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The Corporate Affairs Commission has recently extended the deadline registration for accessing its discounted business registration for 2019. Extension of the 50% reduction in the cost of the registration fee for business names window by 90 days effective 13th May, to 13th August 2019. This is exciting news for small business owners that have not registered their company to take advantage of this so that such a company can get recognized by the government and have access to Biding contract, grant and tax-related services to facilitate business contracts with government and corporate organizations, This is going to attract a N500 service charge for name search and reservation. The total cost for business registration amounting to N5,500.  For more information, Visit the Official Website of the Corporate Affairs Commission. http://new.cac.gov.ng/home/public-notice-extension-50-reduction-cost-registration-fee-business-names-window-90-days/

These days, it is no longer enough to argue that enterprise companies are too big to bother with social media. Remember this Sales 101 basic: be where your market is. Right now, they are online. The numbers are daunting. Of the 7.3 billion global population as of July 2015, more than 3 billion use the internet. Of these, more than two thirds are on social media. Facebook has more than 1.7 billion users; LinkedIn has 450 million. Plus, more than 90 percent of brands are on at least two social media platforms. It’s not just the wide use of social media that drives companies to explore social selling possibilities. According to a May 2017 Forrester Consulting survey (done for Hootsuite), there is a general discontent with how typical salespeople conduct selling. A majority of the respondents believe that salespeople come to the table with an agenda, regardless of its fit as the solution to the customer’s problems. The internet – and to a good degree, social media – empowers buye

We are living in exciting and innovative times with futuristic technology literally at our fingertips. But for the longest time, small to medium sized businesses were not serviced by the latest tech trends enterprises have been able to benefit from. That is, until now. In this article, we’ll explore these technology trends and how they will impact business in 2018 and beyond. So, what kind of things can this ‘smart’ tech do? Just 4 months ago, an AI machine managed to complete a University level math exam 12 times faster than it normally takes the average human.  How? Through the art of machine learning; where computers learn and adapt through experience without explicitly being programmed. Furthermore, Facebook made headlines earlier this year when their chatbots created their own language. Some Fake News stories say that the engineer’s pulled the plug in a panic after they were getting too smart. However, the truth is that for Facebook’s purposes the chatbots needed to stick t

Details The Entrepreneur Mindset is a mentoring session with the Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., Mrs. Ibukun Awosika aimed at preparing students, especially those in their final or penultimate year who are looking forward to life after school as entrepreneurs or who have already started some form of business and would like to learn the requisite skills for growing their business in a sustainable manner. This conference would help demystify entrepreneurship and provide participants with a clear path to what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family... Kofi Annan Knowledge and action is really what differentiate you from other people. Just as food is good, energise, grow and keep the body healthy so also is knowledge for your mind. Furthermore, knowledge is what keeps our mind in good shape, it helps remove prejudice, bias and lower risk when taking decision inclusive of investment decisions which is why they always say that it is what we don't know that affects us. Similarly in stock, it is knowledge that helps you understand the current trends, models and systems that will help you get the best ROI and reduce the risk. Because things are changing fast and it is only through knowledge that you can change adapt fast. If you look indepth, some of the knowledge about the market that was valid years ago are no longer valid today which is why I get took my time to package my INVEST SUMMIT into DVD so t

As parts of efforts aimed at equipping teachers and students to explore opportunities in Nigeria’s evolving technology eco-system, the Bayelsa State Government, in partnership with Microsoft and IGNITE, has started the training of 150 teachers and 2000 students on digital literacy. The one week information and communication technology training, under the supervision of Bayelsa State’s Ministry of Education and Information and Orientation, taking place at the St. Judes Girl Secondary School, is expected to commence with the teachers training thereafter the students. Launching the Bayelsa State Computer Science Week, the Governor Seriake Dickson, noted that computer education was the integral part of every education, adding that a foundation in computer science is what would make the state lead others in education. Said he, “The essence of education is to produce a well rounded child, noting that because technology is not new in today’s world, computer science has come to stay. Represe

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo  on Friday  in Lagos inaugurated a large tech hub, which he said could drive Nigeria’s technology growth and export of innovations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tech hub, known as Vibranium Valley, houses 30 tech companies and has the capacity to house 50 more. Vibranium Valley, owned by the Venture Garden Group (VGG), is housed on the grounds of the then renowned Concord Printing Press of Nigeria owned by the Late MKO Abiola. Osinbajo said in a keynote address that Nigeria’s future would be on technology, adding that Vibranium Valley could be the next innovation cluster to drive the country’s technology advancement. The vice president spoke on “The Role of Technology and Entrepreneurship in Nation-Building”. He said: “We are here today to commission the Vibranium Valley. “We are told that Vibranium Valley houses 30 tech companies and has the capacity to house 50 more companies and about the largest tech campus in Sub-Sahara African

Voicemails are common sales tools found within a company’s operations to ensure that leads turn into actual opportunities. Contrary to what most say, voicemails are thriving tools used by most sales teams, and its benefits, once exploited, will prove beneficial to the sales process. It is one thing to use voicemails in your sales process, but it’s another to optimize its potential. On the surface, the usage of voicemails might seem like a piece of cake, but some, if not most, members of the sales force tend to misuse it, thus losing its effectiveness. Here are common voicemail usage problems: First, the error might lie within your sales reps. At times, reps, when unprepared, might end up blurting out pitches that clients wouldn’t even bother listening to. Often, reps who commit this mistake find themselves pondering on why they don’t receive return calls from clients. A remedy for this would be to create standard sales pitch for all your reps. Ensure that their spiels are uttere

With more than 40,000 companies and 4.4 million users utilizing Microsoft Dynamics CRM, it is evident that the benefits of the suite are plentiful. From offering real-time visibility and analytics to track performance to providing a way for companies to manage their cash, assets, budgets, and banking, the enterprise planning solution helps small and medium businesses function optimally. Before deciding to purchase the program, however, many companies are left to question the Microsoft Dynamics CRM’s integration capabilities — specifically, whether the Microsoft Dynamics CTI integration is user-friendly. After all, businesses recognize that seamless connectivity leads to better returns, increased customer insights, and improved customer satisfaction. Fortunately, there are third-party service providers that have partnered with Microsoft to offer solutions. The Integration Challenge Companies often employ two systems to make their businesses operate smoothly — a Client Relat