Topic: Nigeria

Creating Memorable Personal Brand Experience

BY olaito oluyinka
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Jan 7, 2009 at 7:21 AM

When all is said and done, brand is all about perception, experience and memory of the brand users. Brands-in whatever form belongs to the target audience and not to the owner. About three months after a change in management of any ...READ»

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT | Comment

Religion and Social Responsibility, Moishe Alexander

BY Moishe Alexander
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Aug 19, 2009 at 5:04 PM

In Egypt last week President Barack Obama gave a speech titled "A new beginning." I think that is an unfortunate title for what some consider to be an important speech. Can you imagine a speech entitled "An old beginning." The ...READ»

COWS TO KILOWATTS | 1 comment

Tech Award Laureates: Cows to Kilowatts Produces Clean, Waste-Reducing Energy

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Sep 9, 2009 at 1:26 PM

Each year, the Tech Awards honors innovators who use technology to benefit humanity. This year's winners are a motley crew, ranging from nutrient-rich rice and open-source math software to a slaughterhouse waste-reducing program ...READ»

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | Comment

Corporate Social Responsibility Legislation On The Way

BY Chris Jarvis
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Feb 5, 2009 at 11:43 AM

A new "revolutionary" bill is on the way. One senator has come up with a bill that will compel every company in Nigeria to devote 3.5 per cent of its gross profit to what he terms "corporate social responsibility". - Osebumere OdiaREAD»

BRANDING | Comment

BRAND STRATEGY: WHERE IS ROI?

BY olaito oluyinka
Relevancy Score: 83
Thu Oct 9, 2008 at 11:41 AM

There is a no disputing the fact that the business world is moving at a breakneck speed and individuals and corporate capability to harness all the tools to make strategy successful is becoming daunting. To get return on brand ...READ»

BUSINESS FREEDOM | 2 comments

HERE’S HOW TO INVENT A MARKET FOR A BRAND

BY nnannna kalu
Relevancy Score: 80
Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 8:34 PM

The fundamental thing in business is building brand leaders. Branding is what moves any small business into a mega-business that will outlast the business owner. The struggle continues for the business owner that does not recognize ...READ»

ADVANCE | Comment

2009 Anita Borg Change Agent Award Winners

BY Caroline Simard
Relevancy Score: 78
Thu Nov 12, 2009 at 9:19 PM

The Anita Borg Change Agent Award recognizes three experienced women from around the world whose work goes to the heart of the Anita Borg Institute's mission: to increase the impact of women on all aspects of technology, and to ...READ»

BUSINESS TRAVEL | Comment

How's Your Managed Travel Program Doing?

BY Carol Ann Salcito
Relevancy Score: 77
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:46 PM

A four-part plan for defining -- and measuring -- success.READ»

CAP | Comment

Cap, Baby, Cap

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 67
Mon Sep 8, 2008 at 6:55 PM

Political conventions are largely mass entertainment for the party faithful, punctuated by self-serving interpretations of both current events and history. Like summer big-budget movies, this year’s Democratic and Republican ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | 16 comments

Security: Power To The People

BY John Robb
Relevancy Score: 62
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:07 AM

The myth of American omnipotence fell in the Iraqi desert, laid low by an agile new enemy. We have a chance now to rethink the systems that protected us in the past. It's one we cannot miss.READ»

FC CALENDAR | Comment

Arthur's Day: The 250th Birthday of Guinness Beer

BY Fast Company Calendar
Relevancy Score: 58
Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 8:30 AM

Thanks to Richard Branson, one lucky fellow will tap the malty brew's semiquincentennial with a Virgin Galactic flight and a zero-gravity pint. (We're buying everyone a round if the winner says, "One two-step pour for man, one foamy ...READ»

BRANDING | Comment

Build To Last Brands

BY olaito oluyinka
Relevancy Score: 53
Wed Jan 7, 2009 at 7:34 AM

As brand owners or the brand itself (Personal Branding), it should be a concern to us to build a lasting brand that does not fizzle out before its time. In Africa, very few corporate brands have crossed the two hundred years of ...READ»

CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE | 1 comment

Goldman Sachs at CGI: Women Offer the "Highest ROI"

BY Alice Korngold
Relevancy Score: 46
Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 12:55 AM

That's what Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs (GS), told us today. That providing business and management education to women in developing and emerging economies meets a "great need" for "enormous [investment] ...READ»

DEVELOPING WORLD | 6 comments

Paper House for Disaster Zones Makes 3 Little Pigs Jealous

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 44
Mon Jan 19, 2009 at 4:21 PM

Grandiosely titled The Universal World House, a new temporary home is being touted as a solution to homelessness and displaced persons in disaster areas around the world. And amazingly it's made of paper.Well, cellulose from recycled ...READ»

BUSINESS | 7 comments

Rethinking Innovation

BY Anaezi Modu
Relevancy Score: 42
Wed Jun 18, 2008 at 5:47 PM

If you’re like me, you may find the word “Innovation” daunting. It’s used these days in every context imaginable, including the totally ridiculous. When it shows up in conversation, or in some expectation a client may have, ...READ»

TREEHUGGER | Comment

Best of TreeHugger: Landmine-Detecting Bacteria, a U.S.-China Electric Car Deal, and Solar Cells that Work Underground

BY Brian Merchant of TreeHugger
Relevancy Score: 42
Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 11:04 PM

This week in TreeHugger: Scientists have engineered a bacteria to glow green when near landmines. Also, the US-China electric vehicle initiative, and a new, cheap solar cell prototype that's super efficient--and works underground. READ»

BRANDING | Comment

Rhythms, flow of creativity

BY olaito oluyinka
Relevancy Score: 39
Wed Jan 7, 2009 at 7:30 AM

David G. Morrison defines creativity as ‘knowledge times imagination times evaluation because when if any of these is missing, there will be no creativity’. Creativity is not a resident/citizen of any nation or continent. Research ...READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Bribery

BY HASSAN ABOU GHAYDA
Relevancy Score: 38
Mon Dec 1, 2008 at 12:35 PM

Companies should always respect the law in the country they are operating in. So in Saudi Arabia women faces severe discrimination in many aspects of their lives, including education, employment and the justice system and they are ...READ»

AFRICA | Comment

Africa Technology and Investment Digest 3

BY Jon Gos
Relevancy Score: 37
Mon Jul 14, 2008 at 5:52 AM

Subscribe to Appfrica by Email Google Launches Africa Blog and Forum Google made a surprise announcement this week launching a new blog specifically focused on their efforts in sub-Saharan Africa.... The Secret Diaries ...READ»

CONFERENCES | Comment

PUSH 2008: The Fertile Delta

BY Push Institute
Relevancy Score: 36
Sun Jun 15, 2008 at 4:54 PM

Facing the future is about asking the right questions, not about trying to find the answers. The Push Institute is a non-profit think tank that hosts an annual conference for organizations and individuals who wish to influence ...READ»

WORK/LIFE | Comment

Nomadic Observer #7

BY Emeri Gent
Relevancy Score: 35
Thu Aug 6, 2009 at 6:51 AM

My dad is one of those people who go to the extreme to help others and has never been afraid to make the sacrifices necessary to build a great home. This attitude while rare in a world teaming with people who want to be served ...READ»

ELEARNING | Comment

Interactyx Limited Announces Global Affiliate Program

BY Alfred Novas
Relevancy Score: 34
Tue Aug 18, 2009 at 10:57 AM

Interactyx Limited is delighted to announce a comprehensive affiliate program that is focused on reaching new international markets and providing additional penetration into certain domestic industries with TOPYX®, the affordable eLearning 2.0 Software as a Service (SaaS) solution with integrated social networking, mobile learning and eCommerce functionality. Interactyx Limited is continuing to review and accept high-value affiliate opportunities.READ»

DESIGN | 1 comment

Former Nigerian Capital Gets Eco-City

BY Kelsey Keith
Relevancy Score: 32
Wed Sep 23, 2009 at 4:15 PM

A proposed energy-efficient satellite village uses the lagoon for cooling in Lagos, Africa's second largest city. READ»

TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS | 8 comments

$150 Laptops for the World's Poorest Children

Relevancy Score: 31
Fri Dec 1, 2006 at 3:13 PM

The nonprofit organization One Laptop Per Child has designed a laptop that would cost only $150. It is meant explicitly for the world's poorest children, so they can take their learning in their own hands. Not only is the laptop ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | 11 comments

Al Gore's $100 Million Makeover

BY Ellen McGirt
Relevancy Score: 30
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:22 AM

Not long ago, he was the butt of jokes--lockbox, earth tones, a postelection beard. Then he dusted off an old slide show and jumped with both feet into the private sector. The untold story of how an epic loser engineered what may be the greatest brand makeover of our time.READ»

Topic: Nigeria

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