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CN Business Mixer Holds on Friday, November 25, 2022
23rd November 2022
If you are looking to end your business year on a high, you should consider attending this month’s edition of the Connect Nigeria Business Mixer. It’s where you want to be if you’d like to build valuable business relationships that’ll yield opportunities for tremendous growth in the coming year. Read more about Business The … Continue reading CN Business Mixer Holds on Friday, November 25, 2022
The Asido Foundation 2023 Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay Competition
22nd November 2022
The Asido Foundation is inviting undergraduates from across Nigeria to enter the Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay Competition, which it is organizing. If you are a student at a tertiary institution in Nigeria who is passionate about making people more aware of mental health issues, you could get involved in the competition for a chance … Continue reading The Asido Foundation 2023 Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay Competition
Latest Job Vacancies In Nigeria, Fourth Week Of November 2022
These are some of the latest job vacancies in Nigeria for the fourth week of November 2022. Read more about Opportunities Contact Center Advisor, GIG Mobility GIG Mobility (GIGM) wants to hire a Contact Center Advisor. This person will handle customer-related outbound and inbound calls, resolve customer complaints regarding the company’s services, document and … Continue reading Latest Job Vacancies In Nigeria, Fourth Week Of November 2022
How to Convert Prospects into Paying Customers
It is one thing to generate a lot of interest in your product or service, and quite another to turn that interest into patronage. Many businesses struggle because they aren’t able to engineer the transition from the former to the latter. This failure is often responsible for the low revenue and profit that most … Continue reading How to Convert Prospects into Paying Customers
Peter Obi and The Leadership of Righteousness
When the righteous are in power, the people rejoice. This is according to the Book of Proverbs 29:2, and this is what should influence the decisions of Nigerians in the forthcoming elections in 2023. As Africa’s most populous nation is set to go to the polls, many contestants have been embroiled in one ugly … Continue reading Peter Obi and The Leadership of Righteousness
7 Questions You Should Ask Before Selling Your House in Nigeria
So you’ve decided to sell your house. You hope to get a good deal for it, but you’re not sure how to proceed with the process. What do you do first? And how should you go about the process in order to successfully close a sale you’ll consider fair? These are questions you should … Continue reading 7 Questions You Should Ask Before Selling Your House in Nigeria
How To Start a Craft Business in Nigeria
The art and craft scene is expansive and diverse. From people who earn a little change from their handmade craft to individuals who rake in millions of naira on their works at auctions, there are several levels of achievement to strive for. Read more about How To Examples of craft include carved woodcraft, papercraft, … Continue reading How To Start a Craft Business in Nigeria
Apply For The African Youth Architects 2022 Metaverse Design Thinking Course
21st November 2022
Applications are currently open for the Metaverse Design Thinking Course 2022. This program is aimed at training architects and designers from across Africa in Metaverse Design Thinking. This training will consist of lectures and workshops facilitated by experts from multiple countries, and will equip participants with the skills they need to be globally competitive. … Continue reading Apply For The African Youth Architects 2022 Metaverse Design Thinking Course
6 Areas Nigerian Startups Should Consider Investing
Many startups receive funding without considering the areas they want to invest the funding into. Little wonder, even after receiving funding, they still fold up or fail to reach their potential. Indeed, many founders don’t know where to invest their funding. Most times, they often fall into the trap of believing everything is all … Continue reading 6 Areas Nigerian Startups Should Consider Investing
Flutterwave Launches $endmobile, Signs Tobi Amusan As Ambassador
19th November 2022
Africa’s leading payments technology company, Flutterwave, launched its mobile app, $endmobile on Friday, 18th of November. The app will facilitate the faster and easier transfer of funds from the Diaspora to the African continent. Read more about Tech In a statement seen by Connect Nigeria, the FinTech giant also signed the Nigerian field and … Continue reading Flutterwave Launches $endmobile, Signs Tobi Amusan As Ambassador
The Goldman Sachs Africa and Caribbean Recruiting Program
Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s leading investment banking firms, is currently accepting applications from young people from Africa and the Caribbean who want to learn the ropes in the international financial services industry. If you are on track to graduate from a university in 2023 or 2024 and you would like to build … Continue reading The Goldman Sachs Africa and Caribbean Recruiting Program
SME Spotlight: Rholuck Services
Rholuck Services is an occupational health, environmental protection, and manpower development consultancy service provider based in Lagos. They deliver health, safety, and environmental quality management solutions to a range of institutional clients in multiple sectors, including those operating in industrial settings and outdoor fields. Read more about SME Spotlight Other services available from Rholuck … Continue reading SME Spotlight: Rholuck Services
Applications are Open for the Mo Ibrahim Foundation MBA Scholarship 2023
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation continues to work to improve governance and leadership in sub-Saharan Africa. As part of its commitment to this cause, it supports a number of scholarships annually for emerging African leaders of exceptional ability seeking to get educated at top institutions, especially in the United Kingdom. Read more about Opportunities In … Continue reading Applications are Open for the Mo Ibrahim Foundation MBA Scholarship 2023
6 Chatbots Aiding the Digital Banking Revolution in Nigeria
Artificial Intelligence was once little more than science fiction, stuff that old-school tech nerds predicted would be part of a future ruled by smart devices. That ‘future’ is now upon us: AI, along with Machine Learning (ML) and allied tools is a reality, and there are a growing number of crucial use cases for … Continue reading 6 Chatbots Aiding the Digital Banking Revolution in Nigeria
Apply For the CyberGirls 2023 Fellowship Program for Young Women
17th November 2022
Applications are currently open for the CyberGirls Fellowship Program. If you are a young female undergraduate or graduate aged between 18 and 28 years who wants to begin a career in cybersecurity, you may consider applying for this opportunity. Read more about Opportunities The organizers of the CyberGirls Fellowship Program say that they’ve designed … Continue reading Apply For the CyberGirls 2023 Fellowship Program for Young Women
Real Estate: Tips for Investing in a High Inflation Period
Inflation makes your money worth less than it was in the past. It eats into your savings, shrinks the real value of your income, and increases your cost of living. If you’re going to protect your wealth against its ravaging march, you’ll need to invest in assets, such as real estate, with a value … Continue reading Real Estate: Tips for Investing in a High Inflation Period
Brands We Love: Coronation Merchant Bank
Coronation Merchant Bank is a Nigerian investment bank headquartered in Lagos. The bank, which also has a physical presence in Abuja, provides services around wealth management, asset management, capital markets, mutual funds, trusteeship, securities, and global markets. Read more about Brands we love Over time, Coronation Merchant Bank has grown to become one of … Continue reading Brands We Love: Coronation Merchant Bank
Voters’ Register: INEC Appeals to Nigerians for Clean Up
The Commissioner for Information and Voter Education of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Festus Okoye, has appealed to Nigerians to assist in the cleaning up of the voters’ register. Read more about Politics Mr Okoye who made a call earlier this week in an interview on Channels TV Politics Today made a revelation … Continue reading Voters’ Register: INEC Appeals to Nigerians for Clean Up
How To Start a Computer Training or ICT Centre
16th November 2022
Despite all that’s been said about how widespread digital literacy is, not everyone owns the computing devices needed to get a lot of important things done. Besides, outside of the major cities, whole swathes of the country still rely on ICT centres to get things like online registrations and result checking done. Read more … Continue reading How To Start a Computer Training or ICT Centre
The GROW Impact Accelerator Program 2023
The GROW Impact Accelerator is now open to entries from agritech startups from across the world. If you run an enterprise in this sector that’s working to make agriculture and agro-allied industries operate more efficiently and in an eco-friendly manner, you may consider applying for a place in the accelerator. Read more about Opportunities … Continue reading The GROW Impact Accelerator Program 2023
How FinTech Startups Can Achieve a Profitable and Sustainable Banking Transformation
15th November 2022
The terrain of the financial services industry is advancing quickly, and for FinTechs in Nigeria to overcome, the need to diversify is crucial. Four key principles can stimulate FinTechs to attain a profitable and sustainable transformation. This can only be achieved by having a clear-cut pathway, a set of clearly understood prerogatives, an idea … Continue reading How FinTech Startups Can Achieve a Profitable and Sustainable Banking Transformation
5 Leadership Strategies Employed by Progressive Fintech Startups
With the current harsh economic climate pervading our world, providing the right leadership is very pivotal to any institution’s survival and growth. In this, startups are not left behind when it comes to providing strong leadership. Studies have shown that there will be a long-term growth rate of 2% through 2024, thus, FinTechs and … Continue reading 5 Leadership Strategies Employed by Progressive Fintech Startups
Tips For Curtailing Cybersecurity Risks in Your Business
Cybersecurity is very important and should be incorporated into your everyday business. In 2021, an IBM report shows that the average data breach costs $4.24 million. Therefore, cybersecurity should be appropriately supervised by making it (part of) someone’s duty. This might not necessarily indicate that you need to hire an in-house IT team. Read … Continue reading Tips For Curtailing Cybersecurity Risks in Your Business
Big Data: 4 Practical Ways Small Businesses in Nigeria Can Utilise it
Big data is a trending topic in the business and tech world. It is said to be a powerful body of data that offers insight. In fact, leading companies like Bloomberg conduct their trading with big data as well as other big businesses. Yet many are not aware that big data can also serve … Continue reading Big Data: 4 Practical Ways Small Businesses in Nigeria Can Utilise it
Why Is the Nigerian FinTech Industry The Most Funded in Africa?
Nigerian FinTech is the most funded in Africa. In the recent Google Black Founders funding series, 25 startups in Africa received between $10,000 and $50,000 to upscale. Out of the 25 startups, 18 startups were from Nigeria. There are a lot of factors driving foreign investors to look towards Nigerian startups. Read more about … Continue reading Why Is the Nigerian FinTech Industry The Most Funded in Africa?
5 Tips on How to Navigate the Perfect Storm in FinTech
In the past ten months, dozens of startups in Nigeria have either shut down or downsized. The big names such as Opay, Kuda, Konga, Jumia, etc. are not left out. This is the same elsewhere in the world. According to a report by Finextra, in the first quarter of 2022, global fintech indeed saw … Continue reading 5 Tips on How to Navigate the Perfect Storm in FinTech
Latest Job Vacancies in Nigeria, Third Week of November 2022
These are some of the latest job vacancies in Nigeria for the third week of November 2022. Read more about Opportunities Reconciliation Officer, Coronation Merchant Bank Coronation Merchant Bank wants to hire a Reconciliation Officer. This person will verify customer information, oversee measures to ensure financial effectiveness, reconcile customer data with general ledger balances, … Continue reading Latest Job Vacancies in Nigeria, Third Week of November 2022
Apply For The Julius Berger Nigeria 2022 Scholarship Award
Julius Berger Nigeria is inviting female students studying Engineering at universities across the country to apply for its scholarship program. Read more about Opportunities The scholarship is merit-based and does not charge a fee for the application. Persons who are awarded the scholarship can have it renewed throughout their time as students at their … Continue reading Apply For The Julius Berger Nigeria 2022 Scholarship Award
Business Growth Tips: How to Achieve Your Revenue Goals
14th November 2022
If you’re an entrepreneur, you likely have at least a rough idea of a revenue target you want your business to reach within this period—whether it’s this week, month, or year. Read more about Business But it is one thing to aim at high numbers, and quite another to know how to achieve them. … Continue reading Business Growth Tips: How to Achieve Your Revenue Goals
8 Nigerian-Americans Win Major Elections in the United States
11th November 2022
8 Nigerian-American politicians have been announced as winners in their respective elective posts in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and the District of Columbia (DC) in the ongoing US midterm elections. Read more about Politics They are Segun Adeyina, Gabe Okoye, Solomon Adesanya, Tish Naghise, Phil Olaleye, Carol Kazeem, Oye Owolewa and Esther Agbaje who won … Continue reading 8 Nigerian-Americans Win Major Elections in the United States
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