App Of Week: FarmCrowdy
In order for Agriculture to thrive in Nigeria, there must be a playing field for farmers and sponsors. Farmcrowdy is that playing field and is giving everyone the opportunity to participate in Agriculture. The app has over 50,000 installs and decent reviews on Google Play store which shows how relevant it is becoming in the […]
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 is generally straightforward for the average mobile phone owner. It is a different ball game, […]
How WhatsApp Groups are Bringing Back African Family Cohesion
The old African family setting had its foundation laid in communal principles. Not just providing a common platform for a nuclear family to engage, interact, fraternise, and socialize but also extending its reach to the extended family too. The communal philosophy also provided an avenue for families to engage, exchange cultural values, feelings and share […]
Nigeria Named the Fourth Fastest Growing Developer Community on GitHub
The growth in the number of software developers in Nigeria and the number of projects worked on has finally caught the attention of the distributed version-control platform, GitHub. Based on recent statistics, Nigeria has the fourth fastest growing developer community in the world. This is huge coming from GitHub because it is the world’s largest […]
AppsAfrica.com Awards Winners 2018 Announced
Fourteen AppsAfrica.com Award Winners were announced at the annual Awards party in Cape Town on Monday 12th November, 2018. Now in their fourth year, the Awards celebrates the best in African mobile and tech from both corporates and start-ups and this year attracted entries from 39 countries across the continent. The Awards were supported by Uber, […]
Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs
Imagine a network of African entrepreneurs communicating and doing business together. Now picture the effects a fully functional hub as this would have on the springing entrepreneurial space in Africa. One major bane of growing businesses in this part of the world and everywhere else today, is poor business continuity models, and this is largely […]
Are You Ready For The Nigerian Aviation Business Exhibition (NABE) 2018?
The Exhibition and Conference is aimed at systematically addressing the challenges in the aviation industry vis-à-vis discussing pertinent topics relevant to the growth of the industry, creating a functional community and aiding small businesses. The Exhibition will create an avenue for industry players to showcase or demonstrate their products and service offerings to a target […]
Business Events of the Month: November 2018
We are a couple of months away from the year’s end, and businesses are beginning to shift into the Christmas sales and stock taking mode. The events taking place in November aren’t strikingly different from what you get at other times of the year, but there’s a sense of preparation for the holidays about some […]
How FarmCrowdy Became Nigeria’s Top Agritech Startup
The vast majority of Nigeria’s 38 million farmers grow crops and rear livestock and poultry on a relatively small scale. For them, the seasonal nature of agriculture is a big constraint. Revenues come in at specific periods of the year, but these periods are often too far apart, and the funds from the previous season’s […]
The TEF Forum 2018
The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum (TEF Forum) will return to Lagos for its fourth edition, on the 25th of October 2018, at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. As is the custom of the forum to thrill guests with firsts, this year, over 5,000 African entrepreneurs will linkup with top African investors from […]
Cisco Certifications Practice Tests, Resources, Exam Preparation Tips & Tricks
Irrespective of whether you are just beginning a career in Information Technology or you are an experienced IT professional, earning a certification can benefit you immensely. There are numerous Cisco certifications you can explore to help you build the career you desire. To download Practice Tests and get more Cisco details visit Prepaway.com or Cisco.com […]
Propak West Africa 2018
Held from the 18th – 20th of September 2018, Propak West Africa brought together industry professionals from across the packaging, plastics, processing and printing supply chains. As the region’s leading exhibition, Propak West Africa and its co-located Conference is dedicated to facilitating business connections, valuable learning opportunities and sharing market insights. With a record-breaking 4,265 […]
Google To Shutdown Google Plus After Data Leak
Google announced recently that they’d be drawing the curtain on Google Plus – the search giant’s shot at social networking. The decision to shut down the social platform came after Google discovered a security breach that exposed the private data of up to 500,000 users. Google+ was launched in June 2011 to enable people share […]
Ventures Platform ‘Office Hours’ For Female-Owned Businesses
Startup-backing corporation, Ventures Platform, is set to host an Office Hours session focused on the female entrepreneur and her business — on Friday 19th October, 2018, by 3pm at the British Council office, 20 Thompson Avenue, Ikoyi, Lagos. Themed, Positioning For Growth, the session will feature speakers from Piggybank, Paystack, and Workstation, who will be […]
Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: 360 Creative Innovation Hub
Every day SMEs emerge with amazing ideas capable of transforming the nation’s economic landscape. With their ability to revitalize the economy and spur nationwide growth, exclusive attention – the kind that stimulates conversations and strategies for growth – must be showered on them. Connect Nigeria sponsored by Union Bank and other organisations have set out to […]
Business Events of the Month: October 2018
As we inch closer to the year’s end, businesses are beginning to prepare for an evaluation of their positions. But as much of the business world turns to shape up for the holidays and evaluate achievements, it’ll remain alive and active for a number of weeks yet. The number of business events set to take […]