Thepeer, an African tech infrastructure startup connecting businesses’ wallets, has raised a $2.1 million seed round led by the Raba Partnership. The news comes a year after the startup raised $220,000 in pre-seed from a handful of angel investors, including Paystack CTO Ezra Olubi and Edenlife CTO Prosper Otemuyiwa. Participating investors in Thepeer’s seed round […]
Despite the surging number of cases, most African governments spend less than one per cent of their allocated health budget on mental illness. Researchers
Despite the surging number of cases, most African governments spend less than one per cent of their allocated health budget on mental illness. Researchers
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July 28, 2021
In October 2020, Yanmo Omorogbe suffered burnout at the time of the #EndSARS protests. Her weary state of mind was exacerbated by the Lekki toll gate killing, where tens of young Nigerians were killed by policemen and members of the army for protesting against police brutality. It does not help that she lives a few minutes away from the Lekki toll gate, “It was just a jarring time – a stressful time at the end of a stressful year,” she told Quartz.
Burnout is generally described as a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress, ultimately leading to lower productivity and inability to meet constant demands. The World Health Organization though limits its definition to workplace stress describing it as, “a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.”