ALX, a leading tech career accelerator fostering a vibrant community of young talent across Africa, hosted a Parents Forum in Lagos to spotlight its innovative ALX Pathway Programme. This unique initiative opens opportunities for young Africans to pursue degrees at globally renowned partner institutions, empowering participants with the tools and networks to succeed.
To bolster awareness for this new innovative programme and build trust among key stakeholders, the tech accelerator hosted an insightful and engaging Parents Forum in Lagos.
The forum provided an interactive platform to showcase the programme’s offerings, including access to peer communities, professional network events, mentorship, and personalized guidance for applications to partner universities. The event featured testimonials from current participants and a live session with a representative...
The delicate art of balancing work and play is especially crucial for students, who must navigate the demands of their academic responsibilities while also finding time to relax and enjoy leisure activities.
Striking the right balance is not only important for maintaining mental and emotional well-being; it's also critical for sustaining motivation and productivity in the long run. Whether you're juggling a demanding course load or engaging in extracurricular activities, understanding how to effectively manage your time can be the key to success.
In this article, we explore the strategies and insights that can help students create a well-rounded and fulfilling lifestyle.
Understanding the Work-Play Balance: Why It Matters for Students
The pursuit of knowledge is demanding, often requiring students to prioritize their...
WorldRemit is one of the largest online remittance company in the world, allowing users send and receive money to/from almost anywhere in the world. Presently, WorldRemit's (money sending) services are available in over 50 countries, for individuals to send money to recipients in over more than 145 countries. Some of the interesting and standout features about WorldRemit, though, are the company's cost-saving transfer fees, competitive exchange rates, flexible payment methods and likewise, multiple methods of receiving funds.
Although WorldRemit permits the remittance of money to and from a handful of countries in the world, individuals can only use the company's...
You don’t need an expert to tell you the vital role marketing plays in the growth of your business. All entrepreneurs operating startup concern know the importance of this critical management function.
You are probably selling high-quality products in the market at very reasonable prices. However, the members of the target audience in this environment should be aware of this fact.
If this is not the case, you won’t receive the kind of rewards you expect for your hard work. You have got to remember that communication is an essential aspect of marketing. This is where SMS marketing and group messaging...
Cyberlink is out with a new version of PowerDirector, its renowned Windows-based consumer-level video editing software. The newly launched PowerDirector 17 comes as a sequel to the Cyberlink PowerDirector 16. PowerDirector has always been one of the best video editing solutions for professionals, beginners, intermediates, and users at all levels.
The new Cyberlink PowerDirector 17 update comes with new professional-level tools and add-ons while maintaining the powerful inherent features introduced on previous versions. In addition, the new PowerDirector 17 was launched alongside a new flexible subscription option for users of the video editing software.
The new "PowerDirector 365" is a version...
A calendar is an organizing system for marking events on a timeline that can be stretched to days, weeks, months or even years.
Calendars are used everywhere for different purposes like for marking future events coming up in days and to remember past events from older dated calendars. It can also mean a list of planned events on a timeline in a chronological order. It is used in social, religious, commercial or administrative bodies to manage dates and times.
In this article, you will be reading about different ways an annual calendar can be printed , and so much more.
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The times when the only way to make it career-wise in America was by attending college have long passed. Economic trends have changed and white-collar jobs are gradually being replaced by the traditional blue-collar jobs.
Subsequently, vocational education has gained popularity because the majority of the people are looking for job-related skills. People have realized that it is easy to get a decent job when they have technical skills because that is what is highly demanded in various industries in the country.
Recent studies show that vocational education is a key pillar in the American Economy. The country needs critical thinkers,...
SureTrader is one of the best online stock broker in the game; a big fish in a big pond. Looking for the best and most popular brokerage services to trade U.S stocks outside the United States? Or you need a broker to help evade your certain regulations? Or perhaps, you're a beginner trader looking to kickstart your stock trading career, and equally on the search for the best online broker with powerful trading tools and solutions?
Established in 2008, SureTrader as a division of Swiss America's Securities, Ltd became fully operational in 2011. Barely a year after, the company became...
In America, most of the people eat out rather than cooking at home. The Point of Sale (POS) is a type of computer system which has made business a lot easier. With the help of POS, restaurant businesses can now run very smoothly and efficiently.
As such POS systems are often called the unsung heroes of the restaurant business. You can observe that many businessmen in America want to implement the POS system in their restaurant. In the last couple of years, many POS machines have been introduced in restaurants such that you will find some of the best restaurant...
The industrial Internet of Things is starting to come of age, but are African organisations ready to use it to boost their global competitiveness? The reality is that many industrial companies in Africa are missing a critical building block for an Internet of Things strategy—a modern, robust, and integrated set of enterprise applications.
That’s according to Matthew Kibby, Vice-President, Enterprise, Africa & Middle East at Sage. He says that a flexible, modern enterprise applications suite will give the business the ability to efficiently gather, analyse and act on the information it gathers from sensors and devices in the connected workplace....
There is a steady and continuous demand for workout apps, and those who are keen about their fitness are making it an integral part of their daily lives. Hence it would be interesting to find out the reason why there is a growing demand for fitness apps.
To begin with, they do go a long way in bringing some obvious benefits. These apps if regularly and properly used could go a long way in tracking weight loss and also monitoring nutritional intake.
They are also extremely useful when it comes to monitoring long-term planning of goals and measuring of different milestones...
Are you new to the entire hosting and website thing and need a web hosting service providers with very affordable rates or even FREE hosting? Then you should check out Hostinger hosting services.
This article will be covering some of Hostinger's upsides, its features, pricing and plans, and some of the downsides too.
About Hostinger Hosting Company
Hostinger was founded in November 2004 as a small hosting company. Now, 14 years after, the company has successfully grown to become one of the household names in the web hosting ecosystem; thanks to the many features and benefits of using its services. See Services
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Animation is an important aspect of not only entertainment stories, film and movie industry, but also in businesses. For many reasons, the demand for visual animation experts (animators) is on the rise.
DreamGrow opines that animated video is the best strategy for your social media because it is fun, universal, cheaper to produce, evokes more emotions, and catches users attention better.
In fact, it is believed that adding animation to your website can boost sales by as much as 200 percent. These benefits of animation, coupled with so many other (increasingly) numerous upsides, are why you might want to pick up...
Spring is around the corner and you might need to stock up on new-season essentials. Perhaps you need a new wardrobe, a healthier pantry or supplies for an outdoor hobby.
Before rushing off to your nearest shopping mall, I encourage you to look local and support small businesses in your area, not only on Small Business Friday (7 September) but every day.
Small businesses are the lifelines of every community. If we don’t support them, the economy suffers, and we miss out on great benefits.
Here are a few of those benefits:
1. Unique Products and Services
Small businesses exist because the founder identified...
Lapel pins are small items with a lot of benefits. They can be utilized for branding, identification, or launching of new products.
Not only that, lapel pins are also popular for individual use to upgrade style in various occasions.
Get to know more about the pins in this following article.
Lapel Pins – Small Items with Great Benefits
There are a lot of advantages that people can get from using lapel pins, include:
1. Improve Employee Recognition
Most of the employees will be very glad to know that their achievements and contributions to the company are well recognized.
This can help the business owners to boost...
Kids start using the internet and digital devices like smartphones and tablets at a much earlier stage in their life. This could expose them to apps that are addictive and result in lack of concentration and focus. However, are there ways kids can make the right use of these powerful technologies without getting addicted. We look at this in this article.
Of course, if kids are to use their devices and the immense power that the internet and modern technology right they will surely need the help of their parents. One crucial step for the parents is to use parental...
Businesses today want more from their accountants. Business strategy, growth planning and future vertical industry trends are all areas that accountants are being expected to input on with knowledge and confidence.
Sage’s own Practice of Now 2018 report found that 83 per cent of clients are demanding more today from accountants than five years ago, while 42 per cent also expect their accountant to provide business strategy and advice.
It’s likely that many accountants are managing this evolution with a mix of anticipation and trepidation.
Beyond the Books
With clear sight into a company's profits, losses and operational expenditure, accountants have a...
Are you looking for a state-of-the-art phone system that would replace the archaic wired phone lines in your business? A solution that is cost-effective? Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a popular communication system that utilizes the speed and capabilities of the internet along with software integration to transmit voice data cost-effectively. We will be taking a look at some of the Best VoIP phone services providers for cost-effective business communication.
VoIP is a key part of any Business Telephone System. While the traditional telephone lines are still very much popular and in competition to VoIP communication system, many homes,...
RingCentral is a renowned provider of cloud-based communications and collaboration solutions for homes and business, particularly for businesses. The company was founded and established in 1999 by Vlad Shmunis and is headquartered in Belmont, California. The company has offices in various locations like Denver Colorado, Toronto Ontario, Singapore, Philippines, Russia, Florida, Ukraine, and China.
RingCentral uses technology to make it easier for businesses to work and grow by providing the ground for businesses to effectively communicate, collaborate, and connect with teams, customers, and partners over the internet in any place, on any device, and through flexible means.
To achieve this, RingCentral...
Leveraging data gathered from an event with the use of modern technology is one way to increase return-on-investment (ROI) in the event industry in Nigeria and to improve event marketing methods to yield higher results. Event marketing is a promotional strategy that involves face-to-face contact between companies and their customers at special events like concerts, fairs, and sporting events.
As an event organizer in Nigeria, you will like to ensure that your partners and sponsors are able to maximize your event to get a reasonable return-on-investment (ROI). Technology, in recent times, has proven to be the best go-to for effective,...
Google sure do have a lot of services that are aimed at impacting lives across the world. One of such is the Google Station program; a service which Google runs in conjunction with local partners to provide WiFi hotspot across publics places in the where individuals can have free access to internet connection.
At the tech giant’s “Google for Nigeria” event, Google announced the entrance of the Google Station program into Africa, with Nigeria being the first state to enjoy the privilege. Aimed at solving the connectivity challenge facing the country, Google also intends to expand its reach in the...
Using event tech tools can help you manage your conference effectively, provide insights, improve audience participation or engagement and increase the market value for your conference and the brand.
This is why a lot of event organizers in Nigeria are beginning to look out for event tech tools that can help boost their conference or any other kind of event.
Here are some of the event tech tools you can use at your next conference...
Phone Chargers Station
This event tech tool is a sleek, simple and secure smartphone charging station for public places, tradeshows and business summit events for unlimited charging sessions...
With the sharp increase in brokerages and new companies offering investment apps, the options are numerous. Plus, choosing the best investment apps can be...
DSTV is a leading Satellite cable TV service from Multichoice in Nigeria and across Africa. The service offers direct-to-home DTH pay TV services to...
Aero Airline (a.k.a Aero Contractors) offers a convenient online platform for handling your flight transaction. At the Aero air online booking platform, you can...
