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Articles by Robert Ekat
Growing Intersections of AI, Automation, and Financial Services Will Drive Business Transformation
Mr. Chukwuma Nwanze is the MD/Chief Executive Officer of Credit Direct Finance Company Limited, one of Nigeria’s leading embedded finance companies. He joined the organisation in 2012 as Head of Strategy and Business Development, where he played a pivotal role in the development of the company’s first Loan Management System, marking the beginning of its digital transformation journey.
MTN Foundation Opens Applications for 2025 Scholarships
MTN Foundation has opened applications for its 2025 scholarship programme, reaffirming its dedication to strengthening the development of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), encouraging excellence in academic pursuit, deepening diversity and inclusion by empowering blind students in Nigeria.
Corruption, Strategic Communications and National Development
When Nitin Nohria, former dean of Harvard Business School, said, “Communication is the real work of leadership,” he was highlighting a crucial element in national development. Nigeria, a complex tapestry, faces various challenges, but one persistent one is connecting with its people. This problem is compounded by the hydra-headed corruption that remains a wedge between the leaders and the people, straining perception, but one which strategic communication can help resolve.
BHM Congratulates First Female President of Nigerian Society of Engineers in 65 Years
The management and staff of BlackHouse Media (BHM) have congratulated Engr. Margaret Aina Oguntala, on her election as the 34th president of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE). On January 1, 2024, Margaret Oguntala officially became the first female president in the 65-year history of the NSE. The investiture ceremony for Oguntala, alongside other newly elected executives, is scheduled to take place at the International Conference Centre in Abuja on January 20, 2024.
Gen-Z fashion trends will get you scratching your head
The fashion landscape is ever evolving and with Gen-Z taking centre-stage, the industry is taking a dynamic shift in trends from sustainable choices to bold expressions of individuality. Fashion trends, crazy as they may be, are actually mostly reoccurring trends. You will find if you search far back enough that most of what is trending today has trended before no matter how outlandish they may seem.
President Tinubu holds Climate talks with King Charles III on COP28 sidelines in Dubai
President Bola Tinubu has met with British monarch King Charles III in Dubai, ahead of the climate COP28 summit. “I am optimistic about the positive impact our joint efforts will have on our planet’s future,” the Nigerian President said. Sharing insights of the meeting on his official X handle, Tinubu touted the meeting as productive, emphasizing strengthened Nigeria-UK ties and shared dedication to climate advocacy.
Global leadership: Influence, responsibility and change
AS the world marks the Global Day of Influence on 22 November, 2023, focusing on global peace, a discourse on leadership is crucial. From peace and security to trade, entertainment, culture, and more, leadership is the defining line for positive impact or decline. Right from the pre-classical period when the international system teetered on the brink, threatened by two major wars – the Dutch War and the 30-Year War, humanity has been in dire need of leadership.
Nigeria must join BRICS now | TheCable - TheCable
BY ROBERT EKAT In international relations, relationships are guided by national interests, prompting countries to swiftly sever ties they deem exploitative or counter-productive. Hence, when a relationship surpasses the 50-year mark, international affairs analysts are bound to assess the dynamics that sustain such relationships. Nigeria has maintained a 63-year-old relationship with the West — a connection it eulogises and almost romanticises.
Nigeria must join BRICS now
Nigeria must join BRICS now BY ROBERT EKAT In international relations, relationships are guided by national interests, prompting countries to swiftly sever ties they deem exploitative or counter-productive. Hence, when a relationship surpasses the 50-year mark, international affairs analysts are bound to assess the dynamics that sustain such relationships. Nigeria has maintained a 63-year-old relationship with the West — a connection it eulogises and almost romanticises.
How Africa Continental Free Trade Area can lift millions out of poverty
About years ago, modern humans arose in Africa, with the continent thereafter becoming one of the most powerful and influential civilizations on earth with attendant economic prosperity from 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. While imperialism and the dynamism of the current world order have not favoured Africa, its prospects have never been in doubt.
Technology, AfCFTA and African renaissance | TheCable
BY ROBERT EKAT About 250,000 – 300,000 years ago, modern humans arose in Africa, with the continent thereafter becoming one of the most powerful and influential civilisations on earth with attendant economic prosperity from 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. While imperialism and the dynamism of the current world order have not favoured Africa, its prospects have never been in doubt.
Tinubu vs Buhari: Is the cold war turning into a real war?
BY ROBERT EKAT George Orwell, in his article published in 1945, first used the phrase ‘Cold War’ to refer to what he predicted would be a nuclear stalemate between two or three super-monstrous states, each of which possessed a weapon by which millions of people could be wiped out in a few seconds.
Tinubu vs Buhari: Is the Cold War Turning into Real War? - By Dr Robert Ekat
George Orwell, in his article published in 1945, first used the phrase ‘Cold War’ to refer to what he predicted would be a nuclear stalemate between two or three super-monstrous states, each of which possessed a weapon by which millions of people could be wiped out in a few seconds.
How the Stars Aligned for Me in 2022. By: Robert Ekat
When Helen Keller said, “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all”, she did not know that she was defining the entire existence of a boy who seriously played through many facets of life to become a man who still plays. From being a rapper who performed on stages in Lagos to a published performance poet, I drifted across multiple fields in my youth. I should not mention that I worked as a barman in several nightclubs and as an estate valuer in a real estate firm.
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