Why Your Strongest Senior Engineer Might Be Your Weakest Manager
The promotion made sense at the time. The engineer had consistently delivered the most technically sophisticated work on the team. Their code […]
The Global Employer’s Guide to Hiring From Nigeria in 2026
If you are reading this from outside Nigeria, as a CTO in Amsterdam, an HR director in Toronto, a founder in Singapore […]
Nigerian Companies Expanding Into Ghana: The Workforce Decisions That Determine Whether It Works
The Nigerian company entering Ghana for the first time arrives with real advantages. Market intelligence from operating in Africa’s most complex business […]
The Nigerian Executive Who Has Never Been Managed and Why That’s a Problem
There is a specific professional experience that shapes how leaders lead: the experience of being well-managed. Of working under someone who gave […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Employee Your Nigerian Company Can’t Afford to Lose Is Already Being Recruited
Right now, today, your best product manager probably has three unread LinkedIn messages from recruiters. Your most senior engineer received a call […]
The Compensation Conversation Your Team Is Already Having Without You
The compensation conversation in your company is already happening. It is happening in the WhatsApp groups you are not in. In the […]
What Your CTO Is Not Telling You About the Engineering Team
At some point in the past 12 months, something happened in your engineering organisation that you found out about later than you […]