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AGS Lightbox - Owning Your Power
Dear Tribers,
Hope you’re doing great.
This week, we are hosting an amazing woman who is very close to our community and has supported us from day one. I call this woman the ‘Oprah of Africa’. Her work is known and studied globally. She has built such a huge and strong company globally and made a huge killing on her journey. She will be teaching us how she has been able to start, build and grow a billion dollar company and how she’s been able to become one of Africa’s most powerful women.
She will be facilitating a session titled ‘Owning your power’.
We will be discussing everything from being an entrepreneur to modern media to building a personal and business brand to grad school especially for mid career professionals to getting a fully funded scholarship (over $100k) to being part of several Fellowships - TED Fellow, Ash Center Fellow at Harvard to her personal life’s mission everyday to also having money as a woman!
It is going to be an unusual session and we honestly cannot wait for all the learnings that will happen on Thursday 28th Jan, 2021.
If you know anyone who this session will be useful for, please ask them to download our AGS Tribe app on the iOS or Android store, then upgrade to either the Silver (N5,000 monthly or Gold (N50,000 yearly) membership to participate in our weekly capacity building sessions, AGS Lightbox.
We look forward to seeing you on Thursday by 8pm.
Warm regards,
Ife Durosinmi-Etti.
Business
Equities: Domestic investors outperformed foreigners by N709bn in 2020
Latest figures from the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) ‘Domestic & Foreign Portfolio Investment Report’ for the month of December 2020 show that domestic investors accounted for 66.37 per cent of the total value of transactions in 2020 at N1.43 trillion — beating 2010 record of 64 per cent. During the year, foreign investors account for a paltry 33.63 per cent of total value of transactions at N729.20 billion — the lowest since 2010 at 36 per cent. Read more
President Buhari signs COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations 2021 policy, citing powers conferred to the Presidency, by Section 4 of the Quarantine Act, Cap. Q2 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2010, “…and in consideration of the urgent need to protect the health and wellbeing of Nigerians in the face of the widespread and rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria.” The signing of the regulations was disclosed in a statement by the FG on Wednesday evening. Read more
KLM demands rapid antigen tests from Lagos passengers, as Netherland bans flights to UK, others
Air France KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has asked passengers departing from Lagos to obtain a rapid antigen test at Murtala Mohammed International Airport before departure from January 26, 2021. This was disclosed by the Commercial Team Nigeria, Air France KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in its newsletter. Read more
Union Bank Nigeria Plc issues disclaimer against purported sale of owner’s stake
The Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has today issued a disclaimer against an unsubstantiated publication by one of Nigeria’s leading online news site, that its principal owner is considering selling its 50% stake in the firm. The disclaimer was signed by the bank’s secretary, Somuyiwa Sonubi and sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange, as seen by Nairametrics. Read more
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp user base top 3.3 billion, Q4 revenue of $28 billion
The world’s biggest social media company, Facebook, recently posted its fourth-quarter earnings which were better than what many stock market experts had expected, against a backdrop of growing regulatory and political challenges. Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp now have a combined user base of 3.3 billion to get their messages out. Read more
Emefiele: Contract for renovation of national theatre to be awarded soon
Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, says a contract for the renovation of the National Art Theatre would be awarded in the next couple of weeks. Emefiele was responding to questions from journalists at a press conference on the outcome of the monetary policy committee meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. “All approvals are in place; we are hoping in the next couple of weeks, a contract will be awarded and the National Art Theatre by the grace of God will wear a new look,” Emefiele said. Read more
WhatsApp is adding opt-in biometrics to its web and desktop versions
WhatsApp, the popular messaging app with more than 2 billion users, has been getting a lot of heat and losing users in recent weeks after announcing (and then delaying) changes to how it shares data with its owner Facebook. And it’s not done with how it’s tweaking privacy and security. Now, it’s adding a new biometric feature to the service to bring in a new authentication layer for those using its web and desktop versions. Read more
Social
Joke Silva says she was shattered after she accidentally discovered she was an adopted child
Nollywood actress Joke Silva has spoken about how she received the news after she accidentally found out that she was adopted. The Nollywood veteran made this known during a chat with broadcaster, Funmi Iyanda at her show 'Public Eye.' Read more
BBNaija's Tochi and Princess spark off dating rumours
Former Big Brother Naija housemates Tochi and Princess have sparked off dating rumours after their videos surfaced online looking cozy. In one of the videos, which was posted on Tochi's Instagram stories on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, the reality TV stars looked all lovey-dovey. Read more
Singer Simi celebrates hubby Adekunle Gold on his 34th birthday
Nigerian singer Simi is celebrating her husband Adekunle Gold on his 34th birthday. Sharing a post via her Instagram page on Thursday, January 28, 2021, the singer declares her undying love for the music star. Read more
AGS Quote of the day
When you know a thing, maintain that you know it; and when you do not, acknowledge your ignorance.
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.