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2 Things that are killing your Business and how to avoid them

Tweet We all go into business with aim to succeed. Success can be quantified based on your aim of running the business. Normally when we go into business, we have high hopes and strong believe to succeed but there are two things that can kill your business in space of More »

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Introducing PocketMoni eTranzact Mobile Money Service

Tweet Just like various financial institutions in Nigeria eTranzact is not being left behind in the scramble to dominate mobile money service in Nigeria. They demonstrated their seriousness with the launch of PocketMoni. PocketMoni is the brand name of eTranzact Mobile Money service. eTranzact Mobile Money platform is the first More »

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GT Bank Launches Mobile Money Service (GTBank MobileMoney)

Tweet The Nigerian financial industry is going mobile, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has joined the likes of Globacom and Paga by launching a Mobile Money Service -GTBank MobileMoney. GTBank Mobile money allows you to send money/make payments from your mobile phone to anyone in Nigeria. According to a statement from More »

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CBN’s Cashless Policy: How to Take Your Business Cashless and Save Money

Tweet Last year the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) introduced a policy on cash based transactions aimed at reducing the country’s dependence on a cash economy and reducing the inherent costs of moving cash that banks and other financial institutions incur as a result. The policy already known as the More »

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Unethical Business Practices: Is Google Trying to Kill Mocality Kenya?

Tweet Google business strategy in Africa has been detested by local Startup entrepreneurs. Many are unhappy with Google business initiatives in Africa like Get Businesses Online, Google Trader etc that has been something far from innovative. And so Google is in the news again for an underhand, unsavoury attempt to More »

Today’s Young Entrepreneurs: How To Overcome the Age Stigma as A Growing Entrepreneur in 2012

Tweet Starting out as a young entrepreneur has its challenges especially in the African setting where people tend to see youth as not with potential for success but as liabilities. Still despite the many challenges you may face as a young entrepreneur it is an exciting time to go into business for yourself. There has

Employee Motivation Strategies: 6 Ways to Keep Your Workers Happy Without Money

Tweet In many quarters it is believed that the best way to keep your staff and employees motivated and happy is to pay them more money. To some extent this may be true. Still there is an extent to which money can go as a motivator and many cases money alone cannot keep your people

Vconnect Introduces New Service,”Post Your Requirement”

Tweet Vconnect, Nigeria’s largest local search engine and information service provider has introduced a new interactive service on the web portal tagged Post Your Requirement. According to the General Manager of Vconnect Global Service Ltd (owners of Vconnect.com) Deepankar Rustagi, the new service is to facilitate convenient and faster connection between consumers and suppliers through

Low Cost Business Promotion Strategies: Boost Your Company’s Image With Branded T-Shirts

Tweet Publicity is key when it comes to business. Advertising can be expensive and any sort of free publicity is likely to be welcomed with open arms by business owners. There are many ways a business can get their brand and service recognised, and perhaps one of the cheaper yet effective methods is through the

Glo Launches New Package G-BAM HI 5ive: Make Calls 5k per Sec, Free Facebook Browsing

Tweet The Festive Season is here and Telecom companies in Nigeria are dishing out mouth watering packages for its subscribers. Globacom Nigeria seems to be on top of the game with its latest offer G-BAM Hi 5ive. According to press release by Globacom “G-Bam Hi 5ive allows subscribers to call five special numbers at only

5 Nigerian Companies With the Most Effective and Active Use of Social Media in 2011

Tweet We have carried out an extensive study and research to find out Nigerian companies with the best use of social media to build brand awareness and loyalty. In modern business as more people go social it is becoming more clearer that for a brand to create lasting loyalty it has to create a means

Google Zeitgeist 2011: What the World Searched Most in 2011

Tweet Zeitgeist sorted billions of Google searches to capture the year’s 10 fastest-rising global queries and the rest of the spirit of 2011. Among the most searched things globally were Steve Jobs, Ipad2 and Rebecca Black. You can check out the results of Google Zeitgeist 2011 here You can explore further and find the top

Twitter Releases 2011 Hottest Topics, Gives Golden Tweet Award to @Wendys

Tweet Twitter, the popular social networking platform that enables people share ideas and information in a 140 character micro format has published its list of the most popular and hottest topics. The list is published under 14 categories including Tech, Food and Drink, Cities and Countries, World News etc. Under the Soccer category Wayne Rooney

Online Advertising Space in Africa: Why It is Proving Difficult to Take on Google Adwords and What Advertising Companies Can Do

Tweet Not too long ago we wrote on Click Search Nigeria, a Nigerian online advertising company that has found it hard to get a sizeable portion of the online advertising revenue in Nigeria’s increasing online space. A few advertising companies exist in Africa; Ad Dynamo, Adplacers and Bidvertisers among others and it is the preoccupation

[PRESS RELEASE] Ad Dynamo Introduces Regional Targetting

Tweet Up and coming online advertising company Ad Dynamo has stated on its official blog that it has started implementing regional targeting; “I’m pleased to say that we’ve just launched regional targeting. This new functionality enables advertisers to target customers in specific cities. Regional targeting is set at the campaign level and is available worldwide,