Meet 23-year-old Nigerian Entrepreneur Who Turned Down A Job Offer From Bill Gates’ Microsoft

A 23-year-old Nigerian entrepreneur, Chris Kwekowe turned down a job offer to work as a software engineer at Microsoft, owned by the richest man in the world, Bill Gates, in order to begin his own start-up in Lagos.

The Lagos State University computer science graduate proudly revealed this to Bill Gates during a television interview for Africa’s brightest young entrepreneurs in August 2016.
Kwekowe, who won the 2015 Anzisha Prize which came with a $25,000 cheque, said he rejected the offer to build up his own startup, Slatecube– a website aimed at helping other young Nigerians find jobs.

“When I told him, Gates was intrigued and he smiled. After the programme, all the directors were like, ‘Dude, you mean you actually turned down a job at Microsoft and had the guts to tell Bill Gates?’

Kwekowe founded Slatecube with his brother Emerald, 20, in October 2014. The pair funded their efforts by freelancing as web designers and running a software solutions firm.

He said Slatecube seeks to solve that problem by nurturing the graduates through digital internships and so far, Slatecube has an 80% employment rate for its users. Companies that have used the platform, have saved over $100,000 in 2015 by hiring skilled, ready to work employees.

In a Facebook post published last August, Chris narrated in details of his meeting with Bill Gates:

“Oh yeah, I did meet with Bill Gates in Durban, South Africa where we had some candid discussion about everything – from his involvement with charitable causes in the continent, to how he makes time to be a great father for his kids. My favourite moments were watching his reaction after I told him I turned down job offers from Microsoft and the likes to pursue something more defining for me, and how Africa’s development depends more on sustainable investments in innovative social startups like Slatecube that solve some of the continent’s biggest problems, rather than donating entirely to charity organisations who end up requiring more financial injection to deal with the minutest of issues. Anyways, we’d be working with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to make our value proposition at Slatecube a pan-African privilege. Soon, you’d rather be in demand across the globe, and engage in companies and projects that make you better, and suits your career goals. Nothing can really be better”

Source: Newsweek.europe/Chris Kwekowe/Facebook

Kemi Olunloyo Begs Singer Flavour For Sex On Instagram

Kemi Olunloyo is back again.. This time she isn’t posting anything controversial, neither did she attack someone, a celebrity or a politician.

All she did was declare a “shirtless man” (Flavour), Wanted.. Kemi says she wants flavour to get to her crib NOW.. So they could SMASH.

She took to instagram to post a shirtless picture of the singer, and captioned it:

 

#HNNSex WHO IS THIS GUY????????
I want him in my crib tonight!
I need to SMASH him!
This guy can wake up my strategic areas!
If every #Nigerian man looked like this, then Jesus has definitely returned!
Holla to me hot one!

HNNAfricanews@live.com

#MadamHNN
#MadamKOO
#KemiOlunloyo

Photos: Billionaire Blogger Linda Ikeji Buys Another Brand New Car, A 2016 Range Rover Autobiography (Photos)

Popular blogger Linda Ikeji just added a new car to her garage, a 2016 Range Rover Autobiography which cost $199,495, (1$ =485) -= about 97 million naira then if you add importation clearance and all it will be over 100m.

Her excited brother took to his Instagram to share the good news. See photos after the cut…

“The Consumption Of Suya, Kilisi And Isi-ewu Is Killing Nigerians” – Health‎ Minister Prof Isaac Adewole

Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has lamented the rate of death in Nigeria resulting from unhealthy diet.

According to Adewole, hypertension is the leading cardiovascular disease in Nigeria and can result in stroke if untreated.

He remarked that 1 in every 5 Nigerians is hypertensive and at risk of premature death.

Presenting the keynote address in Lagos, during the First Annual Black Tie Gala event organised by the Tristate Heart Foundation (THF), to raise N500 million in support of cardiovascular care in Nigeria, he observed that unhealthy diets contributed significantly to the development of non communicable diseaes in Nigeria.

He said, “Sadly, there is widespread low consumption of proteins, fruits and vegetables and increasing patronage of fast food outlets by the population. There is also large promotion of sweetened products such as carbonated drinks, pastries, candies and other refined sugars, while excessive intake of salt is promoted by food additives such as monosodium glutamate common in delicacies such as suya, kilisi, isi-ewu, ngwo-ngwo, among others.”

He further added that current estimates, show that death rate from stroke is 40-50 per cent within the first three months of diagnoses, while 39 per cent of those who survived stroke after three months died within a year, with 12 per cent developing severe disability.

“I can say without fear of contradiction that at least five out of 10 adults seated here tonight have elevated blood pressure and more than half of these are not aware of their situation.

“This is frightening because the dire consequence of neglected hypertension is stroke without warning. Unless we take drastic and sustained actions, we will keep counting losses,” he said.

Finally!! Wizkid Has Been Nominated For A Grammy Award

After having a successful year, Wizkid is about to crown it up with a Grammy Award for his contribution in Drake’s platinum album “Views“. The singer was instrumental in the album by co-producing the song “One Dance” and also featuring on it.

The category for Album of the Year at the Grammy is the most coveted award and so many artistes battle just to get nominated. The award for Album of the Year was introduced in 1959 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position.

The award was initially presented to the artist alone but now it is given to every everyone that contributed in the album like the main artist, the featured artist(s), the producer, the engineer and/or mixer and the mastering engineer.

This means Wizkid might end up going home with two awards at the Grammys for featured artist and song production. This is really a good one for the talented Nigerian artist who has come a long way in promoting his music to world.

This year alone Wizkid has carted away some major awards like Worldwide Act at MTV EMAs, Best African Act at the The 2016 Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards ceremony, Best African Artist at AFRIMA and MTV MAMAs. Bigups to the starboy for making us proud.

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Come And See The Photo This Lady Posted On Facebook As Her Profile Picture (Must See)

But what the hell is wrong with these teenage children these days huh?! How is this making any sense? Who sincerely wants to see your undersized blue pants?

Nawa oh… The wonders of social media just might never cease…