Humanity in Business Series: Be A Mentor

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IN a recent survey, many people said that one of the topmost items on their personal agenda is to make their lives count for a purpose bigger than them. This is indeed noble and commendable. It’s likely also that you share the same sentiment. We most are agreed that life must not end with us, that life, no matter how beautifully lived or wealth acquired, is not an end in itself. Indeed, we agree that life is more than food and clothing, even when we lack these basic human needs.

Humanity in Business Series: Tomorrow Has Come

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ON this post, I begin what I have termed ‘Humanity in Business Series’ to remind us that having said and done all, life offers more than what many pursue. On the 18^th of September, 2014, my very first broadcast of The Next Level with Chukwuemeka, I shared a thought inspired by my friend Victor Nwokocha. It is the true story of Ifeanyi, Victor and myself.

Are You Ageless? - Important Life and Business Lessons

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FOR a while, my two beautiful girls have been asking me of my age. In a discussion with them, ‘Glorious God’ by Elijah Oyelade, the popular Nigerian worship leader, was playing in the background. After a while, the song referred to God as ‘ageless’. My curious girls immediately asked what ‘ageless’ means. I explained that it means someone that no one knows his age, like God. One of them retorted, ‘Just like you Dad, you are ageless, we don’t know your age'. I completely cracked up. Me ageless? I am not God.  I couldn’t hold my laughter.

Forget the New Year FINAL PART

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STARTING your own business. I wouldn’t forget that. What product or service will you create this year to multiply impact and improve your income? What other sources of income will you initiate in 2016? What wise and intelligent investments will you be involved in this year?

10 Business Opportunities in Africa That Will Create More Millionaires in 2015 and Beyond FINAL PART

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I am concluding this series with this post. I trust that you will find an area of opportunity exciting to tap in. All the best.

The Green Revolution

Around the world, the appetite for green and eco-friendly products and services is growing quite rapidly. Due to the threats of climate change, any solution that preserves the natural environment, reduces waste and pollution, and promotes reuse and recycling have become huge business opportunities.

10 Business Opportunities in Africa That Will Create More Millionaires in 2015 and Beyond PART 2

 

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I started this series on the last post. Here are more thoughts on the topic.

Retail

Africa’s retail market is a multi-billion dollar business opportunity. In addition to its over 1 billion population, more Africans are buying stuff due to their growing economies, rising middle class and rapid urbanization.

Africa’s retail market is going through a monumental shift. Retail is gradually moving away from informal trading in open markets to organized retail in shopping malls and online stores. Africa’s home-grown supermarket chains like Shoprite, Game, Woolworths and Nakumatt are entering more countries and are spreading fast across the continent.

10 Business Opportunities in Africa That Will Create More Millionaires in 2015 and Beyond

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I found this piece interesting and decided to share it with you. The time to always start is NOW! Even if you live outside the African continent, prospects for collaboration in these business opportunities abound. We at The Next Level with Chukwuemeka are open to such collaborations. Enjoy the write-up.

Are you wondering in which sectors you will find the most profitable business opportunities in Africa? Oil revenues? Nope, not for today’s fast emerging African entrepreneurs and millionaires!

MUST READ! Important Life and Business Lessons from Mother Hen

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DO you take time to appreciate nature and creation? You will be amazed how much Mother Nature can teach us. One only needs to create time and study it. Let me share some Important Life and Business Lessons from Mother Hen.  

What Successful People Do To Win Friends And Business Opportunities That You Need To Know And Do Also

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IT is so refreshing to have the skills and indeed power to make and win friends, and influence people at the snap of a finger. Throughout history, most of the greatest people who lived have this skill. You too should. Like I will always say, it is no use re-inventing the wheel which men like Dale Carnegie perfected. Have you read the book,