Despite the trust issues riddling e-commerce, I have noticed Nigerians still embrace shopping online. If you stay in a place like Lagos, you will know how hard it is going to the market. Traffic and all. It is better to allow them come to you.

However, I have noticed this worrying trend of not attaching prices to goods and services... Very common with Instagram vendors. They will post a very fine item, then write “DM for price”. When you comment to ask them for the price, they will reply “Check your DM”. Why do they do this?

1. A bird that flies off the earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground. — Igbo proverb

2. He that beats the drum for the mad man to dance is no better than the mad manhimself. — African proverb

3. Where water is the boss there the land must obey. — African proverb

4. No matter how beautiful and well crafted a coffin might look, it will not make anyone wish for death. — African proverb

5. When the shepherd comes home in peace, the milk is sweet. — Ethiopian proverb

6. A spider’s cobweb isn’t only its sleeping spring but also its food trap. — African proverb

7. If you do not have patience you cannot make beer. — Ovambo proverb

8. He who runs after good fortune runs away from peace. — African proverb