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3 Important Reasons for African SMEs to Revise their Business Models Post-COVID
Image sourced from CodeXtra Trends, /* custom css */ .tdi_4_3b6.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_3b6.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } For every company, innovation is tremendously important, but in many cases, innovation is only associated with new products or technical renewals. However, business model innovations can be significantly more profitable, and current pandemic-driven changes in customer behaviour and technological innovations have created a window of opportunity for companies to explore new business models. Every company has a business model, but at times, this must change to ensure the company’s ongoing success and ultimately, its survival. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_a9d.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_a9d.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Even minor ...
5 Intriguing Business Ideas for You to Make Extra Money After Work
/* custom css */ .tdi_4_0ab.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_0ab.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Additional income is an important way to provide more financial security for yourself and your family. It likewise allows you to achieve your goals faster or afford certain items or holidays that were just out of reach before. These ideas below are not just for once-off boosts in income, they are intended for those who are looking for new permanent sources of income, both additional and main. This collection contains ideas from different areas so that people from many walks of life and interests can find a suitable option for themselves. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_dd2.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_dd2.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Perhaps you already have an idea...
APC chieftain: Senator Sheriff used his empire to handpick Kashim Shettima as Borno governor in 2011
File Photo A chieftain in the All Progressive Congress (APC) and a former law maker in the Nasarawa state House of Assembly, Hon. Dr Kassim Mohammad Kassim, has recalled how former Borno Governor Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff installed his successor, Senator Kashim Shettima in 2011. The former Nasarawa lawmaker, who is a stakeholder in the ruling party and a close allied told reporters in Lafia, capital of Nasarawa that Modu-Sheriff practically dragged Shettima from the banking sector and made him Governor using his vast networks and goodwill. Responding to an online publication that averred Modu-Sheriff is unfit to become national chairman of the APC, Kassim said: “The writer forget to mention how Senator Ali Modu Sheriff singlehandedly brought Shettima from the banking sector in 2007 and made...
The Key to Boosting Women in Tech in South Africa
Sourced from Women in Tech Africa. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_365.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_365.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Women remain a largely untapped resource in the technology talent pool in South Africa. The statistics don’t lie: there are only 56000 women filling 236 000 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) roles in the country. That is 23%. Women fare even worse in emerging technology roles, such as cloud computing, and data and AI, with only 14% female participation in professional cloud computing and 28% in data and AI. Perhaps even more concerning is the lack of female talent filtering into the pipeline. For every two women who graduate with a STEM-related (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degree in South Africa, there are fiv...
Mobile vs Desktop: Which is Better for Trading?
Image sourced from VorteXz Signals. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_d09.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_d09.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } There’s no doubt that Africa has become increasingly active from an investment and economic perspective of late, with this thanks largely to a huge increase in mobile penetration rates and accessibility. To this end, smartphone sales in Africa grew to comprise 6.6% of the global marketplace in 2019, compared with 6.3% in 2018 and just 5.9% in 2017. The continent is expected to make up 7.1% of the worldwide market in just two years’ time, as it continues to grow incrementally and impressively. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_910.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_910.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } But is your smartphone the best option for...
Can Debt Consolidation Help Your Credit Score?
Image sourced from Focus Federal Credit Union. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_37e.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_37e.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } So, you have heaps of debt and finally decided to get help. You’ve settled on debt consolidation, but you’re worried about how the financial strategy might affect your credit. But can debt consolidation actually help your credit score? You may be pleasantly surprised. Why Consolidate Debt? /* custom css */ .tdi_3_d63.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_d63.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Let’s start there. In short, consolidating your accounts can save you cash. For instance, if you have cards with an aggregate rate of, say, 24%, you can try to consolidate your balances into a new credit card or loan with a lower interest...
South African Animation Studio Wins International Film Award
Mama K’s Team 4 on Netflix. Image sourced from Quartz. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_787.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_787.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Annecy International Animation Festival has awarded South African animation studio, Triggerfish, the Mifa Animation Industry Award. “This is to highlight the pioneering role that the company has played in animation in South Africa, and Africa most widely,” says Véronique Encrenaz, head of Mifa. Previous recipients include Christopher Meledandri, founder of Illumination (Despicable Me); the co-founders of Aardman, Peter Lord and David Sproxton (Wallace & Grommet); Marc Bonny, the creator of Gebeka Films (My Life As A Courgette); Eric Beckman, founder of GKIDS (Wolfwalkers); and Women in Animation (WIA). /* cust...
President Buhari holds emergency security meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari is this Tuesday holding an emergency National Security Meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting is expected to review the current state of insecurity across the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN); Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and National Security Adviser (NSA), Major-General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), are in attendance. Also in attendance are: Ministers of Defence, Major-General Bashir Magashi (Rtd) and Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyema. Also in the meeting are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amoo; and the new Chief of Army Staff, M...
What Your Education Level Means for Your Employment Chances in SA
Image sourced from Iemas Financial Services. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_5e7.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_5e7.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } South Africa is currently dealing with an incredibly high unemployment rate, one of its highest in history, according to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS). The latest QLFS results show that the official unemployment rate increased to 32,6% – the highest rate on its record. The number of unemployed people remained relatively unchanged at more than 11.4-million people, however, Stats SA notes that this number may not be concrete considering the large number of non-economically active individuals who make up home-makers and/or previously discouraged workers at 17-million. “The number of discouraged work-seekers increased by 201,000...
Top 4 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
/* custom css */ .tdi_4_f6c.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_f6c.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. An enormous underwater mudslide cripples the internet. The South African government seeks to regulate Netflix and other digital streaming services, and how blockchain and cryptocurrency can increase financial inclusion in developing countries. Finally, the Huawei Band 6 round out this week’s most trending stories. Find out more about this week’s top articles: /* custom css */ .tdi_3_f21.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_f21.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } 4. How Blockchain and Crypto Can Lessen Financial Exclusion in Developing Countries COVID-19 has had many different ...
Ex-soldiers: We trained 4,400 IPOB militias after Nnamdi Kanu promised us rank of General in Biafra Republic
Operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team have arrested three dismissed soldiers, who allegedly partook in the training of 4,400 members of the Eastern Security Network for the Indigenous People of Biafra. The suspects have been identified as Linus Owalo, Godswill Steven and Chinasa Orji. They were arrested recently after operatives of the IRT, while following a tip-off from some members of IPOB, raided the group’s hideouts in Imo, Anambra and Delta States and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. ESN is the armed wing of the POB. IPOB and ESN have been accused by the police of being responsible for the attacks and killings of security operatives as well as burning of police stations and government infrastructure across the South East and South South regions of the country. IPOB a...
Presidency: One million Nigerians benefitting from survival fund
The Presidency yesterday said that over one million Nigerians have so far benefitted from the Survival Fund scheme under the Federal Government’s Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP). The Presidency said there are 500,000 beneficiaries from the MSMEs Payroll support track, 44,500 under the one-off General MSME Grant, and another 265,425 under the artisan support track, among others. Recall that payment to new beneficiaries of the Payroll Support track and the one-time General MSME Grant had commenced at the end of April. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, Mr Laolu Akande, in Abuja last night explained that so far, under the ESP there are currently over one million beneficiaries nationwide from the various schemes...
