Your Trash Is Somebody Else’s Inventory
SEID intel by Oluwatoyin Think about what happens after you finish a bottle of water, unbox a delivery or clear the leftovers from dinner. The bottle goes in the bin, the cardboard gets tossed aside, and the food scraps are cleared away. We move on without giving them much thought. But for some businesses, these […]
Nigerians Spend Billions on Looking Good. What’s the Business Behind It?
SEID Intel by Oluwatoyin Think about how much money goes into getting dressed in Nigeria. There is the Aso Ebi for your friend’s wedding, the school uniforms parents have to buy, the outfit for a birthday party, and the clothes you pick up simply because you like them. We spend money on these things all […]
What If the Next Big Manufacturing Opportunities Are Already in Plain Sight?
SEID Intel by Oluwatoyin Think about the things we buy without giving them much thought. The food in our kitchens. The clothes in our wardrobes. The packaging around the products we use. The medicines we take. Even the fabric we buy for weddings, birthdays, owambes and every occasion that somehow comes with another round of […]
THE HALAL ECONOMY IS BIGGER THAN YOU THINK
SEID Intel by Oluwatoyin Having worked in two Halal banks, I thought I had a pretty good idea of what the Halal economy looked like. Finance. Non interest banking. Sukuk and other financial products. That was the part I knew. Then I looked beyond banking and realized how much bigger it was. The global Halal […]
When Your Supplier Becomes Your Competitor
SEID Intel by Oluwatoyin For years, Nigeria’s retail economy has worked through a fairly familiar chain. A manufacturer makes the product, a wholesaler moves it, a distributor gets it closer to the market, and a retailer sells it to the customer. But what happens when those lines begin to blur? That is the question behind […]
Detty December Is an Economic Machine
SEID Intel by Oluwatoyin There is a point every December when Lagos stops feeling like somewhere people live and starts feeling like somewhere people have come to experience. A flight home becomes a full itinerary. A concert becomes dinner, a hotel booking, a new outfit and several trips across town. A few weeks of celebration […]
When a Big Market Is Not Enough
SEID Intel by Oluwatoyin A market can be full of customers and still be difficult to win. Nigeria is a good example. With over 200 million people and more than 123 million broadband subscriptions, the scale is hard to ignore. Millions of people are already ordering rides, streaming films, shopping and paying for services online. […]
Hidden Opportunities in Nigeria’s Manufacturing Sector
SEID Intel by Oluwatoyin Pick up almost any product around you and you are looking at more than one business. Take something as ordinary as a packaged drink. There is the product itself, but behind it are the bottle, cap, label, ingredients, machinery, storage, transport and several other inputs that had to come together before […]
What Telecoms Really Powers
SEID Intel by Oluwatoyin You don’t realise how much of your life runs online until the network stops. The transfer hangs. The POS stops responding. Your ride cannot locate you. The virtual meeting freezes. What looks like a small connectivity problem can suddenly stop a transaction, delay a sale or bring work to a standstill. […]
The African Aesthetic Is Becoming a Global Ingredient
SEID Intel by Oluwatoyin We often measure a cultural win by the obvious things: streams, box-office numbers, sold-out shows. But sometimes the more interesting story starts after people press play. They notice the clothes. They search for the designer. They become curious about the city in the background, the food on the table, the fabric […]