Banking is transforming so fast to something like where it all started: few people in the banking hall. However, in the early 1980s few people in the banking hall were driven by the lack of access and affordability of financial services. Owning a bank account was a preserve of the very few privileged technocrats. Folks who had the means to pay bank charges and save. Banking was done manually with big ledger books. Transaction turnaround time lasted over three hours. Despite the inefficiency, there were always few people in the banking hall. Today, banking is being driven by convenience and…
The Massacre at Old Trafford
The massacre lasted for 90+3 minutes. The last 3 being the bloodiest. In the end, it was 9 – 0. Blood everywhere. The absence of fans in the Reds stadium helped the Saints. Southampton, aka The Saints, is a top tier football club in the Premier League. Founded in 1885, the club has experienced ups and downs. The ups being the good days when it was promoted to the Premier League, between 1992 to 2005, and from 2021 to the present. The Club’s lows between 2005 to 2012 were the worst. Lots of leadership changes at the senior level, loss…
Some cracks in the American human rights record
The world always looks to America for human rights, democracy, and good governance. However, if recent happenings are to go by, America is not at ease. Since the death of George Floyd in the hands of a Police Officer in the presence of three other officers, there has been an outpouring of anger by all peace and equality loving people across the world. The racial issue has always been pushed under the carpet in America, but not this time. This is an issue that must be addressed. Thanks to the proliferation of mobile devices, low cost of data, and social…
How can mainstream media like Newspapers survive amid social media?
CNN and other televisions had to re-invent. They embraced social media and digital publishing, as well as leveraging from their news anchors and other celebrities to increase their social media presence and following. And that was not enough.
Pdfdrive.com – a thriving portal with a collection of all top book titles…
Do you love reading? If yes, then you probably have a collection of books at home and many digital books on your Amazon Kindle and other popular online commercial publishing platforms. But if you love free things and do not have the ethics to question how free things are made available, you have probably landed on a site that has a collection of more than 78m books. Yes, more than 78 million books in electronic format, PDF. Like its name, pdfdrive.com is a go-to site to find those hard to get books and enjoy. But is it good to read…
#Corona virus and relationships
One of the advisories on social media recommends the public to keep social distance, and that for married couples “continue as you have been doing.” The advisory features a picture of man and woman in their bedroom, seated on the bed, with the man appearing to be working on the laptop, while the woman looking at the phone as if checking WhatsApp messages. Couples in the bedroom, on their marital bed, paying attention to their laptop and phone. At first, it was the television. Couples would have issues, only to go put on television and start laughing out a loud…
