Archives Tag: SMEs
Ventures Platform ‘Office Hours’ For Female-Owned Businesses
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Ventures Platform ‘Office Hours’ For Female-Owned Businesses
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Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: 360 Creative Innovation Hub
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: 360 Creative Innovation Hub
Start Planning for Your Business’ Holiday Sales with These Tips
April 19, 2022
Now is the time to start making plans for Christmas sales. You’re not likely to get a fair result from year-end business if you wait until the dizzying rush of December to get going on this. Why not set things in motion when the holiday feel still simmers beneath the surface, and save yourself all … Continue reading Start Planning for Your Business’ Holiday Sales with These Tips
Brands We Love: Lady Biba
April 19, 2022
Nigeria isn’t in want of indigenous fashion brands. From the small time tailor who slaps on cheap tags to their wares, to the big celebrity designers creating bespoke dresses for the runways, the industry is as lively as it’s ever been. Not surprisingly, it’s a fragmented market; players within the space find it a tough … Continue reading Brands We Love: Lady Biba
ConnectNigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: Funpee Products and Services
April 19, 2022
Funpee Products and Services is a manufacturing and events service company based in Lagos. The business has a presence in multiple niches: it produces and retails an assortment of drinks and food, plans and coordinates events, distributes cleaning products, and runs an academy for aspiring entrepreneurs. That’s more than a handful of concerns to be … Continue reading ConnectNigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: Funpee Products and Services
Business Growth Tip: Upsell Your Products to Grow Revenue
April 19, 2022
Remember the last time a vendor offered you a more expensive alternative to something you wanted to buy? They probably told you it came with more benefits than your original choice, and that it wouldn’t hurt to spend just a little more money to get a much better product. This is actually a well-known sales … Continue reading Business Growth Tip: Upsell Your Products to Grow Revenue
2-Day Mastering Business Presentation Workshop
April 19, 2022
Teams speak to customers everyday – on the phone, in person and virtually. Marketing & Business Executives have to pitch and deliver presentations every week. They are the faces of organizations, representing your brand and differentiating your offerings. And in today’s competitive environment, they are communicating across categories of prospects, individuals, corporate and institutional prospects, which … Continue reading 2-Day Mastering Business Presentation Workshop
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Did You Know? Lagos Is Africa’s Fourth Wealthiest City
April 19, 2022
Lagos is many things to many people. For some, it’s vibrancy and variety from dawn to nightfall. For others, it’s a hyper pumped up enclave, a place worthy of business and not much else. A not too small number- over a dozen million –call it home. And a good fraction of them have made themselves … Continue reading Did You Know? Lagos Is Africa’s Fourth Wealthiest City
Brands We Love: Verifi.ng
April 19, 2022
The quintessential entrepreneur of our age relies quite heavily on technology to get their business going. They’ll display their products at an online store, advertise via digital media, take orders from customers on e-commerce platforms, and receive payments electronically. A growing number are also turning to companies like Verifi.ng, for such things as automated salary … Continue reading Brands We Love: Verifi.ng
Follow the Money Financial Strategy Masterclass
April 19, 2022
The FTM Masterclass is specially designed to equip entrepreneurs and career professionals with the right skills and resources for growing their wealth, tracking and managing their expenses and budgeting for growth. The speakers will be speaking on: Growing your wealth (saving, investing and building your finances). Business Financials (managing your businesses funds, revenues, profits and … Continue reading Follow the Money Financial Strategy Masterclass
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The Nigeria MSME Festival (Featuring The Business Solutions Expo)
April 19, 2022
The Nigeria MSME Festival is the nation’s largest business event dedicated to supporting new and growing businesses. The Nigeria MSME Festival 2018 with the theme ‘Growing Our Small Businesses to Grow the Economy’ is a trade-show established specifically for the interest of growing businesses, and allowing both exhibitors and visitors alike to forge new business opportunities. … Continue reading The Nigeria MSME Festival (Featuring The Business Solutions Expo)
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SME Spotlight: TheBookDealerNG
April 19, 2022
Mariam Sule-Izuagbe is a writer and aspiring teacher. She was a Writer-in-Residence at the Ebedi International Writers Residency, and her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in the Ake Review, Brittle Paper, Ebedi Review, Arts and Africa, ITCH Creative Journal, and Litro Magazine UK. Clearly a lover of books, she talks to Connect Nigeria about her … Continue reading SME Spotlight: TheBookDealerNG
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The HR HUB: Modern Administrative Professionals Wanted!
April 19, 2022
Administration is arguably the most common and ‘easiest’ career field that you find many people in. It’s either borne out of choice, an actual lack of choice or out of a misguided conception that it is one of the easiest jobs to do. Little wonder you hear people say “I can do admin”, ever so … Continue reading The HR HUB: Modern Administrative Professionals Wanted!
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Investment Lessons From The Rise of Modern Farm Franchises in Nigeria
April 19, 2022
Any country with a population of over 170 million inhabitants should be a viable market for small businesses and thousands of franchises! Sadly, this assumption does not necessarily hold true in Nigeria, due to some factors. On face value, franchising does not make a lot of sense in a marketplace, where the concept is alien. … Continue reading Investment Lessons From The Rise of Modern Farm Franchises in Nigeria
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Instagram Business of the Month: Accessorize by Mo
April 19, 2022
Moritan Sodipo seems a bit bemused by her business’s beginnings. She remembers being miffed about the quality of rings she was getting from jewellery shops; they seemed to wear out too quickly. While she now jokingly blames her former ill luck with rings on her being miserly, she has her dissatisfaction to thank for the … Continue reading Instagram Business of the Month: Accessorize by Mo
