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Agriculture BUSINESS Entrepreneurship TECH

23rd September 2023

  AgriTech, which is a marriage of agriculture and contemporary technologies, is a vast field that holds plenty of promise. It’s been around in the Nigerian context for about a decade and has already yielded numerous innovative solutions to pressing challenges across the agricultural value chain. This industry has also attracted the attention of individual … Continue reading 6 AgriTech Business Ideas Nigerian Entrepreneurs Can Explore 

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BUSINESS Entrepreneurship Events Events Leadership

18th May 2023

On the 27th of May 2023, an upcoming breakfast session focusing on strategy and model and hacks will take place. The event is designed for CEOs and business owners who are seeking to enhance their business strategies and structures to improve their overall performance.     The event will feature expert speakers who will share … Continue reading Improve Your Business Performance with this Strategy & Structure Session for CEOs, and Management Teams

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ANNOUNCEMENTS Arts Creative Industry Entrepreneurship Events 8 more...

12th April 2023

  SOTO Gallery Presents Charred Visions: Textures and Tensions, a group exhibition of works by Uche Uzorka, Chukwumereogo Okeke, and Uchay Joel Chima. Read more about Arts SOTO Gallery is a Lagos-based exhibition space that showcases contemporary African art in unique and innovative ways. They promote community-oriented, forward-thinking, and inclusive art practices through their extensive … Continue reading SOTO Gallery Presents Charred Visions: Textures and Tensions

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BUSINESS CAREER Entrepreneurship Tip of the Day Tips

9th May 2022

Have you ever thought there will be the Simplest way of generating wealth? It will be difficult for you to believe. We usually have big dreams when we dream. We’ve planned to buy or accomplish so many things in our lives. But we believe it is impossible to amass such wealth, and our dreams are … Continue reading The Simplest Wealth Generation Tips People Overlook

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BUSINESS E-Commerce Entrepreneurship Finance

7th April 2022

  What is eCommerce?  E-Commerce involves commercial transactions conducted electronically on the internet. The commercial activities may include trading, banking, insurance, advertising, communication, etc. E-commerce has its various types and these types are to be considered when growing the e-commerce business. The types include;  Read more about Business Consumer to Consumer Business to Business  Business … Continue reading Ways To Grow Your eCommerce Business

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Entrepreneurship Fashion

24th February 2022

  A fashion entrepreneur caught the attention of many on the popular micro-blogging platform, Twitter after she shared pictures of her laudable business growth. Read more about Fashion The owner of Mo stores, with the Twitter handle @MissMo___ shared on the platform her incredible business growth. How it started She shared pictures of her humble … Continue reading Fashion News: How It Started vs How It’s Going

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BUSINESS Entrepreneurship

21st February 2022

The world is becoming so innovative that winning is no longer about being richer, bigger, or working harder than competitors. Business success today is ascribed to entrepreneurs who have been able to birth creative solutions to the problems of humanity. Creativity gives you an edge over others through the spark of an idea. Creativity simply … Continue reading The Magic Of Staying Creative As An Entrepreneur

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BUSINESS Business Ideas Entrepreneurship

27th January 2022

  The choice to upscale your business is in your hands. There are secret ingredients that make a people gain visibility and become the most sought after. It isn’t usually smooth sailing or a jolly ride, but with commitment and desire to grow your business in 2022, you will be able to make a difference. … Continue reading Marketing Strategies To Gain Visibility

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BUSINESS Entrepreneurship Nigeria Top 10 Year In Review

28th December 2021

  Nigeria is Africa’s economy and she is blessed with great brands – whether old or new. In this article, we shall itemize the top 10 most influential brands in Nigeria. The rationale behind our choice is anchored on public opinions from several selected studies, their influence on the Nigerian market, and the product’s relevance … Continue reading Top 10 Most Influential Brands In Nigeria For 2021

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BUSINESS Entrepreneurship

15th March 2021

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 Did You Know? Entrepreneurship

13th January 2021

The Nigerian economy is powered by the strength and resilience of several million entrepreneurs. From the founding executive at a top manufacturer to the regular roadside retail vendor, there’s no shortage of people willing to build businesses that meet the world’s needs. Read more about Business The vast majority of entrepreneurs in Nigeria are small … Continue reading Did You Know? More Than 40 Percent of Nigerian Entrepreneurs are Women

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Entrepreneurship

1st October 2020

Where do you see your business within the next 10 years? Perhaps you’re laying the groundwork for a scalable startup that will create the best solutions for your industry’s market or you’re building a small scale business that will sustain a modest lifestyle. Whatever your business goals are, you definitely want to be a successful … Continue reading How To Be The Best Entrepreneur You Can Be

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BUSINESS Economy Entrepreneurship

27th June 2020

  Every year, the world marks June 27 as its Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Day. It was introduced by the United Nations In 2017 when it resolved to recognize MSMEs for powering the global economy. Small businesses are important.  They employ up to 70% of the global workforce and contribute half its GDP. Nine out … Continue reading Micro, Small, And Medium-Sized Enterprises Day 2020

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BUSINESS Entrepreneurship Events

24th June 2020

In view of the circumstances which we have all slowly adapted to thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, Connect Nigeria has soldiered on in its bid to propagate and promote businesses all over Nigeria. Webinars have become more relevant as we cannot bring people together physically and it is against this backdrop that we are bringing … Continue reading Connect Nigeria’s Webinar: Meet The Speakers

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BUSINESS Entrepreneurship

18th June 2020

Entrepreneurship is hard. But if you’re committing yourself to it, be sure that it’s worth your sweat. This is doubly important in Nigeria, where most businesses simply exist to sustain their owners’ lives. Many people don’t have the perceived ‘luxury’ of pursuing their dreams or working on passion projects. If they did at the first … Continue reading 8 Steps to Succeeding as an Entrepreneur in Nigeria

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BUSINESS Entrepreneurship

23rd July 2019

Entrepreneurs all over the world do not hesitate to jump at schemes and opportunities meant to bolster their trade and widen their scope on how to build their brands to a global standard. Nigeria is fortunate to have a crop of youth willing to establish their own enterprise in a country with a high unemployment … Continue reading Tony Elumelu Foundation Set To Host The Largest Entrepreneurship Forum In Africa.

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Entrepreneurship

2nd April 2019

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) is giving up to ₦5 million in interest-free loans to women entrepreneurs. The bank says this is in line with its ambition to help women build their businesses independently and increase their contribution to Nigeria’s economic output. The SheVentures scheme, as it’s called, is designed to avail women of funding … Continue reading FCMB Is Giving Zero Interest Loans to Women Entrepreneurs

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BUSINESS Entrepreneurship

19th February 2019

The Nigerian entrepreneur comes in more shades than you can imagine. It could be the boss at an establishment with a staff of ten, or the woman running a local restaurant nearby; maybe it’s the young man selling biscuits and sweets from his roadside kiosk. Perhaps it’s you. The numbers suggest that about a third … Continue reading Did You Know? One Out of Every Three Nigerian Adults is an Entrepreneur

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BUSINESS Entrepreneurship Personality

5th February 2019

Decades before our most celebrated contemporary women business moguls, Bisoye Tejuoso had created a space for herself in Nigeria’s overwhelmingly male commercial space. In her prime, this self-driven, hard-nosed Abeokuta-born entrepreneur was a ‘captain of industry’ in her own right, founding companies, growing them into mammoth establishments, and owning her patch of the country’s business … Continue reading Did You Know: Bisoye Tejuoso, Nigeria’s First Female Industrialist

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Entrepreneurship Events

4th February 2019

Since 2011 Connect Nigeria has consistently stood in the gap between Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) and potential investors, customers, and industry solutions and best practices. This is as a result of the favorable outcomes of the company’s annual business fair, which is aimed at empowering business owners with the technical know-how of running … Continue reading Why Connect Nigeria’s ‘Business Fair’ Is A Big Deal

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BUSINESS Entrepreneurship

17th September 2018

When asked, 3 out of 5 (would-be) entrepreneurs will tell you that raising money to fund their business idea is the reason they have not launched out. I beg to differ. Depending on the type of business you want to embark on, you really do not need millions of naira to start. Consider these: Save … Continue reading SME 101: Do You Need Money for Your Business?

By liz-taylor

E-Commerce Entrepreneurship

5th September 2018

I was recently thumbing through my favorite Instagram accounts, and this thought began to build in my head: “Liz, to survive in today’s business environment, which changes faster than you can spell a nine letter name, you have to live in the future.” Someone once said that to survive as entrepreneurs, we must create the … Continue reading SME 101: Entrepreneur, Live In The Future

By liz-taylor

Entrepreneurship

29th August 2018

The most notorious minefield any SME will encounter presents itself when they first start up. This minefield is fraught with mistakes and pitfalls that can take your business out. Stepping Out When I decided to step into the entrepreneurial waters after a career in financial services, I believed I would be the best thing since … Continue reading SME 101: Five Mistakes Most SMEs Make

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