Global markets are in turmoil. And technology startups in emerging markets will feel the brunt of the crisis that will ensue during and when the pandemic blows over. According to a Stears Business report, simultaneous demand and supply shock stemming from the closure of whole countries and their industries especially in
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Every tech startup founder believes their product is unique and will change the world. You have to believe that in order to persevere against the seemingly insurmountable odds. But beware! Even if you’re doing something disruptive and world-changing, don’t get fooled into believing the existing marketing rules don’t apply to you
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Short term revenue and business strategies through COVID 19 and encouraging support for small businesses and creatives The current state of affairs has brought light to some very harsh realities in full force, and our daily lives are massively altered in dramatic ways, not seen before in our lifetime. It’s been
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Just three months into 2020, the coronavirus (COVID-19) has arrested the world’s attention. Authorities have begun placing cities on lockdown and most importantly, people have been stocking up on items to aid their time in isolation. While the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic might put a lot of Nigerians under
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Attracting the right customers is the key to success in business, whether you have a startup or you’ve been in business for years. In my role as an adviser to entrepreneurs, I often see businesses make the mistake of trying to be too many things for too many people. For example, Xerox tried to broaden the
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Why Entrepreneurs With IQ And EQ Are More Successful. Being a successful entrepreneur requires many qualities: intelligence, time management, discipline, and motivation, among many others. But in the uber-competitive business landscape of today, can increase empathy separate businesses from the rest of the pack? Daniel Goleman, a prominent behavioural science expert, certainly
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Like innovation in any industry, new and emerging technologies arriving on the market are contingent upon investors willing to put considerable funds into seeing the technology bear fruit. As emerging technologies pop up and digital transformation occurs around the world, investment rates in new tech go up with them. This has been
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With massive volumes of data now at their disposal, generated from a range of different touch-points and sources, businesses today are under a lot of pressure to leverage it to make key business decisions. That pressure is warranted, and using data to back business decisions is becoming vital for keeping up
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“One of the core problems with startup management,” says Rhys Marc Photis, the founder of the management consultancy GPi, “is [that] it manifests itself in the experiences people have gone through as employees and managers themselves.” When a startup begins to grow, it needs to put in hierarchical levels and formalise
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Earlier in the year, we announced our upcoming event, Techpoint Build West Africa 2020. Now in its third iteration, Techpoint Build has become a major tech gathering where we host innovators, startup founders, thinkers, programmers, and investors, among others. This year’s edition has an impressive lineup of activities for three days. These include
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