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Savvy Secures New Funding From The International Telecommunication Union And The United Nations

April 19, 2022

  Savvy, an entrepreneurial support organization, has secured an extra $25,000 in grant funding, which is their second grant for this year. Earlier in the year, Savvy secured $15,000 in grant funding from The Roddenberry Foundation through its Catalyst Award. Now, it secured $25,000 as one of the 10 winners of the Global South COVID-19 … Continue reading Savvy Secures New Funding From The International Telecommunication Union And The United Nations

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Politics

Fact Friday: Dwindling Employment Numbers And The Nigerian Workforce (2)

April 19, 2022

  No state from the South-East geo-political zone appears in the first 10 rankings of fully employed personnel according to Q4, 2020 figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Read more about Politics However, Anambra tops the list of fully employed personnel from the South-East geo-political zone with 845,310 people while battling with … Continue reading Fact Friday: Dwindling Employment Numbers And The Nigerian Workforce (2)

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Finance Politics

Fact Friday: Dwindling Employment Numbers And The Nigerian Workforce (1)

April 19, 2022

  A feature documentary currently airing on Netflix Naija is making the rounds as a direct depiction of the fate of Nigeria’s unemployment problem and the fate of its youthful population. Read more about Politics It is no longer news that a huge crop of people are living hand to mouth and can barely feed … Continue reading Fact Friday: Dwindling Employment Numbers And The Nigerian Workforce (1)

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BUSINESS Entrepreneurship

Rabawa Launches Africa’s First Social Commerce Platform To Reduce Unemployment

April 19, 2022

Rabawa has today launched the first social commerce platform in Africa to reduce the rate of unemployment on the continent. Rabawa’s objective is to support African entrepreneurs to leverage social media for curating, promoting, and selling their products to end-users. The social commerce platform will give entrepreneurs access to a virtual shop and thousands of … Continue reading Rabawa Launches Africa’s First Social Commerce Platform To Reduce Unemployment

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BUSINESS Finance

States with the Lowest and Highest Unemployment Rates in Nigeria

April 19, 2022

Nigeria’s official data body, the National Bureau of Statistics, recently released its quarterly Labour Force Statistics report. The document, downloadable from the bureau’s site, reveals the population of people who were employed, underemployed and without a job between April and June 2020. According to the report, Nigeria has over 80 million people in its labour … Continue reading States with the Lowest and Highest Unemployment Rates in Nigeria

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CAREER Events TECH

#DigitalJobs Launches Online Work Campaign to Tackle Youth Unemployment

April 19, 2022

Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) and the Rockefeller Foundation will launch a joint social empowerment project, #DigitalJobs, at PIN’s new headquarters on October 2, 2014. The project, which is part of Rockefeller’s efforts to impact 1 million lives in 6 African countries, will involve a campaign to introduce the benefits of online jobs and training opportunity for … Continue reading #DigitalJobs Launches Online Work Campaign to Tackle Youth Unemployment

BUSINESS CAREER ECONOMY Tip of the Day

6 Traits Employers Should Look Out for When Hiring

April 19, 2022

Popular research by human resource experts have shown that people who have been unemployed for more than one month are prone to experiencing dwindling opportunities in getting a job. If anyone is unemployed for more than a month, positive responses from employers fall sharply and decline further as time passes, even if he or she … Continue reading 6 Traits Employers Should Look Out for When Hiring

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ECONOMY News Stuff

World Bank Gives Nigeria $200m Grant To Generate Employment

April 19, 2022

The World Bank has given Nigeria a grant of $200 million for employment generation. According to Gombe State Governor, Mr. Ibrahim Dankwambo, “The grant was meant to support current schemes to boost the employment generation among young people.” “The grant is also meant to uplift the quality of education and boost food production in Nigeria, … Continue reading World Bank Gives Nigeria $200m Grant To Generate Employment

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CAREER

10 Reasons Why You Didn’t Get the Job or a Call Back

April 19, 2022

credit: www.economist.comIn this economy, with the high rate of unemployment, you have to be more creative and hungry to get a job- talk less of a good or great one. What have you done with the time you’ve spent out of work to improve your chances of getting the job you desire? Have you taught … Continue reading 10 Reasons Why You Didn’t Get the Job or a Call Back

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