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Brands We Love: Sidmach Technologies

The existence of an emerging tech industry in Nigeria owes itself to the work of such companies as Sidmach Technologies. At the time of its founding, most Nigerians hadn’t even set their eyes on a computer. The dream of a

Did You Know: Bisoye Tejuoso, Nigeria’s First Female Industrialist

Decades before our most celebrated contemporary women business moguls, Bisoye Tejuoso had created a space for herself in Nigeria’s overwhelmingly male commercial space. In her prime, this self-driven, hard-nosed Abeokuta-born entrepreneur was a ‘captain of industry’ in her own right,

Business Growth Tip: Connect With Customers On A Personal Level

The first rule of business smarts is to never neglect your customer. Your enterprise basically exists to serve them. And if you’re an employee, you may also follow the same advice, perhaps just in a slightly different way to your

Why Connect Nigeria’s ‘Business Fair’ Is A Big Deal

Since 2011 Connect Nigeria has consistently stood in the gap between Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) and potential investors, customers, and industry solutions and best practices. This is as a result of the favorable outcomes of the company’s annual

Anthony Joshua Becomes Glo Ambassador

Unified Heavyweight Champion, Anthony Joshua, has been unveiled as the new Globacom brand ambassador. The telecommunications giant made the announcement in a meeting with media executives on Friday, where it revealed its business direction for the year 2019. Joshua’s first

Business Events of the Month: February 2019

The year’s business continues to gather momentum, with conferences, exhibitions and master classes popping up across Nigeria’s cities. After a lull lasting a couple of months, we are getting into full gear with the business talk, networking, deal making and

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala May Be Targeting World Bank Presidency Again

Former Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has suggested that she might still be interested in becoming president of the World Bank. She dropped this hint in an interview with CNN’s Richard Quest while she was at the World Economic Forum

Brands We Love: Paga

It’s hard to find a financial services firm that comes closest to marrying new tech with good old on-site presence as Paga does. Its growing army of agents are stationed in towns and cities across Nigeria, providing people with some

Business Growth Tip: Understanding Your Customer’s Language

What does it mean to understand your customer’s language? We aren’t talking about getting a grip on your customer’s native tongue and communicating in it with them (although this could appeal to their emotional and cultural sensitivities). We’re referring to

5 Things You Should Know About Taxes in Nigeria

How much do you know about taxes in Nigeria? Do you know if you’re eligible to pay taxes? And if you should be paying them, do you know which ones, or who should be collecting them? Available evidence suggests that

Andela Snaps Up $100 Million Series D Funding Led by Al-Gore’s Investment Firm

Andela, the software development outsourcing startup famous for training hundreds of African software engineers, has secured a $100 million investment in its series D funding round. The latest pool of support, disclosed yesterday, comes from a group of investors led

Did You Know? Ade Tuyo, Nigeria’s First Big Bakery CEO

If you’re a Nigerian who’s old enough to remember the savory aroma of freshly baked bread from the 60s and 70s, you might just recall something about Defacto Bakeries. At the height of its popularity, this Lagos-based confectionery house situated

Brands We Love: Hegai & Esther

Hegai & Esther might strike you as an interesting name for a beauty brand- unless you follow the industry closely enough. That line of business is something of a paradise for exotic looking nomenclature, ranging from interesting attempts at anglicizing

Business Growth Tip: Emphasize Product Benefits Over Features

What do you think customers consider the most when they’re comparing different brands of a product they’d like to purchase? What would make them choose one over the other? The one with better-looking features? Or is it the one possessing

Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?

Are entrepreneurs the product of nature or nurture? It’s the age-old question that triggers the unending battle of words between persons and groups of almost innumerable categories. It’s a favourite secondary school debate subject, a knotty matter always being picked

11 Free Online Business Courses for Nigerian Entrepreneurs

These days, you can get some of the best business courses on the planet for free. And that’s almost totally due to the internet. Every day, numerous new skill development lessons and modules get uploaded to the web, adding to

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