Oluwatobi Soyombo

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Author: <span>Oluwatobi Soyombo</span>

Chief Growth Officer at Havenhill Synergy Limited, working on renewable energy and energy access — solar, mini-grids, and the problem of energy poverty. Previously technology lead at one of Africa’s leading media companies, and co-founder of 1Plify, which gave students direct access to tertiary education across 14 countries. Here I write about technology, business, energy and education.
2012

One year on…

In March, 2014 (before our public launch), I came back to Nigeria to drive the adoption of the portal among Nigerian institutions (just as we did with our foreign partner institutions). I spent about two months moving from city to city having meetings with...

Oops…I made a silly mistake

I’ve been writing exams since Wednesday. It’s the first set of internal examinations for this semester. Two days came smoothly but unfortunately I made a big mistake on the third day. N...

Rest in Peace, Harshini Gowda

As I was enjoying the Operations Management lecture this morning, two old staff of my institution entered. Within the seconds it took them to take permission from the lecturer and faced the class, ...

Sugar-free week, who’s interested in joining me?

I’m addicted to sugar and I know it. Well, who isn’t? Very few are not, but I suspect 90% of those reading this are just like me. Every day, we consume sugar at a very high level (more ...

There’s a cry…

Never walk away from someone who deserves help; your hand is God’s hand for that person. Don’t tell your neighbor “Maybe some other time” or “Try me tomorrow” when the money’s right there in your p...

YES Bank, I couldn’t have said no

Few hours back, I needed to make an urgent transaction. So, I left my base in search of the nearest ATM to fulfill this need. My first point of call was YES Bank ATM along the road. Something tripp...

How to Manage Information Overload

In the days where chunks of Information are either a Google search away or a few tweets away, it is a wise idea to know how to filter the flow of information at one’s direction. Truth be told, information overload sucks. I’ve seen too many people ...

A great product will sell itself BIG

Except you’ve not been paying close attention to foreign tech news, you must have heard about how Facebook moved the world with the $1 Billion Instagram deal. No, it’s not a typo; $1,000,000,000. T…