Lukman

My quill isn’t broken. My ink jar isn’t empty or dry. On this literary journey—aspiring to be as engrossing as Kongi or as imaginative as William Wordsworth—I’ve come to realize that taking breaks as a creative is often the best recipe for producing exceptional work. Just as muscles aren’t built in the gym but during rest, literary inspiration isn’t replenished while searching for the perfect words. So, I’ve been resting—but not anymore. A friend of mine recently posted a Haiku,…

So I got detained at the international airport in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. I’ll tell you about it. I lived in the northern part of Nigeria for a few years. Mubi in Adamawa state precisely. I had some of my life’s best memories there. The friends that have now turned family, the Hausa and Fulfulde that I pretend to speak and understand, and the many nights of travel between Mubi and other neighbouring states (Maiduguri, Bauchi, Gombe). I still get flashbacks…

Well, scratch that title. It’s not what this blog post is about. The truth is, since the start of 2024, every time I dipped my quill in ink, it dries up before I compose anything coherent. Ladies and gentlemen, I am experiencing the block. A few weeks ago, I was joking around with a friend about the thought pieces I should put out this year. About 7 of them. We bounced a few ideas around, in the hope that I’d…

This is not poetry to tell you how wonderful you have been How you have been a guide, and a light unto my feet This is not a poem to tell you about how well you have nurtured me Or how invested you have been in my well-being. This is not a poem to tell the world, that without you and your efforts And that without you and your sacrifices And that without you and your tears of love and…

Kapuula…! May it rain. This is how greetings are done here. May it rain is a prayer, and a greeting too. The people of Botswana, like the rest of Africa, believe the rains are a blessing. When it rains, the farmers, who are the primary producers of food, are happy… So when you wish someone Kapuula, you are literally saying, “may you not go hungry”.  So I went to pick my COVID test result today. As I exited the test…

10 OCT, 2019 Lukman, J. Paper Source: http://secure.wis-digital.com/SAP_partner/2019_WhitePapers/Google_ERP_in_the_Cloud.pdf The word “cloud’ or “cloud computing” have become cliché, even amongst the not-very-tech-savvy. In the early days, cloud usually referred to as just storage alone. Today, we use the terms ‘cloud storage’ to refer to databases that exist in cloud servers and “cloud infrastructure” as hardware/virtual servers where applications can be run. In some quarters, this is referred to as Infrastructure as service. In addition, an entire software can also be housed…

Lukman Jaji October, 2019 Paper Source: Source: https://www.syspro.com/dl/WP/SYSPRO-Executive-Guide-To-Selecting-Implementing-and-Operating-ERP-ALL-WP.pdf In recent times, many companies have come to the realization that operational proficiency correlates directly with the capability to automate core processes while minimizing human intervention. These core processes vary from one form of information management or the other. ERP systems help in automating core processes that would hitherto be extremely time consuming, less accurately, efficiently and effectively executed, and most importantly, would have required several hands to execute. The paper reiterates…

Lukman Jaji October, 2019 Introduction The webcast was presented in 2018, and was about security controls for effective cybersecurity. It was organized and facilitated by the Center for Internet Security, to educate individuals on their own cyber security controls. The webcast was of high    quality and was properly organized with appropriate visuals. Quality of the Speaker  The presenter Giridhara Raam was also clear and gave full explanations of concepts. The webcast is easy to understand even for non-IT specialists.…

10 OCT, 2019 Lukman, J. Garrigos-Simon, F.J., Lapiedra Alcami, R. and Barbera Ribera, T., 2012. Social networks and Web 3.0: their impact on the management and marketing of organizations. Management Decision, 50(10), pp.1880-1890. Introduction/ Statement of the Problem The purpose of the paper is to analyze the importance of social networks in the new context, the effect of Web 3.0 on the management and marketing of organizations and how organizations can fully exploit these changes. It also purposes to explore the relevance…