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[Recommended] Opinion: Raising Africa’s middle class - howwemadeitinafrica.com

March 7, 2017

Preview: We already know that we do not know enough about African growth. This was revealed by the extent of upward revisions to estimates of GDP during recent rebasings – anywhere from up 25% in the case of Kenya, to up 89% in the case of Nigeria. Africa has been growing faster than we thought […]

Entrepreneurship

PII 056: Resisting Use of Barter Exchange Can Cost You Business Success [Based on True Stories]

March 6, 2017

The message in this week’s issue of my Performance Improvement Ideas (PII) newsletter is based on transcripts excerpts from an audio podcast I recorded, to explain how business persons can explore alternative ways to get paid for what they do or what they sell. Whether you're a service provider, or manufacturer or producer of anything […]

Career Development

Get Novice Proof Custom Automated Spreadsheet Software [Hint: From Tayo K. Solagbade - a Multidisciplinary Provider Guided by a Code of Ethics That Protects YOU!]

March 2, 2017

Today, I enjoy the privilege/benefit of being able to win buyers for my custom Excel-VB driven software from within and outside Africa. Working 100% online to get found using a unique Web Marketing System I developed for myself, I continue to convince total strangers to send me payment for my custom automated workbook applications. It’s […]

Excel-VB Solutions

Equip Your Kids to Deal With Abuse of Any kind and Excel [Hint: TV Talk Show Relationship Expert Psychiatrist/Author Answers Question by Male Caller Claiming to be Abused by His Wife]

February 22, 2017

If you have (or plan to have) kids that go on to have empowering and fulfilling relationships in their personal and work lives, I recommend you STOP and read this article. It's based on text transcript excerpts I prepared from a TV Talk show on Domestic Violence, featuring a Psychotherapist specializing in domestic abuse. [A […]

Excel-VB Solutions

[Recommended] Why Nigerians Hate Igbo - by Chinua Achebe

February 4, 2017

When I saw the thought provoking Facebook post/query (shown below) by Joe Ibekwe, I instantly recalled the words of Chinua Achebe in the last book he gifted us before passing on. However, a quick check in my travel bag soon revealed, to my dismay, that I'd left my well read Copy of Achebe's "There Was a […]

Career Development

One New Skill Modern Extension Professionals Need to Succeed

February 1, 2017

Findings from a 2013 questionnaire survey I conducted of Farm CEOs in Nigeria, for an international agribusiness paper I was engaged to write revealed 55.6% bought commercial feed (from "2 sources" or "anywhere they can find"). 66.7% of that percentage said their animals' performances varied noticeably with different sources of feed. Their farm output tended […]

Career Development

Succeed Even In Economic Recession by Developing Multiple Competencies [Hint: Become a Multipreneur]

January 27, 2017

When I decided to become - and later begin calling myself - a MULTIPRENEUR in 2004 (2 years after I became a startup), many people criticized me for "doing too many things". Some said I was trying to be a "Jack of All Trades" and anytime I had a setback they readily pointed out that […]

Entrepreneurship

THE FARM CEO (Issue 70): Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria AESON conference coming up in April 2017 [ Deadline for submission of Abstracts now January 31st, 2017]

January 15, 2017

In this maiden issue of my Farm CEO newspaper for 2017, I feature a flyer-based description of highlights from the Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON)'s 22nd Annual Conference 2017, scheduled to hold at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria between 23rd - 26th April, 2017. Theme: Mainstreaming Entrepreneurship in Agricultural Extension Practice in Nigeria Highlights: NB: Deadline for […]

Career Development

Download and Install Tayo Solagbade’s FREE Creative Business (CB) Solutions Mobile Phone app [Hint: Get Instant Access to Latest Information, Education, and Offers from TayoSolagbade.com]

January 4, 2017

The Tayo Solagbade’s Creative Business (CB) Solutions Mobile Phone app is now live! Download it at http://www.tksola.com [Email tayo at tksola dot com if you need help] Install it on your smartphone and get instant access to latest updates I publish to my Facebook and Twitter pages. ==== Compatibility: iOS Requires iOS 8 or later. Compatible […]

Career Development

PII 047: Sometimes Resourcefulness, NOT MONEY, Is What You Need to Succeed [Hint: A Lack of Ideas Can Hold You Back - A Lack of Money Cannot]

January 2, 2017

The ability to survive and/or thrive during a period of economic downturn is a function of how creative people can get. Unfortunately, when things are tough financially, as they tend to be during such periods, most of us tend to focus too much attention on money and our lack (or what we perceive to be […]