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How I survived deep dark depression – Eva Alordiah

Elohor Eva Alordiah, better known as Eva Alordiah or simply Eva has narrated how she survived what she terms as deep, dark depression.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Eva as saying she battled depression for a long time and that was part of the reason she gave up her dream of becoming the “greatest female rapper in Africa”.

The rapper, who had made waves in the last decade, took to her social media page to share her experience with depression.

She revealed that she was suffering from a deep dark depression, which she said, she eventually overcame.

Revealing that she now owns a tech start-up, has a new life and recording again, Eva wrote:

5 years ago I gave up my dream of becoming the greatest female rapper in Africa. I was suffering a deep, dark depression.

Today I own a Tech Start-up, I have new life & I’m Recording again! Here’s what I have learned about giving up your dreams, Depression & Finding yourself

You are an Artist, You are NOT your Art. Over the years I had become identified with what I did —Eva The Rapper – I didn’t know myself beyond that. It has taken years of persistent introspection, meditation & patience to know myself and stand apart from my work.

I now understand the Depression as a Spiritual experience- a shedding of old layers, the stripping away of illusion, a coming face to face with all that isn’t so I can see what IS I am not my thoughts, I am not my Body. I am not my accomplishments. I AM //not medical advice.

The Depression was the pathway to my Awakening. It forced me to give up who I thought I was, to block off everyone else and their dogmas, and to accept a state of nothingness. I found peace when I accepted myself as No thing, No one, No me. //not medical advice.

Your Purpose in Life has nothing to do with making Money & getting Fame. I was famous, yet I was dying daily in the loneliness of my privacy. I found Purpose when I learned that my Gifts were given me by the Creator to help people Focus on serving people, all else is bullshit.

Fame can Destroy you if you are not grounded in your Source. Everyone knew who I was, but I looked in the mirror & was lost! I committed myself to KNOWING my Self & God within. I questioned everything & searched in weird places for ancient wisdom. If you Seek you shall find

Be You, the world will adjust. In finding myself again, I realized I didn’t have to do what was expected of me. I started using my gifts in New ways & felt no pressure to please anyone. I simply did what I wanted to do. You are still here.

Sometimes you may have to give up who you think you should be so you can become who you really came to be. I thought I wanted to be a Rapper. Now I have come to understand myself as a Teacher at my core. My skills in Writing, Speaking, Music- all combine now to help me Teach

What people think is their problem to deal with. Trust that You know what you are doing. I got even more depressed reading comments like — “You fell off “What are you doing with your life “Your career crashed— I learned to block the noise & trust MY WAY. I am happier for it

In Finding yourself and starting over, you are ALLOWED to do whatever the fuck you want.

I gave myself permission to try new things & do it ALL! I built a SAAS platform. I created content online. I hosted Webinars. I did more writing.

As an Artist, you can do many things, but you CANNOT be everything at the same time. Trying my hands in different things meant that I learned and acquired many diverse skills quickly. But to grow as a person, I have had to CHOOSE one thing & combine my skills to fulfill that.

As an Artist, taking a break from your Art is Beneficial. If you spend your time away developing yourself and acquiring new skills, everything you learn will combine to make you an even better Artist. I didn’t quit music. I stopped to go find my true self. I am better for it

7 Things that pulled me out of the Depression:
Making peace with being a NOBODY
Positive affirmations & Journaling

An obsession with Self development
Intense Daily Exercise
Ferocious reading & study
Meditation
Connecting with Nature

//not medical advice

Everything you were told is a Lie. You have to give up the old Mind & become born-again. I was raised Christian—after the depression, being born again holds NEW meaning. You must rewire your beliefs & become transformed by the reNEWing of your mind. Question everything

Happiness is NOT a destination. It is a state of mind that can be tapped into by the redirection of your Awareness. People want to be happy when they: -get the job -become famous -have more money If you are not happy where you are now, you won’t be happy where you are going

Entertainment is great. Education is Power.

For 5 years through my healing process I
stopped listening to music
stopped watching TV
stopped going out

Instead I stayed home &
read books
listened to audio trainings
enrolled in Youtube University
spent time with fam369310

Here are 6 Speakers and 5 Books that Helped me a Lot when I was depressed:

– Jiddu Krishnamurti
– Neville Goddard
– Alan Watts
– Dr Myles Munroe
– Jim Rohn
– Les Brown

– Think and Grow Rich
– The Power of Now
– Seth Speaks
– Feeling is the Secret
– The Artists Way

You can’t give your Best to the world when you are broken. I always knew I was going to get back to my music as some point, I just didn’t know when. Day after day I watched my Confidence plummet but my focus was on being healthy, not pleasing the world. Take care of you

Yes I am back to recording again!

Fortunately, I don’t give a fuck about fame.

I am now only making music for people who want it.

Today I find fulfillment in using my words not only to Rap & Entertain, but to Speak, Teach, Inspire, Empower and uplift people.

I now spend my time juggling between helping Creators make money selling courses and recording music.

It is by Grace.

PS: When I was depressed, I was also unfortunately Broke AF. I turned to the Internet and learned how to make money online by selling my own digital products.

Be vocal about your Pain. Every time you share, you help the next person. Sharing my stories through the years has been a super weapon for me

March 2, 2022
Startup bill seeks to revolutionize Nigeria’s startup ecosystem

The Senate has received the Nigeria Startup Bill transmitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The bill was accompanied with a letter dated the 21st February, 2022, and read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.

President Buhari in the letter explained that the Startup bill seeks to revolutionize the country’s Startup Ecosystem and to establish a National Council for Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

The letter reads in part, “Pursuant to Sections 58(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), I hereby forward The Nigeria Startup Bill, 2021 for the kind consideration of the Senate.

“The Nigeria Startup Bill, 2021 aims to position Nigeria’s Startup ecosystem, as the leading digital technology center in Africa, having excellent innovators with cutting edge skills and exportable capacity, in order to do this, the Bill seeks to establish a National Council for Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

“While hoping that this submission will receive the usual expeditious consideration of the Senate, please accept, Distinguished Senate President, the assurances of my best regards.”

March 1, 2022
Startup focus: Transforming education with a web-based portal in Nigeria

At the Seedstars Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland earlier this year, Edves, a Nigerian startup won the Transforming Education prize worth USD 50,000.

According to two prize-winning Nigerian entrepreneurs, the keys to successful social enterprise include focusing on a problem, empathy for people who have that problem, and iteration for a high-quality product.

Dimeji Falana and Dare Adebayo graduated from the same computer science programme at University in Nigeria in 2010. Soon afterwards, they started a business as software developers, winning big clients such as banks and the Nigerian government.

But they always knew their computer programming skills could be used to serve causes closer to their hearts.

Focusing on a problem

Indeed, when they were still at university, one of their friends was experiencing difficulties running a school that was seeing increasing rates of enrolment but deteriorating quality of schooling.

So Falana and Adebayo developed a programme to help speed up teachers’ administrative processes and tasks, allowing them to focus on improving their teaching and classroom practice.

Fast-forward to 2018, and their solution has caught on. They are now serving the needs of 300 schools in 14 states in Nigeria, and plan to expand to other African markets, where they hope to help address a wider issue, as African schools are seeing expanding rates of enrolment but the quality of education is suffering, partly due to a shortage of trained and motivated teachers.

A successful product

Initially this work was just a side business, but in 2016 Falana and Adebayo were already working with 66 schools. “I was like: ‘This is making sense!’” said Dimeji Falana. “So we incorporated and launched it officially in 2016. And within that time we’ve been able to grow.”

“We’ve been cash-flow positive since the inception.” — Dimeji Falana.

According to its website, Edves is an easy and secure web-based portal that encompasses all school management needs. It assists schools to track growth and to manage admissions, payments, report cards, homework, and parent-teacher communication. It serves the needs of teachers, parents, students and school administrators.

“It takes on average 2 weeks for teachers to prepare end-of-the-term student reports for 200 students with pen and paper. But with Edves, it takes them just 2 days,” explained Falana.

Edves also offers teacher training. “These are training sessions to allow the teachers to use the platform so they can delve deeper into what they need to do to provide quality education… curriculum training, tech training — so many things we train teachers in!” exclaimed Abedayo.

“It is important to keep iterating the products or the service and your processes.” –Dare Adebayo

“We’ve been cash-flow positive since the inception,” says Dimeji Falana. “People buy it and we use the money to run the business…. We have been profitable for a long time, but we want to raise the funds so that we can quickly do more and then expand outside of Nigeria”. Edves has won grants from DFID, USAID, the World Bank, the British Council, and Seedstars.

Lessons for entrepreneurs

What is their advice to entrepreneurs?

“My advice would be to make sure they are sincere with the problem they are solving, and that they have empathy for the people that have the problem. Empathy will be the driver. When they run into problems, this will come back to their minds to say, this is what essentially we will need to solve so that these people can get out of this mess,” said Falana.

Dare Adebayo emphasized that understanding users’ needs will also help drive the development of better processes and a better product. “It is important to keep iterating the products or the service and your processes. If you don’t change your process, it means you will keep on getting the same result. But if you keep optimizing your processes, you will keep getting better results.”

Said Falana: “It is important to add the intention to the process. So, this is the problem we want to solve, and we are doing everything to solve it.”

Dimeji Falana and Dare Adebayo co-founded their first business serving the needs of schools in 2010 with no money. They both trust in the promise of a better future and are committed to making it happen. Their plan today is to expand to 1,000 schools in the next year, and to serve 5,000 schools in Nigeria and other African countries by the end of 2019.

August 11, 2018
Byton unveils SUV with 49-inch screen, multiple independent displays [Photos]

Byton has unveiled a car it said will emphasize on in-cabin experience of passengers, with multiple independent displays and a ginormous 49-inch, wrap-around front screen.

The Chinese startup unveiled the future car concept at the 2018 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to the astonishment of journalists, investors and possible partners.

The Byton car concept can show you social-networking connections, entertainment options and even health information.

Byton plans to introduce its first vehicle in 2019 starting at $45,000.00 (roughly N17,000,000.00).

It will be a semi-autonomous vehicle that can drive on its own only under certain circumstances and with the driver monitoring things.

In the future, an upgrade to completely self-driving software will be available, Byton said.

The 49-inch dashboard screen will display speed and other driving information, almost as a second thought.

Equipped with built-in facial recognition technology, you don’t need a key to enter the car — you just press a button. The same might apply to starting the car once production models arrive.

Facial recognition also tells the vehicle who is sitting in which seat, so that the car can personalize the seat settings, and entertainment experience, to individual taste.

Founded by former BMW and Infiniti executives, the Byton company will first introduce a compact SUV model in China, and then plan to try to make it into North America, and other climes.

January 11, 2018