Did You Know? Nigeria is Home to 37 of Africa’s Biggest Markets
Nigeria still wears the ‘Giant of Africa’ tag. And it’s not just for show. We’ve known for a while that Nigeria is the continent’s largest economy (a position which it relinquished only for a few months in 2016). We might want to remind ourselves that it is being helped by its huge population and oil […]
The Middle East’s Largest HR Show Is Coming To Lagos
HR Summit and Expo West Africa is coming to Nigeria this 26-30 November to make Lagos its new home. HR Summit and Expo is the largest HR gathering in the Middle East, bringing together over 5000 HR professionals from across the globe. Holding at the Landmark Centre, the exhibition will gather 1200 attendees from across West […]
How to Start a Business on a Lean Budget
Starting a business with little cash is not an easy thing to do. Of course, what constitutes “very little cash” depends on the sort of business you’re looking at; you might have more than enough to open a modest restaurant where you’re at, but that same sum won’t even get you on your feet for […]
Business Events of the Month: August
Our selection of business events from the month of August represents a mix of the present and the future, of the ideal and the practical. As always, they’re quite varied, covering diverse industries and interests; there’s an oil and gas conference, a data centre roadshow, a real estate event, and an exhibition for women entrepreneurs. […]
Social Media Week Lagos 2019: Associates Wanted
Social Media Week Lagos is on the lookout for volunteers willing to join its team as associates. They’re organizing the next edition of Nigeria’s biggest gathering of persons in the tech and creative venture ecosystem, coming up in February 2019; they’ll need a team to help out with this. If you’re a member of the […]
12 Rules of Engagement in the Work Place
All organisations have politics and they all have invisible borders and boundaries. If you want to see where the lines are drawn, pull out the organisational chart (if your organisation has one). Each department and division has a purpose, objectives and standards of performance. Across the lines of an organisation it’s possible and common for […]
AMAA Signs Partnership Deal With Facebook
The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) has signed a partnership agreement with Facebook for the promotion of African and Nigerian talents. Mrs. Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, founder of AMAA, disclosed this during the AMAA 2015 Sponsors’ Gala Night held at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. She said the agreement would give an “unprecedented” opportunity for the […]
5 Ways to Get the Best Out of Any Partnership
Relationships that endure for the long haul did not start off as easy as it might look to you now. When young minds hear the story of love or of a vision achieved, we tend only to hear the sentimental part. We hear of couples who have been together for fifty or more years and […]
The Entrepreneurs Chronicles: Partnerships
A partnership is a business where two or more people, companies, or groups get together and form a team that conducts business. A partnership can be small or large. Under Nigerian law partnership can be made up of no fewer than 2 and no more than 20 people. Every partnership is unique and made to […]