church3 min readChurch3 min read
Dec 15, 2022Every church will not be queer friendly and that’s okayOver the last couple of months, I’ve documented my journey back to fellowshipping in a Church on IG. A huge part of the process was visiting some churches sharing how blessed I was and also noting if they were homophobic et al, and talking about how that affects new visitors…LGBTQ3 min readLGBTQ3 min read
Oct 5, 2022Evangelism, Family & the ChurchWhat if we raised the next generation of Christian children to prioritize Love? — Last year, I attended a church after I’d been away for a while. I can’t remember the exact topic of the sermon but it was about Evangelism and how the family unit is one of the best instruments to push the Gospel to more people. I don’t think a revelation…Church10 min readChurch10 min read
Nov 28, 2021Surviving a SwiftieUnfortunately, I now know what all the songs on RED sound like — Since the beginning of time, there has always been annoying people that walked this planet, but these Swifties *cracks knuckles* So… we get it, the doll’s THEE WRITER, she makes hits, SELLS RECORDS (ALWAYS), breaks charts, pretty, rich, and the songs bang, but have you ever met a humble Swiftie…Taylor Swift3 min readTaylor Swift3 min read
Oct 11, 2021To Google for Startups, Love DouglasWriting this letter was very hard for me because the subject is a grant. I know no one is entitled to a grant and grants should be given however the donor sees fit. I genuinely believe a good number of startups on the announced list of Google’s Black Founders Fund…Google3 min readGoogle3 min read
Jul 28, 2021Some of you are too old to be this ignorant about HIV, Google is freeBy too old, I mean older than 12. DaBaby you’re pushing 30! — There’s an HBO documentary called The Legend of the Underground, I still haven’t seen the full film but I saw clips on Twitter when it was released. In this particular clip I watched, an HIV-positive Nigerian man talked about the discrimination and stigma he faced from his family even down…HIV4 min readHIV4 min read
Apr 28, 2021Bootstrapping Selar.co to $550k in annual revenue and $2k MRRGrowing the passion/creator economy of Africa with Selar.co — The irony of this milestone post is, I was going to hold unto it until it was $1M considering $1M is a “glossier startup figure”, but then I thought, why wait till then? …Passion Economy5 min readPassion Economy5 min read
Apr 1, 2021How to see all your Amazon SES email logs and events (opens, clicks, e.t.c) for free using Engage.soSharing this because someone might need it — I’ve been using AWS SES for about 4 years now on my project — Selar.co, and one of the many reasons I love SES is because it’s cheap. You can send over 100,000 emails and it would cost less than $10. The only drawback of SES is there’s not a…Amazon Ses4 min readAmazon Ses4 min read
Mar 12, 2021Here we go again with you bums trying to make FemCo look like a villianMust be worms in your brains — I guess it’s not lost on me, that in a country like Nigeria where people in any position of power steal (with every chance they get), it’s hard to fathom that people can organize donations and not steal. So you lot resort to asking FemCo for “accountability of funds” every…Feminism3 min readFeminism3 min read
Feb 6, 2021Why I take my work related advice from Megan Thee Stallion, and you should tooShe always keeps me grounded on what’s important — Asides the catchy punchlines, fun beat, and generally positive demeanor of Megan’s music, one of the many reasons I love it so much is because it keeps me grounded on what’s important: the money. …Work Life Balance4 min readWork Life Balance4 min read
