Meet The Boss: Adebimpe Adeyi, Brownies Beauty World
What is it really like to own and run a successful beauty house in Nigeria? From what we learned from Adebimpe Adeyi, CEO and Founder, Brownies Beauty World, we can say it takes passion, lots of free jobs at first and faith in oneself (and God of course). Connect Nigeria had a little chat […]
4 Powerful Lessons for Writers From the Tweet Chat with Jimi Tewe
Writing is a high paying profession. That fact sank into my head, when I attended ConnectNigeria’s first Writers’ Conference, themed ‘’The Business of Writing’’. You may be of the opinion that writing does not pay, and can only be a hobby, or a sideline to a more ‘’serious’’ profession. I have found that to be […]
How to Get Your Customers to Listen to You
Wouldn’t it be great if your customers were eager to listen to what you had to say? This means you could effectively sell anything to them when you have such a relationship with them. I am not talking about manipulation, but real influence with integrity. Business would be so smooth if you could tell your […]
Business Development and the Key Skill You Need to Succeed
Business development is a key role in any organization. The business developer is tasked with the responsibility of creating long term value for its customers, building and maintaining strategic business relationships to increase revenue, and even entering new markets in some cases. Even though the responsibilities of a business development executive may vary from organization […]
Lessons from the Hexavian Master Class
Entrepreneurs, brand managers, heads of departments and business owners across Lagos gathered at Collonades Resort, Ikoyi, recently for an intensive training on business, branding, strategy and project management at the Hexavian Master Class. The purpose of this gathering was aimed at imparting tested methods of organising businesses with the prime purpose of defining business goals […]
New App Prepares Graduates for Successful Job Interviews, Scholarship Screenings
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. – Alexander Graham Bell How prepared are you for your next job interview, or scholarship test? With the high competition at job interviews, and scholarships, it pays to walk in prepared for success. RatelSoft’s SmartGraduate application was designed specifically to equip Nigerian graduates with the right […]
The Role of the Private Sector in Turning Nigeria’s Agricultural Potential into Profit
On Thursday 25 July 2013, Sotonye Anga was a guest presenter at the Agribusiness And Food Secirity Summit, organized by Businessday at Eko Hotel. In his presentation on ‘The Role of Private Sector in Turning Nigeria’s Agricultural Potential into Profit’, he drew attention to the Government- enabled, private sector- driven Agricultural Transformation Agenda ATA. He […]
Xperiential Marketing Conference [PICTURES]
The foremost Experiential Marketing Conference in West Africa touching on topical issues affecting the marketing communications industry post economic recession held on 28th and 29th June, 2013. Trends, aftermath effects and way forward to meet an on or before 2015 deadline were deliberated on. Below are pictures of the event.
DAFTECH launches Skills4Life Program to equip Nigerian Youths
Skills4Life is a program being put together by DAFTECH (Digital Access Foundation for Technology Development), a not-for-profit organization with a mission to simplify technology, empower educators and inspire students. The program’s main target is to provide basic and advanced courses in Android, iOS, Windows app development, digital effects, classical character animation, film and video editing, […]
Apps Developed in Africa – Found
The delightful thing about this age is that we are learning to share and collaborate by recommending great finds to people close to us. These days, it is common to find people sharing their purchases and shopping finds on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. One of such networks is Found, formally Pashash. Overview Found […]
5 Online Groups Every Developer Should Join
For most developers, the internet is home, and with various social networks to choose from, the internet is not such a lonely place anymore. Aside all the fun that social networks bring, it also helps to join meaningful groups for resources, idea generation and to seek for help when you get stuck. As a developer, […]
Apps Developed in Africa – M-Payer
Providing solutions to some of the continent’s most pressing problems can be such a fulfilling venture. This fulfillment mostly comes after you have developed a solution to a problem people did not readily acknowledge they had and then it goes on to achieve widespread acceptance. That is the story of our app in focus this […]
WOWe: Building And Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
Nigeria is one of the countries in Africa with a very high record of female entrepreneurs. Last week, Lagos witnessed the largest gathering of women entrepreneurs and business leaders from the 20th to the 21st of June 2013. Women Of West Africa Entrepreneurs entrepreneurship conference (WOWe) took the centre stage at the prestigious Eko Hotel […]
StartCrunch – Crowdfunding Platform for Nigerian Businesses, Hobbyists and Enthusiasts
Crowdfunding is one concept we haven’t quite nailed in Africa, or better yet Nigeria, and funding itself is one issue that a lot of start-ups hinge on when they don’t get the expected traction. Perhaps all of these contribute to the excitement that comes with FASMICRO’s plan to unveil a crowdfunding platform, StartCrunch.com, optimized to meet […]
Why Start-ups Need a Lesson in Perseverance
The Chinese bamboo tree is remarkable because it illustrates how businesses grow organically. While most trees grow steadily over the years, this remarkable tree hardly follows the usual fashion; the Chinese bamboo tree doesn’t sprout off the ground in its first four years. Then, in the fifth year, something dramatic happens – the tree […]
How to Charge for Your Services – A Guide for Developers
NOTE: This is the second in the series of our Developers Corner episode. If you missed the first episode, you can read it here. For developers and business owners, both in and out of technology, pricing is a huge issue. This week on developer’s corner, we look at project pricing from different angles — as […]