Tolu Ogunlesi
Still on This Innovation Business, By Tolu Ogunlesi
It’s Innovation season, apparently. Last week’s column was about the Grand Challenges Summit hosted by a coalition fronted by the...
Read moreDetailsGrand Solutions for Grand Challenges, By Tolu Ogunlesi
In 2013 the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable foundation, launched an initiative known as ‘Grand...
Read moreDetails‘Two Fighting’: Olusegun Obasanjo Versus Oluwole Soyinka, By Tolu Ogunlesi
Now the guns are out and blazing again. Two of Yorubaland’s – and Africa’s – most respected sons, have been...
Read moreDetailsHow Nigerians Use Social Media, By Tolu Ogunlesi
...social media are neutral, passive participants in the drama of human existence. We come to them as we are, and...
Read moreDetailsA Spending Guide for Wealthy Nigerians, By Tolu Ogunlesi
The point of today’s article is to offer advice to our 'one-percent' population on how to spend their money. Somewhat...
Read moreDetailsAs Cabinet O’Clock Draws Close, By Tolu Ogunlesi
One...piece of advice for those incoming ministers who want to shine: Pay some attention to the Akin Adesina Ministerial Effectiveness...
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Ways of Seeing Abeokuta, By Tolu Ogunlesi
Efforts like these are for me a reminder that we can never have too many books exploring our recent and...
Read moreDetailsBuilding Nigeria through Road and Railway Track, By Tolu Ogunlesi
In recent years, a number of state governments – Akwa Ibom, Jigawa, Kebbi, Delta – have spent tens of billions...
Read moreDetailsBeasts of African Nations, By Tolu Ogunlesi
Nothing else matters as much as a lion, and the terrible fear that privileged white people have that there will...
Read moreDetailsIn Education, a Widening Divide, By Tolu Ogunlesi
Today, far too many young Nigerians are not getting a chance to enjoy the all-important foundation of a good education....
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