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Get Featured! Let’s Spotlight You To Over 50,000 Readers
18th April 2023
Imagine you have a product you are selling for 50,000 Naira and all of a sudden 10,000 people get to see and learn about this product or service you render. According to recent research, 76 per cent of consumers said they had purchased a product after seeing an online ad. 76% of 10000 people is … Continue reading Get Featured! Let’s Spotlight You To Over 50,000 Readers
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2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Carmart Nigeria
22nd March 2021
Carmart Nigeria is an online marketplace that connects dealers looking to sell cars and motorcycles, and people interested in purchasing those vehicles. The platform exists to make the processes of car purchase and sales easier for the parties involved. By leveraging the web, Carmart enables buyers and sellers to initiate transactions from wherever they … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Carmart Nigeria
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Ocean Trends Digital
26th February 2021
Ocean Trends is a graphics and web design agency based in Lagos. It provides creative printing, branding, and app-building services to individual and corporate clients from within and beyond the state. As such, it’s catering to needs that are constantly growing in today’s world. Read more about 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs There’s … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Ocean Trends Digital
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: ePoultry
24th February 2021
In the past few years, there’s been a proliferation of crowdfunded AgriTech investment businesses in Nigeria. These companies are providing digital platforms that allow individuals to invest in agriculture. This helps farmers with the funding they need to scale; it also yields profits for the people who invest in the farms. Read more about … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: ePoultry
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: CynbaNews
19th February 2021
The experts usually recommend that businesses specialize in an area for which they possess the greatest competence. Companies looking to make an impact in the market should zero in on a niche, and work to dominate it. It’s supposed to be the recipe for success in today’s world. Read more about 2019 CN’s Top … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: CynbaNews
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Beacon Media And Communications
5th February 2021
Nigeria is home to one of the most vibrant media and entertainment industries in the world. It’s an expansive space, covering a wide variety of niches and engagements, from acting stages to newsrooms, comedy shows, and digital journals. Valued at over $4 billion in 2018, it looks primed to maintain its speedy growth over … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Beacon Media And Communications
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Dockaysworld
17th July 2020
Nigeria’s media and entertainment industry could be worth $10 billion by the year 2023. This growth is being driven by an exploding thirst for a variety of content, including news and entertainment. Taken together with the other niches in this category, they represent a substantial amount of Africa’s media landscape. Read more about 2019 CN’s … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Dockaysworld
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Techfoundme
As more of Nigeria’s population goes online, a tantalizing opportunity is opening up for businesses in the country. Their customers, once unreachable except via physical means or expensive voice calls, can now be engaged with over less expensive digital channels. That opportunity is expanding rapidly. In 2004, only about 1.4% of Nigeria’s population had access … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Techfoundme
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Vicci Mahi
12th July 2020
Nigeria’s fashion businesses are numerous. They operate from tens of thousands of small tailor shops spread all over the county’s simpler neighbourhoods. They also exist within finely lit showrooms of our city’s highbrow districts. Together, they make up an industry that’s worth several billion dollars, bursting with energy, and firing on all fronts with creativity. … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Vicci Mahi
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Grevo Clothiers
Clothing brands appeal to their customers by achieving market-capturing combinations of colour and form in the pieces they produce. This is as true for T-shirt creators as it is for other businesses in the fashion industry. With many T-shirt makers battling for buyers’ attention, companies in the space need to get those combinations right. This, … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Grevo Clothiers
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Olarsgrace
7th July 2020
Olarsgrace is a fashion store that operates out of Lagos. It also has an online store– its website –through which it serves customers across the world. The company sells a wide array of clothes and accessories; its target market is middle-class women, but there’s enough spread in its range of options and prices to attract … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Olarsgrace
CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Zateemee
6th July 2020
When Mercy Udoh launched Zateemee in 2013, she wasn’t trying to build just another fashion brand. She was making an enterprise out of her love for nicely designed clothing. From its simple beginnings, Zateemee has grown into an apparel outlet that has dressed some of Nigeria’s top and upcoming celebrities. It’s becoming a beacon for … Continue reading CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Zateemee
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26th/27th June: Connect Nigeria’s Webinar On MSMEs
23rd June 2020
In commemoration of the global world MSME day, Connect Nigeria will be hosting a webinar with the theme: Exploring The Opportunities For Emerging Businesses, on the 26th and 27th of June 2020 by 1:45 pm on both days. We are of the opinion that now more than ever before, there are great opportunities for businesses … Continue reading 26th/27th June: Connect Nigeria’s Webinar On MSMEs
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: O’Raybour Fashion’Frica
13th June 2020
O’Raybour Fashion’Frica is a Nigerian business engaged in fashion designing and top-class dressmaking for women. The company also offers manually crafted embroidery and adornments which has earned it a following from high-flying clients. With or without a fixed budget, their promise to their customers is timely service delivery and a look that sets them apart … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: O’Raybour Fashion’Frica
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Hubs.ng
Established in 2016, Hubs.ng was created to provide small businesses and owners with the chance to use online space efficiently. The four services on this platform are Amplify, which is meant for publishing; Hub Sites which provides domain names for businesses; Biz Direct, for listing; and Market Square, for selling. Read more about 2019 CN’s … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Hubs.ng
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2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Cato Foods
12th June 2020
Cato Foods is an emerging Nigerian food production company that utilizes technology for the mass processing, packaging, and supply of edible commodities. The company aims to bolster the living standards of consumers especially those at the lower rung of society, by providing inventive, nourishing but inexpensive food products. Read more about 2019 CN’s Top 100 … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Cato Foods
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Riltouche and Sparkles Limited
5th June 2020
Based in Lagos, Riltouche and Sparkles Limited is a privately owned company that offers environmentally sustainable interior detailing services to luxury and medium-ranged car owners. Their services are adapted to the unique cleaning requirement of each vehicle at a customer-friendly cost. Riltouche and Sparkles Limited utilizes eco-friendly agents and processes in their cleaning routine. This … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Riltouche and Sparkles Limited
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Jephoseaz Foods Limited
4th June 2020
Established in 2010 and registered with Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission in 2018, Jephoseaz is a manufacturing and processing company that produces a range of edibles including African foods, beverages, and snacks. The enterprise has its sight set on providing nutritious alternatives to unhealthy foods that have adverse effects on consumers. They are working to achieve … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Jephoseaz Foods Limited
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Seams Classics
Seams Classics is a clothing line based in the city of Aba in Abia State. It produces moderately priced corporate and casual wear for men. The clothing brand was founded in 2018 by a group of entrepreneurs and fashion enthusiasts. Read more about 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs Although the company began in 2018, … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Seams Classics
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Taurusview International Consult Limited
Taurusview International Consult Limited is a professional agency that helps Nigerian students looking to study abroad to find placements in their preferred institutions. It began operations in 2018 and was incorporated with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in 2019. Its coordinator, Mr. Kolawole Kayode has led the company on the path to becoming a … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Taurusview International Consult Limited
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: TOA Marketing Company
Employment-related indices show that Nigeria has a growing labour market a significantly high unemployment rate. A large segment of the employed population is underemployed. One reason for this worsening situation is a dearth of skill among the country’s labour force. Micro, small and medium-scale enterprises employ the greater number of work-ready adults. But many of … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: TOA Marketing Company
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Raysignature Entertainment
24th May 2020
Nigeria’s events industry has boomed over the past decade. It’s hard to get a handle on what that segment of the economy is worth, but the estimates bandied about by people in the know suggest it’s worth billions of naira. The planning and execution of birthdays and weddings have become big business. Wherever there’s a … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Raysignature Entertainment
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Farmers’ Corner and Agro-Allied Limited
Low output and meager incomes have characterized the end of the farming season for many farmers in rural Nigeria. Farm yields of cultivators in Nigeria and other parts of the African continent are dwarfed by those of their counterparts elsewhere in the world. Traditional causes of this have included poor irrigation methods, high input costs, … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Farmers’ Corner and Agro-Allied Limited
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Veekay Continental Products
Despite the challenging conditions in which they operate, Nigeria’s manufacturers continue to power on. They put out edibles and tools that sustain the country’s people and economies, and employ a considerable segment of the adult population. Veekay Continental Products is one of the fast-rising companies in this category. They are food products and household goods … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Veekay Continental Products
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Sapient Vendors
Nigeria’s building and construction industry continues to grow apace. It contributed up to ₦671 billion to the country’s GDP in the fourth quarter of 2019 alone. The sector’s expansion over the years has been driven by the rapid growth of Nigeria’s urban population. But it has also been helped on by local construction companies that … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Sapient Vendors
2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Firstcam Creative Studios
Some entrepreneurs don’t experience as much growth as they would like to see in their businesses. This isn’t always because their products or services are lacking in quality. Sometimes it comes down to poor branding strategy. Business owners are becoming more aware of the role that branding could play in the success of their enterprise. … Continue reading 2019 CN’s Top 100 Emerging SMEs: Firstcam Creative Studios
Connect Nigeria Launches 2019 Edition of Top 100 Emerging SMEs
7th October 2019
In partnership with Union Bank, Hot FM Lagos and Kunle Ladejobi & Co., Connect Nigeria’s annual Top 100 Emerging SMEs campaign kicked off in earnest on 23rd September 2019. Launched in 2018, the aim of the campaign is to present the most authentic list of emerging businesses and startups from various industries, bringing to the … Continue reading Connect Nigeria Launches 2019 Edition of Top 100 Emerging SMEs
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Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SME: Corporate Bestie
27th February 2019
So many entrepreneurs start out with just an idea and no specific strategies on how to set the ball rolling. At this phase, any hicup can be quite discouraging and as a result, most of these self-starters, unfortunately, end up quitting before they can reach their full potentials. A support system is therefore needful for … Continue reading Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SME: Corporate Bestie
Top 100 SMEs: DIY Law Technologies Ltd
26th February 2019
The invasion of technology can be seen in every sphere of human existence including the legal sector. With legal tech, people can now access the services of qualified legal personnel from the internet regardless of where they are based. Legal tech startups, you can get legal advice from lawyers while handling as much as you can on … Continue reading Top 100 SMEs: DIY Law Technologies Ltd
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Top 100 SMEs – Kinetic Associates
22nd February 2019
Kinetic Associates is without doubt one of the leading SME development firms and business incubators in Nigeria. Kinetic Associates will help to start, nurture, stabilize and grow business ideas into enviable and profitable businesses or outfits. With the constant presence of qualified professionals at their disposal, clients can now easily take their ideas from conception … Continue reading Top 100 SMEs – Kinetic Associates
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