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It was truly a memorial day yesterday being the 28th of May 2018 at the grand palace of his Royal Majesty the Amayanabo of Ogu/bolo local government Area In Rivers State.

Six Batch A, 2017 corpers were honoured with cash and gift prices for their Outstanding efforts at their various PPA and the community at large. Amongst the corpers honoured were Mary(Overall best corper), Philip omale, Shofella, Praise, Oghenekparobo and Okechukwu who represented the neighboring ikpoama community- One of the community host of the well known Oil and Gas Free Zone Area, Onne, Rivers State.

Get The Full Gist and All Pictures at http://nyscsocial.com/2018/05/28/the-king-of-ogu-bolo-lga-rivers-state-honours-best-corpers-with-cash-gifts-and-more

keep the numbers coming

This is not a piece where I just want to show off or brag of my little successful corporate career at an early age but It is just me sharing secret tips on how to get any organization to be begging you to work with them.
Sounds good right!
It’s a secret I have used over and over again both for unpaid and paid opportunities. You might want to explore it too.
I have worked with the following companies / organizations directly or indirectly: KPMG, Unilever, Andela, Enactus, Young Africa Leadership Initiative, Ringier Africa (The Owns of PulseTV), Hexavia, Tony Elumelu Foundation, UBA, Q21 Solutions, Lanre Olusola Academy, FUTO Business Club, Socialander, Sterling Bank Plc, The Autism Support Circle Initiative — TASCI, United Nation, Junior Achievement Nigeria, Global Shaper PH, Zolts limited, The Maintenance Institute Africa, Tech Hub Africa, Africa Sales Academy, Agrovation, Project Yahaya and many more!
My Linkedin profile here: >>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/victorbella/
Disclaimer: These secrets works for me. Doesn’t mean it will work 100% for you. Please note that time, situation, background and even location might differ but I am assuring you that with these secrets you should be close to your desired job opportunity.
Therefore, here are 10 secrets I am giving you, “the ASSURANCE, this will eventually get you your desired job/internship opportunity.
Are you ready? Let’s go.
1. Know Their sweetspot
2. Make their life easy
3. Show them, don’t tell
4. Count your lucky STARS
5. “WE” Instead of “I”
6. Body Language
7. Value before Value
8. I am not Hungry and Begging
9. I stand with YOU
10. Thank You and Follow up.

1. Know Their Sweetspot:
It’s my biggest secret before I even submit any application, I will under study them to find every single details about them. I will even go as far as asking people that work there about the organisation corporate culture, work environment and condition.
How well do you know them?
However, these are pointers to question you need to ask.
– What is their corporate culture? — This will help you know how you will fit in.
– What is the company history? — If you know where they are coming from you can know where they are going.
– What are the employees’ background? — This will not only help you bench mark yourself with them but help you understand the people you will work with better.
– What are their values, mission and vision — This is more like their sweet button if you can use it.
People these days apply for job opportunity without relevant experience to it. A good application takes a day or more to complete. Think about whether the job really is a good fit for you.

2. Make Their Life Easy:
From how you sent your application to how you structure your resume, the employer will know if you will be the employee that will give them extra work. Nobody wants a liability but asset. From how you structure your email and resume, a good resume should be relevant, very specific and simplified to them.
Many people do make this mistake, which is very wrong. They would dust the resume that they use 5 year ago to apply for an engineering job and use same to apply for human resource manager or even a bank opportunities.
Don’t get me wrong you might have the skills for them to employ you but you have to make your resume fit into the industry. For engineering opportunity, they are on the look out for technical skills unlike bank opportunities are looking for analytical skills. The different is clear.

3. Show them, don’t tell them:
[/b]I love this, with them you can be be seen as been proud or boastful. Let me use myself as example, rather than saying I have great leadership skills, I will say I discovered that there was no entrepreneurial community that made me to start a student business club and within 1 year we have over 1000 members, still counting and we have helped a lot of them with funding opportunity even the $5000 Tony Elumelu Foundation grant. We are currently setting structure and process in place to make sure that we connect more student entrepreneurs to funding opportunity. I now have a team of 10 students that work with me on this project.
So which sounds better?
I have great leadership skills or the one above? Obviously for you to have done all this you must have a great leadership skills.
So let your ACTION do the TALKING

[b]4. Count Your lucky STARS:
However, the secret of describing the Situation (S), Task (T), your Actions (A) and the Result (R) which altogether makes a STAR — is definitely good practice in application forms, and particularly in interviews. Just don’t spend too long on the situation and task, as I’m most interested in what you actually did.
Be careful while using this secret, just as I said above don’t waste time talking about Situation (S) and Task (T) it is important you talk about them a bit because it will give them understanding what lead to your Actions (A) and the Result (R).
Read the Complete Article here http://nyscsocial.com/2018/05/26/2111/

This is not a piece where I just want to show off or brag of my little successful corporate career at an early age but It is just me sharing secret tips on how to get any organization to be begging you to work with them.
Sounds good right!
It’s a secret I have used over and over again both for unpaid and paid opportunities. You might want to explore it too.
I have worked with the following companies / organizations directly or indirectly: KPMG, Unilever, Andela, Enactus, Young Africa Leadership Initiative, Ringier Africa (The Owns of PulseTV), Hexavia, Tony Elumelu Foundation, UBA, Q21 Solutions, Lanre Olusola Academy, FUTO Business Club, Socialander, Sterling Bank Plc, The Autism Support Circle Initiative — TASCI, United Nation, Junior Achievement Nigeria, Global Shaper PH, Zolts limited, The Maintenance Institute Africa, Tech Hub Africa, Africa Sales Academy, Agrovation, Project Yahaya and many more!
My Linkedin profile here: >>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/victorbella/
Disclaimer: These secrets works for me. Doesn’t mean it will work 100% for you. Please note that time, situation, background and even location might differ but I am assuring you that with these secrets you should be close to your desired job opportunity.

Therefore, here are 10 secrets I am giving you, “the ASSURANCE, this will eventually get you your desired job/internship opportunity.
Are you ready? Let’s go.
1. Know Their sweetspot
2. Make their life easy
3. Show them, don’t tell
4. Count your lucky STARS
5. “WE” Instead of “I”
6. Body Language
7. Value before Value
8. I am not Hungry and Begging
9. I stand with YOU
10. Thank You and Follow up.

[b]1. Know Their Sweetspot:
[/b]It’s my biggest secret before I even submit any application, I will under study them to find every single details about them. I will even go as far as asking people that work there about the organisation corporate culture, work environment and condition.
How well do you know them?
However, these are pointers to question you need to ask.
– What is their corporate culture? — This will help you know how you will fit in.
– What is the company history? — If you know where they are coming from you can know where they are going.
– What are the employees’ background? — This will not only help you bench mark yourself with them but help you understand the people you will work with better.
– What are their values, mission and vision — This is more like their sweet button if you can use it.
People these days apply for job opportunity without relevant experience to it. A good application takes a day or more to complete. Think about whether the job really is a good fit for you.


2. Make Their Life Easy:
[/b]From how you sent your application to how you structure your resume, the employer will know if you will be the employee that will give them extra work. Nobody wants a liability but asset. From how you structure your email and resume, a good resume should be relevant, very specific and simplified to them.
Many people do make this mistake, which is very wrong. They would dust the resume that they use 5 year ago to apply for an engineering job and use same to apply for human resource manager or even a bank opportunities.
Don’t get me wrong you might have the skills for them to employ you but you have to make your resume fit into the industry. For engineering opportunity, they are on the look out for technical skills unlike bank opportunities are looking for analytical skills. The different is clear.

[b]3. Show them, don’t tell them:
I love this, with them you can be be seen as been proud or boastful. Let me use myself as example, rather than saying I have great leadership skills, I will say I discovered that there was no entrepreneurial community that made me to start a student business club and within 1 year we have over 1000 members, still counting and we have helped a lot of them with funding opportunity even the $5000 Tony Elumelu Foundation grant. We are currently setting structure and process in place to make sure that we connect more student entrepreneurs to funding opportunity. I now have a team of 10 students that work with me on this project.
So which sounds better?
I have great leadership skills or the one above? Obviously for you to have done all this you must have a great leadership skills.
So let your ACTION do the TALKING

[b]4. Count Your lucky STARS:
[/b]However, the secret of describing the Situation (S), Task (T), your Actions (A) and the Result (R) which altogether makes a STAR — is definitely good practice in application forms, and particularly in interviews. Just don’t spend too long on the situation and task, as I’m most interested in what you actually did.
Be careful while using this secret, just as I said above don’t waste time talking about Situation (S) and Task (T) it is important you talk about them a bit because it will give them understanding what lead to your Actions (A) and the Result (R).
Read the Complete Article here http://nyscsocial.com/2018/05/26/2111/

Thanks dear. I. Myself find it very eye Opening.

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This is not a piece where I just want to show off or brag of my little successful corporate career at an early age but It is just me sharing secret tips on how to get any organization to be begging you to work with them.
Sounds good right!
It’s a secret I have used over and over again both for unpaid and paid opportunities. You might want to explore it too.
I have worked with the following companies / organizations directly or indirectly: KPMG, Unilever, Andela, Enactus, Young Africa Leadership Initiative, Ringier Africa (The Owns of PulseTV), Hexavia, Tony Elumelu Foundation, UBA, Q21 Solutions, Lanre Olusola Academy, FUTO Business Club, Socialander, Sterling Bank Plc, The Autism Support Circle Initiative — TASCI, United Nation, Junior Achievement Nigeria, Global Shaper PH, Zolts limited, The Maintenance Institute Africa, Tech Hub Africa, Africa Sales Academy, Agrovation, Project Yahaya and many more!
My Linkedin profile here: >>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/victorbella/
Disclaimer: These secrets works for me. Doesn’t mean it will work 100% for you. Please note that time, situation, background and even location might differ but I am assuring you that with these secrets you should be close to your desired job opportunity.
Therefore, here are 10 secrets I am giving you, “the ASSURANCE, this will eventually get you your desired job/internship opportunity.
Are you ready? Let’s go.
1. Know Their sweetspot
2. Make their life easy
3. Show them, don’t tell
4. Count your lucky STARS
5. “WE” Instead of “I”
6. Body Language
7. Value before Value
8. I am not Hungry and Begging
9. I stand with YOU
10. Thank You and Follow up.
1. Know Their Sweetspot:


sweetspot
It’s my biggest secret before I even submit any application, I will under study them to find every single details about them. I will even go as far as asking people that work there about the organisation corporate culture, work environment and condition.
How well do you know them?
However, these are pointers to question you need to ask.
– What is their corporate culture? — This will help you know how you will fit in.
– What is the company history? — If you know where they are coming from you can know where they are going.
– What are the employees’ background? — This will not only help you bench mark yourself with them but help you understand the people you will work with better.
– What are their values, mission and vision — This is more like their sweet button if you can use it.
People these days apply for job opportunity without relevant experience to it. A good application takes a day or more to complete. Think about whether the job really is a good fit for you.
2. Make Their Life Easy:


From how you sent your application to how you structure your resume, the employer will know if you will be the employee that will give them extra work. Nobody wants a liability but asset. From how you structure your email and resume, a good resume should be relevant, very specific and simplified to them.
Many people do make this mistake, which is very wrong. They would dust the resume that they use 5 year ago to apply for an engineering job and use same to apply for human resource manager or even a bank opportunities.
Don’t get me wrong you might have the skills for them to employ you but you have to make your resume fit into the industry. For engineering opportunity, they are on the look out for technical skills unlike bank opportunities are looking for analytical skills. The different is clear.
3. Show them, don’t tell them:
I love this, with them you can be be seen as been proud or boastful. Let me use myself as example, rather than saying I have great leadership skills, I will say I discovered that there was no entrepreneurial community that made me to start a student business club and within 1 year we have over 1000 members, still counting and we have helped a lot of them with funding opportunity even the $5000 Tony Elumelu Foundation grant. We are currently setting structure and process in place to make sure that we connect more student entrepreneurs to funding opportunity. I now have a team of 10 students that work with me on this project.
So which sounds better?
I have great leadership skills or the one above? Obviously for you to have done all this you must have a great leadership skills.
So let your ACTION do the TALKING
4. Count Your lucky STARS:


However, the secret of describing the Situation (S), Task (T), your Actions (A) and the Result (R) which altogether makes a STAR — is definitely good practice in application forms, and particularly in interviews. Just don’t spend too long on the situation and task, as I’m most interested in what you actually did.
Be careful while using this secret, just as I said above don’t waste time talking about Situation (S) and Task (T) it is important you talk about them a bit because it will give them understanding what lead to your Actions (A) and the Result (R).
Read the Complete Article here http://nyscsocial.com/2018/05/26/2111/

Keep the Numbers and details coming. I am currently building a large community on facebook for all scrap dealers for ease of exposure to all kinds of customers and potential partners. After which i will integrate and add you all.
Keep them coming. The Nigerian scrap industry is a multi-billion dollar Industry which we will unveil its potential

The FbStart Accelerator at NG_HUB is a deep-tech focused accelerator program for visionary and innovative teams using advanced technologies to solve problems in our society and build solutions for the future.
The research and mentorship-driven program would focus on providing teams with technical & business support and funding needed to optimize their product for growth. It is designed for startup and student teams building solutions that utilize any of these technologies; Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Internet of Things, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR).
The onsite component of the accelerator is tailored for startup teams who would be physically present at NG_HUB while student teams would have the flexibility of a virtual acceleration program, with the option to work out of partner hubs.
NG_HUB, from Facebook and in partnership with CcHUB, is a deep-tech focused innovation lab for entrepreneurs, students, researchers, technologists and other stakeholders building solutions with advanced technologies.
View more information here.
DURATION: 6 months
Onsite Accelerator: Startup Teams
BENEFITS
Startups that are accepted into the program will receive the following:
Equity-free funding: Startup teams would get $20,000 in equity-free funding.
Hands-on support: Product development, business strategy & structure, financial management and investment readiness.
Access to technical experts and business mentors from the Facebook and CcHUB network
An office space with high-speed internet, meeting rooms & more.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
To be eligible for the program, startups must meet the following criteria:
Have a functional product leveraging one of these technologies; Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Data Science, Artificial Reality or Virtual Reality
Have gained some users/customers.
Have a technical lead and founder (s) that are fully committed to the business.
Have the potential to disrupt or greatly enhance their focus industries.
Virtual Accelerator: Student Teams
BENEFITS
Student teams that are accepted into the program will receive the following:
Equity-free funding: BSc. students – $5,000. MSc. students – $10,000 PhD. students – $15,000
Hands-on support: Product development, Business strategy & Structure, and Investment readiness.
Access to technical experts and business mentors from the Facebook and CcHUB’s network
Possible access to office space and high-speed internet at partner hubs.
A flexible program designed with consideration to your academic obligations.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
To be eligible for the program, student teams must meet the following criteria:
Be a BSc., MSc. or PhD student in a Nigerian higher institution as at July 2018.
Have an idea, research or product that would leverage one of these technologies; Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Data Science, Artificial Reality or Virtual Reality
Have a technical lead and founder (s) that are fully committed to the business.
Are you a student? Register for the FbStart Accelerator Roadshows here
http://nyscsocial.com/2018/05/22/2095/

This might just be NYSC and meeting point story rolled into 1 so it will be a long read. I apologise

Anyway to my NYSC story I hope I don’t bore you. It was 2010 and I was posted to kebbi state. Me, fresh lagos babe! I died and woke up!

I still go to my Facebook post of that period to laugh, as I announced to my friends how God was trying to punish me for something I had done wrong. Little did I know.
Anyway time to resume,I had to fly to sokoto and then do a 1 and half hour road trip to kebbi (no airport in kebbi state). Luckily for me I made 2 wonderful connections on that flight, another corper who was posted to kebbi and went on to become my closest buddy and flatmate for the NYSC year and a PPA hook up ( the Director- General of an NGO who struck up a conversation with my new friend and I) the conversation flowed effortlessly as she was a biochemistry graduate and I, a microbiologist and the NGO had to do with healthcare in communities. That was just God showing up for us really.
The man was elderly and wasn’t like he was interested in tapping ass or anything, was just genuinely interested in gisting with intelligent and good looking ladies.
Okay, so we arrived NYSC camp, oh Lord kebbi temperature was hot like mad! After all the rigors of registration and all what not my friend and I finally settled with a mattress and our new otondo kit in a dilapidated classroom around 1am, that was to be our hostel room with several other ladies for 3 weeks.

Chai falling hand tinz.
Me that used to form creme babe, omo I had to adjust sharp sharp. Bathing in the morning with freezing cold water, OUTSIDE! (it was February batch A and there was still harmattan , God forbid me use those bathrooms that looked like lizard shrines) and yet sunshine like burning fire from 10am. A truly confusing situation.
First day on parade ground I couldn’t cope. Soldiers wanted to use me to catch trips, asked me to frog jump cos I wasn’t matching well. Omo na him I start to form asthma oh. Start to dey hyperventilate. People were looking and pitying me, i even heard someone say eeya see ajebo (for my mind i laff, no be only ajebo, i dont just have the energy nor stamina for such stress)
Soldier just shout red cross come carry this girl oh. E be like she wan die.
Red cross came and wheeled me off parade ground, gave me glucose and cold something to drink, can’t even remember what it is. I used that opportunity to chill under the wonderful shade of a big tree.
That is how my guardian angel came in form of the red cross Leader and told me to join red cross since I don’t have stamina to be doing parade with them.
Hmmmm sharp sharp, I signed up with red cross and became vip!
No parade ground, no matching, once the soldiers come to wake us up at that ungodly hour of the morning, I wear my white otondo uniform grab my friend and off to the red cross room to continue our sweet sleep.
Oh how wonderful camp turned out for me. I had a good time, many guys were on my case, as a fine girl that I is na! I didnt send them cos i had one boyfriend in lagos that was shacking me then (yeye somebody) Lol.
I still hooked up with my platoon people and made a lot of good friends there,guys and ladies I am still in contact with till date. I ate only mami food. I ate camp food once,only once! And I got food poisoning, purged and vomited my life out!( my system is sensitive like that). Was on drip for several hours cause I had lost so much fluid. It wasn’t funny.
Variety nite (end of camp) my platoon forced me to contest for miss camp, I won! They gave me fridge. Lol . It was useful during my NYSC year. Plus thats how my hubby found me (he saw me in a picture with a friend of mine who also contested from another platoon and told her he liked me)

I was determined to relocate after camp but my friend convinced me to stay
(apparently she was a daddy’s girl all through uni and was looking forward to NYSC year as her year of freedom) I don’t know the kind of juju she used to talk me but I stayed plus we had kept in contact with that D-G of the NGO and God so good he worked our posting to his NGO which was a blessing cos not only did they pay well, we got a very wonderful working experience from there which I still refer to till date. We were posted to the same PPA in birnin-kebbi the capital. Go to this link for the full gist
http://nyscsocial.com/2018/05/20/from-nysc-meeting-point-to-yes-i-do

We link up scrap dealers or People who have scrap for Sale with those who are willing to buy their for cool money.
Scraps ranging from baled plastics, Pet Bottles, Metals, Hdpe/Ldpe Films, Polymers, Electronic Scraps, Agri wastes(Food Wastes) and all kind of scraps with Recyclable value
This thread is For only Serious Scrap dealers and not unserious people, as we are serious people in the waste management Sector.
If Interested, Please write down a brief description of your scrap for sale or you want to buy, Your name, Mobile number and Location on the Comments Section.
You will be added to our Highly Professional Whatsapp group and Facebook group where you will exposed to various interested Customers

We link up scrap dealers or People who have scrap for Sale with those who are willing to buy their for cool money.
Scraps ranging from baled plastics, Pet Bottles, Metals, Hdpe/Ldpe Films, Polymers, Electronic Scraps, Agri wastes(Food Wastes) and all kind of scraps with Recyclable value
This thread is For only Serious Scrap dealers and not unserious people, as we are serious people in the waste management Sector.
If Interested, Please write down a brief description of your scrap for sale or you want to buy, Your name, Mobile number and Location on the Comments Section.
You will be added to our Highly Professional Whatsapp group and Facebook group where you will exposed to various interested Customers

To my main gist ,it is a bit lengthy but just pardon me.I am a young man close to my mid 30s.I schooled in Benue state,spent close to 7years in school due to incessant external,internal strike and unnecessary breaks.My youth service call-up came very late and besides I couldn’t go with my mates due to some delays from my department.Apparently my service year was full of God’s favour.

Before my service year,I was really hoping to serve in Abuja or Lagos state.Lo and behold! God used a senator to bless me,i was asked to choose between Lagos state and Abuja for my service,I had to choose Lagos state because I was used to Lagos lifestyle.I was in Owerri when our call-up letter came out,I had to rush down to Makurdi the next day.

As soon as I got to school to check my name on the notice board,I saw some students jubilating and equally crying.Lo and behold!i saw my name posted to Lagos state.I kept calm,though i was excited.I gave God all the glory.I rushed back to Owerri the next day to get prepared.There was a flight delay when I was leaving Owerri for Lagos due to bad weather (rainy season).lest I forget,my service year was in 2012.

My flight arrived Lagos very late,I picked a cab direct from Ikeja airport to Iyana Ipaja camp,it was already dark but I had to proceed with my registration.

I didn’t experience anything like frog jump or luggage carrying on the head while checking in at the entrance gate,maybe the soldiers thought every corper sent to Lagos camp is an “ajebutter” or a minister’s son or daughter lol!.

I noticed many people were calling me Mr Macho and Mr NYSC right from camp gate including the vendors across the road and the soldiers at the gate.Hmmmm! I was just wondering why were they tagging me as one,was it because of my physique or “ugly face”? Though I felt so.Not that I was the finest or the sexiest in camp so why the fuss.Lol! Though I was very sweet and okay as a dude.

I finished my registration that same night and I was given a bunk in the hostel.It felt so good to be paired with “soji” guys in the same room,most of them were UniBen graduates and Unilag graduates.
The whole camp ground that night was so messed up due to heavy downpour that very day.Unfortunately,I lost one of my phones that night due to “rush rush o”,i tire o!

welcome to Eko oni baje.

As I was standing in the queue to take a passport for proper documentation,some corpers were pointing at me,calling me Mr Macho,some were even saying they would want me to be in the same platoon with them thinking you can select a platoon by yourself.But honestly,the attention I was getting that night made me uncomfortable and a bit shy though I was a quiet soji guy o

Click the link below to get the full gist.

http://nyscsocial.com/2018/05/17/my-nysc-chronicle-in-lagos-camp

I need to also get mine fixed. Add me up, 08105957959. Where in port harcourt do u fix it?

Hello Npower.gov.ng. I am part of this batch b that will be in camp during physical verification exercise. Will i be allowed to do the physical verification after the nysc camp, if my name will be shortlisted

08105957959.....biko add me

Add me
08105957959

So meaning if i register late, i stand the chance to get stream two but not my preferable state

Hello all.
How can i circumvent nysc 2017 batch b stream one for stream two. Is there anyway to go for stream two instead of stream one due to business related issues. Help me out house

[quote author=Darkchocolate post=38515779]Congratulations to the incoming NYSC otondos ... You should all be proud of yourselves. I just finished my service year in July and I am here to answer any NYsC related questions you might have (to the best of my ability).

Camp confusions
How much you need
How to conduct or not conduct yourself
Activities to take up that might be beneficial in determining where you are posted to
Best CDS groups
Etc etc

Are you also a foreign student? Wondering how you will survive those 3 ghastly weeks? You are in the right place then!!!

Ask and it shall be answered!

Disclaimer: I speak from Lagos Camp experiences...other camps in other states and how they function may be different but any answer I provide should give you a general guide. I encourage you to conduct your own research and get a varied source for whatever information you seek.

P.s. Yokiti, how have you been? I've missed you like a fat kid misses cake

***New rule
If you want me to respond to your question, it might be advisable to NOT type in shorthand! ;DD

And guys...I have no idea how to access the email links. Im not ignoring you. Just post your message here and i ll try to answer it.

***added 07/02/16 - I am so happy that this thread has actually helped out thousands of people...people commenting, answering and helping each other and those viewing in ghost mode We have literally gone from just NYSC camp related experiences to JAMB to all sorts..lol... Gives me goosebumps (Err...maybe not...but..) Thanks to everyone that has helped me out. Couldn't have done it without y'all. Remember, if you need me to address any questions just say my NAME and I'll come running (well...not literally)...and hopefully I'll know or help you find out the answer. Cant answer any questions on JAMB though

Update 24/04/17

Wow...we are still here guys. Congratulations to the folks that just finished and those about to enter...Please let us know the experiences you have had...the good, the bad and the ugly. I heard so much has changed since I finished in 2015. Seems like only yesterday though!!!

[Hello all]
How can i circumvent nysc 2017 batch b stream one for stream two. Is there anyway to go for stream two instead of stream one due to business related issues. Help me out house

Hello all.
How can i circumvent nysc 2017 batch b stream one for stream two. Is there anyway to go for stream two instead of stream one due to business related issues. Help me out house

Hello Npower.
I will be in a realityTv show till december in lagos state, but i stay in ph. What will i do when i will be called for Npower 2017 verification under NAgro,since am optimistic i will be called. Can i do my verification december Or can someone do it on my behalf
Please help out

Ugochukwu Promise/FUTO/ 08105957959
Environmental Technology/ Rivers State/Lagos State

That's true. But protecting your business or idea should be core to you, besides angel investments usually becomes interesting when your business is above the ground floor and growing at a fast pace,such as andela. most applicants have simply brilliant ideas. Wether it's incubation or seed funding they are sure having higher stakes in that idea when it turns into a business, and might possibly bring in their guy as CEO to manage the business. My VEX is that this avdd was overhyped, as it doesn't protect the interest of the upcoming nigerian entrepreneurs. What they need is free financing and mentorship and a stringent follow up programme ensuring this is achieved. Why expose this young start ups to sharks. We need vibrancy in other areas of the sector,that is why these entrepreneurs have to be properly mentored to customize their products for the nigerian market. Angel investors my ass!.. with the hatdtimes we are facing no investor is giving free money and if they like your idea they are coming hard for funding and hard for shares in your business.
The avdd is a nice idea but the aproach is totally wrong!

Since you stay at abuja, just go for the abuja pitch. your code is what uniquely identifies u irregardless of your where they texted you to come pitch. i stay at ph but was told to come pitch at lagos, i declined for ph.

Okay everyone,i smell something fishy here. Best case scenario, you are being selected as one of the fifty to come pitch at aso rock. There is no free funding, if not venture capitalists and angel investors would not be present at the demo day. whenever venture capitalists are around they give either debt financing or exchange shares in your business for money.Most of us are all startuppers and giving our shares at this early stage is not healthy. Secondly, our ideas stand the risk of idea theft.

My point is that this isn't borne out of pure interest for we young startuppers,if not the terms of the financing would have been clearly stated and free mentorship would have been attached to it. Why bring in investors and vc''s..
My opinion o, feel free to clarify the air.

@tbaba1234, i called the line and they confirmed my status using my code,but i couldn't talk to anybody on the line. like i said earlier i sent ph as my location but was texted the pitch invite at lagos,but received the info late. would i be allowed to pitch at ph?, help o abeg.direct and straight forward answers needed.

today bro. i guess ill pitch at ph with the code.

I stay at port harcourt, but was invited to lagos to pitch. how do i change it to port harcourt,or do i just burst into ph venue