We kicked off 2017 with SME Conference 1.0 on the 19th of January, that first meeting of SMEs organised by VConnect and Facebook brought together industry leaders like Oluyomi Ojo of Prinitvo, Marek Zmylowski HotelOGA CEO, Airtel Director of Enterprise Business, Tawa Bolarin and many more. Six months later, we decided to do it again, this time around, SME Conference 2.0 was held on the 8th of June 2017, at NECA house at Ikeja, Lagos. The theme for this year's event was "Empowering the service sector". The Presentations With about 100 enthusiastic SMEs in attendance, the session started off with a keynote address by Chukuwuemeka Fred Agbata, he talked in detail about why your business needs to be online. [caption id="attachment_19409" align="alignnone" width="750"] Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata during his keynote ...
VConnect turned 6 on the 8th of March 2017, what this means is that it has been 6 years of making it easier for you to connect with other businesses. Over the years there have been changes, what has remained constant is VConnect’s desire to help small businesses compete favourably. In that similar vein, to commemorate the sixth anniversary, VConnect seeks to reward six women-owned businesses by offering up to 250,000 naira worth of freebies. These include: 1st place = 6 months basic package subscription 2nd place = 3 months basic package subscription 3rd place = 1 month basic package subscription 4th place = 3,000 units of Email marketing & 1,000 units of SMS marketing 5th place = 1,500 units of Email ...
One of the ideas we strongly believe in is that small businesses should be provided with the shoulders of giants to stand on. Giants you say? Yes giants, how else do you describe a line-up of speakers that include pioneers in sectors such as online payment and technology, a Stanford business coach, and other like-minded professionals. Here is the brilliant line-up of speakers at the SME Conference 1.0 ( can you tell how excited we are?) 1. Tayo Oviosu - Paga Founder and CEO of Paga, Tayo has over sixteen years of experience in a variety of technical and business roles in High-tech and Private Equity. Right before Paga, he was Vice President at Travant Capital Partners where he was responsible for executing the firm‘s investment strategy in West Africa. Aside his work at Paga, Tayo also ...
If you ever wondered what it's like to work at VConnect, here is a rare peep. The Techpoint.ng photography team came by our Marina office earlier this month and left us with impressive pictures. A few of us also spoke on what it's like to work at Nigeria's largest business search and engagement platform. The pictures: Through the entrance hall The bullpen Lobby / Lunch Room Abimbola Abati, Telesales “Working here is great for entry-level professionals. Expectations keep changing. The better you get, the more the management throws at you. Which is great. I like it.” – Abimbola Abati, Telesales, VConnect. From the rooftop
It's a few days into our #ViewMyCity photo contest and we are loving the entries. See this picture of Idumota, Lagos for instance: [caption id="attachment_18000" align="alignnone" width="700"] Shot with Galaxy S5 over iPhone SE[/caption] The challenge is easy; take a picture of your city, share on social media and tag @vconnectnigeria. Whether you've been a photographer for a hundred years (congrats on being a vampire, by the way) or you just took your first picture yesterday, you are welcome to enter this competition. We already told you what the prizes are: N30,000, lunch with the VConnect Team and mindblowing consolation prizes. But we've received some interesting questions about the competition. So we thought we'd put all of them to rest once for all.
We are focusing on making it easier for you to find businesses with our new upgrades. So we supercharged our search results page. Our results page now comes in a flat-looking design, with a liberal use of colours. Search results are now intelligent. The engine returns related results across businesses, products, and services. You can further narrow down your results by using filters on the result page. Visit VConnect to search for a product or business and see for yourself. __ We rely on your feedback to make the experience the best it can be for you. Share your feedback in the comments. As always, we’ll be listening and taking your thoughts seriously.