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Youth Power: The Zikist Movement (Part 2)
29th June 2022
The history of Nigeria’s independence struggle has featured popular names like Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, and Sir Ahmadu Bello. Other notable names include Sir Tafawa Balewa, Dr. Michael Okpara and S.L. Ankintola and a host of others. However, there are unsung heroes of the Nigeria independence movement, the Zikist Movement. The Zikist … Continue reading Youth Power: The Zikist Movement (Part 2)
Startup Fundraising Advice For Founders
Fundraising is a crucial stage for startup founders. Without the right advice, founders might find themselves struggling against the tide. As a business advisor and strategist, who has watched and advised successful founders, I can confidently tell you that fundraising is not a walk to the park. It is a serious business. There … Continue reading Startup Fundraising Advice For Founders
7 Must Needed Features For BNPL
The Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) is a fast-rising sector in the FinTech industry. There are various popular BNPL platforms in Nigeria. They include Spredda, Easybuy, CDcare, The Alternative Mall, Zoomba and so many more. Several BNPL platforms have attracted venture capitalist funding. According to a 2022 report by CISON, the BNPL payment … Continue reading 7 Must Needed Features For BNPL
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Who Is Margaret Obi?
Peter Obi, a candidate for the Labor Party presidency in the upcoming 2023 election, has been described as a very private individual, especially when it comes to matters involving his family and business life. However, photos of his beautiful wife, Mrs. Margaret Obi, have surfaced on various social media platforms, making many wonders, who … Continue reading Who Is Margaret Obi?
How To Build Systems & Structures Around Your Business
What does it mean to build structures around your business? According to Business Dictionary, a business system is a methodical procedure or process that is used as a delivery mechanism for providing specific goods or services to customers. On the other hand, the business structure is the organization framework legally recognized in a particular … Continue reading How To Build Systems & Structures Around Your Business
How To Craft The Perfect Investor Email Pitch (Part 1)
Every day we read on social media, online magazines, and blogs about how startup founders receive huge funding from investors. And we kind of wonder how these founders are doing this, raising these huge amounts of money. We kind of wonder quite wonder what their secrets are. It is only in rare cases founders … Continue reading How To Craft The Perfect Investor Email Pitch (Part 1)
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6 Lessons Every Business Should Borrow From 5-Star Companies
There are great lessons every business can learn from 5-Star companies. 5-Star companies are known for their great reputations and stellar customer experience service. Imagine looking up a company’s ratings online, and you see a 5-Star rating, I am sure you will likely love to patronize the company. Therefore, you must learn from 5-Star … Continue reading 6 Lessons Every Business Should Borrow From 5-Star Companies
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5 Tips To Launching Your Own Prop-Tech Startup
Prop-Tech in Nigeria is still nascent compared to other industries that have adopted tech into their operations. For example, finance and agriculture have metamorphosed into FinTech and AgroTech respectively. From the term itself, PropTech is a portmanteau of “Property” and “Technology”. Hence, we can readily define PropTech as using technology to solve problems in … Continue reading 5 Tips To Launching Your Own Prop-Tech Startup
How New Startups Can Slay Giants
You are the newcomer on the block. Of course, they are a lot of worries about being the new kid on the block, especially with these big guys who have been around for years and even own the industries. Your biggest headache is how to carve a name for yourself and not get suppressed … Continue reading How New Startups Can Slay Giants
How To Connect With High-Profile Business Influencers
Business in Nigeria thrives on the platform of high-profile connections. Having high-profile networks in your bag comes with a lot of perks. Little wonder, successful business people link up with other successful business people within and outside their industries. Read more about Business Therefore, as a businessperson, you must learn to hone the skills … Continue reading How To Connect With High-Profile Business Influencers
How Your Business Payment Solution Can Win Consumer Trust
Brands that will win every time are those that think from a consumer’s point of view. Let us look at this scenario: Where would you rather shop? With a brand that isn’t clear about how they handle your money or data, or a brand that clearly outlines how they offer a clear and secured … Continue reading How Your Business Payment Solution Can Win Consumer Trust
4 Growth Lessons Nigerian FinTechs Can Learn From PayPal
PayPal is the biggest FinTech in the world. It conducts millions of financial transactions daily. PayPal’s net income amounted to 801 million U.S. dollars in the fourth quarter of 2021, down from over 1 billion U.S. dollars from the previous quarter. However, PayPal has been described as the most valuable FinTech in the world. Read more … Continue reading 4 Growth Lessons Nigerian FinTechs Can Learn From PayPal
How Do We Curb Election Rigging In 2023?
As Nigerians draw close to the 2023 General Election, where they will go to the polling booths to elect their leaders to various levels of offices, it is important to note that not much has changed from the previous organized elections we have seen in the past. Elections in the past have been marred … Continue reading How Do We Curb Election Rigging In 2023?
How SMEs Can Control Cash Flows And Manage Their Finances
Our world is driven by cash. Hence, cash is the bedrock of every business. Cash is regarded to be more valuable than profits, stocks, receivables, revenues, and so on. With cash, SMEs can take on a new inventory, expand, pay staff, reach out for new supplies, etc. This is to tell you the importance … Continue reading How SMEs Can Control Cash Flows And Manage Their Finances
How To Craft The Perfect Investor Email Pitch (Part 2)
This is the secret to the biggest funding stories you see on news crafting a perfect investor email pitch. Most of these funding recipients have a technique they apply when reaching out to investors. In our previous article, we showed how entrepreneurs reach out to investors. Read more about Business Let’s briefly look at … Continue reading How To Craft The Perfect Investor Email Pitch (Part 2)
5 Efficient Ways To Prevent Fraud In FinTech
Nowadays, cyber criminals are into FinTech operations. Experts have warned that cybercriminals, especially internet fraudsters, are more likely to be tech-savvy than some professionals. Little wonder this menace has reached an unprecedented level, drawing global attention. Read more about Fintech Experts have also observed that fraudsters are now in the FinTech industry, even running … Continue reading 5 Efficient Ways To Prevent Fraud In FinTech
How To Build A FinTech Startup That Serves Immigrants
Globally, there is a recurring problem in the FinTech industry: Reaching out and serving the underserved communities. Most often, FinTech founders believe that the underserved are those in the rural areas, and they believe that those in the urban areas are “over-served.” Although, this is true, a large number of people who are financially … Continue reading How To Build A FinTech Startup That Serves Immigrants
How Startup Founders Can Solve Market Pain Points
28th June 2022
At the heart of every business startup is providing solutions to market pain points. If you aren’t providing solutions, then you are in trouble as your business might face the threat of extinction. It is either you are solving a problem or you park up. Read more about Business Without solving problems consistently, it … Continue reading How Startup Founders Can Solve Market Pain Points
6 Successful Strategies In Building MedTech Software
Digital transformation is at the heart of every business. Nowadays, it can be detrimental to any institution that has not digitized its business process. Digitalization is pivotal and essential to any industry that wants to grow and the medical and health sector is no exception. Read more about Tech Everything starts and ends with … Continue reading 6 Successful Strategies In Building MedTech Software
4 Ways the FinTech Industry Can Help Educational Institutions
The FinTech industry is one of the fastest-growing industries innovative-wise. FinTech services have been integrated with other non-financial services. The FinTech industry has been a topic of focus in recent years. Additionally, it has positively impacted most industries in various ways. Read more about Fintech As a matter of fact, some believe that the industry … Continue reading 4 Ways the FinTech Industry Can Help Educational Institutions
4 Digital Innovations You Can Incorporate Into Your MedTech Company
27th June 2022
Building a successful medtech company relies on deploying great innovations. It might as well require you to build something that becomes a one-stop-shop for everything medical. The MedTech sector is the future of medicine and health. And as the name sounds, MedTech is the combination of “Medicine” and “Technology”. The New Public Health defines … Continue reading 4 Digital Innovations You Can Incorporate Into Your MedTech Company
How To Host A Successful Event For Your Business
16th June 2022
Hosting an event for your business comes with a lot of benefits such as customer engagements and publicity, which also generate leads too. Hosting an event for your business can be taxing, however, with the right strategies and planning, you can hit your goals. Read more about Business growth In this article, I highlight … Continue reading How To Host A Successful Event For Your Business
Surefire Ways To Grow A Successful AgroTech Startup
Building a successful AgroTech startup is hinged on strategies that are all-encompassing. It is all about employing a strong business model that feeds everyone and every section in the food chain and streamlining all the processes. Read more about Business There are various successful AgroTechs in Nigeria. They include FarmCrowdy, ThriveAgric, Groupfarma, Farm Kart, … Continue reading Surefire Ways To Grow A Successful AgroTech Startup
How To Build Quality Relationship For Business Growth
Building a quality relationship is the hallmark of business growth in Nigeria and elsewhere in the world. As a matter of fact, good business thrives on good and quality relationships. We can’t undermine what fruitful connections and networks can do to your business. This is why building relationship is a deliberate effort. Read more … Continue reading How To Build Quality Relationship For Business Growth
How Young Startup Leaders Can Get Through An Economic Downturn
Presently, many economies across the world are experiencing several economic shocks and downturns. It is taking a huge toll on startups and their founders. According to studies by Layoffs.fyi, 69 startups experienced significant layoffs in May compared to only nine in February and four in January. Read more about Business This has shown that … Continue reading How Young Startup Leaders Can Get Through An Economic Downturn
What A Peter Obi Presidency Will Look Like
Many are beginning to see the much-sought-after and long-awaited Third Force in Peter Obi and Labor Party. In the past, Nigeria’s elections have always revolved around the two major and equally corrupt political parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Read more about Politics This situation forced Nigerians … Continue reading What A Peter Obi Presidency Will Look Like
How To Build A Business That Runs Perfectly Without You
12th June 2022
Building a business that runs perfectly without you has been described by business leaders as institutionalizing your business. To illustrate further, building an institutional business is building a business that can operate successfully without you being in charge of the centre of activities. It is building a business that is independent of you and … Continue reading How To Build A Business That Runs Perfectly Without You
How To Make Your Business Investable In Nigeria
Nigeria is a very complex ecosystem when it comes to doing business. In fact, despite being the largest market in Africa, it has been dubbed by economists and investors as one of the hardest places to do business on earth. However, Nigeria is a land of opportunities just like the United States; it runs … Continue reading How To Make Your Business Investable In Nigeria
The Secret To Growing A Unicorn Startup In Nigeria
3rd June 2022
There are five unicorns in Nigeria – Opay, Flutterwave, Interswitch, Andela, and Jumia. This means these companies are worth over $1billion. The big truth about the Nigerian FinTech ecosystem is that it is very robust, healthy, promising, as well as competitive. In 2021, Nigeria’s FinTech industry got an investment of over $11billion. Experts have … Continue reading The Secret To Growing A Unicorn Startup In Nigeria
How To Build Tech Startup Around Solar Energy
In Nigeria today, among other national challenges, electricity is a major problem for Nigerian homes and businesses. There is a multi-decade problem in the power sector. Despite the importance of electricity to the growth of economies, its empowerment of local industries and businesses, small and medium enterprises, and even agro-based and non-agro-based industries, the … Continue reading How To Build Tech Startup Around Solar Energy