LIFE
June 20, 2019
STORIES FROM THE LENS
LIFE
June 14, 2019
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“Ehem Ahmed, i’ve never seen you taking photos at events or in the studio, why is that?”, interrupted my friend while on our way to visit a sick senior colleague. “I’m not interested thats why”, i shrugged then replied. “But isn’t that where the money is”, my friend was really curious at this point. “Well i’m not doing photography for the money”, i mentioned casually trying to dismiss the conversation, and i succeeded as my…
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The struggle is real, I know. For years I’ve loved to be “online”, moving from one social media platform to another like a digital nomad. Thus getting addicted to Social Media was inevitable. In some ways it did me good, I was able to learn how to use it to make money. That was how my digital marketing career actually began. However, the urge to be “online” became too much. Social media was the last…
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Earlier today I shared an article by Big Chief Victor Osaretin Asemota. He is one of the prominent people pushing for the marriage between technology and entrepreneurship in Africa. His post inspired me to put down some of my thoughts on paper. While this is just to share from my experience, its also meant to serve as a conversation starter for my generation and other like minds. I believe there is more to do be…
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Few years ago before i started Enovate Lab i was a blogger and my greatest challenge was how to have engagements. Even though i wrote a lot of quality contents but i always felt something was missing. Then i didn’t know how to tackle it but in my curiosity and thirst for knowledge i stumbled upon the concept of Content Development, not just as a term but as a system. Since then i kept learning…
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I wanted to write a piece mid this year about my experience so far in 2018, but I could hardly muster the mental strength. The year began with a complete downturn of events. I had started my company Enovate Lab with my co-founder. There have been series of unpleasant events leading to this decision. I had sacrificed a lot at the wrong place with the wrong people, I had been doing what I disliked and…