MSMEs and access to finance: What entrepreneurs need to know.
With a financing access gap of over 99 per cent, Nigeria’s micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) are, perhaps, the least funded globally. But in...
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Top 10 Nigerian tech startups deals in 2022.
Despite the global economic headwinds that saw many tech giants embark on mass layoffs last year, the growth trajectory of tech startups across the world...
Reasons Startups Fail After Their First Growth Spurt.
The growth phase of a startup often leaves most entrepreneurs confused and frustrated. The metrics and KPIs, which are supposed to help you figure out...
How to Digitalize Your Sales Organization
The Sales Organization Digitalization is a term used to describe the process of digitizing internal sales operations. This includes everything from replacing old-school sales processes...
Benefits of Starting a Business in a Rural Community.
Rural communities are full of unique opportunities for business owners, and you’ll find that the quality of life in a rural area can also be...
12 Steps to Building a Successful Business Strategy
The importance of a business plan should not be overlooked. Without clear goals and a strategy, you will lose control and your business will inevitably...
How to Write a Business Plan.
With this step-by-step guide, learn how to write a well-written professional business plan that can help you successfully start your business, apply for funding, and...
Nigeria in Numbers: The Country’s Top Five Commodity Exports
Nigeria has much to be proud of. As one of the foremost countries in Africa, it boasts the largest economy on the continent and the...
Will COVID-19 change Marketing forever?
WFA asked four industry experts whether COVID-19 has the power to change marketing forever – and if yes, in which ways. Cindy Gallop is a marketing...
How to build your side hustle while working full-time
Building a business is hard. But what about building a business on the side while working full-time? I built a freelancing business while studying dentistry,...
Experts identify factors hampering industrialization.
INDUSTRIALIZATION growth in Nigeria is stifled by vagaries of factors embedded in unstable political environment, dearth of basic infrastructure, poor macroeconomic management, overregulation and multiple...
Saving poultry sector with FMN, other backward integration strategies.
There is increasing attention to producing agro-allied products locally to sustain food security and enhance good nutrition, especially if the talk about ending hunger and...
Mechanising Nigerian Agriculture: Efforts and Challenges (II)
Nigeria is amazingly blessed with both human and natural resources making other countries grin with envy. Nigeria is richly endowed with 91 million hectares of...
Transforming Nigeria’s agriculture for higher growth.
As Nigeria continues to grow its farming capacity, startups are rushing to add technology and structure to centuries-old, largely informal supply chain. They are building...
7 Powerful ways to overcome obstacles and win in life
Obstacles are the stumbling blocks that prevent you from reaching your goals. They are the limiting factors that hinder you from achieving your desired dreams,...
6 Books to help your Business Innovate from the inside out
Sadly there’s not a simple button to press if your answer is “yes.” However, there might be a few hacks to shorten the distance from...
10 Steps for expanding into Global Markets
Here are 10 steps to help you begin the process of exporting. 1. Develop a game plan. Formulating a strategy for going global requires the same kind of planning...
Important investment books every entrepreneur needs to read
Entrepreneurship isn’t for the faint of heart and brings its own unique set of challenges and obstacles. Thankfully, there’s a wealth of information out there...
4 Ways how Tech and Business could combine over the next decade
The start of this decade hasn’t come quietly. To many people, it feels as if their world has been turned upside down, the Covid-19 epidemic...
The legal secrets to minimizing your taxes
By familiarizing yourself with the tax law in your country, and carrying out some simple calculations that only take you a couple of hours every...
7 ways to promote your Business Online for free
You may not have wads of cash to spend on marketing in the early stages of your startup, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t...
How to do more with less through local collaboration
Partnering up with other local small businesses could be a great way to get your company more exposure—and customers. When you’re running a business, it...
Future of Social Media: Trends to Watch
Social media evolves faster than the marketing industry can keep up. With algorithm changes, new cutting-edge features and a constant stream of updates, it can...
Beginner’s Guide in managing your Amazon Business
Starting an e-commerce business takes a lot of expertise and resources to get it right. While many seek Amazon to operate their online business, it’s...
Limitations of General Liability Insurance for businesses
For businesses, insurance is an important part of daily operations. There are many benefits of having an insurance plan, the most obvious (and most important)...
Ethical and respectful tactics entrepreneurs can use to influence consumer behavior
Many entrepreneurs may not be psychologists, there are certain psychological tactics that can be used to appeal to consumers. Smart, skillful and honest marketers use...
Don’t skip any of these steps if you want your Business to succeed internationally
When you’ve seen yourself succeed significantly in the business world, then expansion and franchising would be the next best thing for you. You need to...
How Innovative Ideas Arise
In 2010, Thomas Thwaites decided he wanted to build a toaster from scratch. He walked into a shop, purchased the cheapest toaster he could find,...
How to Sell on Facebook Using Shopify
You can use Facebook Messenger to sell your Shopify products. Using Messenger to sell allows instant customer service and real-time engagement. Shopify’s checkout portal integrates...
How to Reduce Your Business’s Tax Liability
For most individuals, taxes are due April 17, but businesses must prepare (and pay) taxes year-round. The decisions you make throughout the year impact your...