Flood chronicles 🌊

Hello Venturer, A few weeks ago, I had a situation at my house. A heavy downpour lasted through the n Flood chronicles 🌊 By [VA Weekly]( • Issue #113 • [View online]( Hello Venturer, A few weeks ago, I had a situation at my house. A heavy downpour lasted through the night. And when I woke up, my apartment had water flowing up to ankle level. The rain had caused water to start gushing out from the floor. It was a terrible thing to see my belongings floating in the water. But I learned a couple of things from that experience. One: getting a house in Lagos is not for the weak; you must be extra vigilant. Two: disasters can happen, and to prevent a reoccurrence, I would have to deal with the root of the problem. In 2012, Nigeria had a similar experience when Cameroon opened its Lagdo dam. That caused flooding in several states in Nigeria. There were stories of dangerous animals getting into people’s homes, countless properties destroyed, and millions of lives lost. That experience is what people used to remember as the worst flood in Nigeria. But not anymore. A few weeks ago, Cameroon opened the dam again. And guess what? Nigeria is flooded again! This time, with worse outcomes. Now let’s dial it back a bit. When the Lagdo dam was built in 1977, Nigeria and Cameroon signed an agreement for Nigeria to make a counter dam called the Dasin Hausa Dam. The second dam was to receive water whenever the Lagdo dam was opened. Fast forward to over 4 decades and one terrible flooding experience later, Nigeria has not learned its lesson. Unabashedly, the leaders have hidden behind the climate crisis as the cause of this year’s flood. Sadly, over a million Nigerians have nothing to hide behind as they bear the brunt of the country’s irresponsible actions. The people in Noah’s story no do pass this one. This week, we explore Nigeria’s flooding situation in more ways than one. Orufa Suotunimi Staff writer, Ventures Africa. What's new? Lagdo Dam: How Nigerians are paying for the irresponsibilities of past governments It will not be responsible to attribute the recent flooding in many parts of Nigeria to climate change alone. It should also be attributed to the misfortune of more than four decades of successive irresponsible government officials. [Read more.]( Here are some sectors of the economy affected by the recent flood in Nigeria For the latest wave of flooding, media houses have reported that not less than 1.4 million people have been displaced. Also, about 82,053 houses are already damaged, while the death toll is over 600. [Read more.]( My Pivot Journal: How Folasade Daini dropped her medical profession for content marketing Folasade Daini was excited when she found out she was admitted to the university to study Veterinary Medicine. But today, she’s leading a different path as a content strategist in the blockchain space. What makes a medical practitioner drop a life-long ambition for content strategy and marketing? [Read more.]( Meet Foluke Michael, a Nigerian climate activist raising eco-champions Foluke Michael is a leading Nigerian climate activist and CEO/Project Director of Solution17Green for Climate Action and the Creative Youth Community Development Initiative. She was the 2018 global winner of the United Nations SDG Action Award (Innovators category) for her efforts to promote action on sustainable development goals. [Read more.]( Why Nigeria should ban the sales of phones with no charging bricks Usually, at purchase, a new phone is accompanied by a charger and earpiece. But not anymore. There is a new manufacturing trend in town, and many users have expressed dissatisfaction with it. [Read more.]( Weekly Economic Index: IMF predicts slower growth for Nigeria’s economy The IMF has predicted a slower growth for the Nigerian economy in 2022, changing its forecast from 3.2 per cent in July to 3.0 per cent, in its latest World Economic Outlook for October 2022 titled, “Countering the Cost-of-Living Crisis”. [Read more.]( VA BIZ HIVE: The Agric Issue The need for a technological footprint has given rise to an agritech ecosystem on the continent. Startups in this space are proferring technological solutions to problems faced in the agricultural sector with ultra-modern technologies like drones, automated irrigation systems, soil sensors, etcetera. [Read more](. Our weekly collectibles - Tech leaders always want to convince the public that their secret to success is their ability to innovate. How true is that? 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