Mentorship

You are starting to learn web development. You are learning fast, and plowing through your personal projects. It’s all going great. But every now and then you become anxious. I’m I on the right track? Is this really how I’m supposed to do this? …

A recent Canadian Pharmacists Association national survey on pharmacists’ mental health revealed some disturbingly negative results with many of us at risk of leaving the profession and others currently looking elsewhere for work. It points to us having to ask ourselves bigger questions to help navigate from here. Forget about…

LP Stories: “Foreign-trained Pharmacists Don’t Have It Easy Either.” By Okorie Ginikachi Life as a Pharmacist (LP) Stories is a PSN-YPG Lagos series that spotlights the unique experiences and views of Young Pharmacists in their areas of practice. Adewale Ahmed holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from the Modern University…

“You gotta, you gotta, you gotta” — do what to succeed? Empowering girls and women were one of the big effects of the 1990s hit girl-group Spice Girls. …

More or less exactly one year ago, in May 2021, I got together with some data mentors I knew from TechLabs Düsseldorf to found HODS Data Mentoring. The motivation came from our experience at TechLabs’ Digital Shaper Program, where we supported data science students in their projects. We noticed that…

Since 2006, I have closely followed the rise and dominance of Cafe Javas — now popularly known and rebranded as CJ’s. From the first time I entered the Cafe Javas at Bombo Road and tasted their Cajun Chicken dish, it was done deal for me. Not only was the meal…

Leaders, closing the gender gap isn’t about fixing the women. It’s not about working on empowering one woman at a time or saying yes to one more woman leader program. In my 30 years of researching this and working inside the system I’ve found that closing the gender gap can…

There was a time when it was fashionable not to have someone to look up to. Among my peers then, at least. The conversation went somewhat like this: “ Who is your role model?” And one would answer, “No one,” or “I am my own role model.” Are you one…