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Stallion group has launched the first Nigeria assembled Volkswagen (VW) passenger &
commercial vehicles using one of the VoN assembly lines at its automobile plant located along the Lagos-Badagry expressway, Lagos.
This development follows the historic return of the global
brand 20 years after the previous plant was moribund.

The conglomerate had entered into collaboration with the Volkswagen Group to assemble its vehicles in Nigeria, pursuant of
the National Automotive ndustrial Plan (NAIDP) announced by the Federal Government in October 2013.

Stallion group is commencing assembly of VW’s models
including Passat, Jetta, CC and Amarok models.

Stallion group is the preferred partner for an impressive portfolio of iconic global automobile brands and the Nigeria exclusive
distributor for the VW brands including Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda and Porsche.

The VW Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest
carmaker in Europe.

The Group operates 119 production plants in 20 European
countries and a further eight countries in the Americas, Asia and Africa. The Volkswagen Group sells its vehicles in 153 countries.

Commenting on the launch, Sunil Vaswani Stallion’s chairman said: “This is a great moment for Stallion in partnering with a
world leading global brand like Volkswagen.

We are immensely pleased to bring back the proud legacy of Nigeria automotive industry
– the Volkswagen brand that once was indigenously produced at the same premises.”

On plans for the automotive industry, Vaswani said: “Stallion in committed to investing and expanding its operations in
the automotive value chain across multiple global brands and paving the way for Nigeria to establish itself as a regional leader
in the automobile eco system.”
Stallion is already assembling Nissan, Hyundai, Ashok-Leyland and IVECO vehicles in Nigeria and has developed a large team of
highly skilled human resources following extensive training by specialists from the respective principals.

Ratz Wolfgang, leader of the VW Group delegation from Germany said ’Today
marks the revival of the assembly of VW vehicles in Nigeria has returned to Nigeria to
continue a long history that began in the 1970s,” he recalled.
Wolfgang who is excited and optimistic about the future of VW in Nigeria remarked
that “We are certain that further growth is possible, which is why it is constantly searching for new opportunities to increase
global market and sales potential and we appreciate the fact that we are able to strengthen our business relationship with
our professional partner Stallion.”

The Stallion Group, it would be recalled acquired the moribund Volkswagen of Nigeria plant and successfully resuscitated it
and commenced assembly of buses, trucks, pick-ups and eventually passenger vehicles
at the facility.

The launch of the VW vehicles is another major catalyst for the revival of Nigeria’s automotive industry, which could lead to the development of multiple ancillary industries and component manufacturers, apart from fostering engineering skill base in the country and generating employment.

A multinational conglomerate with a 45-year operating history in Nigeria and the sub Saharan markets, the Stallion Group is engaged in diversified industries including agriculture, commodities, automobile assembly, mining, steel manufacturing, packaging, technology and distribution.

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Amidst numerous problems con- fronting the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria, stake- holders at BusinessDay SME summit held in Abuja said creating the right market access for operators in this seg- ment is key to addressing the growth gap in the sector.

Nigeria classifies businesses with an annual turnover of N500 million and less as MSMEs.

The country has 37.67 million MSMEs, according to the 2013 National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report.

The sector impacts 95 per- cent of businesses in the coun- try and creates 75 percent of national employment.

Challenges such as finance, skills, infrastructure and market access have dogged this segment of the economy over the years.

Wale Fasanya, representa- tive of the director-general of the Small and Medium Enter- prise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), said the agency has been engaging on match-making programmes to form links with various MSME operators in the country.

“The agency has been work- ing with the United Nations International Development Organisation (UNIDO) in upgrading capacity to ensure proper business support for the operators in the country. We would also ensure, through UNIDO collaboration, that they have a global outlook through international exhibi- tions,” Fasanya said.

Rabiu Tata, head of busi- ness desk at the Union
Bank, in his submission, pointed out certain steps
that could improve market access to the MSME
sector, one of which was designing a technical
platform on funding that matches businesses.

“The second approach is on accessing intervention
from dependable agencies like CBN, BoI and other
nec- essary interventions. Where they don’t have
collateral, we provide them with the needed
guarantee,” Tata said.

“The other collaboration is on networking to get
international collaborations and the needed grants to support their businesses. We look at the way they
structure their business plans in terms of best case
scenario and worse case scenario, as well as com-
petition analysis, to match the kind of business they
are going into,” he added.

Rabiu suggested to the Federal government that “all stakeholders operating in the MSME sector should interface more and evaluate efforts in order to boost market access.

” Dike Prince Humphery of the Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Federal Capital Ter- ritory (FCT) chapter, urged the Federal Government to educate real sector opera- tors accordingly to avoid poor standardisation of their products.

HARRISON EDEH, Abuja
Source: www.businessdayonline.com

Johannesburg - Cryptocurrency company BitX has
launched its Bitcoin technology in Nigeria as it
targets Africa’s biggest economy.
BitX is headquartered in Singapore but it has a
development team in Cape Town and also operates
one of only two South African Bitcoin exchanges.
Fin24 reported in November last year on how BitX
launched a digital Bitcoin wallet app for Android
and Apple iOS devices in the South African market.
The technology makes it easier for people to buy
and sell Bitcoins.
Now BitX is targeting Nigeria - a country that has
over 150 million people and an economy that ranks
number one in Africa.
“Nigeria is a fast-growing and highly
entrepreneurial economy, and we’ve been
inundated with requests for Bitcoin products and
services from consumers, developers and Nigerian
businesses,” BitX chief executive officer, Marcus
Swanepoel, said in a statement.
“The business aspect is particularly interesting and
we’re currently working with a number of these
businesses to bring some exciting new products to
the market,” said Swanepoel.
BitX further hopes that its technology will boost
Bitcoin adoption in Nigeria.
Furthermore, the company says it’s putting in place
stringent security measures for its technology in
Nigeria and other countries it operates in.
“We spend a significant amount of internal
resources on best-in-class compliance and security,
and needless to say, the same will apply for the
Nigerian market,” said Swanepoel.
“We have very stringent KYC (know your customer),
AML (anti money laundering) and fraud detection
mechanisms in place and we’re using these
proactive measures in all jurisdictions; those with
or without clear guidance on the regulation of
virtual currencies,” Swanepoel added.
Apart from Nigeria, BitX also operates in Kenya and
Southeast Asia.

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Mobile phone company, Tecno, has announced the introduction of the WinPad 10, its latest mobile device, which will run on one of Intel’s atom processors for tablet.

The device, which is a cross between a tablet and a laptop, will be available for sale across the country and is expected to offer users a completely new experience.

According to the Tecno management, WinPad 10 is a 10.1 inch HD screen device and it is expected to offer consumers an
entirely “unique” watching video and browsing experience.

It said the device came with a 5.0
megapixels back camera and 2.0 MP front cameras that give a “captivating” interface,
virtual quality and an operating experience on its preloaded Windows 8.1, while
running on Intel Atom Processor Z3735F, Quad Core 1.83 Ghz, a 32GB ROM and 2GB RAM. The broader ROM and RAM also offer
space to users to store and run apps at the same time.

The Tecno WinPad is more mobile than a laptop, more productive than a tablet and more affordable than an Ultrabook. It has
dual “Boom” speakers with amazing surround stereo sound which offers high quality sound and brings a new experience
of sound perception to its users, thus offering more than a triple package.
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Any Gmail user, who regrets a message they
just sent, has the option to undo the action,
provided they are quick enough, a report
said on Wednesday.
It added that the new “Undo Send” option
allowed a message to be retrieved, so long
as it is clicked upon within 30 seconds of
the “Send” command being hit.
“The idea is to give users a second chance
if they catch a mistake or realise they have
sent a note to the wrong person.
“The function has, so far, only been
available as an experimental feature.
“It is still not automatic, as availability has to
be activated in the setting,” the report
noted.
However, it added that the users could opt
for the “undo” function to work for
between five and 30 seconds after the
initial “send”.

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Our brain is a pretty mysterious thing.
For productive work it needs our care and attention.

Read in this article
about 10 great things to help your
brain always be in tonus and, of
course, to make you more intelligent.

Drink water just after
awaking

Drink two glasses of water 30
minutes after awaking daily. Your
organism did not get water during
the night time, so it is sufficiently
important for people’s bodies to
bring water in your organism after
6-9-hour sleep. Your organism, in
general, and your brain, in particular,
should not become dehydrated.
By the way, you can easily count how
much water do you need a day. Just
multiply your weight by 3 and divide
by 100. For example, I am 80
kilograms, so I need 2.4 liters of
water daily.

Read summaries of books
during breakfast

Book reading is a cool thing, and
breakfast is the best time for reading
some kind of short articles. You can
read a Twitter newsline, but will it
really bring any use? You can also
read news, but do you really want
them in the very beginning of your
day? Try to organize a without-news
month. Believe me, all important
news will reach your ears in any
case, and all that will not influence
your life is rubbish.
It is better to read book summaries
during the breakfast time. What is a
good book? Try to pay your attention
on bestsellers. These are popular
books, so, they cannot be bad. You
(personally!) may dislike one of them.
However, you need to learn its
summary firstly in order not to spend
much time on a dull book and get to
know the main plot of the story, as
well.

Drink green tea during work

I could write here long scientifically
proved facts with researches
and chemicals description, as well as
their influence on different person’s
organs, but I am not writing this
article for this reason. Instead, I will
advice you: drink green tea rather
than coffee. It has a positive effect on
our organism, your overall health
condition and ability to work hard
psychically.
Day sleep is truly a good
thing
A short day slumbering helps refresh
your brain.
According to the recent researches,
people who sleep during a day are
able to learn quicker and more
effectively.

Stop consuming sugar

Sugar is harmful for your body! If you
can, exclude sugar from your
nutrition. Or just bring its amount to
the minimum level. If you do not have
such an opportunity, try not to eat
sugar when you need to concentrate.
Sugar does not allow your brain to
work quickly. Eggs and fish, instead,
are very useful for a brain.

Visit social networks a
couple of times a week

Your brain adapts quickly to the
information which you feed it with. If
you always relax while surfing
Facebook or Twitter or websites with
funny but often insipid images, your
brain will always be relaxed and it will
be hard for you to turn to work. Make
your brain work at the breaking
point, feed it with some useful
information. If you still need to relax,
turn on a clock register for 10-15
minutes and look for some useless
photos and quotations from various
publics.


Read book instead of
watching TV

While reading you are to create
images of heroes, imagine their
voices and even live the whole
situations form a book. All these
things help keep your brain in tonus.

Add physical activities to
your life

Our brain is closely connected with
our body. Physical exercises not only
help us keep fit, but also make our
brain work hard. You do not need to
visit a gym, though, spending there all
your free time.
Go upstairs on foot instead of using a
lift, walk from a subway to your
home. Leave some free time for light
exercises.

Spend your time with
people smarter than you

If you want to win chess game,
choose a weak rival. If you want to
learn to play better, choose a stronger
one. The same is with our brain. If we
communicate with people who are
more intelligent than we are, we soon
will be reaching for their high mental
level. And you will certainly reach it!
Unfortunately, this rule works the
wrong way, as well.

Walk in fresh air

There exist many articles about
positive effect of fresh air on your
organism. It is also useful for our
brain functioning. It works due to
oxygen comsumption. Feed your
brain!

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Entrepreneurs who are into the
manufacturing of food or drugs would readily agree that a major hurdle they had to cross was getting their product registered by the regulatory authority which, in this case, is the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration [NAFDAC].

For these entrepreneurs and those who want to venture into manufacturing freshly,
the NAFDAC challenge is something better prepared for than wished away.

This is because they cannot legitimately carry on such trade without the appropriate registration of the product(s) by NAFDAC which must continue to safeguard public health by ensuring that only safe and right quality foods, medicines, cosmetics, medical device, chemicals, detergents and packaged water are manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, distributed, sold and used in Nigeria.

Stringent Process
Mrs. Christiana Obiazikwor is the Chief Public Relations Officer, NAFDAC. She says because the product registration process of NAFDAC is stringent, persons who require to go through it often view the process as very tasking and may complain of frustration.

She says the major reason is lack of working information on what is required. “This could lead to wasted time and energy, as the unprepared applicant goes back and forth,”she says. This SuccessDigest's special report takes you into the world of NADAC and shows you what you can do to easily obtain the agency’s registration for your product and do your business with peace of mind instead of falling short of the law and risking severe consequences.

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