Mohiddeen Blog

  ...the death of a genius is a great loss for a nation or an entire planet. I made write-ups about the world’s famous scientists such as Galileo, Bn Hayyan, Ibn Sina, Einstein, Hawking, Ibn Firnas, and Tesla; richest people like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Dangote, Zuckerberg, Jack Ma, Mike Adenuga, Larry Page; young entrepreneurs such as Aminu Bakori, Mubarak Muyika, Shola Akinlade, Evan Spiegel among other world pioneers. But today, I want to touch the stories of three prominent heroes who have issues with the year 1955; the death of Alhassan Dantata and Albert Einstein and the birth of a superstar in the business world, Steve Jobs. Alhassan Dantata Alhassan Dantata was one of the greatest entrepreneurs in the Hausaland. Being the richest person in West Africa was one of the reasons for his fame. He was the grandfather of Aliko Dangote, owner of Dangote Group and the richest person in Africa. Dantata died in 1955 in Kano city.      Albert Einstein Albert ...

In 2020, I gave the story of Elon Musk on this podium, the modern-day hero who wants to follow the instincts of one of the greatest inventors of all time, Nikola Tesla. I said Elon is one of the modern heroes Africa lost today. Being its native son, he fled at the age of 8 to create golden opportunities which rule the world today. Imagining how Elon’s courage of turning his dreams into reality makes me remember his influencer whose legacies and enormous contributions to the development of this modern world unite us here, he’s Nikola Tesla. Alas! The genius died at 86; starved, broke, alone and depressed. Intelligence can be inherited from one person to another even a light-year apart; just like how Jabir bn Hayyan was influenced by Imam Jafar al-Sadiq, or how Galileo’s intelligence was transferred to Albert Einstein —and how Stephen Hawking was influenced by Einstein. Moreover, today, Elon Musk wants to be influenced by Nikola Tesla. This is why Elon named his company after Tes...