Financial Analyst | Social Entrepreneur - Founder of Proshare | Thought-led Consultant |
Feb 13, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
My thoughts on protests and OpEds read thus far; and I am open to other thought-engaged insights on the specific subject of the art of protest - the expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to an action, plan, program or policy...
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..a person (or group of persons, nay citizens) is/are powerless to prevent or avoid.
Truth is that protests are thoughtful engagements that require planning, communication, consensus-building, resource mobilization, and ultimately, leadership (ability to articulate a united
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Nov 6, 2019 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Que:
When and why did China close its nation borders?
Ans:
"The Chinese closed their borders to the outside world in the 15th century AD as a reaction to the increase in foreign merchants, settlers, and religions entering the region at the time.
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The Ming Dynasty who ruled China at the time believed that China did not need to trade with the outside world to improve as it already had all of the resources and materials it would ever need. Furthermore, at the time a merchant was seen as a lowly profession in China as
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Oct 7, 2019 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Another Insightful Extract:
"Ahmed Ibrahim, a tall, dark-skinned man, moved gracefully through the cardboard box factory. As he showed me around, it was immediately clear that he knew everything about making cardboard. He knew the pulp suppliers, he knew how to unload the
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materials, he knew every piece of machinery, he knew the latest customer orders, he knew how to fix a print run that had an offset, and he knew all the workers. His boss, the owner of the factory, is Chinese, but everyone knows that it’s Ahmed who really runs things.
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Oct 3, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
An insightful extract:
"In the late 2000s, costs in China were climbing at an alarming pace, and Mr. Sun realized he needed to move his factory abroad. But where? He considered Bangladesh, then Uzbekistan. Then a friend told him about Nigeria.
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He went for a five-day visit. “I got off the plane, and immediately all these poor people were asking for money,” he recounts. “But then I realized there were a lot of rich people, too, and although it’s hard to make it in this market, I realized that it’s just as hard for ..
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