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IyaIode:
They must o

They know Yorubas don't do "our daughter/son".

If they don't perform, na serious yabbing.

Davido,

I know some of you guys read NL.

We're proud of how far you've gone.

Here are some businesses you can invest in:

AGRICULTURE; UNLOCKING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN SOUTH WEST, NIGERIA
http://www.swits.com.ng/media/view/rec_id/15

DAWN COMMISSION
http://dawncommission.org/

Freemanan:
First of all, music is a profession only few people have set a legacy (minding the genre of music these guys sings oh). So Dont really expect a dynasty from them.

Secondly, if they can live a successful life and lay the necessary foundation for their kids and immediate family, I think that is legacy in itself mate....

Many musicians of back in the days, we only hear about them in history classes, and that's SOME of them. The plantainsion boys, blackface, etc were big back then. Davido and his ilks are living in the moment which will soon come to pass (music is ever changing).

Davido's father is a billionaire....he has businesses all around......contributes to black wealth......made money so that his son could become something.

Davido....spends......spends....spends......no business..... keeps spending.....spends more on useless cars like he's driving them to heaven.

Let's say he starts a multinational business or invest in agriculture in the SW? He's developing our economy and making MORE money....living a legacy for his children and children's children. Let's say he even starts his own car manufacturing business. Now that's smart.

Fearcom:
Just like it's not my business what you do with your money, it's not your business what he does with his. His money, his business.

It's actually my business in the long run, because they're contributing to the stereotype of black people which will be used as a case study to observe me and my race.

What's wrong with starting a business and increasing the black wealth.

Poverty mentality, you guys an never think beyond the "now". No reasonable person can win with you guys and the "it's my money let me SPEND it" mentality.

Freemanan:
Actually Davido and PSquare have a legacy already... You Dont just know them...

You know them abi?

So 80 years from now, wetin we go hear? That they sell music?

basilo101:
Why do yorubas neglect trade? D Abia guy got a befitting portfolio 4 his ppl

When Yorubas go into business.....it's real business not petty trading.

All I know is that there's no pride in being a Yoruba minister when you don't contribute to the development of Yorubaland.

Kemi, do us proud. Our daughter.

Please undo all the damages Nngozi Iweala did to the economy.

castroevans:
Make ur money and spend it in whatsoever way u wish to

Black mentality.

hakinze00:
u see thats where u getting it wrong he is getting his money 2ru fame not his certificate xo dre is notin lyk waste of moni,since dre is notin lyk profit nd loss being a celebrity

I'm not questioning his source of money. I want him to not just spend, but to invest and build businesses with that money.

Someone like Davido can do so much with his money; building multinational businesses, start his own music school, own estates, start an oil/gas company, etc.

So much potential going to waste.


Nothing like a loss being a celebrity? Ask 50cent.

RichDad1:
What is diss?
I was thinking op meant, Avram Grant long hisss

Same here

I was thinking Ariana Grande.

hakinze00:
thats poverty mentality,he is a celeb so having alot of cars is no waste of money but to increase his status,ok wot will u say abt floyd mayweather dat has excess cars?

Still a waste of money.

What happened to increasing the black wealth? The black entrepreneurs?

Poverty mentality: I now have money so I'm gonna spend it all on useless material goods.

Waste of money.

Yeye celebrities like p-square and davido keep complaining about how undeveloped Nigeria is, yet they don't invest to develop their region.

What's the point of the car when you die? Which legacy to you leave behind 80 years from now?

ikechukwu354:
I just don't understand why the level of nigeria journalism is degrading whats this

Who begged you to open the thread?

But seriously OP, the gbagaun too much.


@post

Congrats to the lovely couple

ProfShymex:
Lol. Tongue in the cheek, alie?

Anyway, don't let these folks' noise get to you - they're just the masters of making noise. In a well structure environment, their style of doing business will never work.

Have you ever asked yourself why over 90% of Nigerian businesses in the UK (I believe it should be lopsided in favour of Yorubas in US and Canada as well) are owned by Yorubas?

P.S: I just said 90% to be fair - it's about 99%, if I'm being factual cos you'll see more than 100 businesses owned by Yorubas before you see one Igbo business out here.

I've mentioned the same thing before. Shady businesses can only prosper in Nigeria. They often mention that Yoruba steal ND oil, I guess a Yoruba man also stole Texas oil (Texas Oilman: Kase Lawal)? Igbos like to lie to themselves about Yoruba successful businessmen.

https://www.nairaland.com/48891/igbo-man-arrested-chicago-selling

ProfShymex:
Who's "them"?

We're better traders.

Ijebu/Ijesa

zimoni:
In Yoruba, we say "Ori E Wa Nbe". In naija local parlance, we say "Your Head Is There".

Your Head Is There Prof.


I'm still missing Prof Katsumoto. Only knows knows where he is.

That guy was a history book to behold. I miss his posts too.

ProfShymex:
Ibebe/Ilekehd

The romanis can't compete with us when it comes to trading. Ijebus and Ijeshas.

We've been trading far and wide, way before they could speak an intelligible language.

We're merchants.

When it comes to business, give it to them.

And I'm not talking about 2x2 shops or street hawking.

So Lai Mohammed is Yoruba?

I always thought the guy was Northerner, never bothered to check his profile. hmmmp

Good morning!

Aareonakakanfo:
Whao beautiful contributions from profshymex,mayoroflagos,zimoni,ritchiee,wizguy69,superduperjay and every other person I forgot to mention
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Shymm3x all we do in Naija is copy and paste.
Truely,we can definitely break the jinx about black Africa. We've done it before
Ilekehd get into the studio and compose a song ASAP
Superduperjay that Idanre hills is messed up.The locals are just messing around the whole place.There are videos of it on youtube.smh

Song already composed. Waiting for platinum status.

Congrats to all my lovely beautiful smart Yoruba ministers. But there's no pride in your work if you neglect the SW/ Yoruba interest.

Fashola, don't forget Lagos state. Kemi, don't forget Ogun state. Omoleye, don't forget Ondo state.Fayemi, don't forget Ekiti state. Isaac Adewole, don't forget Oyo state.


Remember your heritage: Oduduwa.

The last one got me lmfaoooo



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[size=14pt]NIGERIAN PAINTER ÒMÓ OBA ADETOMIWA A. GBADEBO EXHIBITS IN MINNEAPOLIS
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For Nigerian painter Òmó Oba (Prince) Adetomiwa A. Gbadebo, becoming an artist wasn’t a choice. It was a traditional and essential part of his culture. As part of the royal Gbadebo family of Abeokuta, the capitol of Ogun State, “My work is very spiritual. It’s ritualistic. It’s beyond the human realm,” he says.

Gbadebo’s first solo exhibition in the Midwest, “Oba Kò so - Erú Ko Si Siwaju Sii (The King Did Not Hang. Slaves No More.)" is named after a play by Duro Lapido about Yorùbá mythology, and opens on Friday at City Wide Artists in Minneapolis.

A lifelong artist, it was around age 10 that Gbadebo gave up on tracing. “It never came out right,” he says. By eschewing the need to be neat, he came into an abstract style that yields bright, bold, large-scale works can take months to complete. Even then, he says a work is never finished; rather, it grows and expands. “It’s very tedious,” Gbadebo explains. “There’s a lot of mind power that I put in my work.”

While Gbadebo’s early aesthetic was more detailed and dominated by imaginary landscapes, circles, and constellations, his current work revolves around themes of the human journey, Ifá philosophies, and the goal of societal enlightenment. “Aesthetically, work always changes,” he says. “It’s not something I decide to do. It changes with age, with time.”

Red, white, and black — dominant colors in African culture — are constants in his work, though he doesn’t choose the colors, per se. Inspired by his colorful homeland, “any application of color or lack of certain colors is destiny,” he says.

Gbadebo's his primary role models are his mother, father, and grandfather. “Those are my influences in how they live their lives.” As for artists, he cites American painter Julian Schnabel (who uses broken ceramic plates as “canvases” for his paintings), because he appreciates the of the scale of his work.

Whatever you do, don’t compare Gbadebo to Jean-Michel Basquiat. (He gets that a lot.) “To the dominant culture in the U.S., Basquiat stood out because he was probably the most wealthy black artist of his time,” Gbadebo says. “But people did not know much about African culture in the U.S. He referenced a lot of spiritual entities is African culture. To me, when people look at my work and say ‘Basquiat,’ it means that they don’t know much culturally about my work. The American Caucasian artists see themselves as individuals, but they see African artists, black artists, as collective. It’s something that I don’t take pride in at all. It’s something that I kind of detest. Every artist is individual. I’m not choosing my colors because of Basquiat or Picasso.”

When Gbadebo gives away or sells a piece of his work, he asks the recipient to respect it “because it is part of my soul,” he says. If confronted with ignorance about the role of art in African culture, he sees it as an opportunity to impart knowledge rather than to judge. “It’s not frustrating,” he says. “It’s a great joy. I love to educate people. To me, individuals who don’t understand, it’s good. You teach them.”

IF YOU GO:

Prince) Adetomiwa A. Gbadebo: “Oba Kò so - Erú Ko Si Siwaju Sii (The King Did Not Hang. Slaves No More.)”
City Wide Artists
Through December 4
There will be an opening reception from 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, November 13

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Aareonakakanfo:
I can confidently tell you the future is bright for the Yoruba nation ones we leave this contraption

Everytime I read the DAWN document,I smile.

The blueprint is there.Nigeria is just the stumbling bock

Mo je ri e.

@RoyalRoy

The option is placed write on top of the first page of this section.

Please correct this mistake

This is based in South Africa, Nigeria, UK, and Kenya but owned by a Yoruba


[size=14pt]Edge Books[/size]

Founder: Daniel Oluwagbemiga Ben-Daniel



Edgebooks is a digital platform for eBooks and other digital platforms such as magazines, comics & Journals. The digital platform is integrated with owned developed eReader App, known as Media+ eReader App already available on App Store & Google Play, whilst we are hoping to release the Windows version before the end of the year.

The Meda+ eReader App is fully integrated with the EdgeBooks’ Digital Platform for the effective management of all the purchase/ subscription, download and pleasurable reading of all eBooks, digital comics, journals, and magazines purchased from the platform.

Our digital platform is fully secured with a DRM solution combined with Thawte SSL encryption for our enterprise class dedicated server. It is our great honour to have signed up publishers like Pearson Southern Africa, Motivational Press United States, Embassy Publishing United states, Ingram Content on behalf of African Books Collective United Kingdom, Renaissance Law Publishing Limited Nigeria, and Kwarts Publishing Limited, South Africa; who have taken the time to evaluate the DRM solution implemented for our Store and collectively supplied close to 3000 eBooks to the platform.

In the coming months, other bigger publishers, both local and international, would be signing up. Potentially, our digital platform should have more than 50,000 books by the end of 2015.

Our unique selling offering is the support we provide for local publishers directly, helping them to convert their huge book portfolio into digital, which is impossible with Amazon and other stores like iTunes & GooglePlay. We are taking local African Authors (Publishers) to the world, and we are bringing global Authors (Publishers) into Africa.

Towards this end, we have set up our retail outlets for the South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya We intend to extend to other African territories in the coming months, which includes French and Portuguese territories before the end of 2016. Our platform for each territory is integrated with local payment gateways within those territories, which enables consumers in those territories to buy the same books in the local currencies.

We have also set up our store in UK for sale of books in Pounds Sterling. The objective for the European, Australian, and US markets is to make African Authors available to millions of Africans living abroad, and thus, also making money in foreign exchange for Publishers/Authors.

The URLs for our current store fronts are:
South Africa: http://www.edgebooks.co.za;
Nigeria: http://www.edgebooks.com.ng;
Kenya: http://www.edgebooks.co.ke;
United Kingdom: http://www.edgebooks.uk.

Part of our strategy is to effectively position the EdgeBooks digital platform to Publishers, Distributors and Educational institutions (private and public) primarily in Africa, and in selected markets across the globe, even as digital books becomes more and more entrenched across the continent.

Currently, EdgeBooks Digital Platform has become the resource destination for Lawyers and other professionals in Nigeria, and Africa by extension, haven signed up leading law publishing companies that currently have more than 20,000 lawyers as their regular clients. The impact of this on the EdgeBooks platform is that in the next 6 to 12 months, EdgeBooks should have more than 10,000 legal professionals as regular subscribers of the digital law reports distributed via the platform, and more than 20,000 in the next 24 months months. This will be scaled across Africa and globally.

In addition to that, leading global publishers like Wiley’s, Pearson, Ingram, etc have already signed up with EdgeBooks to distribute/retail their professional publications covering Law, Accounting, Medicine, etc.

There is a strong focus on tertiary institutions, and there has been massive responses from there in Nigeria, and we hope to scale this across Africa in the next 12 months.

As an African global brand our mission is to be the leader on the continent, and the default destination for eBooks and other digital publications.

Meanwhile, please download our Media+ eReader App from Google Play and iOS to have a feel of the App and for evaluation purpose.

[size=14pt]iKon Tracker[/size]


Website: http://www.ikontracker.com/


Founder: Adedayo Charis



iKon Tracker is a conveniently sized bluetooth tracking device paired with a downloadable iKon smartphone application. Utilizing iKon, people now have an affordable and efficient way of making sure their pets, children and belongings are safe, accessible and where they should be! iKon is perfect for any of your precious items, ranging from your keys, to your wallet, your bag, dog, child, laptop, car, bus or even your private jet! It is tiny and portable! Simply attach it to your belongings, link it to your Android or iOS device/s via the iKon mobile App and rest easy in the knowledge that with iKon you are always .

Technology:

iKon utilizes patent pending bluetooth tracking software and the associated programmable chip to link up to a community mobile application. The iKon chip transmits its real time GPS location to the unique paired mobile phone using Bluetooth technology. These signals are picked-up by the iKon app, which is compatible on both Android and iOS devices. The app user can then view the real-time location of the chip on a detailed GPS map that shows the estimated distance between the app user and the chip.

Functions:

The user can then select a range of functions including lost, found and perimiter zones to customize their own security settings for each individual device. Got a wayward child or pet? Set up a home perimeter and receive a mobile update everytime the iKon device leaves that zone. Lost your keys? Mark your item as lost and the iKon community will be on the lookout for your lost item – automatically return the real time location of your item when found. Lost your phone but have your iKon tracker? Not to worry, with the push of a button your iKon device will set off an alarm on your phone.

Use your iKon device as a controller for your phone! Want to take a selfie – but can’t reach the button? The iKon chip has the capacity to integrate as a controller for your camera.

Partnerships:

We also have a Transportation startup called TransitKonect (a Taxi booking application). With an exclusive service provider contract signed with the largest taxi company in Africa, to the tune of over 10,000 taxi’s – TransitKonect is uniquely poised to be the largest transit booking platform in Africa. All contracted Taxi Drivers are contractually obligated to have the iKon application installed within their cabs – This adds thousands to the iKon network and exponentially improves the finding power of the iKon community. Imagine losing your wallet in downtown Lagos, one of the most densly populated states in the world. Moments later, through the power of the iKon community you have the exact real time location of your wallet.

Better range:


iKon outruns its competitors by using a better antenna system to cast a wider search – up to 75 – 100 meters.

iKon is secure:

Once connected to your iKon, you will be the only one able to use it. Nobody else can access your data. Lost item signals are discretely picked up and forwarded to their owner’s phone through our secure server.

Strong selling points-


Portability and effectiveness

Pin-point and real-time GPS location

Global coverage system that works wherever there is a mobile network

Personalized and mobile tracking system

Long lasting battery life of up to 6 – 12 months

Replaceable battery

Single app control on multiple chips

Competitive pricing

Safety of app users on secured database system

Expansion Plans –


This technology is globally scalable as the tracking system can work in any country with as basic as a mobile phone network. Immediate plans are to establish a strong and viable technology policing network across Australia and Nigeria. Expanding into the West & South African Regions and then grow into internationally with our established and trusted system.

They say there is no pain greater than the loss of loved ones and priceless belongings. They say prevention is always better than a cure. With the iKonCommunity, everyone unconsciously plays a part in protecting and locating each others belongings. Nothing is lost, everything is found. iKon strives to create a technology based solution to policing the community – where we all stand up and protect our belongings.

Take total control with iKon… The iKonic and seamless way to avert kidnapping and theft. #smalldeviceBIGdifference



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[size=14pt]SmartEdu[/size]


Founder: Molawi Adesuyi

Aareonakakanfo:
Like I said, he's clueless and I have no idea what he's doing to generate wealth for the state

The state collects a lot of money from the Government and yet there's nt much to show for it

For a state like Ondo which doesn't boast of a huge population like Lagos to generate IGR, You rely on the resources you have

Cocoa farming,timber and tourism are its strong points and any wealth made from that can compliment the money the state collects from the government

There's nothing stopping Ondo state from having huge chocolate manufacturing companies.

The only one i can think of is SPAGnVOLA.Idanre hills deserves more attention.NIROTW needs revival

*sigh* O ti su mi.

Igba wo la kuro? Se o ti e lo si sukuru?

I'd like to think that nigba ti a ba ni ilu wa, gbogbo nkan a yi pada, sugbo, I feel that a ni lati ronu oro yii ni ile Yoruba ki a to ni ilu wa. To ri pe, ti aa ba so oro yii, oru awon oniranu bale (governor) la wa lori aga.

[size=14pt]CarpartsNigeria Automobile Ltd[/size]

Founder: Ade Oladapo


CarPartsNigeria.com was born out of the need to centralize parts inventory across the nation. A place to find difficult auto parts, compare prices, save time, and ensure that trust worthy vendors can compete, and satisfied buyers can appreciate great business. The platform is a search engine aggregator, not just for auto parts but also for finding the best auto service technicians that is location specific in the country. We vet and rate our vendors so we can alleviate their customer service records and bring them closer to the customers.

CarPartsNigeria.com was incorporated in Nigeria to allow us bring, auto-parts vendors and clients together in a multi-dimensional space – Online. Our purpose is to add value to our vendors and their products by bringing them closer and faster to their customers and giving them access to markets that were not originally available. Secondly, to give everyday clients – a one stop shop for all their auto needs – new and used car parts, new and used car sales, Auto Auctions, and access to verified service contractors that have been vetted and reviewed by multiple clients. We hope to enhance the auto-trade industry, starting with Nigeria and Ghana and eventually, our strategic goal of reaching all the countries in continental Africa.

We offer not just vendor car sales like most of our competitors. We offer Auto parts Sales (New and Used) through our vendors. We have also included a REAL-TIME auction Site (First in the country) that allows individuals and vendors to list(s) their automobiles or bikes on the AUCTION. These are a few of our competitive edge in this sector. Our site also includes a VIN verification button that allows you to see a history of your auto configuration instantly. We have a Fast and scalable online platform. We have brought a search engine that can bring buyers closer to their prospective vendors – Our searches will show the vendors that are in closest proximity to the buyer’s location.
Specialties
Auro Parts Search Engine, Service Vendor Search, Car Listings, Auto Auction Services, Advertising

[size=14pt]Talking Bookz
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Founder: Kolapo Ogungbile

Talking Bookz is the first audiobooks publisher and retailer of downloadable audiobooks in Nigeria and Africa. We provide access to unique African content and 3000+ international bestsellers.

Our Mission

Talking Bookz mission is to make reading convenient and help people achieve more in their everyday lives. We are all about transforming those Daily Commutes or Long drives into Learning, Entertaining and Memorable Journeys.

Our Vision

Audiobooks has been playing important role for readers and non-avid readers, and with the advent of the Internet, broadband technologies, new compressed audio formats and portable media players, the popularity of audiobooks has increased significantly. However, audiobooks has not made its way to Nigeria and Africa, yet.

Talking Bookz vision is to be number 1 retail and audio book publisher of African authored books, offering our content to Africa and the rest of the world. We have also partnered with leading publishers globally to bring you the best content on the planet. Once you purchase a book on Talking Bookz, you own it for life.

Thinking audio books? – Think Talking Bookz!

Talking Bookz is a product of HillTop technologies limited, a company registered under the laws of Federal Republic of Nigeria with RC 1227459.

[size=14pt]GTB Bank
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Mr. Fola Adeola is the founder and chairman of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s largest banks, where he is presently a director.

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He served the bank as the pioneer Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for 12 years. Before founding Guaranty Trust Bank Plc in 1990, Mr. Adeola was the Deputy General Manager & Divisional Head, Financial Services Division of the Continental Merchant Bank Limited (1986-1990). He also served as a manager of the NAL Merchant Bank Plc from 1982-1986. Prior to this experience, he served as a senior auditor at D.O. Dafinone & Co. From the beginning of his tenure at Guaranty Trust, Mr. Adeola had sought to build an institution that would outlast him and one that would be reputed for strong governance, including carefully laid out succession plans. It was in this spirit that he stepped down after 12 years at the helm of the bank.
Immediately upon stepping down, Mr. Adeola served as the chairman of the Pension Reform Committee, which designed and drafted the Pension Reform Act of 2004, which is guiding the emergence of a new pension industry in Nigeria. He was until recently the Chairman of the National Pension Commission, the regulatory authority for the Pension Industry. Mr. Adeola also served briefly as CEO of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (“Transcorp”), a holding company set up with local investors in 2004 to invest in the privatization of state enterprises with the goal of becoming the leading Nigerian conglomerate.
Mr. Adeola is the founder of FATE Foundation, a charitable foundation created to promote entrepreneurship among the youth in Nigeria, a cause Mr. Adeola feels very passionate about.

"If the State government sees you do something worthwhile that could lead to employment eneration for others, they promptly kill such initiatives with a barrage of questionable taxes and levies thereby misusing the legitimate role of tax in development," Mr. Kekemeke explained.

Just terrible. What happened to sponsoring start up companies?

Aareonakakanfo:
Speaking of Ondo state, Iya Agba,mimiko is as clueless as his predecessor, Agagu.
The timber industry in Ondo state is pure bullch!t, he hasn't done much to revive it.
Ondo state has the some of the finest woods in Nigeria
On a good day you'll expect it to be the most prosperous state besides Lagos in the South-west due to the fact that its the hub of Cocoa farming in Nigeria which is one of our highest non-oil export

At times, I forget that Mimiko even exists. I don't even hear anything from his side.

What is he even doing to generate revenue?

Just gimme 1hr with some of our governors and you'll see result. The yabbing I go give them ehn.