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Eromo Egbejule

Eromo Egbejule is a writer and journalist whose bias is on arts & culture and the intersection with business, technology and more. In 2014, he won a grant from the Prince Claus Fund for Culture & Development to lecture in Mexico. He is on all social platforms as @EromoEgbejule.

Latest Articles by Eromo Egbejule

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Power to the people: How Lagosians creatively cope with power outages. In February 2017, Ikeja Disco, the electricity distribution company catering to suburbs around the seat of government in the megacity of Lagos announced a one-month no-light situation.
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Lagos at 50: Here’s why half of the city needs to be turned into Museums. By size, Lagos is effectively one of the smallest of Nigeria’s 36 states but is home to an estimated 21 million people largely due to its possession of the single most functional port in the...
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The Akoma 25: Breeding new African storytellers. How many storytellers does it take to change a lightbulb? How many sides are there to a story? aKoma might have all the answers, it seems.
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Beyond the bombs: The fate of small businesses in the birthplace of Boko Haram. Bamodu Abubakar dreams of sitting in his rocking chair at sunset, surrounded by his two wives and eleven children, responding to greetings from members of his community as they pass by his house.
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Streams of fortune: How indigenous firms are working to make music streaming mainstream in Nigeria. Music streaming in Nigeria has a few major players, but amidst a global market with competitors such as Tidal and Apple Music, for the firms to edge ahead they must develop innovative solutions to appeal...
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Walk in these shoes: Aba’s very own leather manufacturing plant. When it comes to what they put on their feet, Nigerians tend to seek out prominent international brands, but there’s a sophisticated and growing leather shoe manufacturing operation in Nigeria’s large South Eastern market town...