We’re back after being away and with something truly special and unmissable.

This week, we’re telling a rather spectacular story that started with a child losing his father.

More than a hundred years ago, a 12 year old boy lost his father. The family’s loss of its primary breadwinner meant poverty for the family, and this boy was forced to withdraw from primary school. The pain of having his education interrupted burned deep in his soul. He would later reflect on this experience thus:

Well, we invite you to meet this boy, three decades later and how this traumatic event and the impression it made on the boy’s mind, would become the driving force behind one of Africa’s most ambitious educational programs.

Also, Temu has been everywhere of late. If you’ve logged in and scrolled through, you’ll find the prices strikingly cheaper than the local market prices or at parity. The question is why?

Today features an answer to this question. It’s simpler than you think. We invite you to read.

How Awolowo’s Free Education Scheme Changed Nigeria Forever

The year was 1955 and Chief Obafemi Awolowo stood before a crowd of eager parents and children in Ibadan. In his hands, he held the enrolment form of his eldest son. The form was not for the elite missionary school where the wealthy sent their children, but for the nearest public school. This symbolic act would herald one of the most transformative events in modern African history: the famous Awolowo’s free education scheme.

“I do not want the children of my drivers to become drivers to my own children, nor the children of my cooks to become cooks to my own children. Instead, I want free and equal access to education for all,” Awolowo declared. These words would foretell a vision that would reshape an entire generation.

👉 Full Guide here: How Awolowo’s Free Education Scheme Changed Nigeria Forever

Temu Is Reshaping Nigeria’s E-Commerce Industry for Good

Up until now, ‘China’ in Nigeria was shorthand for poor quality. But China makes excellent products, the problem was never China. The problem was the long, murky chain of middlemen between a factory in Guangzhou and importers at Alaba International. They squeezed their profit margins, incentivising Chinese manufacturers to go cheaper, lighter, thinner. By the time that product reached buyers, it had been optimised not for their satisfaction but for someone else’s profit. Temu has blown that entire arrangement up.

👉 Full Guide here: Temu Is Reshaping Nigeria’s E-Commerce Industry for Good

Nigeria’s Rubber Industry Is On Its Deathbed, Here’s How To Avoid Its Demise

Nigeria’s rubber industry was once a pillar of the nation’s agricultural exports. It is now teetering on the brink of collapse. This article examines why Nigeria’s rubber industry collapsed, the lingering potential for revival and actionable solutions to prevent its total demise.

👉 Full Story here: Nigeria’s Rubber Industry Is On Its Deathbed, Here’s How To Avoid Its Demise

Till next Saturday.