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Author Archives: Idris Ayodeji Bello
My book of Senegalese Stories; ‘Run like a Happy African’ edition
“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or … Continue reading
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My Book of Senegalese Stories: The Thanksgiving edition
Ok. So while my American friends are enjoying their turkeys in freezing weather ( just had to rub that in from tropical weather zone here) I got invited by a Senegalese colleague to join his family for a meal yesterday. … Continue reading
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Running to Rome!
“Redefining your limits is what makes great athletes — and great entrepreneurs.”— Unknown October 2013 found me on my way to Rome for the 2nd Rome Forum organized by the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance – a network of highly educated young … Continue reading
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Focus on your expectations, not your limitations!
Warning: This is going to be a long post. Grab some popcorn! First things first. This blog is now officially two years old. Hurray! Seems like just yesterday, September 2011 when I left for Oxford to begin to live life … Continue reading
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Limited Edition Awesome Afropreneur Tees
Are you an Afropreneur? Are you one of those bright, independent and tech savvy entrepreneurs using creative thinking and the power of innovation to take over Africa’s economic destiny? Do you identify with the new wave of optimism about the continent? Then … Continue reading
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Getting Rid of the Box – setting scary goals and living a life of purpose
I had an amazing time July 5 in Atlanta speaking along with some amazing speakers to over 100 young professionals at the 2013 Young Adults Summer Retreat. My talk (see synopsis below) is taken from “On Your Marks, Get Set, … Continue reading
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The African Spring: How ‘Afropreneurs’ will shape Africa’s future
Had a great time speaking at the London Leadership Forum on Friday, June 28 in London UK. See below the synopsis of my talk at the Forum which was organized by the London think-tank, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue The … Continue reading
Plan your finish, or your finish is planned ; An overview of the 800-years old graduation ceremony at the University of Oxford.
I am a big believer in finishing what I start, and so June 22, 2013, so having matriculated in Oxford back in October 2011, I headed back to the city of dreaming spires to partake in the 800-year tradition of … Continue reading
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Young, Gifted and Black
Last year, as part of activities in honor of Rice University‘s centennial celebration, I was honored to be featured in the film ;Young, Gifted and Black; Reflections from Black Alumni at Rice. The 80-minute film explores the lives of 15 … Continue reading
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Is this what mid-life crisis looks like?
A few weeks ago, I attended the 2nd year reunion of my Executive MBA Class with whom I had spent two very intense and exciting years at Rice University between 2009 and 2011. It was great to see several people … Continue reading
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Its been a while
Its been a while since I blogged last. Since I left Oxford about 9 months ago, I have been busy. So busy I keep putting off updating this blog. I have gotten several emails from folks out there asking what … Continue reading
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2000 breasts…perhaps a lump you pick will save someone’s life.
Not had time to blog for some time, and I hope to make up for that soon. But I could not help putting this post up to support an initiative by my youth corper (NYSC) medical doctor baby sister to … Continue reading
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The “Wennovation Hub Initiative” has been selected as a finalist in the SAP/Ashoka ‘The Power of Small Competition‘. The flagship creation of US-Nigerian business incubator ‘LoftyInc’, the Wennovation Hub was one of 11 finalists selected from more than 370 innovations submitted globally, tackling various … Continue reading
How ‘Afropreneurs’ will shape Africa’s future- CNN Feature
So my work got featured recently on CNN. See below; How ‘Afropreneurs’ will shape Africa’s future (CNN) — His full name is Idris Ayodeji Bello, but you might just call him “Afropreneur.” That’s the buzzword adopted by the young Nigerian … Continue reading
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The Afropreneur - Idris Ayodeji Bello 