2020 Lucas Dolega Award for Freelance Photographers

Deadline: November 24, 2019 The LUCAS DOLEGA AWARD is intended for freelance professional photographers. It aims to support and accompany photographers with important stories elaborated under risky conditions in order to ensure the communication of free and independent information to the public. The Award aims at rewarding a photographer who, through his or her personal […]

Global Fund for Women Call for Application: Adolescent Girls Advisory Council

Deadline: November 25, 2019 Global Fund for Women is a global feminist fund that envisions a world where every woman and girl is strong safe, powerful, and heard. No exceptions. We are a global champion for the rights of women and girls, using grant making and advocacy to propel global movements for girls’ and women’s rights. The Adolescent Girl Advisory Council will play […]

2020 SDSN Youth Local Pathways Fellowship Program for young urban leaders

Deadline: December 15, 2019 The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Youth Initiative (SDSN Youth) announced the launch of the call for applications for the 2020 cohort of its Local Pathways Fellowship program. The Fellowship is one of the world’s leading training and research programs on SDG11 for young urban leaders. It offers the knowledge, resources, and platform […]

Business Networking: The Whys and The Hows

Networking is defined by businessdictionary.com as creating a group of acquaintances and associates and keeping it active through regular communication for mutual benefit. And by wikipedia.org as a socioeconomic business activity by which business people and entrepreneurs meet to form business relationships and to recognize, create, or act upon business opportunities, share information, and seek […]

The Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria

Nigeria is undoubtedly one of the most, if not the most attractive market in Africa today. This is no doubt courtesy of a huge population numbering up to 182 million people, the highest in Africa. One would expect that with such large number, Nigeria would be a thriving place for businesses to operate. However, this has not […]

5 Steps To Ensure Productivity Daily

Over time, we have seen people yearn and desire to add value to their world but most of the times these desires come without action. The truth is that it is a gradual process to become extra ordinary and reach our set goals in life. Things we do day after day accumulate to make up […]

What is Extrapreneurship?

A lot has been written and said about entrepreneurship. It is based on a simple principle: identify a need, meet it and make money. For example, Tolu lives in Lagos. On his street and around his neighborhood, there are many busy working class residents. Tolu overhears two of his neighbours complaining about making the 15-minute […]

10 Do’s For Building A Successful Career

We all want some level of success in our choice of career; even though our definition of success or being successful may differ we still have some level which may be termed as satisfactory once we have attained it. However, there are ground rules or rather basic principles that form the habits of successful people, […]