Ini's MUSE

Hello Everyone, happy new year and may 2017 do us all real good, Amen.  Been away from blogging but since I need to get out of this writer's block that is making Sister Joy send me midnight greetings, I've decided to rev the brain up a bit. In my over 35 years of working (yes you read right - I'm due for retirement), three books have made profound impact on me like never before.   I’ve always been drawn to books around strategy and unusual thinking and had just finished reading The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli in 1989, when I stumbled on The Art of War by Tun Tzu. If you are deeply interested in military strategy and understanding political power, or you are a political junkie like me, then the The Prince will speak to you. Most people  hold that it is the handbook for a would be tyrant, but indeed understanding it within context of your existing situation is important. Machiavelli took a rational approach in analyzing government and politics...

South Africa joins Brazil, Russia, India and China as an emerging global force. This strategically positions Africa on the map. The strategic importance of this is no doubt a case for us to ponder in Nigeria.   Are we still the giant of Africa? For a while economic experts speculated and forecasted that Nigeria will be the first country in Africa to make it to BRIC because of her size and future economic growth. However, while we sat down as usual, waiting for it to be given to us because we are Nigeria, South Africa was busy lobbying for a membership into the league of the largest emerging economies - BRIC. Clearly, we have not shown leadership as the ‘giant of Africa” that we are.   Our Finance Minister has not shown his clear understanding of how critical it is that we are at the forefront of Africa’s economic issues.   For someone who was at Goldman Sachs, where Jim O’Neill forecasted the powerful placement of the BRIC countries for 2050, Aganga has not used his ...