The Grind by NUTM

In this mini-series, we take an informal approach to evaluate the experiences of select scholars of the present cohort in the ongoing Shadow-a-Leader program. For more context, the Shadow-a-Leader program is the phase of the NUTM Scholars program that involves every Scholar with a leader in the industry in a 6-week long internship; this provides a more experiential approach to each Scholars' learning and an opportunity for networking. 

In this episode we have fun conversations with two scholars who had their Shadow-a-Leader very far away, in Bonny Island, Niger Delta and in Nairobi, Kenya. While most of us had ours in Lagos, and even remotely, they had theirs in the wild. Through this episode we explore deeply their motivations for choosing so far, their experiences at these locations, and how it eventually turned out for them.

Hosts

Uzim Emmanuel

Uzim Emmanuel is a first-class graduate of Electrical and Electronic Engineer from the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO). He is passionate about industrial automation and control. He is interested in building hybrid renewable energy systems that support the reduction of greenhouse gases. Emmanuel had his SaL experience with First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company.

Ayobami Bamigboye

Ayobami is a Cloud Engineer and Concept Designer. At least, when his alter-ego is in check, he is all concerned about finding ways to solve problems using Technology and Entrepreneurship. He is interested in Space Exploration and Education Technology. Ayobami had his SaL experience with Helium Health and Magic Fund.

Guests

Gerald Amakiri

Gerald is erudite with a strong interest in the Energy sector. He is an Environmental biologist with 3+ years of HSE, program, and project management using technological innovations. He possesses experiences in volunteering, internship, and full employment roles spanning Account Management, Creative, Brand Management, and Strategic Planning. Gerald had his SaL experience with NLNG in Bonny Island, Niger Delta.

Adebowale Oparinu

Adebowale is a Business Growth & Operations Excellence specialist with 3 years of experience managing cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments and a background in the logistics/supply chain industry. At his core, he is an avid explorer, with a deep interest in various abstract and humanity concepts. Ade/Debo/Wale had his SaL experience with Twiga foods in Nairobi, Kenya.

In this episode, we explore through conversations, the world of Private Equity from the perspectives of two Scholars. Olumide and Aisha take us into their understanding of Private Equity, the opportunities that exist in this much "private" industry, and how you can get into the industry; well, with occasional quips and banter. 

Host

Belema West

Belema is an Investment Associate cum Technology enthusiast with cognate experience in Deal Structuring & Advisory, Business Strategy and Financial Planning for Alternative Investments across complex and capital-intensive global projects, delivering value, research, and innovation.

Guests

Aisha Bamigboye

Aisha is a self-driven and innovative individual with experience across the Private Equity and Energy Infrastructure Industry. Her background in Economics has enriched her research, analytical and qualitative skills. She is keen on building the knowledge, and skill-sets necessary to thrive in a multicultural environment. Aisha cofounded The Thriving Tribe, an NGO focused on demystifying available career paths for high school students by creating informed awareness and collaborating with stakeholders to do the same.

Olumide Ashade

Olumide is a chartered accountant and a strong proponent of financial literacy. He is passionate about education resources being distributed freely. He co-founded FinWise, a learning community where financial information is shared to help members make sound financial decisions and attract investments

In this mini-series, we take an informal approach to evaluate the experiences of select scholars of the present cohort in the ongoing Shadow-a-Leader program. For more context, the Shadow-a-Leader program is the phase of the NUTM Scholars program that involves every Scholar with a leader in the industry in a 6-week long internship; this provides a more experiential approach to each Scholars' learning and an opportunity for networking. Well, if you need more you'll have to go check the official NUTM Social media on Twitter and LinkedIn. Here, we have conversations around the Scholar's actual experience so far in the course of the program.

Hosts

Ayobami Bamigboye

Ayobami is a Cloud Engineer and Concept Designer. At least, when his alter-ego is in check, he is all concerned about finding ways to solve problems using Technology and Entrepreneurship. He is interested in Space Exploration and Education. He currently interns with Helium Health and Magic Fund.

Osita James Uche

Osita is the CEO of Flourish Consult, a renowned writing advisory connecting young people to opportunities leveraging its three service areas; Writing, Editing, and Branding. He is an avid writer and has been published on both national and international platforms including; Kalahari Review, Commercially Aware, Y Naija, Pulse.ng, African Freelancers, African Writers, Mu-Afrika, and Scriggler. He currently interns at Veraki.

Guests

Comfort Ademola

She is an academic enthusiast and entrepreneur. She believes in possibility and that there are no excuses not to do the needful. She actively organizes business literacy tutorials for youths and aims to create an education technology business that will support the transformation of the education sector in Nigeria. She currently interns with Aisha Osori.

Samuel Egbedeyi

Samuel has a first-class honors bachelor's degree in Chemistry. Samuel is committed to assisting in the development of long-term solutions to current and future human health issues. He intends to do that by pursuing a research-oriented career in academia. He currently interns at Synlabs and Medcentre.

Business Scape is a podcast program where we discuss with NSP Scholars, topics, issues, and the nuances that exist while running a business in Nigeria. In this program, we aim to crystallize the collective views of the NSP crop of students, as regards their experience building and delivering solutions in Nigeria. In this second episode, we talk about the best practices and pitfalls around Strategy, Implementation, and the benefits of Experimentation via agile teams. Also at the end of this episode is included a few seconds 'behind the scenes' session.

Hosts

Ayobami Bamigboye

Ayobami is a Cloud Engineer and Concept Designer. At least, when his alter-ego is in check, he is all concerned about finding ways to solve problems using Technology and Entrepreneurship. He is interested in Space Exploration and Education. At NSP he is Darkenstein.

Ebunoluwa Alabi

Ebun Alabi is a Product Engineer, and she is passionate about developing solutions that can help optimize processes, drive efficient decision making and ultimately deliver value that can be evaluated in monetary terms.

Guests

Joel Nyatse

Joel is the founder of Celia Films, a filmmaking company that focuses on telling the stories of individuals and organizations. He is a corporate strategist whose work cuts across the financial services industry. His diverse interests include reimagining living spaces for young people in Nigeria and will like to pursue a career as a serial entrepreneur

Ngozi Mbakamachukwu

Ngozichukwu is a brand and marketing professional. She has a keen interest in youth development and has mentored several young students facing difficulties in taking exams or making career choices. She is a graduate of foreign languages and literary studies and was part of translating the Google Web Search Engine to the Nigerian pidgin

Business Scape is a podcast program where we discuss with NSP Scholars, topics, issues, and the nuances that exist while running a business in Nigeria. In this program, we aim to crystallize the collective views of the NSP crop of students, as regards their experience building and delivering solutions in Nigeria. In this second episode, we talk about the best practices and pitfalls around Strategy, Implementation, and the benefits of Experimentation via agile teams. Also at the end of this episode is included a few seconds 'behind the scenes' session revealing a new slice about our regular ritual at every recording.

Hosts

Ayobami Bamigboye

Ayobami is a Cloud Engineer and Concept Designer. At least, when his alter-ego is in check, he is all concerned about finding ways to solve problems using Technology and Entrepreneurship. He is interested in Space Exploration and Education. At NSP he is Darkenstein.

Ebunoluwa Alabi

Ebun Alabi is a Product Engineer, and she is passionate about developing solutions that can help optimize processes, drive efficient decision making and ultimately deliver value that can be evaluated in monetary terms. 

Guests

Jide Aiyegbusi

Kenechukwu Nwankwo

Kenechukwu has over three years of project management and development experience. He was a key member of the project team at Landmark Africa, which developed and oversaw a $300 million multi-phase mixed-use development including retail, hospitality, and office components. He is a recipient of the Google/ Avado UK Squared online Scholarship for a Diploma in Digital Transformation and Strategy and is currently a Product management student at Udacity.com. He currently does Growth Product management for a number of startups and companies.

Olawale Adeniyi

Olawale Adeniyi is a Business Growth Strategist, with over 4 years of experience driving growth and leading strategy in fast-paced environments. He enjoys working with teams to transform visions into actionable and implementable steps. With his experience in strategy, growth, and project management he championed the growth of myPharmacy, which became Nigeria’s third-largest pharmacy chain, and designed an unbundled pay-per-service consulting business model, a pivot strategy which the company has successfully transitioned. He has contributed to building a startup recognized amongst The Top 25 Healthcare Innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa and Top 50 Innovations in Africa.

Business Scape is a podcast program where we discuss with NSP Scholars, topics, issues, and the nuances that exist while running a business in Nigeria. In this program, we aim to crystallize the collective views of the NSP crop of students, as regards their experience building and delivering solutions in Nigeria. In this first episode, we talk about the struggles of running a business in Nigeria and how to work around them, Infrastructure blindness, and the Fintech Bias.

Hosts

Ayobami Bamigboye

Ayobami is a Cloud Engineer and Concept Designer. At least, when his alter-ego is in check, he is all concerned about finding ways to solve problems using Technology and Entrepreneurship. He is interested in Space Exploration and Education. At NSP he is Darkenstein.

Ebunoluwa Alabi

Ebun Alabi is a Product Engineer, and she is passionate about developing solutions that can help optimize processes, drive efficient decision making and ultimately deliver value that can be evaluated in monetary terms.

Guests

Jordan Ajibola

Jordan is a dynamic business/data analyst professional with broad experience in the banking & finance and technology industries. He has been involved in the entire cycle of product development from research, problem identification, conceptualization, design, testing, packaging, and marketing. He leads the team at Deliva Goods.

Boluwa Olojo

Boluwa is seasoned in Marketing, Communications, Growth, and Sales professional with over 5 years of experience. She is skilled at ensuring that stories of companies are told creatively and the products are sold profitably. She have worked in Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Industry. As a consultant, my clients have been from various segments; FMCG, Financial Institutions, Automobile, Oil and Gas, Transportation, Government Agencies, and Recruitment Companies. She leads the team at Go Ads Africa, where she helps brands buy and track online and offline ads for the best prices in the market. She is a strong Advocate for Gender Equality, doing my bit to bridge the inequality gap with ElectHER.

Boluwatife Arewa

Boluwatife (Bolu’) Arewa is a graduate of Alibaba Business School and Founders Institute (fi.co), and Operations and Strategy Development personnel with certification in operations management from Vanderbilt University Nashville, who works closely with the tech-enabled and social inclined startups Sectors. His experience spans Business Development, Operations Management, and Strategy Development. Bolu’ has managed operations across three continents with the topmost firm in Nigeria when it comes to the deployment of computer-based screening tests.

The Quirk Mini-series is a new program where we highlight the unusual abilities we possess. These unusual abilities might stem from a unique physical or mental situation that we live through. We believe that these conditions privy us to some experiences, perspectives, and opportunities that others do not have access to. We want to put these out there. Through 'The Quirk', we are reimagining conditions that are out of our control.

Oluwafemi Akinseye is a people person. He's passionate about developing people and building products that can transform Africa. When he's not working, he enjoys debating and reading.

Ademola is a technology enthusiast interested in making enhancements to the SAP backup system. At university, he was the president of the Association of Computer Science Students and recently served as the president of the Information Technology Development Service Group in his local community. Ademola would like to be involved in breakthrough research in big data and machine learning and hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in this field.

Nina Mbah

Nina is a social entrepreneur and founder of Developing Talents Initiative, a youth development center dedicated to improving learning outcomes for young Nigerians in underserved communities. Her contributions to education and youth development have earned her membership admission to the Youth Council of Global Business Coalition for Education. She is also the recipient of the Ignite Entrepreneurship Innovation Lab award.

The Quirk Mini-series is a new program where we highlight the unusual abilities we possess. These unusual abilities might stem from a unique physical or mental situation that we live through. We believe that these conditions privy us to some experiences, perspectives, and opportunities that others do not have access to. We want to put these out there. Through 'The Quirk', we are reimagining conditions that are out of our control.

In this first episode, we speak with three scholars, James Osita, Joel Aboderin, and Jessica Alliagbor, and we talk about the virtue of Self-leadership and Grit. As usual, this episode also includes a 10-second 'behind-the-scenes' at the end.

*Writer's note: This episode is about 10 minutes longer than usual, cos everyone was excited, we'll try to rein in the excitement better next time. Thank you

Host

Ayobami Bamigboye

Ayobami is a Cloud Engineer and Concept Designer. At least, when his alter-ego is in check, he is all concerned about finding ways to solve problems using Technology and Entrepreneurship. He is interested in Space Exploration and Education. At NSP he is Darkenstein. (Writer: 'boring')

Guests

Jessica Alliagbor

Rasheedat is a project officer for community-based projects and the founder of Flawless-Signature, a beauty business launched while she was at university and for which she received the Entrepreneur of the Year award. She is an educator who is passionate about developing technology-enabled financial and business literacy programs for children. She enjoys singing, dancing, teaching, and networking

Joel Aboderin

Joel is a graduate of  Mechanical Engineering and the best graduating student in his class. He is passionate about improving the energy sector and hopes to provide rural electrification in Nigeria by eɱploring wind energy. He enjoys cycling and reading African novels.

Osita James

Osita is the CEO of Flourish Consult, a renowned writing advisory connecting young people to opportunities leveraging its three service areas; Writing, Editing, and Branding. He is an avid writer and has been published on both national and international platforms including; Kalahari Review, Commercially Aware, Y Naija, Pulse.ng, African Freelancers, African Writers, Mu-Afrika, and Scriggler. He is a lawyer by training.

Let's do this again! New episode out in one week.