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OPINION ARTICLES
Societal Ills Plaguing The Girl Child: Cultural Norms that Serve As Enablers
“Our culture unconsciously helps with the patriarchal way. Girls are socialised to be modest to avoid triggering the wrong attention,...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
May 16, 20213 min read
Building Young and Socially Conscious Business Leaders in Africa
My foray into the development space was rather serendipitous, after years of working as a Segment Manager focused on the youth demography...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
May 12, 20215 min read
VFD Group #ChooseToChallenge (2) – The Marketplace Lens
In continuing the Women’s Month celebration, the SCwN and VFD Group partnership continued, this time to highlight how the Group chooses...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Mar 28, 20213 min read
VFD Group #ChooseToChallenge (1) – The Workplace Lens
Earlier on in my career, I had a couple of interesting experiences bordering on gender-related stigmas, most likely relatable for many...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Mar 22, 20213 min read
The 21st Century Capitalist’s Dilemma (2): A Sparkling Perspective
I am particularly excited to write this article for two reasons – first is, I am an ex-Diamond (proudly so) and secondly, would like to...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Mar 8, 20214 min read
The 21st Century Capitalist’s Dilemma (1): VFD’s Balancing Act and Empathy as a new Core Value
Adeniyi Adenubi (‘Niyi) is the Executive Director, Investment Management and Investor Relations VFD Group Plc. – a group of financial...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Mar 1, 20214 min read
Impact Investment: Bridge between Philanthropy and Traditional Investing
The recent loss of my aunt to the coronavirus, albeit in the more developed climes of England, took me through a journey down memory...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Feb 21, 20213 min read
2021 Socio-Economic Outlook: Covid fatigue and moving past stage one
If you are wondering what Stage One means, it’s Tayo Fagbule’s (Editor of BusinessDay) description of how government tends to focus on...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Feb 8, 20212 min read
The role of entrepreneurship in diversifying the Nigerian economy
Last month, just around the time Nigeria officially slipped into a recession, my dear friend Akanimoh, thought it would be a good idea to...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Dec 13, 20203 min read
Entrepreneurship in Africa – A Ghanaian & Zimbabwean Lens
Entrepreneurship has been bandied around as the solution to Africa’s development and so in the spirit of the narrative, I decided to hear...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Dec 6, 20203 min read
Every Entrepreneur in Africa Deserves Access to Finance
It was an interesting and enlightening conversation with Business entrepreneur and tech enthusiast – Vital Sounouvou. Vital is the...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Nov 29, 20202 min read
Addressing Nigeria’s youth unemployment: Nostalgic lessons from an 18-year old
November is the month of the Global Entrepreneurship Week and in light of that, Entrepreneurship is the broad discussion theme on the...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Nov 22, 20203 min read
The Nigerian Youth Renaissance & Hope as a Survival Currency
Democracy reportedly has its early origins from Greece and history tells us that the Greeks developed a ‘’three-way Democratic Code’’...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Nov 15, 20203 min read
Nigerian Police Brutality: What really needs to give?
Police brutality is not a phenomenon that’s peculiar to Nigeria and the protests in the United States to end police brutality in the...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Nov 8, 20203 min read
Empowering the African Youth: The case for Mental Independence
October 10 was World Mental Health Day, and it occurred to me that in these parts of the world, mental health is not a “thing”. A couple...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Oct 27, 20203 min read
Nigeria 60 years later: The youth & the promise of tomorrow
“You carry the weight of a generation on your shoulders, so make it count – what you want to do is not to gain self-accolades, but to be...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Oct 11, 20203 min read
Nigeria’s striking doctors: To treat the headache or the brain tumour?
The pun in the title of this article is clearly intended and rather apt too, I borrowed it from my friend Tina when she was trying to...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Sep 13, 20203 min read
Unemployment, Education and the fate of the Nigerian Youth
The National Bureau of Statistic (NBS) recently published the unemployment rate for 2020 and below are some of the insights gleaned from...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Sep 5, 20203 min read
Engaging the Nigerian youth: The danger of a single perspective
There I was, on a wintery day, somewhere in West London, sat in front of this slightly built, caucasian gentleman with a bald head, his...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Aug 16, 20204 min read
Corruptionvirus or Coronavirus – Nigeria’s ‘Penkelemes’ Years
Recent events of corrupt practices across different government agencies; reeking of sheer abuse of positional power coupled with the...
Chinasa Ken-Ugwuh
Jul 26, 20202 min read
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