Ausso Leadership Academy marks fourth anniversary - ITREALMS

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The foremost leadership academy on the continent, the Ausso Leadership Academy (ALA) turned four on April 12, 2022, reports ITREALMS

Disclosing this, the founder of ALA, Mr. Austin Okere said are excited to be celebrating the fourth year anniversary.

Maureen Chigbo emerges fourth GOCOP president - ITREALMS

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The Publisher of Realnews, Maureen Chigbo, has emerged as the new president of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) for the next two years, reports ITREALMS.

Maureen Chigbo, new GOCOP president

She takes over from the publisher of The Eagle Online Mr. Dotun Oladipo after he served out two terms.

Powering Fourth Industrial Revolution in Nigeria - ITREALMS

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A KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY PROF. UMAR GARBA DANBATTA, EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRMAN/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, 
NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NCC), DELIVERED AT VIRTUAL 3RD DISCOURSE SERIES OF THE ADVOCAAT LAW PRACTICE HELD ON THURSDAY APRIL 29, 2021.

Introduction:

It gives me great pleasure to give this keynote address at the 3rd Discourse Series of the Advocaat Law Practice. I am pleased to note that the theme of this Discourse is “Powering the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Nigeria” – I believe that this theme is of immense importance at this stage of our national development, as it gives us an opportunity to assess ongoing efforts and refocus our energies as appropriate.

DHL wins Top Employer seal for fourth year

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The DHL Express has been certified as a Top Employer in Africa for the fourth consecutive year, at the prestigious Top Employer Africa 2018 certification ceremony, reports ITRealms.

The event ITRealms gathered was held at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg last Thursday, and saw DHL awarded this honour by the Top Employers Institute for the fourth year.

“DHL Express values its employees and strives to make the company a rewarding place to work at. We are proud to have that fact affirmed by Top Employers Institute,” says the chief executive officer (CEO), DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa, Hennie Heymans.

He also explained that aside being the fourth consecutive year, DHL was the only company to be certified as a Top Employer in 18 markets in Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Morocco, Nigeria, Namibia, South Africa, Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia.

“DHL has cultivated an insanely customer centric culture across the entire organization, which we see as a critical component of our success. Maintaining this culture across the world has relied heavily on our effective employee engagement programs,” said Heymans.

“It therefore goes without saying that employee motivation and development are important areas of focus for us. We are committed to having a team of high performers who operate in a high performance culture that promotes and drives leadership diversity.”

According to Heymans, DHL’s use of employee initiatives and programs, including the company’s Certified International Specialist (CIS) cultural change programme has helped to unlock the potential of the company’s employees across Sub-Saharan Africa.

“This year, we have placed greater emphasis on up-skilling and empowering middle-managers and supervisors – as this rung of leadership is pivotal to the leading and executing of our growth aspirations in the years to come. As we continue to grow, we need every person in the business to understand their role and how to execute it efficiently. After all, the role of supervisors and middle-managers is to build trust and inspire great performance,” Heymans said.

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MasterCard index: Lagos is Africa’s 4th most visited city

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The Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos, has emerged the fourth most visited destination city on the continent of Africa, reports ITRealms.

According to the 2014 MasterCard Global Destinations Cities Index made available to ITRealms showed that an estimated 1.3 million international overnight visitors are expected to visit Lagos this year, up 5.8 percent from the 1.25 million international visitors who visited the city in 2013.

ITRealms gathered that Lagos ranks ahead of Casablanca (989,219), Durban (890,178), Accra (842,414) and Nairobi (619,506) among others in terms of forecasted international overnight visitors.

International visitors to Lagos, ITRealms learnt are expected to spend US$710 million in 2014, up 3.8 percent from last year’s US$684 million. The city ranks fifth in Africa in terms of overall visitor expenditure below Johannesburg (US$3.20 billion), Cape Town (US$2.25 billion), Cairo (US$804 million) and Casablanca (US$737 million).

“The impacts of travel are very significant from a business, social, and cultural perspective. International visitor spending constitutes an increasingly important source of business revenue in leading cities around the world, encompassing the hospitality, retail, transport, sports and culture industries, among many others, and Lagos welcomes its growth,” says Omokehinde Ojomuyide, Vice President and Area Business Head, MasterCard in West Africa.

Now in its fourth year, the MasterCard Index of Global Destination Cities ranks 132 cities in terms of the number of their total international visitor arrivals and the cross-border spending by these same visitors in the destination cities. It also gives visitor and passenger growth forecasts for 2014. The 13 African cities ranked in the Index are Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Cairo, Casablanca, Accra, Nairobi, Beira, Dakar, Kampala, Lagos, Maputo and Tunis.

As the largest economy in Africa, Nigeria continues to attract international investment from companies in diverse sectors. Lagos, which is the most populous city in Africa, is listed as the second most attractive destination on the continent for retail sector investors, according to the 2014 Africa Retail Development Index.

“Nigeria’s recent GDP rebasing reveals that the country is the largest economy in Africa, and the 26^th largest in the world, with a GDP of $510 billion. The increase in international visitors signals income generation for Lagos, and is becoming a major economic growth engine,” adds Ojomuyide

South African cities Johannesburg and Cape Town come in at first and second place as the most popular destination cities by international overnight visitors, attracting 4.2 million and 1.6 million visitors in 2014. Cairo in Egypt (1.35 million) and Casablanca in Morocco (982,219 million) occupy third and fifth place on the index in terms of international visitor numbers.

 
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