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for what we were, are and will be
Planning for anExciting Career 2Fashion:The V-Neck FadGambia Today
Why I don’t smoke, drink or do drugs
Interview with 9ice
Lineo’s
Let’s Get It Started
Before
you downthat energy drink
Monitoring your Stocks
Yankari National Park:
Nigeria’s hidden jewel
Interview with
Roof Top MC
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Album Review: 9ice
Gongo Aso
Bring on the
Carnival!
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October 2008 | ISSN 1758-6275
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Dayo Elegbe
Managing Editor:
Toun Aderele
Deputy Editor:
Lanre Idaomi
Writers:
Sope Williams, Kenny Joseph, TerryAdebambi, and Adeola Abulude
Associate Writer:
Omolola Ogunbadejo
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Nick Lay
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An apprentice and acontinent’s hope
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espite my busy schedule, I tried tokeep a date with Africa’s biggest businesstelevision reality show: The Apprentice Africa.It was tough but worth it. Not only did the
show and the contestants give llip to our
argument that Africa has enough talent tosolve its problems, if given the chance; it alsobuttressed the point being made in severalenlightened quarters on the continent thatwhat Africa need is a Marshall plan to help itsteeming entrepreneurs, and not aid.Now, if African embodies the talent and thenew generation of African entrepreneursthat we are talking about, it is Isaac Dankyi-Koranteng, the young executive from Ghanawho won the reality show’s $200000 topprize.Throughout the show, Dankyi-Koranteng
was not only supremely condent, he was
able to come up with consistent winningstrategies when pitted against Africans whostudied in the Diaspora. Now, I have nothingagainst Africans in the Diaspora, we are allbrothers and the rebirth of this continent
is our collective destiny. But we also need
the triumphs of the Dankyi-Korantengs of this world to silence those who claim thatAfrica is not only hopeless but helpless. AsI discovered in the course of my interviewwith him, Dankyi-Koranteng is not onlybusiness savvy, he is also deep. Anyway, don’tlet me give it all away, the interview is buriedin the inside pages: go read it.With Naija Times’ excellent debut, manywould have expected us to give ourselves a
pat on the back. But no we aren’t likely to do
that yet. We are too busy!We are busy thinking of ways of sustainingthis trajectory and ensuring that everyreader keeps getting value for their precioustime. So, this month we are taking youon another infotainment ride: a mix of informative and entertaining peeps into theevents and the lives of the people that makeNigeria tick.In the last few months, the interest of Nigerians in the capital market has madefor the rooftop. Public listings are notonly eagerly embraced, they are oftenoversubscribed. So, the need for informationabout goings on in the capital market is at anall time high. So, we have a story on usefulsources of information on the Nigeria stock market. For those thinking of an idyllic placefor their next holiday, we have a piece onone of Africa’s most serene and natural parks,the Yankari Games Reserves. All this and ourregulars are in this edition. I am sure youwon’t be disappointed.
Toun Aderele
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