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The Nigerians Have Arrived… And London Is Paying Attention. by Nobody: 1:25am On Feb 12, 2016 |
Richard Vedelago is 29 years old and worth more millions than he’s prepared to tell. ‘Money talks, but wealth whispers,’ he says with a smile, sitting back in the bar at Claridge’s – his idea – and lazily sipping an elderflower juice. That whispering is not, the oil, gas, property, telecoms and menswear tycoon goes on, typical of a Nigerian mindset: ‘Very loud, quite brash, larger than life -even if you’re just having a family meal, everything’s over the top all the time. So it’s quite fun.’ Real fun, he should have said. Nigerians all say they work hard and party hard, believe that they’re better at anything than anyone else, collect PhDs like confetti and are intensely entrepreneurial. ‘When mankind finally gets to Mars,’ chortles Ateh Jewel, who has both a film production company and a beauty business, ‘they’ll finda Nigerian already there, cutting a deal.’.............read more http://ourtimeiscome.com/2016/02/12/the-nigerians-have-arrived-the-nigerians-have-arrived-and-london-is-paying-attention/ 1 Like
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Re: The Nigerians Have Arrived… And London Is Paying Attention. by micfoley: 1:26am On Feb 12, 2016 |
Hmmm |
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