Dumpster Millionaires
$700 million. (Or 252 billion naira, if you need local context.)
That's how much plastic and metal waste in Lagos is estimated to be worth annually, and some people are already making a ton of money exporting our recycled refuse to China.
Go inside the garbage economy growing around Olusosun landfill, the largest dump in Africa. (For an all-out experience complete with sights, sounds and smells, you should actually visit.)
Reader's Digest
How to eat healthier (hint: breakfast is nothing to play with), lessons from failure, the CEO of Uber you don't know, the most polluted city on earth and money rituals.
The Watch List
Spike Lee's 1986 romantic comedy, She's Gotta Have It, has evolved into a TV series and the word on the street is that it's really good. All ten episodes are waiting for you on Netflix now.
This happened in North Korea.
Apple's latest ad for its EarPods is either magical or ridiculously cheesy.
Soul To Soul
This weekend's soundtrack is black and stirring. Stream Mavis Staples' latest, If All I Was Was Black (Deezer, Apple Music) and the posthumous album from Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Soul Of A Woman(Deezer, Apple Music).
The Remnants
She danced for over 124 hours in Lagos and broke a world record. (We're proud.)
Brutal Black, the tattoo ritual that's meant to hurt you badly. (Wait, what?)
The new Despacito. (It's more infectious than a communicable disease.)
The best Chrome browser extensions in one place. (Or so they say.)
We're extremely jealous of this man. (You would be too.)
