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The Rising Costs, Reduced Revenue and the Way Forward for SMEs 

Rising costs and reduced revenue can be significant challenges for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). These challenges can arise due to various reasons such as economic downturns, increased competition, changes in consumer preferences, rising input costs, and other external factors.  SMEs often have limited resources and financial flexibility compared to larger businesses, making it harder […]

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How to Choose your CFO Wisely

I start by highlighting that while Accounting and Finance share a thin line, it has been argued that Finance is an element or a subset of Accounting. However, their ends are the same – provision of information and insights to enhance decision-making. C-suite execs are appointed/selected based on academic and professional qualifications, exposure, and experience

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Unhappy People Cannot Serve Happiness- Part 1

“Unhappy people cannot serve happiness” I was privileged to listen to the Founder of Ruff n Tumble, Adenike Ogunlesi, outline the simple yet effective ways she has used customer experience strategies to scale her business to a multi-million enterprise. Her words made me reflect on why it might still be a long journey to the

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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Tips from an Award-Winning Entrepreneur

At one point in your life, you’ve probably experienced imposter syndrome. You felt like your success at something isn’t “all that”. You felt like everyone was exaggerating, and your success was “luck”. If you didn’t know, these pangs of doubt are called “Imposter Syndrome”. What is Imposter Syndrome? The Harvard Business Review (HBR) defines it

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Aspiring Entrepreneurs Programme: Of Cuisines and Connections

The Aspiring Entrepreneurs Programme (AEP), Tertiary Edition thoroughly educates student entrepreneurs on the fundamentals of business. It also provides support for them at no cost. Currently, the programme is sponsored by Standard Chartered Foundation and Youth Business International. Mr Afolabi Tajudeen Adeola, the Founder of FATE Foundation might not be a civil engineer but he

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Defining Your Business Hypothesis

“No business plan survives first contact with customers” – Steve Blank, Silicon Valley entrepreneur. The lean startup movement, pioneered by Eric Reis, is an approach for dealing with the inherent uncertainty in entrepreneurship. It is particularly well-suited to early-stage startups when: The starting point of the lean startup approach is the creation of a Minimum Viable

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Cyber-attacks: What, Why & How

In Q4 of 2021, there were an astonishing 1,353 cyber-attacks weekly in Africa, in comparison to an average of 925 cyber-attacks in the world.  Cyber-attack is a form of digital assault using computers, networks, or devices with access to the internet; directed towards other computers, networks, or devices with access to the internet which threatens

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