Oil & Gas vs. Tech: Why Nigerian Engineers Are Choosing and What Both Sectors Are Missing
The talent conversation between Nigeria’s oil and gas sector and its technology sector is usually framed as a competition the tech sector […]
The Nigerian Healthcare Talent Crisis Nobody Is Writing About
Only 55,000 medical doctors remain in Nigeria’s system to attend to a population exceeding 200 million. That is one doctor for every […]
What Nigerian Manufacturing Companies Are Getting Wrong About Skills Investment
Nigeria’s manufacturing sector is recovering. The revenue is coming back. The workforce capability that would make the recovery sustainable is not keeping […]
The Manager Who Was Great Last Year and Is Struggling This Year
The performance data has been declining for two quarters. The team that was delivering reliably under this manager’s leadership last year is […]
When the Founder Becomes the Bottleneck
There is a moment in the life of most Nigerian startups when the founder stops being the engine of the company and […]
The Q1 Compliance Audit Every Nigerian Employer Should Be Running Right Now
Q1 is over. Three months of payroll have run under the most significant overhaul of Nigeria’s tax administration framework in a generation. […]
If the New Hire who joined in January and is already underperforming, here’s what to do.
The hire who aced the interview session in December got the offer – then there was the ‘confident first week’. And then, […]
The 90-Day Employee Who Is Already Deciding Whether to Stay
86% of new hires decide how long they will stay with a company within their first six months. Your January hires have […]
The Promises Your January Hiring Plan Made and What April Looks Like Now
It is April. Pull out the hiring plan you built in January. Not the version you presented to the board. The version […]
What a Great Hiring Partner Looks Like and Why Most Nigerian Companies Settle for Less
You have worked with recruitment firms before. The process is familiar: a briefing call, a promise of strong candidates within a week, […]
The Management Style That Works in a Nigerian Bank Will Destroy a Nigerian Startup
The hire looked exactly right on paper. Twenty years of banking experience. A decade in senior operations. Deep knowledge of the financial […]
What Happens to Your Business When Your Second-Best Person Decides to Become Your Competitor’s First-Best
The conversation that most Nigerian founders treat as a retention failure is actually a competitive event. When a senior product manager leaves […]