This afternoon at Tekedia Live, we will have a session on Process Improvement & Automation (session lab) . We will be picking lessons in the downstream sector of the oil & gas sector (and the broad supply chain industry) as Tokunbo Olaitan Arannilewa, CEO of Eonsfleet , educates on the mechanics of improving efficiency through automation. Tekedia Mini-MBA current edition has entered the execution phase as we begin to conclude.

We typically begin with how to make innovation happen, and then look at frameworks that enable business growth; the last phase is execution where we focus on translation – making things happen in markets.

We are bringing companies to show our members how new ideas are being built daily, and how tech is changing the ordinance of market systems. On Thur, a law partner will come to explain Transaction Due Diligence.

Join us at 7pm WAT today (Tuesday). Zoom link in the Board school.tekedia.com

• Tue, April 13 | 7 – 8pm WAT | Process Improvement & Automation (session lab) – Tokunbo O. Arannilewa, CEO Eonsfleet
• Thur, April 15 | 7-8pm WAT |  Transaction Due Diligence/Business Intelligence – Chike Obimma,  Partner at Niccom LLP
• Sat, April 17 | 7 – 8.30pm WAT | How To Discover Opportunities, General Topic –  Ndubuisi Ekekwe

Good People, join me on Thursday at Africa’s largest HR Expo – HREA Work Festival 2021 as I keynote the event. My speech is titled “The Physics of Talent and The Bytes of New Work”.  The time I have is 3pm WAT on Thursday at Landmark Center, Victoria Island, Lagos Nigeria. I will be speaking virtually. Register here.

Tekedia Institute will also deliver two workshops on April 14 during the event

• Increasing Productivity through Technology Innovation & Automation – Tekedia Institute
• Future fintech disruption – Tekedia Institute

In this piece, Tekedia alum, John Mc Keown, pulls  three core elements into one:  the 2021 global university ranking by The Times, the development in Nigerian Current Affairs, where the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, announced the creation of twenty new Nigerian universities and my concerns on our education playbook where Harvard spends 3x our total education budget.

But the biggest surprise? LASU is now the second best university in Nigeria, behind University of Ibadan. Covenant falls to 4. The last I checked, University of Ilorin and University of Benin were #1 and #3, but just like that, they have fallen out of the top 6. Something is wrong somewhere with these rankings!

Technical universities always underperform as they have limited courses to get weighted scores across disciplines. So, the ranking is biased for conventional universities with courses in most areas.

Then he reminds me again that ASUU has not put a statement after a former VC of Kwara State University bought a bulletproof Toyota at N74M as an official car, even when the school borrows N400M monthly to pay salaries! If ASUU does not see it as a challenge, then everything fails!

I was surprised that no one noticed that more “foreign students” attend Tekedia Institute Mini-MBA than any Nigerian university. If I say it, you fit vex big time. We have many Growth Hours in countries.

Nigeria’s educational crossroads – A time for brave and bold decisions.

It promises to be a great conversation as Tekedia Institute Mini-MBA organizes a special hour for our participants from Ghana and Cameroon. If you are attending from any of these countries, Amzill will send you a Zoom link. Alternatively, you can simply ask Tekedia Admin for the link.

Ghana – Friday April 16 at 2pm WAT

Cameroon  – Monday April 19 at 2pm WAT

Amzill is  Tekedia Institute’s Country Partner in both Ghana and Cameroon.

Good People, we did not just create an amazing business program, we also co-created something uncommon in the African market: zero-interest education loan. Yes, if you cannot afford to attend Tekedia Institute Mini-MBA by paying at once the $140 or N50,000 for the 12-week online, self-paced and hugely impactful program with thrice weekly Live sessions, go here and apply for a loan. You pay over 3 months if you are approved.

FinQuest Finance’s Azeezat Adetunji ACA, ACCA Affiliate and  Ridwan Taiwo are waiting to review your application. Go here and apply.

Tekedia Institute offers an innovation management 12-week program, optimized for business execution and growth, with digital operational overlay. It runs 100% online. The theme is Innovation, Growth & Digital Execution – Techniques for Building Category-King Companies. All contents are self-paced, recorded and archived which means participants do not have to be at any scheduled time to consume contents. You can learn more about Tekedia Mini-MBA here