You Counted Your Last Kobo and Wondered, "Is This All There Is?"
A Nigerian's Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Building Unshakeable Wealth I remember that Tuesday. Not because it was special. Because it was ordinary. The kind of ordinary that makes you want to scream. I had exactly one thousand, two hundred naira in my account. Not twelve thousand. Not one hundred and twenty thousand. One thousand, two hundred. I needed data to apply for freelance jobs. I needed transport to a teaching interview. And I needed to eat something – not because I was hungry, but because I was starting to feel dizzy from lack of food. One thousand, two hundred naira could not do all three. So I sat on my bed. I looked at my phone. I made a choice that felt humiliating at the time but turned out to be the smartest financial decision of my life. I borrowed a neighbor's hotspot for the job applications. I walked three kilometers to the interview – in the sun. And I spent my last money on two packs of Indomie and an egg. I got the job. Not because I had mo...