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How This Data Analyst Went From ₦10k Teaching To $2,500/Month
Some people map out their careers with clear blueprints. Others, like Ifeoma Chukwu, stumble upon theirs while trying to survive. Her journey from earning ₦10,000 as a secondary school teacher to making $2,500 monthly as a data analyst wasn’t linear, built on resilience, reinvention, and a deep belief that she could change her story one…
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The 24-Year-Old Product Manager Chasing a $1M Net Worth
Joy David has always been in tech, starting off as a content writer and earning ₦1,000 per hour as a freelance writer at a Lagos co-working space to becoming a UK-based product manager was a mix of curiosity, stubbornness, and quiet conviction. Today, at 24, she’s living in the UK, working as a product manager…
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The Crypto Editor Enjoying a Charming $3,500/Month Lifestyle
Jump to a section Some people plan their careers. Others stumble into them. For Nnamdi, the journey from social media manager to crypto editor wasn’t so much a grand design as a chain of small, restless moves, each born from boredom, ambition, and a need to make sense of the world he lived in. Today,…
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This Hacker Went From ₦10k/Month to $5k in 3 Years
Some people choose their careers; others stumble into them by accident. For Tunde (not his real name), the path to ethical hacking was the natural outcome of a restless mind, an unfair system, and years of trial-and-error in finding loopholes where others saw dead ends. He wanted to win in a world that seemed wired…
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Life Of The Soldier Serving Nigeria, And Securing His Future
From the age of eleven, this solider was already serving Nigeria. After a money mistake, he is securing his future from his salary because he had been enlisted into a system that was grooming him to defend a country at war with itself. The Nigerian Army did not appear suddenly in his life; it was…
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The Many Lives of The Product Manager Building An AI Startup
Afolabi Sokeye has lived many lives, and depending on when you catch him, he may be a builder, a product manager, or a serial entrepreneur. He started coding at 14 and is currently navigating the volatile world of AI startups with a mix of passion and pragmatism. But what became undeniably clear during our conversation…
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The Money Moves Behind Salome Dassah’s Legal Journey
Salome Dassah has many personalities. A sharp, thoughtful friend. She was the law student who always had a side hustle, and the lawyer navigating the daunting job market with a mix of wit and weariness. But what I hadn’t fully grasped until our conversation was the central theme of her story: an evolving, sometimes complicated,…
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After A Decade in Tech, Here’s Why This Designer Isn’t Slowing Down
Nigerian-Ghanaian Chinwe Nana Yaa Emmanuel, popularly known as Chinaa, has spent nearly a decade navigating the creative and tech sectors. But her story all began with a camera. Her earliest memory of creating value was simple: recording church services, burning them onto CDs, and selling them to members who wanted to rewatch the experience. “That…
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The Money Moves Behind Belema Ogulu’s Many Roles
For three years, I had followed Belema Ogulu online. She was the creator who shared gems freely, the entrepreneur behind the sleek For Azari home décor brand, the strategist who later launched Easel Digital. I’d watched her juggle multiple roles with grace, but what I hadn’t fully understood until this conversation was the central thread…
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This Nigerian Designer Is Building The Most-Talked About Videogame Company
When I sat down to hear Elvis Obi’s story, the Nigerian designer, now design leader, I knew the first thing I wanted to understand wasn’t about design, gaming or building the videogame company, Mazerance It was about money. How does someone with a degree in biochemistry, who once lost jobs in toxic workplaces, go from…
