Daniel's Pit

You often learn what you want by seeing what you do not want to see, God knows no one wanted to see us conscripted on dealing with our "unexpected" guest, Covid-19, pandemics kill business, recessions ruin business to say they have a silver lining is a step too far. But this unwanted circumstance has afforded businesses, government and consumers time to think about who they are and what they really want and desire from their distinct standpoints, the interesting thing is the interrelatedness and interdependency of these thoughts. Governments have had the inefficiencies of their governance and policies laid bare for all to see, consumers are contemplating if they really need to continue patronizing physical outlets after the pandemic or just stick to the pandemic-made-compulsory online shipping for even the least of their basic needs and thirdly, businesses, its executives and supremo are taking this time to look inward to re-engineer their purpose and goals going forward, som...

Winter is coming believe it or not, technology rides with its army of generals -robotics, auditory analytics, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR)-- and infantries in an unstoppable march and they are coming for us all. Since its inception, technology was created to be used to do things, but now it intends to do things itself thanks to Artificial Intelligent (AI). Technology will soon dominate almost every domain and industry, all in the name of better productivity and making life better, exciting times ahead when you imagine of the mind blowing things the tech industry can achieve with technology (what a time to be an innovative business owner) in the same vein worrisome times ahead when you imagine how these improvements will lead to it replacing human being, that it was meant to make their lives better. In Nigeria, over the last 40 years there has been two shifts in employment outlook with each shift spanning circa 20 years, the first shift happened at the time of our father...

So says innovation -metaphorically- to all, “Marry the spirit of your age and you will be widowed in the next. Beware, I will haunt widows", simpler version, change as innovation moves the world. The world, due to innovation and mental outlook, has become a fast-paced globe and so, those who wish to survive in it must move with it. In the 19th and most parts of 20th centuries, Journalism, its role, media, actors, modus operandi etc. were defined and its evolution was linear and gradual; from town criers to Newspapers to radio to television and so on. The latter parts of the 20th century and thereof were characterized by technological innovation which produced a more connected world leading to quicker dissemination of information accompanied by disruptions in the world of journalism. Its evolution ha since then become mixed and rapid. Journalism, with the help of the internet, moved from just being an art peculiar to the so-called “Journalists”, it became an art for everyone, there...