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Did You Know? Nigeria is the World’s Third Largest Producer of Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are starchy tuberous roots that are prized for their pleasant taste. When cooked, they may form part of a broader dish or can be consumed alone. This potato’s sweet taste sets it apart from other root-derived foods. Read

Business Growth Tips: Deploy Cross-Selling to Increase Your Revenues

Cross-selling involves offering your customer a complementary or supplementary product to the one they have already purchased. In simple terms, you’re asking them to buy an extra product that’s related to the one (or ones) they have picked up from

Top 5 Highlights From The CN BizFair 2020

The eighth edition of the Connect Nigeria Business Fair, Africa’s largest business event, was held in August 2020. It was the first virtual edition of the fair; this border-defying setting allowed attendees from across the world to access the conference

How to Start a Barbing Salon in Nigeria

The barbing salon market in Nigeria is large. You have tens of millions of people with hair waiting to be cut. Although the actual number of persons you’re going to be attending to will be much smaller, there could be

How to Conduct an Annual Stocktake for Your Business

Businesses are constantly depleting and stocking up on their inventory. As long as you’re selling goods to customers, you need to keep replacing what’s been taken off your shelves. But there’s also a need to check what’s in stock at

Brands We Love: McNichols Plc

  Nigeria is home to the largest market for Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) in Africa. A report published by KPMG in 2016 valued Nigerian households’ expenditure on FMCG at over $41 billion, much larger than those of any other

Helpful Tips For Entering Into Forex

  Of the few low-hanging fruits there are in wealth creation, trading forex (foreign exchange) is one volatile but highly rewarding legitimate means through which a growing number of Nigeria’s working population is diversifying and growing their wealth portfolio. The

Connect Nigeria’s Top 10 SMEs of 2020

This year, Nigeria’s economy was hit by multiple threats. The COVID-19 pandemic crept up our shores and spread throughout the country, grinding commerce to a halt. Falling oil prices shrank the country’s FOREX receipts, causing the naira to weaken against

Nourishing Africa Entrepreneur Support Program

Nourishing Africa has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation and U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) to launch the Entrepreneurs Support Program. Read more about Agriculture This program is designed to support MSMEs across Nigerian agriculture and food landscapes to rebuild and

Did You Know? Nigeria is the Second Largest Producer Of Okra in the World

Okra (okro) is a big part of traditional cuisine in many parts of Nigeria. The vegetable features in dishes consumed by people in locations as far apart as Lagos and Kano. Many recognize its value in the slimy characteristic it

Founder Institute Lagos Cohort IV begins February 2021

  The Lagos ecosystem remains the role model ecosystem for the African continent. To this end, Founder Institute Lagos, in partnership with Stanbic IBTC, continues to support the launching of more high-quality startups. The current FI Lagos alumni portfolio is

How to Improve Customer Experience

The success of your business is dependent on your customers. If you’re going to get your sales numbers up, you have to give them products and services they will be pleased with. A big part of this is guaranteeing a

Brands We Love: Redoxcorp

Economies need physical mobility. Products need to be moved from their place of manufacture to locations in which they’re accessible by retailers and consumers. The vehicles that meet this need are helping to sustain global commerce in more ways than

Compliance Is Crucial For Businesses To Achieve Optimum Output In The New Normal

  ‘Enabling secure remote work, addressing regulations and uncovering new risks is now more of a reality as Microsoft announces several new capabilities across its compliance offering.’ Mohamed El Nemr, Modern Workplace and Security Business Group Lead for Microsoft Middle

Meet 3 Amazing Female Founders In Lagos

The world has changed and continues to change rapidly. Female founders leveraging technology have more opportunities to build sustainable businesses like never before. Today, more women are rising up not just as entrepreneurs but also as angel investors. This is

4 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Unwind And Recharge During The Holidays

The Christmas holidays present many businesspeople with a chance to rest from a year of business engagements. Like everyone else, entrepreneurs often look forward to this period, as it’s their opportunity to enjoy some time off from work. Read more

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