On Agility

The problem existed in the business I worked in, a few years ago. Information technology projects often fail habitually – they get cancelled or

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Africa’s middle class

IPSOS For CFAO’s The middle classes in Africa: Realities and challenges AfDB’s The Middle of the Pyramid: Dynamics of the

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Readings

So the MBA imposes a lot of readings on every subject making up the programme. My career ambitions places similar

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Ilé tí a bá fi ito mo

Originally posted to OrderPaper.NG, the premier digital publication connection citizens of Nigeria with their representatives in parliament. However, reproduced below

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What if I have been had?

So I took my bicycle in for service earlier today and the experience left me wondering. The technician accepted the

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On Agile: SCRUM

This piece is yet another installment in my series on Agile methods and mindsets. Each article in the series progressively

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