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...
Is Spectrum Charter Cable the Best of All in 2018?
What sort of internet or cable you get - relies chiefly on the area you’re currently residing in? Do you have access to Charter Cable or not? Possibly, you may not have as many choices, and you are coerced to pick what might come in handy. Or you might be the lucky one to have lots of alternative options open, Spectrum too.
Here comes another dilemma, confusion arise when you have to choose one out of all available options. Choose Charter Cable or other services? Why Spectrum? You might be wondering...
Using WhatsApp for marketing is one thing that has not crossed the mind of many digital marketers. Of all the social media outlets out there, they seem to neglect this one since it’s a chatting zone.
If you are one of such marketers, what you are not considering is the fact that WhatsApp has now grown to about 1.5 billion daily users. With the introduction of the new Status feature, the platform now sees no less than 450 million people updating one status or the other daily.
That is even more than Snapchat can boast of!
Using WhatsApp for marketing purposes has...
There are millions of companies in the world, both small startups and global industries that have a reach all over the globe. Although still kept as separate entities, it is not unusual for larger companies to buy the smaller ones, which can be hugely advantageous for both parties involved.
Google is an example of one of these business giants. On average, they buy a company every 2 weeks, and these decisions are not always financial. The world looks a lot smaller when you start looking at it like this, with many industries linked together under the large umbrella of the...
In our Email Marketing for beginners we listed a couple of basic steps, do's, why's and whats about email marketing. Once you understand the concept, the next logical step is how to implement it for your business. Finding a suitable service provider that fits perfectly with your business or personal plan can be a challenge. This is why we are here to share some of the best email marketing services providers you can consider this 2024.
The importance of choosing the right email marketing platform or provider cannot be overstated... but could be difficult. I mean, there are a tonne...
As someone who owns, runs or manages a (big or small) business, the goal every now and then usually revolves around reaching as many people as possible, attracting new customers (while servicing the old ones), outdo competitors, make more profit, etc. Email marketing is a great way discover new leads and nurture existing ones.
To achieve this, a lot of effort has to be put into getting the business or brand in the eyes (and heart) of as many people as possible.
Businesses can be promoted and marketed in a number of ways, especially digitally: Social Media Marketing, Email marketing, Digital...
Almost every person on this planet owns a cell phone and it is believed that by 2020 almost 6.1 billion people would have smartphones and this is somewhat a good news for advertisers and marketers out there because they will be able to target their audience through geolocation.
Everyone having a smartphone means that everyone will have the geolocation feature in their phones and this is a very big opportunity for marketers out there to target their customers. Geolocation trend became big in 2016 when Pokemon Go came out.
The game basically operated with the geolocation feature on smartphones. The...
The western world developed much faster than the rest of the planet. That saw a lot of technological advancements that was lost on the other parts of the world. With the advent of the internet though, that gap was bridged in some ways.
Then, a new problem arose – transacting financially, and doing so seamlessly.
Even though there are a lot of payment gateways (PayPal, Skrill, Neteller et al), only a few of them could be used by those on the other end of the seas from the founding countries.
Falling into that category a lot, the launch of Paystack came to...
Kodi is a free and open-source media streaming application software. It is available for all types of operating systems such as Windows, MAC, etc. Nowadays, Kodi has become very popular due to its add-ons. These Kodi add-ons are used for watching Movies, TV Shows, and some other entertainment stuff.
There are tons of Sports add-ons available on Kodi. But the major problem is some of them are not working properly. We don’t know which add-ons are working correctly and which add-ons are not working very well.
Here we have listed the Top best Kodi addons for Sports. The following add-ons are...
When you build a website on WordPress, know that your internal search matters a lot. You see, it’s pretty simple to understand, when you build a website, the number 1 thing you do is write content on your site.
Now, no visitor will just come to your site roam around randomly without any purpose. It is a fact that every visitor would come to your site looking for a specific topic and that is the basic reason why you need to improve your internal search in WordPress to help them easily find what they are looking for.
We all know that...
The days when employers got an idea of who you are from your CV and interviews are gone. Nowadays, they can quickly find the information they need by simply looking at your Facebook page and decide whether you are the right candidate for their company.
Technology changed the whole recruiting process. Now recruiters and job seekers can find each other easier. But do you use the tech benefits when searching for a job? Here are some ideas you should consider.
Technology and recruitment: what has changed
1. Online research: Avoiding unpleasant experience
Job seekers prefer to find some information about the company...
A study conducted by Adobe Digital Insights (ADI) indicated that the impact of automation and robotics are among the top-ranked consensus when it comes to workplace innovation. This debunks fears about automation spelling doom for the working class who believe that robots would make their roles and tasks easier.
To add more beef to the previous statement, a recent survey was conducted among middle to top-level executives who strongly believe that automation could be the immediate future of the business or organizational landscape.
Most of the feedback from the survey was hinged on the concept that it could alleviate repetitive tasks...
Leading retail banking giant, Diamond Bank Plc, has raised higher the bar in the delivery of unique financial services that suits customers changing lifestyles and needs.
In partnership with Women’s World Banking with support from Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSD Africa) funded by UK aid from the UK government, Diamond Bank worked with Gamsole, Commonwealth (formerly D2D Fund) and Microsoft to open another window of money management opportunities for youth. The simplified digital financial platform will enable youths to plan their financial future, save, chat, and update their financial knowledge while playing games.
The financial service known as Dreamville, does not...
Broadband has been the mainstay product for many a UK business over the past several years who are needing a cost-effective way of communicating whether that be internally or reaching out to other branches.
Broadband costs so little purely because it is using copper technology that has been on the ground since the late 50’s! With all ADSL broadband products, the problems start with speeds. All the speeds you see advertised are all “best efforts” so you will see providers saying things such as “up to 15Mb” when in reality, the only way of achieving this is if the wind...
I have seen the 90s hit movie Back from the Future one too many times, all three of it by the way, and I am always wowed by the kind of ingenuity that went into the plot, storyline and direction of the movie. In a time when there were no iPhones as we know them today, and smart houses of now would have just been a dream, a party of great thinkers must surely have been involved in the setting of the movie.
As interesting as that is, one of the newest craze in the tech – and undoubtedly, shopping...
According to the BBC, 40% of Nigerian woman are entrepreneurs and that is the highest rate across Africa, and Cerve took advantage of this.
Cerve, the new kids on the block just recently completed a campaign aimed at empowering 300 female entrepreneurs in the Fashion, Beauty and Retail Industry with technology. This technology, a Retail point-of-sale system, often called POS systems, allow businesses to efficiently manage in-store sales, inventory and operating tasks. Cerve is amazing for SMEs since it offers an impressive array of sales, inventory, and business management features at a very affordable price.
For this campaign, Cerveapp.com opened up...
Accounting is one of the most popular college majors for students with good reason. Accounting graduates typically earn about 3% more than the average college grad, with early career salaries of $44,500 and mid-career salaries of $75,100.
In addition, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the job outlook for accountants and auditors is growing faster than average with roughly 140,300 new jobs opening up in the next 10 years.
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities in the U.S. for an Accounting degree in order of quality. College Factual’s ranking methodology includes factors such as education quality, average...
TSTV is a relatively new Pay TV service in Nigeria launched to compete with established brands like DSTV, GoTV, and Startimes. Launched on October 1, 2017, TSTV promised loads of new value added services that excited consumers in Nigeria. TSTV boasts of a convenient and innovative Pay as you Go plan that enables you pick the channels want pay for just those ones with price starting at just ₦3 per channel per day. Here we will tell you all you need to know about TSTV Direct to Home Pay TV, the channels list, the price, the decoder, the packages,...
MOBOfree is a marketplace player in the classified sites ecosystem in Nigeria, recently the platform announced the unveiling of the first-of-a-kind ID verification program in Nigeria, this is done as a safety measure. On the homepage of mobofree.com buyers have the chance to search for a good using search terms related to the product and also using location, a feature it shares with other classifieds like OLX, Jiji and Postwanga.
The modus operandi of online buyers across platforms have loomed as that which depict an ire of insatiability, in that they embrace the uniqueness in how ads are posted and...
Arcadia Mobile TV officially launched on Friday, 24 February 2017 at Miliki lounge on Etim Nyang Crescent. Hosted by Sika Osei the event was a star-studded one with notable guests such as Stanlee Ohikhuare, Wale Davies, Latasha Ngwube, Tosin Ajibade of Olori Supergal and David Barillot of Four Seasons Hotel South Africa to name a few.
Already growing in popularity, Arcadia mobile TV is an online platform that produces, distributes and transmits developed content for the purpose of advertisement, entertainment, publicity and live event coverage. It is able to create and collaborate with content creators such as: Music Labels, Independent...
For the past one year or so I have been searching for a coworking space in Enugu without success. However, my luck changed last month when my Google search turned up a promising result. Two weeks on I am now working close to five hours per day from the Coworking space.
Foresteps may not be the first coworking space in Enugu, but it is the first that I was able to uncover in over one year of consistent search.
Foresteps offers all the usual services of a Coworking space. You get a desk with comfortable seats, Wi-Fi, and an air conditioned environment. The CoWorking space...
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...
