In 2017 when I came across the Eco Warrior Princess (EWP) on Instagram, I was intrigued. Its page was unique and well curated with pictures and stories that made you want to crawl into your own phone and try some of the vegan treats that I saw. Much more than the pictures were the contents....
The fashion industry is a huge one. It is a $3 trillion industry; so big that if it were a country, it would be the 7th largest economy in the world. This industry is comprised of millions of brands scrambling to cater to the needs of billions of customers. To meet this demand, the industry employs...
While prepping for my last article on ethical fashion, I conducted a search for “ethical menswear” on Google. There were 5.3 million results in 0.43 seconds. I then made a second search for “menswear” and the results were 83.4 million in 0.35 seconds. When I clicked on some of the top results, I made three...
The first time I came across the blockchain technology was in 2013 when I was invited to participate in a seminar on bitcoin. At the end of the seminar, I went away amazed at the concept of cryptocurrency but confused as to what exactly were bitcoin and blockchain. The best simplified explanation for blockchain I’ve come...
I live in a flat in a six-flat apartment building in Abuja, Nigeria. While I have all other facilities to myself, the water source is shared. This means that water is distributed to all the flats through a singular storage tank system. When this system develops any fault, we would convene a small meeting, designate...
I consider myself stylish. I consider myself to be a man of good tastes in fashion. This fact is typical of most young Africans and is equaled only by another typical fact: we almost never have enough money to spend on fashion or style. Here, the cost is usually the biggest factor under consideration as...
Abuja, Nigeria: Summer is here, and it means different things to different people. For students, it’s the much-needed break from school. For workers, it’s the time for that long-awaited vacation. And for most businesses, it is simply the time for increasing sales. For me, it doesn’t represent much. Traditionally, seasons in my part of the world...
Abuja, Nigeria: Abba is content with the world. He speaks no English and has no desire to learn. He will probably never need to speak a word of it in his entire life and he could not possibly care less. He is a herdsman, living the life of his fathers before him and all is...
Abuja, Nigeria: “An empty vessel makes the loudest noise.” I haven’t heard this expression in a while; that is until yesterday. While I was in a shop close to my house, two little girls were quarrelling or at least having a little war of words. They must have been about 10-12 years old. They were...
Abuja, Nigeria: Plastic Free July is here. It is the time for a more conscious effort to push back against this love of plastic that is choking our earth and drowning our oceans. From straws to milk cans, from shoe soles to the phone cases we adore, plastic is an integral, if not a healthy...
Abuja, Nigeria: In my final year of undergrad law, we studied company law which was essentially the study of law as it relates to businesses and organisations. In that course, my lecturer, who is now a State High Court Judge said that companies were organisations set up to make profit. This was the most distinctive...
Abuja, Nigeria: Man is a social being. In this age of social media, man has become even more social than ever. Now with this social nature comes the need for class and status; distinguishing ourselves from other members of society. This plays a huge role in the decisions we make regarding where we live, what we drive,...