24/08/2026
If you have not met me before, I am one of the most interesting and intellectually daring human beings you can ever meet in your lifetime.
About 10 years ago, I saw this image on Facebook of final-year students' projects in a dump site. When I saw it, I was shocked and I shook my head. I whispered to myself that I am sure a majority of the people whose final-year projects are here would still be poor by now, yet they claimed to have gone to school and written final-year projects. I wondered in pity for them, whoever they are. Perhaps largely because our education is not really functional and a lot of people are inherently mentally lazy.
I remember saying at that time that If you give ALL of these projects, i will create a world-class Startup out of ALL of them. When I say ALL of them, I mean ALL; I am not mincing my words. That is how intellectually daring I am.
Recently, in one of my musing moments, I was beaming with smiles. I remembered my final-year school project. I knew it is time to do what I know how to do best. Innovate what does not exist!
At that time, my final-year project topic was Risk Asset management in a financial institution (A case study of First Bank of Nigeria Plc). I went looking for my extra copy in the deepest corners where it was stored; I saw the copy with crispy dry papers. I knew it was time to innovate a world-class Startup out of it.
Guess what? I have built a Startup out of my final-year project. It was a tough brainstorming session to have been able to do this, but I did it. The Startup I have innovated will help financial institutions protect the engine that helps them administer credit to customers. Built for the African market.
The pre-money SAFE valuation of my Risk asset management Startup is $9,000,000.00 (Nine Million Dollars).
If you call me a genius, you won't be making a mistake.
Tell me the daring thing you did with your own final year project.
