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AGS Lightbox Session: Using LinkedIn to Drive Visibility for Your Personal Brand
Our Lightbox session this week is one for the career builders and everyone interested in building a Personal Brand.
The coach has worked with multinational brands and carved a niche for herself in Branding and Marketing. Fiyin is the East & West Africa Marketing Manager: Sensodyne at - GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare with responsibility for Nigeria, Kenya, Mauritius, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Ghana, Gambia.
Her experience straddles across brand management, innovation, digital marketing, and recruitment across Africa and Europe gained through managing world-class brands. She’s been nominated for the renowned 'The Future Awards Africa' Prize in the professional service category for excellence and impact in the corporate world.
Fiyin is a seasoned speaker who’s spoken at many industry conferences and networks across Nigeria, Kenya, Turkey, Pakistan, and the UK.
An avid believer in the power of knowledge transfer and helping people rise to become the best they can be, she started EmpowerU; an emerging enterprise that trains and equips individuals with employability skills and tools they need to excel in the workplace.
If you know anyone who these sessions will be useful for, Share with them so they can download our AGS Tribe app on the iOS or Android store, then upgrade to either the Silver (N5,000 monthly) or Gold (N50,000 annually) membership to participate in our weekly capacity building sessions, AGS Lightbox.
We look forward to seeing you this Thursday at 8PM.
Thank you.
Leggo
Ife Durosinmi-Etti
Founder, AGSTribe
AGS Spotlight is On!
We are launching our AGS Triber Spotlight, where we feature one triber per week, with a focus on their business or career strength and they will be posted on all our Social Media platforms and newsletters.
More information will be made available once the link to apply is up.
Introducing 2021 Herconomy Honorees
We would be honoring various women who have made quite an impact in their fields of work in commemoration of Women’s History Month and in honor of International Women’s Day 2021, and #choosetochallenge.
Here is the link to nominate people for the various categories.
Business
Flutterwave raises $170 million Series C Round, now valued at $1 billion
Flutterwave has secured $170 million from a leading group of international investors to expand its customer base in existing and international markets. Read more…
VAPP bill passed on the heels of six-month-old baby’s rape -Adamawa lawmaker
Adamawa State House of Assembly has enacted a bill to eliminate violence in private and public life, as well as prohibit all forms of violence against persons in the state. Read more…
AfDB named World’s Best Multilateral Financial Institution 2021
Sequel to a run of impressive and transformative journey, AfDB has been named 2021 World Best Multilateral Financial Institution by Global Finance. Read more…
CBN receives 286 proposals for health research grants
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that it received over 286 proposals from the public for grants under its Healthcare Sector Research and Development Intervention Scheme. Read more…
UBA proposes N11.97 billion as final dividend for shareholders in 2020
The Board of UBA proposed a sum of N11.97 billion as final dividends for the period ended 31st of December 2020. Read more…
Nigerian Breweries to pay Heineken BV mega dividend of N2.9 billion
The parent company of Nigerian Breweries Plc, Heineken B.V., is set to earn N2.9 billion in dividends for the financial year ended December 2020, read more…
Social
Piers Morgan quits ‘Good Morning Britain’ after clash over Meghan Markle remarks
“Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain. ITV has accepted this decision and has nothing further to add," the network's statement read. Read more…
Kunle Afolayan confirms production of a Netflix screen adaptation of Sefi Atta's 'Swallow'
Seasoned Nigerian filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan is currently working on three original feature films for US streaming platform Netflix.
The films which are already at different, read more…
AGS Quote of the Day
“The way it works is, you do the thing you’re scared shitless of, and you get the courage AFTER you do it, not before you do it.”
–Archie Gates