The Vim Views & Versions - Blogs of a MIghTy African

I asked some friends to name their  top 5 songs  ever, from  Angola . My main alter-ego is called Roberto Mendes. One of these days, I would wrtie about him. He also contributed, thanks to all he has learnt around  Museke . I also asked  Google  Gemini (not through Google Sheets this time) & some other competitors of theirs). You know AI is is my friend these days right? I also contributed my top 5, while reminiscing this  list from 2009 . My first time in  Angola  was in 2016. Thinking about it is making me tear up. Not kidding . I was beside myself with joy when I had the chance to travel to Angola , thanks to Lourdes Fernandes . But prior to that, I had been listening to a lot of Angolan music, especially Kizomba . The first Angolan I met in my life was Isabel Correia and she was not an  MIT  student. We did not have some at ErmmmMIghty. She introduced me to Angolan music and eventually became a contributor for  Museke...

One of the KIC Fellows, Hannah Dorkenu , reached out to me earlier in 2025, wanting to interview me for her research. It explores how research and data services can better support agribusinesses in Ghana . She is a final-year Master of Development Practice student at UC Berkeley, California. That area is close to my old stomping grounds of Stanford but it can feel as far as the farm gate . Hannah was trying to find out how research and data services can support agribusinesses in Ghana to make more strategic, evidence-based decisions. It would not stop there, the findings would form the design of a practical research support service. For more than 4 years now, I have been the Entrepreneurship Development Specialist at the  Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) . KIC transforms, invests in and supports businesses in the agric value chain, especially young people. I have been managing our flagship program - AgriTech Challenge - inception in 2016 - since 2020, after spending a year ...

If life is a journey, then 1 of the ways I would tell it, is through cars . I have not really branded myself a storyteller , but I am a blogger and digital influencer (and social entrepreneur) who likes to tell stories, especially personal ones. #VimRide tells the story of my personal vehicles. Vim + Ride = VimRide . Origins: The First Vim Ride The earliest detailed public telling of the #VimRide comes from my own blog, The Vim Views & Versions (MightyAfrican). In February 2013, I blogged about #VimRide — the story of my first car so far . I recounted buying a 2006 Nissan Sentra in late 2012 and christening it the “ VimRide .” This car is not just a vehicle, it is my companion on many journeys, fraught with repairs, police stops, spontaneous fun moments and intentionally crafted stories. You see, the cars offer mobility, freedom, and control over transport costs, but in return , as the driver, I must care for it, maintain it, and accept the surprises that come with “the ride”...