WISDOM is the principle thing, said the wisest man that ever lived. He’d know that first hand. Given a choice between wealth and wisdom, he chose the latter. He was given both. And went on to become the wealthiest man that ever lived.

Wisdom is a life-long pursuit. And that’s why I never let my visitors go without me drawing them out with a sieve. At the office, I’ll wipe my white board clean or turn the flip chart. And stick a sharpie in their face, like I did with my good friend and brother, Simon Wafubwa. Simon manages a pension fund in Kenya with an asset portfolio north of 850 Million dollars.

400 years before Solomon was born, another wise man, an African – Amenhotep III (the ninth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty) said it another way:

Rig your boat.

Travel near and far.

Look for a wise partner,

Knock on his door,

Seek his knowledge,

Welcome him in your home.

This is how your people will prosper.

Little wonder His reign was a period of unprecedented prosperity and splendor for the kingdom. It is then that ancient Kemet (Egypt) reached the zenith of its artistic and global dominance.