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The Top Shopping Deals this Christmas Season

Christmas shoppers are trooping into open-air markets and hitting the malls in search of the best deals on offer from merchants this season. We can only guess that they’ll be struggling to make sense of the expensiveness of the products

Made In Nigeria: Apoti Lagos

Economic and business analysts have blamed Nigeria’s current economic state on the nation’s over-dependence on imported goods, especially when they are locally made substitutes of equal quality and performance. This penchant for foreign goods and services over locally made products,

Business Growth Tip: How to Raise Your Business’ Public Profile this Christmas

Let’s be honest: a lot of businesses latch on to the positive messaging that floats around at Christmas, just so they can jack up sales numbers before the year runs out. That’s not what this article is about. Our aim

How to Write an Annual Report

An annual report is a summary of a company’s financial state at the end of its business year. It’s a staple for large corporations, especially if their shares are publicly traded (i.e. listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange). But periodic

Brands We Love: Beloxxi Industries

Beloxxi’s cream crackers have become a fixture in shops and stores across Nigeria. You find them on the tables of street-side kiosks, and on the shelves of large shopping malls. They’re ubiquitous. And they’re proudly Nigerian too. These crackers are

Social Media Marketing Tips: The Social Media Channels And Their Relevance To Business

Social media is undeniably more prevalent than ever around the globe. In 2019, there will be an estimated 2.77 billion social network users and in 2021, 3.02 billion users. These numbers cut across many demographics and prove that social media

SME Spotlight: iRefer.ng

Uju Agbasi is a chartered accountant with a BSc in Accounting from Nnamdi Azikiwe University. When she’s not busy running her online referral platform, iRefer.ng, she enjoys capturing images of remarkable moments, and spending time with her family. She talks

Business Growth Tip: Attract Customers this Holiday with Christmas Themed Imagery

It’s hard to think of Christmas without picturing the paraphernalia that usually pops up at this time of the year: conifers with twinkling bulbs hanging on them; gift boxes in shiny holiday themed wraps; or even Santa Claus in his

How Nigeria’s Banks Are Responding To The Fintech Revolution

Nigeria’s fintech bosses aren’t making any bold statements about disrupting the existing banking system. They often speak of being alternatives to the big financial service providers or collaborating with these established institutions. When they’re on conference panels together, commercial bank

How To Start An Export Business in Nigeria

If there ever was a time to get involved in the export business, it’s probably now. There’s a lot more support from the government for entrepreneurs who are willing to sell the country’s products to the world. A weaker naira

Brands We Love: Sweet Sensation

Every day, Sweet Sensation’s two dozen or more restaurants serve a wide variety of dishes to their hungry, treat seeking customers. They fill bellies with a mouthwatering assortment of foods representing the local culinary heritage and international tastes. It wants

Business Growth Tip: Fuel Sales with the Buzz Around Special Events

If only those bumper Christmas sales were happening all year round! You’ve probably had this thought crop up in your head quite often, especially when you’ve piled up some decent looking profit from the year-end business. It’s the sort of

SME Spotlight: The Healthy Salad Company

Abimbola Bamigboye, Founder of The Healthy Salad Company, holds a BSc in Banking and Finance from Babcock University, and is also a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.   CN: What inspired you to start a food

Livestock 247 Wants to Take Nigeria’s Cattle Trading Online

Nigeria’s livestock ecosystem is one stressful, sweaty, sunburnt lot. You probably know what this means if you’ve ever been on the ground at any of the country’s major livestock markets. This is true even for people who are buying their

Nigeria’s Five Biggest Shopping Malls

Nigeria has embraced the new age of consumerism with glee and not a little extravagance. Although much of the country’s population remains unable to draw big brand wears and expensive wines off the shelves of our new posh stores, we’re

SME Spotlight: Jeun

Jeun founder, Kayikumi Stefan Sogo, obtained his BSc Economics from the University of Ibadan and his MSc Environmental and Energy Management from the University of Twente, The Netherlands. In this interview with Joy Ehonwa, he talks about recognizing a gap

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