Join me to congratulate a member of Tekedia Institute Cybersecurity Faculty, Samuel Mbonu MBA, CISSP, CISM, TOGAF 9 CERTIFIED, the Chief Information Officer of  Tangerine Life for his appointment as a member of VigiTrust Global Advisory Board. VigiTrust has helped companies to comply with regulation standards since 2003 and has clients in more than 100 countries.

This appointment is a demonstration of excellence at the highest level of  digital security and compliance for our Faculty. The best business executives teach at Tekedia Institute and we are proud as they continue to shape the world of commerce.

Congratulations Faculty – more wins ahead.

Good People, Tekedia Live tomorrow will focus on Tax Law and Policy. A member of Tekedia Institute Law Faculty, Jerome Okoro PhD, will lead and anchor the session. Dr. Okoro, a law graduate of University of Nigeria Nsukka, LLM from University of Lagos and PhD Law from University of Ibadan, is the Managing Partner of Tetralex, a law firm tetralex.com.

Dr. Okoro possesses a wealth of experience in diverse areas of law practice, with remarkable expertise in Tax, Energy Law and Litigation. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), International Fiscal Association, International Bar Association, and the Nigerian Bar Association.

Tue, April 27 | 7pm – 8pm WAT | Tax Law & Policy – Jerome Okoro PhD, Managing Partner, Tetralex

Zoom link in the Board.

Tekedia Institute Mini-MBA >> Learn from the best

“For the first time in this company, our audit came back “PERFECT”. Help me thank Yusuf Sanni  of BUA Cement,  Abel Osuji of Afreximbank and Akeem Rasaq of Chapel Hill Denham for saving Ezemba &  Sons Onitsha Main Market.”

Thank you Abel Osuji , Akeem Rasaq, BSc, MRM, MScFE and Yusuf Olatunji Sanni (MSc,CFAN,ACA,ACTI,BSc) for providing a template for auditing and risk management for SMEs. From Idumota to Kogi to Onitsha to Nairobi, you are improving businesses.

Thanks for making Tekedia Mini-MBA a school for builders, innovators and growth makers. We have built a school which traders like because they do not need to close shops to learn.

Forward Africa – all the way to the mountaintop.

For two days, I joined the experts at Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers  to learn about pension in Nigeria. As an employer, I have wanted to understand from the experts the whole nexus, while exploring if there are ways we can improve what we do, and offer in our companies. Also, with many startups in our portfolios, I wanted to become more knowledgeable in this domain of pensions and broad retirements.

Specifically, I wanted to understand how they can beat inflation and deliver real value, not just on absolute figures, but on time-value of money. As I listened during the sessions, they made a case that “Your retirement from work should not mean retirement from your aspirations.” Then, the 150-company history, on managing money, came through. It was an amazing two-day pension knowledge excursion. Like this photo shows, I like the company and is always in their midst!

Nigeria has advanced on its pension reforms with the transfer window introduction. With the lock gone, I expect quality service, technological innovation and cost efficiency to accelerate in the industry. I saw some elements of what is to come – and it looks promising. The redesign is massive, and I see an emerging Pentech (pension technology) on the horizon -Layo Ilori-Olaogun was superb on the pension digitization playbook. Great people in that company.

Yet, like I asked the Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers team, “I like your products and the technologies. But yet, any luck when startups would see some of the industry assets as investments?” Can the regulators ask for that?