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Jeff Megayo
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Norway’s Oil Fund: Lessons for African Sovereign Wealth Funds

Overview Building one of the largest entities in the world For 30 years, the Government of Norway has been saving lots of money for its citizens through its sovereign wealth fund (SWF), the Government Pension Fund Global (the Fund). In fact, the Government has amassed an asset of over USD 1 trillion for its population of just 5.33 million people…

Economics

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Norway’s Oil Fund: Lessons for African Sovereign Wealth Funds
Norway’s Oil Fund: Lessons for African Sovereign Wealth Funds
Economics

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Nov 5, 2021

Electricity: Africa’s Achilles’ heel

It is 11:26 PM during a hot evening somewhere in West Africa. There was a power cut in the entire neighborhood moments ago. I had a long day at work, so I was squeezing in some time to catch up on my personal projects. Suddenly, the room filled with a…

Energy

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Electricity: Africa’s Achilles’ heel
Electricity: Africa’s Achilles’ heel
Energy

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May 23, 2021

Subscribed: The Future of Business Models

A couple of weeks ago, there was a significant shortage of fuel in the Southeast region of the United States. Colonial Pipeline, the most extensive refined oil pipeline system in the country, suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted its operations. I have been working remotely for a few months, and…

Future

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Subscribed: The Future of Business Models
Subscribed: The Future of Business Models
Future

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May 2, 2021

Dying before your pension is born

All else being equal, the average salaried worker from West Africa will not obtain pension benefits before passing away. Statistically, most salaried workers in the region will not live long enough to tap into their old age government retirement benefits. Why is this? Life expectancy in the region is low…

Africa

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Dying before your pension is born
Dying before your pension is born
Africa

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The Startup

·Jan 19, 2021

Billionaires in Africa? How? Everyone is Poor!

The Conversation Six years ago, during a hot summer afternoon, I played basketball with a long-time friend from my middle school days. We had only been playing for about half an hour, but the heat was unbearable, so we paused to chat. We sat on our basketballs within the grass at the…

Africa

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Billionaires in Africa? How? Everyone is Poor!
Billionaires in Africa? How? Everyone is Poor!
Africa

9 min read


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The Startup

·Oct 5, 2020

Leaders Don’t Wait for Leaders

Part 1: a personal story about enabling change A few years ago, I took a gap year after college and returned to the Togolese Republic, my home country. Among the multitude of things I missed, street food ranked high. The next morning after my arrival in Togo, I walked around the neighborhood and spotted a few street food…

Self Improvement

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Leaders Don’t Wait for Leaders
Leaders Don’t Wait for Leaders
Self Improvement

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Sep 27, 2020

Two changes you can make today to fast track your retirement

If you search the phrase “how to save money” on Google, you will likely get well over 4 billion hits. That’s a lot of data to sift through; a whole lot of advice from everyone and their grandma; and similar tips packed differently and in different flavors. The truth is…

Self Improvement

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Two changes you can make today to fast track your retirement
Two changes you can make today to fast track your retirement
Self Improvement

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Sep 20, 2020

My X-rated job interview

My first professional internship job offer was in my junior year of college. It happened during a fast-paced campus recruiting season. I wasn’t prepared for it. It went something like this I walked into the business school’s main building and plowed my way through a sea of figures in blue and gray attire. I confidently…

Careers

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My X-rated job interview
My X-rated job interview
Careers

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Sep 9, 2020

Jeff Bezos has zero regrets on Amazon

I truly believe that regret is such a wasted emotion. For this reason, I have very little of it. The way I see it, once an undesirable event occurs, the only thing I could do is minimize or eliminate — if possible — the chance of that event repeating itself…

Self Improvement

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Jeff Bezos has no regrets on Amazon
Jeff Bezos has no regrets on Amazon
Self Improvement

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Dialogue & Discourse

·Aug 29, 2020

3 ways to become rich in Africa (quickly)

Two years into moving back to the African continent, some things are becoming clear: Living in Africa and reading about it can be quite different. One of the discoveries I’ve made is the complexity of entrepreneurship. Don’t get me wrong: entrepreneurship has never been easy anywhere. …

Africa

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3 ways to become rich in Africa (quickly)
3 ways to become rich in Africa (quickly)
Africa

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Jeff Megayo

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