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Discussing Product Management with Amin
This week, we have the amazing Amin of Everything Na Art, a consummate art lover, Engineer, Product Professional, Graphic designer, and consultant.
Amin is always dropping nuggets on her various social platforms that have helped many people navigate top company interviews, pay negotiations, and other career choices.
A Columbia Engineering graduate with over 12 years of work experience, including volunteering roles at Google, Forbes, and various speaking engagements.
She will be with us for one hour, taking us through the intricacies of transitioning into a Product Management role, with tips on interviewing for the role.
This session WILL NOT be recorded!
Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to learn about new opportunities in the global tech space.
Join us this Thursday for this insightful one-hour session.
Sponsored Content
Softcom announces Day X, a day of answers for humans and businesses.
Softcom has announced that intuitive solutions it has built to accelerate growth for dreamers and doers will be unveiled on Day X: July 29, 2021.
The birth of these new solutions comes from the desire of the company to solve for the growth of humans and entrepreneurs who have been categorised as dreamers and doers. Dreamers are essentially all of us - hopeful, active, buzzing with ideas and with a strong desire to grow. Doers or entrepreneurs go further to turn their ideas into products, businesses, adventures, and opportunities that accommodate others and create the path for collective growth.
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The goal of Softcom is summed up in this excerpt from the open letter to society by the CEO, Yomi Adedeji:
”Our ultimate goal is to create an open world with equitable access to intuitive solutions that address the most basic human needs and by doing so enable societal development, business growth and human prosperity.”
Softcom believes that people who dream and those who act on their dreams contribute to the advancement of human existence and enable our society.
Everyone who falls into these categories of dreamers and doers should register for Day X and join us live here www.softcom.xyz on the 29th of July, 2021 at 11.00 am
About Softcom
Softcom is a 14-year-old company with experience in innovation, technology solutions for businesses and enabling access at scale.
Our products and expertise have powered various initiatives and growth projects for MTN, Cocacola, GB Foods, Rockefeller foundation, MTN Foundation, ARM, BOI, Ardova PLC, Samsung, NIBSS, Gino, NAICOM and many other organisations.
We worked with these organisations to deepen customer intimacy, know more, plan better, serve their customers, increase revenue, improve decision-making, and deliver on their various objectives using Technology. These experiences shaped us and contributed to our growth.
We now identify as a “Business 2 Entrepreneur” company - a proud partner of potential to dreamers and doers with our solutions.
Local News
Oil graft: Italian court acquits Nigerian, Obi, reverses jail sentence
A Nigerian, Emeka Obi, has been acquitted on Thursday in an Italian appeal court for his involvement in an oil graft case. Read more…
11 lawyers battle for Igboho’s bail, as activist faces more charges
No fewer than 11 lawyers are battling to secure the bail of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, Read more…
International Stories
Slipknot co-founder Joey Jordison dead at 46
Joey Jordison, the co-founder of Slipknot and one of the most influential metal drummers of his generation, has died at the age of 46, his family announced. Read more…
Tokyo sets another virus record days after Olympics begin
Tokyo has reported 3,177 new coronavirus cases, setting an all-time high and exceeding 3,000 for the first time days after the start of the Olympics. Read more…
Germany charges Syrian doctor with crimes against humanity
A Syrian doctor has been charged in Germany with crimes against humanity for allegedly torturing people in military hospitals in his homeland and killing one of them. Read more…
Business
Piggyvest acquires wealth management app, Savi.ng
Savings and investment startup, Piggyvest has acquired Savi.ng, a wealth management app. Read more…
Global Economy to grow by 6%, Nigeria at 2.5% – IMF
The International Monetary Fund retained its growth outlook for both Nigeria and the global economy for the year 2021, stating that the global economy is projected to grow 6.0 percent in 2021, read more…
AfCFTA: Nigeria needs standard goods to compete in continental trade – SON
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has disclosed that Nigeria needs to produce goods up to standard to enable Nigerian producers compete fairly and have an edge on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Read more…
iPhone sales increased nearly 50% Y-O-Y as Apple posts $81.4 billion in Q3 2021
In its fiscal third quarter, the world’s most valuable company, Apple Inc., recorded revenue of $81.43 billion, an impressive quarter for the company. Read more…
Exchange rate depreciates across forex markets as CBN bans sale of dollar to BDCs
The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar closed at N411.67/$1 at the Investors and Exporters window, where forex is traded officially. Read more…
Naira slides to 505/$ as CBN stops forex sale to BDCs
The naira fell slightly to the dollar at the parallel market few hours after the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday announced the discontinuity of forex supplies to the Bureau de Change Operators in the country. Read more…
Power: EKEDC asks National Assembly to intervene in N21 billion MDA debt
Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) asked the National Assembly to intervene in the debt owed to the company by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) which total about N21 billion. Read more…
Agriculture: N736.51 billion disbursed to 3,734,939 smallholder farmers – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that it disbursed the sum of N736.51 billion to 3,734,939 smallholder farmers, cultivating 4.6 million hectares of farmland. Read more…
Metro
Tokyo Olympics: Simone Biles out of individual all-around final
American gymnast and four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles has withdrawn from Thursday's individual all-around final in Tokyo. Read more…
Otedola’s daughter Tolani reveals year-long battle with ailment
Tolani, a Nigerian sonorous singer and daughter of Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola, has revealed that for over a year, she has been battling with an ailment. Read more…
Abuja policeman guns down football fan for warning against accidental discharge
A 34-year-old football enthusiast, Emmanuel Samuel, has died after a policeman allegedly shot him at a relaxation spot in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Read more…
CBN affirms crypto ban as e-Naira set to launch in October
The Nigerian apex bank reiterated it earlier stands against banks facilitating crypto transactions as e-Naira is set to launch in October. Read more…
AGS Quote of the Day
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Helen Keller