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Congratulations to our AGS Triber, Olusore Adefioye on getting a scholarship to the University of Hertfordshire
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Congratulations to our AGS Triber, Olusore Adefioye on getting a much awaited scholarship to the University of Hertfordshire
We are super proud of our AGS Tribe member @olusore who got a scholarship to study at the University of Hertfordshire. Sometime ago, we solicited that you vote for one of our tribe member on Facebook who is trying to get a scholarship and you did. And here we are with the good news of her getting the scholarship. In her words, she has been trying to go for her masters for a long time now but she couldn’t due to funds but this year, she is going, thanks to ALL OF YOU! This is the beauty of joining a community like ours. Learn more
Business
Buhari allocates N509b for pension liabilities
President Muhammadu Buhari has appropriated a total of N501.19 billion to offset pension liabilities in the 2021 budget proposal. He made this known during his 2021 Budget Speech: Budget of Economic Recovery and Resilience at The Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja last Thursday. Read more
Naira gains N8 as equities make N778b
THE naira appreciated by N8 in the last one week at the parallel market and the equities market recorded major gains of N777.9 billion as oil prices picked up. The All Share Index (ASI) grew by N778 billion to N14.9 trillion at the close of business on Friday as investors saw opportunities in crude oil upbeat and new push to stabilise the global oil market. Read more
British homeowners face bankruptcy, homelessness
When single mother Timea scraped together enough money to buy a two-bedroom flat in London, she looked forward to providing her son with the security of their own home. But two years later, Timea and thousands of other homeowners in Britain face bankruptcy and homelessness due to the cost of replacing exterior building panels ruled unsafe after a deadly 2017 fire at London’s Grenfell housing block, campaigners said. Read more
FG earns N13.65m from data protection fine, report filing
The Federal government has earned the sum of N13.65m from the data protection activities involving licensing, audit report filing and fine, according to the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation Performance report. As contained in the report published by the National Information Technology Development Agency on Friday, Data Protection Compliance Organisations paid a total of N12.65m into the coffers of the government for licensing and filing of audit reports. Read more
Retirement age increase worsens youth unemployment –ABCON
The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria has cautioned the government against increasing the retirement age. ABCON stated that this would work against policies to reduce youth unemployment in the country. The association stated this in its quarterly economic review report for the third quarter of 2020. It advised that the Federal Government should prepare post-retirement facilities instead of increasing retirement age. Read more
Union Bank gets $40m IFC facility to boost trade finance in Nigeria
In a statement on Friday, the bank said the facility was approved under the IFC’s global trade finance program (GTFP) and would help to enable increased international trade for Nigeria and help protect the country’s economy from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
World Bank: Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa to fall by 3.3% in 2020
The World Bank has said growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries may shrink by 3.3 percent in 2020, on the back of economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic–pushing the region into its first recession in 25 years. Albert Zeufack, World Bank’s chief economist for Africa regions, said this at the launch of the latest Africa Pulse report, SSA bi-annual macroeconomic analysis. Read more
Social
Lil Frosh responds to domestic violence allegations
On Sunday, October 11, 2020, Nigerian rapper, Lil Frosh responded to domestic violence accusations levied against him by girlfriend, Iyomaterire Okeoghene Taiwo. In a statement posted on his social media pages Read more
Davido set to meet Inspector General of Police over #EndSars protest
Nigeria music star, Davido is set to meet the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu over the #EndSars protest. The music star who tweeted on Saturday, October 10, 2020, about his planned trip to Abuja, joined other protesters as they moved around the streets of Nigeria's capital. Davido didn't just protest as he helped secure the release of some of the protesters who had been arrested by the police authority. Read more
Cardi B gets Rolls Royce gift from estranged husband Offset on her 28th birthday
Cardi B turned 28 on Sunday, October 11, 2020, and to mark the special day, she had a wild time with friends and estranged husband, Offset. The rapper took to her Instagram stories on Sunday afternoon where she shared videos of herself and friends wilding out at a private property. Read more
Drake, Big Sean, Trey Songz and other international celebrities react to #EndSars protest
The #EndSars protest across Nigeria has since gotten not only Nigerians talking but celebrities from other countries lending their voices. On Sunday, October 11, 2020, Canadian rapper, Drake took to his Instagram stories where he re-shared a post from Grace Ladoja calling for Nigerians in the UK to join an #EndSARS protest at the Nigeria High Commission in London. Read more
AGS Quote of the day
"Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new." -Brian Tracy
About AGS Tribe
The AGS Tribe is a Pan African community built to inspire, connect and build the capacity of young entrepreneurs and professionals. The main purpose of the AGS Tribe is to build a community of strong leaders (Entrepreneurs or Professionals) who will create more job opportunities that will ultimately reduce unemployment in Africa.
The Platform has 3 focus areas which are:
Promoting youth entrepreneurship as a tool to reduce youth unemployment and promote economic growth
Women Empowerment through our AGS Impact Fund and AGS Enterprise Challenge
Capacity building for entrepreneurs and nonprofits
Click on this link https://www.agstribe.org/community/to join our community of entrepreneurs and young professionals.