Kennedy Ekezie
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🇳🇬 Make no small plans. Trained at: @PKUYCA @queensleaders @tiktok_us @accenture .
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If you can avoid seeking approval of others, your power is limitless.
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Look, being a beginner does not make you an imposter.
But we’ve all been there. You probably will always feel like an imposter to a certain degree. But that’s not the point.
Everyone. started. Somewhere. Start where you are.
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@abikedabiri
@abikedabiri
thanks for sharing! I’ll love to talk more to you about our work and how young people can further contribute to developing each other!
How best do I reach you?
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I started building professional relationships since I was 16 - I’ve picked up some interesting learnings so far, and thought to share some practical tips to do this with you!
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Always a pleasure speaking about tech and I appreciate the chat I had with
@esauw
on
@bbcafrica
about how the youth are embracing opportunities to start their own businesses and flourish!
You should listen:
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I was selected as the first-ever and only Nigerian recipient of the Yenching Scholarship
@PKUYCA
. In my year there were only 3 Africans who were accepted into Yenching.
I was also honored to be asked to present the Class Keynote speech at our commencement.
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It is okay to change your mind: about yourself & previous decisions you made.
When you do, you allow a much more intelligent version of you to succeed a more ignorant and naive version of yourself.
Shed old skin!
Move on from things that no longer serve you.
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Super delighted to be present at
#TFAA16
, and extremely chuffed to go home with the prize for technology.
The journey is just getting started, and at
@kippa_africa
, we’re excited to continue to build more products for SMEs to thrive.
Thank you
@TFAAfrica
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This is Samuel Elba, one of our Africave fellows we support
He’s built a power plant from scrap materials that power 7 houses in his home community in Sierra Leone. He’s planning to scale his product
This fall, he’s headed to
@LynnUniversity
for 3 months to build his skills
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Africa is ours. May we win
A Nigerian teenager is on a mission to find young Africans of high potential across the world '"willing to contribute and to be an ambassador from Africa"
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If you’re a professional thinking about creating outsized impact with your skillset, there’s frankly no better place to consider doing this than at
@kippa_africa
specifically, and in Africa generally.
Whether or not you’re looking for a new role, I’d love to catch up!
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Received this painting of me as a gift from Professor Hemant Bhavsar (a professional artist from Canada)
He’s made professional paintings of a long list of celebrities, and found me, and made & shopped across a live & classic 36” x 24” painting of me
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Outwork your self-doubt. We do not yet know what we can become!
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From only 1 Nigerian, this year, we have 3 extremely talented Nigerians coming into the program.
Young people, we must continue to open doors for each other!
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Visited my friend Ambassador Stephen Seedarsingh: Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to China at his home recently.
He’s a great example of a former private sector giant, taking a huge leap to the public sector, building bridges between his country and the rest of the world.
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*Would love to hear your thoughts*
China-Nigeria
On the topic of raising children, we think we’ve seen enough of China’s growth... let’s wait until its current crop of children are grown. There’s no stopping the country. It’s investing massively in developing its young
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My team and I won the “Distinguished Research Award” for our study on Income inequality in China.
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I’ve only been around on earth for about 21 years, but one thing I’ve learned with all certainty, is that ALL challenges are temporary
I’m building the psychological foundations of the rest of my life on this axiom
#HappyMonday
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@QuePasaIzzy
Don't black women wear wigs from Asia and South America? Where do we draw the line here?
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You’re way more powerful than you think. You’re blind to your own strengths.
You can reorient your life to the highest possible good that you can conceive of if you stopped wasting time, if you stopped lying to yourself.
Success is a daily habit.
#ThinkBigger
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Recently visited the New Development Bank’s Headquarters in Shanghai, to meet the Vice President.
He previously held leadership positions at the World Bank and IMF, and backed the establishment of the NDB to provide a competitive alternative for nations in the global south.
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When you are thankful for what you have as opposed to being envious of what others have, you will always win.
When I see you in Ibiza, on a trip, floating in a swan, popping champagne, I’m thrilled for you. I don’t have any FOMO.
#80Nigerians
#Nigeria
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Irresponsible MEN make lousy societies❗️
Why do we often overlook the immense power we possess?
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At the Nigerian Embassy in Addis Ababa visiting our honorable Ambassador.
A very gentleman steering the affairs of our country in one of the busiest countries to be an Ambassador (Ethiopia).
#Nigeria
#Ethiopia
#AddisAbaba
#diplomacy
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As the first stop on
@weareafricave
’s tour of US Colleges, I met with members of the African students association at University of Notre Dame. ☘️ The most-asked question I’ve gotten in the past two weeks is “how can we help build Africa, from where we are?”
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No road is long with good company.
No ambition is too big with the requisite support.
Associate yourself with wise people of good quality.
I’ve learned FOR SURE, that it is always better to be alone than to be in useless company.
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There are some games you cannot get to play unless you’re all in. Why not go all in on your potential?
FYI, I will be sharing more thoughts with a private community via email.
Interested in reading some of my most interesting thoughts, hit the link 👇🏽
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We’re thrilled that our startup
@weareafricave
has been selected as one of the Africa Business Conference’s Top 10 new African startups and will be pitching at Harvard Business School
@HarvardHBS
on February 14!
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If you fulfill your obligations everyday, you don’t have to worry about the future.
#WednesdayThoughts
#WednesdayWisdom
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My team
@kippa_africa
and I are blessed to have the best partners on this journey any founder could ask for!
Nigeria's Kippa gets $3.2M pre-seed for its small business finance management app by
@ulonnaya
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The Africa Tech Summit in Shanghai was everything more than I expected. Really always inspired when people who come together in Africa’s name.
I’m happy to have been asked to join a team of elite speakers for the inaugural summit in China.
Looking forward to
#Kigali
2020
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Dear young African,
No matter where you may be, our ancestors are always with you. Watching you. Counting on you to do the right thing. Counting on your actions to justify the generations of toil.
Do not forget where you’re coming from.
@OgbeniDipo
@iaboyeji
@DrJoeAbah
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Lagos is a weird place. An average first-class graduate earns N200,000 after two years of full-time work at a multinational, but rent prices are N1.5million for a small room and kitchen.
So, half of one’s annual salary spent on rent. How can young people save for rainy days?
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ON A MISSION TO CHANGE THE CULTURE.
If young people are the leaders of the future, then we must have continued collective conversations around leadership and self-development.
If you’re around, we
@weareafricave
invite you to have a conversation with me.
Thrilled for the fall!
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You SHOULD be afraid of taking risks and pursuing something that’s meaningful.
But you SHOULD BE MORE afraid of staying where you are if it’s making you miserable.
#Monday
#HappyNewWeek
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You need to consider the future and think “what might my life look like if I were doing the right things incrementally everyday?”
There’s absolutely no doubt you can be slightly better tomorrow than you are today.
Have respect for yourself. Have fear for yourself.
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I’m a big believer that knowledge grows when shared.
Excited to share more thoughts and learnings I’ve picked up along the way with a small community of people.
Subscribe to my Newsletter here:
I started building professional relationships since I was 16 - I’ve picked up some interesting learnings so far, and thought to share some practical tips to do this with you!
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Speaking to a black fraternity at University of the South in Tennessee.
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I listened to someone say that the generation of our parents got it wrong with us. And that many of us have gotten it wrong with our ownselves.
Please, let’s pay more national attention to the children, the future of our country.
I’ll love to hear your thoughts!
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Last November, I approached the leadership of Yenching Academy with a recruiting plan for Africa which was thankfully approved.
In December, I flew out to East Africa to recruit bright Africans for Yenching.
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In Chicago with my
#Chicago
family celebrating Katie Pantell & Cassie Castrejon’s blissful married life!
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As you move forward in life, the probability that you’re going to get it completely right the first time you try, is ZERO!
You are not alone. You are not a failure for failing the first, second, third, or umpteenth time.
The essence of your existence far supersedes that hurdle.
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Thrilled to introduce The Roundtable: an exciting experiment I want some of you to be part of.
The Roundtable brings together young people who seek to accelerate their personal journey, regardless of the specific field they are engaged in.
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Masculinity is not fragile. Masculinity is not toxic. It’s not fundamentally pillaging. It’s not fundamentally rape culture and exploitation.
I like the masculine spirit. It is necessary. Dear men & boys, may we continue to show up in excellence and be our best selves.
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Remember that China moved 300 million people from poverty to middle income in 30 years. With a vastly illiterate population.
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We all recognize the importance of sports in influencing our younger generation and creating change.
That’s why we brought the history-making Nigerian bobsled Olympian Ngozi Onwumere on board our team of mentors at
@weareafricave
.
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Blessed to turn 22 today! Wrote a short note about some of the things I’ve learned this past year and thought to share.
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When things are not working out as well for me, I look inwards first, before blaming the world.
First, put your house in order before you take on the world. Chances are that more often than not, the problem is with you, not with other people or the world.
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There’s a huge moral (and economic) price to pay for abdicating responsibility.
You don’t need to be too grandiose. Start from where you are. Your little corner of the world.
You can make things better wherever you are.
Maybe that’s what it means to be an individual.
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Also, applications to
@weareafricave
’s 2020 Fellowship Cohort opens on 30 September 2019.
Tag a potential
@weareafricave
fellow and tell them to send me a message!!
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Take breaks, but equally importantly, know when to stop taking breaks. Don’t “self-care” yourself into complacency.
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Joining Interact has been one of the most significant decisions I’ve made in recent years. If you’re <24 and working in tech, consider applying, especially my Nigerian people!
Applications are now open for the 2022 Interact Fellowship!
Learn more and apply here by February 15th: .
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Make recession end abeg! 😂😂
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@eldivyn
It’s not cos of competitor dominance - these players will eventually make the same decisions. We can decide to do this now, or kick the van down the road brother. 🙏
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What you aim at determines what you see!
Focus and don’t get too high on the highs and too low on the lows.
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When we see leaders like Paul Kagame nurturing a vision and changing their countries, let’s give them time and not hasten to christen them “dictators” because they’re in power for longer than we are used to.
For the rest of us “democratic” countries, how far abeg?
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That’s 12 hours of hard work during the summer holiday, for 2 full months. 6 days a week. For these 6-9 year olds.
Of course I’m not glorifying the insane workload they go through.
But, how are we building our children in our country to compete with these kids in 20 years?
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If you have a friend whose friendship you wouldn’t recommend to your sister, or your father, or your son, why would you have such a friend for yourself?
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I’m grateful to God for his blessings, and all the exciting challenges he sets before me
I’m grateful for all the people whom he uses as his vessels in my life. I do not take any of it for granted.
May we continue to be the torch that lights the world.
Our cup runneth over!
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Most multinational firms in Nigeria (especially those franchised to Nigerian owners) pay their entry-level analysts not more than 150K($400) per month in LAGOS!
That’s about $3600 annually. But exactly same firms in South Africa pay well over $20,000 annually for same roles!!
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Your life doesn’t have anything to do with my journey, my macro, my mission.
Do not compare yourself to other people whom you know very little about.
Now step into this mindset and focus on your journey.
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I once taught these kids Public Speaking for one full week a while back.
They met me from 9-12 in the morning, went to lunch from 12-1, went to swimming classes from 1-3pm, went to maths class from 3-6pm, and had coding (Python) classes at home afterwards till 8pm
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The soft bigotry of low expectations is blinding the eyes of business leaders to the massive gender inequality that exists in the workplace. The ecosystem needs to change rapidly.
For us to fully unlock the latent potential in industries, businesses must embrace diversity.
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When you envy someone, it's borne from a place of ignorance about:
1. The extreme difficulty in their lives
2. Ungratefulness and lack of perspective about your own journey.
To be honest, the degree of difficulty in anyone's life increases the more "successful" they are.
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My advice to young people: listen to your parents a lot less.
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Excited to be part of the 2023 Warwick Africa Summit this weekend!
Proud to be celebrating African business leaders & entrepreneurs with some amazing industry leaders, academics and change makers.
Join us by registering through the link in
@AfricaSummitUoW
bio!
#WAS23
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For Nigeria (indeed Africa) to stay ahead of the curve, we MUST invest in developing the competence of our young children. We are not paying enough attention to them.
Let’s do away with the idea that “God alone raises children”. We have a moral burden to fulfil when we have kids
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These days however, it’s investing ridiculously in educating its kids. The average 7-year-old Chinese has a busier and more productive schedule than the average 20-year-old Nigerian.
The system builds ecosystems for children to learn varied skills for future competence!
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Thanks! 🙏🏿
@bellanaija
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5 days after launching Africave we are at almost 600 applications from 16 countries around Africa!!
Know anyone 13 - 19? Encourage them to apply to join the next cohort of the network of Africa’s most ambitious teens. https:/:
@DrJoeAbah
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“I am, because we are”
Group solidarity is most often cited as a key, perhaps the defining feature of African traditional societies.
In the journey of the individual towards personhood, the community plays an important role as a catalyst and prescriber of norms.
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As the sun sets on today, we stand at the threshold of tomorrow - a day that will define the course of our nation. It is a day of great importance, demanding we exercise our right take control of our future.
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We must continue to pursue individual responsibility.
We must continue to do what is right, even when it is hard.
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There is absolutely no possibility of having any pleasure in life without skill.
I think it’s important that young people pick up the highest possible goal that they can manage, and go for it.
Stop hiding in the fog.
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Ngozi mentors
@weareafricave
fellow Bridget Adams from South Africa.
Bridget recently joined South Africa’s team to the World Gymnaestrada games in Austria where she won silver with her team!
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APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN for the 2020
@weareafricave
Fellowship!!
We are looking for motivated, ambitious young Africans under 23 from across various industries with a distinctive entrepreneurial mindset for the 2020 Fellowship!
Apply via
#linkinbio
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My response has been, START WITH YOURSELF. Really, we cannot take on the world if we do not put our lives in order. We must start with those things that we cannot afford to get wrong if we are to become Africa’s future leaders.
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What I Wish I Knew at the Beginning of the Year
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What is something you have learnt lately that has improved the quality of your life?
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So how can we retain quality local talent, or attract talent from abroad back home?
No good talent in their right senses will stay back to earn 1/40th of what they are truly worth. It’s morally reprehensible. Big corporations need to do better!
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@AttorneyF_
is one of the most generous people on earth. This is only the beginning!
In 2021 I was driving along Marian Road, Calabar and saw a really tall lanky kid and I parked the car and chased after him to talk to him. “Do you play Basketball?”… His response was he started playing a few weeks before but barely has time cos his mom is absent and his dad is a
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Don’t be too grandiose. Let’s work our way up by:
1. Reading more about Africa’s history
2. Staying in touch with the continent and it’s landscape of opportunities
3. Articulating a personal vision/future goal with Africa at the helm.
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