[ 3 min read]. If you are not well versed in the area of the stock market investing, information spewing from analysts or the markets section of newspapers can seem cryptic; it might as well be written in a foreign language. The truth is, you can get by just fine on the stock market without understanding the stock market much at all. You just need a background knowledge of how the stock works and the kind of investor you want to be but if you want to learn how to trade stocks, you do need to understand the stock market, and at least some basic information about how stock trading works. Most in ..read more

[ 3 min read]. Have you heard about Crowdyvest? Crowdyvest is a digital wealth and savings management company that was launched just over 18 months ago to provide investment opportunities for its members in diverse areas that are aligned with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. In plain English, Crowdyvest helps you invest in projects and initiatives that provide a better and more sustainable future for all while also offering superior returns. Crowdyvest helps you invest in projects and initiatives that provide a better and more sustainable future for all while also offering superior return ..read more

[ 4 min read].   “How can I make money online?” This is the question many are asking themselves and others. Almost everything is online these days, including the answer to the question above. The internet has provided the world with numerous platforms to achieve or facilitate multiple things, of which the number one perhaps is business. Across the world, several businesses are thriving online, and Nigeria is not left out. The internet is the new world market and there’s literally nothing you can’t buy or sell online. One of the surest paths to financial freedom is creating multiple strea ..read more

[ 3 min read]. Welcome to February – the month of love! It is about this time of the year that people share love by giving and receiving gifts to celebrate Valentine’s day. In addition to exchanging gifts, some people find that it is the appropriate time to also “pop the question”. If I’m talking about you, good luck!! If you plan to ask for your partner’s hand in marriage this month, this post is probably coming too late for you but if your plan is for some time in the future, there is one question that may have crossed your mind. “How much should I spend on an engagement ring?” You see, when ..read more

[ 3 min read]. Oh yes, it is what it is! We’re in February, the month of love! The 14th is to February, what the 25th is to December; the most special days of each month. Valentine’s day distinguishes itself from the rest of the days because it is the day of love, and love is the greatest of all virtues in this world. Love broadly encompasses all the positive feelings we feel for one another, but Valentine’s day is for the love amongst couples, it is the essence of that special remembrance. Therefore, this article is not here to deviate from the status quo, but to cap it. Amongst all that co ..read more

[ < 1 minute read]. Larry King! The veteran broadcaster and interviewer passed away on the 23rd of January 2021 at the age of 87. He is remembered mostly for the over 30,000 interviews conducted on the Cable News Network (CNN). Given his age and the countless hours he has spent in the presence of world leaders, subject matter experts and the most successful people in the world, there will be some life lessons that he would have picked up over the years. Here are 10 Larry King life lessons and quotes to ponder upon.   “I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me ..read more

[ 6 min read]. A few years ago, someone tweeted the words,  “You can’t succeed in life without a degree. That’s why you need schooling if you want to go to Harvard.” Among the people who read the tweet was Elon Musk. By the way, if you somehow don’t know who Elon Musk is, he is – takes a deep breath – the CEO and CTO of SpaceX which he founded and the CEO & product architect of Tesla Motors which he also founded. SpaceX and Tesla have a combined value of $752 billion as at Q4 2020. He was the chairman of SolarCity which he helped create and was also a co-founder of PayPal which was so ..read more

[ 4 min read]. What a year 2020 was! “A year like no other”, is the way the IMF described it in their 2020 Annual Report. The COVID-19 pandemic definitely dominated our consciousness in the year and in some way (to varying degrees), we have all suffered losses and hardship at the hands of the virus; particularly to the ensuing disruption to economic activities. In 2020, we also witnessed the best and worst of what the youth of our country are capable of, starting with the peaceful protests against police brutality and harassment. The #EndSARS protests were perhaps the most organized, nonviolen ..read more

[ 3 min read]. Most will agree that the surest path to wealth is through entrepreneurship, but it can also be the surest path to financial ruin if you fail. We don’t get a lot of up to date stats in Nigeria but here are some that we do have. According to The Better Africa Report by Weetracker (a digital media company), of all the businesses that started between 2010 and 2019, 61% of them didn’t exist by 2020 (and that is an annual average). The U.S Small Business Administration also estimates that one out of three businesses started in Nigeria fail within the first 18 months.   As attract ..read more

[ 3 min read]. In business, prospects turn to customers and customers turn to connections. It’s quite simple (in theory anyway), treat people well, and they will always come back to you. Keeping your customers is the most crucial part of sales in business, because loyal customers bring more customers, who bring more… you get the idea. The business slogan, “the customer is always right” which is attributed to retailer, Marshall Field as far back as 1905 was not coined out of thin air, but based on the business principle that good customer care promotes business. The essence of business is to ma ..read more