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 Fast rising star  Top US-based Nigerian artiste Babatunde Ogunseinde, popularly known as Babatunde140, has released a new Afro-fusion single titled “Bá Mi Jó (Dance With Me),” a vibrant track that explores attraction, confidence, individuality and the freedom to embrace personal preferences. The song, whose Yoruba title translates to “Dance With Me,” blends infectious African rhythms with soulful melodies and an engaging groove, creating a sound designed to inspire listeners to let loose and enjoy the moment. According to the artiste, “Bá Mi Jó” is more than a dance record, as it celebrates self-confidence and encourages people to embrace what they consider beautiful while expressing themselves without restraint. “Bá Mi Jó is about confidence, individuality and being free to embrace what you find beautiful. It is an invitation to let go, move freely and enjoy love, attraction, culture and good vibes,” Babatunde140 said. The track reflects the growing fusion of contemporary Af...

   Professional marketing capability in Nigeria has, for years, come in one of two forms: expensive or amateur. Agencies price their work for companies that can absorb ₦500,000 or more per project and wait two to three weeks for delivery. Free tools produce results that read exactly like what they are: software built for hobbyists, not businesses trying to close sales. Most startups, entrepreneurs and SMEs sit stuck between the two, too established for amateur output to hold up, too early-stage for agency pricing to make sense. FrontOffice has launched to close that gap.       The Problem More than 95 percent of Nigerian SMEs fail within their first five years, and ineffective marketing is consistently named as one of the leading reasons, according to industry research on Nigeria's digital marketing landscape. Nigeria now has over 100 million people online, researching, comparing and buying, according to DataReportal's most recent figures. The customers are ther...

  Panuel has advocated a stronger global perspective in the management of African investment opportunities as the continent enters a new phase of economic growth. The investment-management company, with a focus on international finance and global trade, said Africa’s economic transformation is creating opportunities that require both local market knowledge and a deeper understanding of international financial conditions. According to the organisation, urbanisation, digital transformation, infrastructure development and regional commerce are changing the investment landscape across African markets. It said these developments have made the effective management of capital increasingly important. “Africa’s next growth cycle may be defined less by the question of whether capital will come to the continent and more by how effectively that capital is managed, allocated and connected to the global economy,” a company representative said. Panuel noted that African businesses are becoming in...

By Adetutu Audu HERBMETICS, the manufacturing and market-execution arm of the Elsooltaan Group, has revealed results from its work scaling international cosmetics and supplement brands into African markets, reporting that it has taken multiple brands from pilot production to sustained operations — often without the brand owners needing a physical presence in-market. According to the company, HerbMetics solves a specific problem for cosmetics and supplement brands: getting a formulated product into African markets usually means managing manufacturing, compliance, branding, and distribution as four separate, disconnected problems. HerbMetics runs them as one system through two divisions — Industrial Production (covering R&D, custom formulation, ingredient sourcing, manufacturing, packaging, and regulatory compliance) and Market Execution & Brand Management (covering market entry strategy, sales team recruitment, tele-sales infrastructure, distribution networks, and revenue optimi...

 Lagos-built platform combines AI predictions, global match viewing information, tactical analysis, VAR explanations and personalised fan tools in a lightweight Progressive Web App. Nigerian technology company Aurum Digital Consulting Limited, developers of the Aftermail email platform, has launched Football FanIQ™, an all-in-one football fan intelligence platform designed to give supporters a smarter, more personalised and interactive way to experience football. Developed in Lagos for a global audience, Football FanIQ brings together tools covering how supporters watch, understand, predict and experience the game, rather than attempting to become another football news or scores platform. “Football fans already have countless places to find scores and news. We did not want to build another one. Football FanIQ is about giving supporters useful tools that make the experience of following football more personal, informed and interactive,” a spokesperson for Aurum Digital Consulting Li...

By James John KFC Nigeria is giving customers another reason to visit its outlets, with the brand rolling out a nationwide Buy 1 Get 1 Free promotion on its signature Chicken Bucket meals, now with four new dips. The one-day offer was valid on August 19. Under the promotion, customers who purchased any Chicken Bucket meal  available in 8-piece, 12-piece and 21-piece options received a second bucket of the same size at no extra cost, along with four additional dips. Each bucket comes with four dip sauces, including Mayo, BBQ and Suyannaise, while customers can mix and match their preferred dip flavours across both the paid and complimentary portions of the order. The promotion was available simultaneously across KFC stores in nine locations: Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kano, Akure, Ilorin, Sagamu and Ibadan, highlighting the brand’s continued expansion across major and emerging commercial centres in Nigeria. For families, groups and value-conscious customers, the offer provi...

  Aurum Digital Consulting Limited has launched Afterwordmail, a new email platform from Lagos designed to give businesses greater control over messages after they have been sent. The platform allows users to modify the subject line and body of an email within a specified period and also gives them the ability to change attachments. That means a revised quotation, corrected invoice or updated contract can be made available through the original link rather than being sent as another attachment that could be confused with the first. The company said the product was created around a familiar business challenge: correction emails can easily be overlooked, stored separately from the original message or fail to reach people who received a forwarded copy. Why Afterwordmail is different Afterwordmail does not attempt to remove a message from a recipient's inbox. Instead, it provides a link through which recipients access content that remains under the sender's control. Once the sender ...