For the past ten years of my career, I have been working on mastering time management; I have tested different approaches and followed multiple people and sources. It is a summary of what I have learned. — All great people, entrepreneurs included, have one thing in common: they have mastered the art of time management. I first started to learn about time management when I was in University. At that time, I was doing a Computer Science Degree and a Diploma in Finance and was the President…

The startup is not an easy concept for Africans to comprehend. For generations, our wealth has been built on tangible assets. Imagine asking for capital from your rich uncle, saying, I hope you can lend me some money. I want to start a business in an untested market with an…

A young lady shared her CV looking for a job in my company. The CV shows she has a Diploma in Records Management from one of the local universities — My first question was can you manage files in the Cloud? Do you know anything about Google Drive? To her…

I have written a document that usually takes between three to four days to produce in just three hours, thanks to ChatGPT. What next can I do? — I heard the concept of Augmented Intelligence for the first time from the former CEO of IBM, Ginni Rometty. She defined Augmented Intelligence as the ability of people to work side by side with machines to enhance human Intelligence and capabilities. Ginni believes Augmented Intelligence is not replacing human workers…

Sahara Ventures Technology Transfer and Commercialization Institutional Assessment Canvas is a Tool Designed to Help Academic and Research Institutions with Innovation and Research Commercialization. — Technology Transfer and Commercialisation (TTC) is still challenging in most African research and academic institutions. Africa must still catch up with other regions in innovation and research commercialisation.

I have instructed ChatGPT to respond to my popular article, “Miss Jane, A Letter to My Daughter’s Teacher”, pretending to be Miss Jane. This blog post is the response from ChatGPT. — Dear JRM, Thank you for sharing your thoughts and concerns about Aaliyah with me. Clearly, you care deeply about your daughter’s future and want the best for her. …

It is more than a year and a half since I wrote the article "Future of Work, It is Not The Robots We Should be Afraid of." — "The problem with Jumanne is that he always talks about a fictitious future far from affecting Africa; you need to discuss real things affecting the continent currently" It is a comment from one of my friends who constantly criticize me for speaking about the role of robots, machines, and AI…

It has been a year of finding our feet from the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of fun, chaos, and learning. — All we wanted this year was to #UnleashPotential of African youths through innovation, technology and entrepreneurship after the setbacks of COVID-19 pandemic. The year started slowly, with some ups and downs here and there, but eventually, we picked pace. We are grateful to our tribe, “Saharans”, partners and clients who…

A friend once crushed a business after signing an exclusivity deal with a supplier for her product to realise the supplier’s product was the worst you can have in the market. As a startup founder, you will make mistakes along the way. It is what makes startup companies interesting. Nobody…