Photo:amazing.. Meet Nigerian who is actually in partnership with infinix and techno company

just discovered that the highest selling phones in
Nigeria today - Tecno & Infinix are owned by a
Nigerian named NNAMDI EZEIGBO, the CEO of
SLOT. Can you see what happens when we
innovate and stop looking for government aid all
the time? He was a computer repairman! He went
to china and got a company to build the phone
Tecno! He didn't go there and ask Chinese people
to give him substandard, he went and built
quality. He initially wasn't versed in Phone Sales,
but to expand his business, he went to Lagos
Business
School to learn! He already has a masters degree
in Information Technology added to a HND in
Electrical Electronics and a BSC in Computer &
Electronics Engineering. He, Nnamdi Ezeigbo is a
young Nigerian and is making ways for himself.
This is the kind of person we should be inviting
to speak in our schools and to forums of young
people to share his experience rather than invest
in useless ventures like Reality Shows, Pageants
and needless Music Shows. I'm not saying those
are not good to discover talent, I'm saying it is
over flogged! The man has and is still seeking
knowledge, presently he is pursuing a programme
in Harvard. I see young people today who aren't
interested in learning to earn, they just want quick
cash because "times are hard". That's why certain
regions in Nigeria never progress.
Move around town and you see flashy cars which
are mostly acquisitions by Yahoo-Yahoo boys,
lazy, stupid and utterly idiotic set of people who
want to take shortcuts in life. And more people
want to be like them- why? Because of the flashy
cars and the dumb headed girls that follow them
around! Fools!
I'm having mixed emotions of pleasant surprise
and inner anger right now. Im amazed that Tecno
- the once despised "chinko" phone is now a hot-
seller, competing against Samsung! Infinix too is
now the new iphone! And they are conceptualized
by a Nigerian! Not a 100% chinese product! I
have been brooding over buying a new phone
recently and what has been playing in my mind is
the choice between Tecno & Infinix, never
knowing that a fellow Nigerian owns it! Have you
seen the way the phones are advertised on social
media? Can you see the branding? Can you feel
the functionality? Nigerian concept for Nigerians!
I am angry on the other hand because the
average young person especially from his ethnic
group is loosing his creative stalk, the blood trait
of industry and commerce. Even those who are
still into trade don't embrace additional
knowledge and new innovations to help build their
empires. They don't look forward to see the
global picture. They are content in getting all they
CAN, CANNING all they get and sitting on the
CAN! Just try and propose a branding campaign,
training them on new methods or giving them a
space on social media and see the response!
That's why the region isn't moving forward. We
need more Nnamdi Ezeigbos, not just to make the
Eastern region proud but also Nigeria to position
our industries, return to our trading ways; invest
in structure, branding, creating institutions and
launch out. Now where do we start?