The Igbo Apprenticeship System work has passed the first phase of editorial work at Harvard. We have more phases to go, but everything is looking fine. Due to the nature of the topic, it is taking time.

I have also defined the IAS thus: “The Igbo Apprenticeship System is a business philosophy of shared prosperity where participants co-opetitively participate to attain organic economic equilibrium where accumulated market leverageable factors are constantly weighted and calibrated out, via dilution and surrendering of market share, enabling social resilience and formation of livable clusters, engineered by major participants funding their competitors, with success measured on quantifiable support to stakeholders, and not by absolute market dominance.”

My postulation is that everything the world is looking for, to reduce inequality, the Igbo Apprenticeship System has frameworks which could be adapted, for the rise of all.

Learn about IAS here.

From LinkedIn News: “Apple sold more iPhones than any other smartphone maker in the world in the final quarter of 2020, according to Gartner data, securing the top position for the first time in four years. The tech giant sold nearly 80 million iPhones in the fourth quarter, marking a 15% increase over the same period in 2019, despite an overall 5% decline in worldwide smartphone sales. It’s a sign that the new 5G iPhone 12 series “is a hit in the marketplace,” according to CNBC, heating up competition with Samsung, which sold more smartphones over the full year”.

Yes, the king is back. Apple became top smartphone vendor in 4Q 2020 and surpassed Huawei to move into No. 2 spot in full year 2020 results. According to Gartner, a consultancy, the launch of the 5G iPhone 12 series helped Apple record double-digit growth in the fourth quarter of 2020. Apple surpassed Samsung to retake the No. 1 global smartphone vendor spot. The last time Apple was the top smartphone vendor was in the fourth quarter for 2016.

Huawei had ruled the game before the massive attack from the US government. It may be a while before the company recovers. They have since diversified into pig business.

So, with no option, Huawei has moved into pig farming and improving  the mining sector with technologies. Certainly, those ones do not require the precision required in modern smartphones. But this game is not over: China is planning to ban the export of rare earth metals to the United States as a retaliation for cutting Huawei out of the global chip supply chain. If that happens, you can indeed make the designs but will struggle with materials to fabricate the chips. Of course, unlike CAD systems, the US has options on the materials which can be sourced from other areas, though at a higher cost.

Tekedia Career Center at the Hub is Tekedia Institute’s resource ecosystem for our members to access relevant career development support. We connect Tekedia partners with our members and network of alumni. Our goal is to create a strong network of relationships with learners, alumni, recruiters, and all stakeholders in our Institute. We will use this handle to handle mentoring, career guidance, career support, resume review support, etc, to members.

Please like the page – https://hub.tekedia.com/career . It is built to support career aspirations. In Tekedia Institute, career is not just about jobs. But development, fulfillment and more. We are bringing experts to manage the handle, and deliver a career hotline in a modern school.

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One of the most important decisions a business leader makes is deciding on a Business Model to execute a Business Strategy. The model answers the “How” within a niche set by Strategy, limited and bounded by factors of production. Your job as a leader is to decide on a model – and then execute it.

Our Tekedia Mini-MBA Week 3 focuses on Business Model & Transformation. I sent this to our team to use for the weekly email blast. It is to remind us that deciding on a business model to execute a business strategy is indeed the most important decision a company can make. Yes, within many paths on that HOW question, you have to commit!

In the classnote, I listed dozens of different business models. You have to commit to one or more of them, but not all. But with experience, you know what works. Yes, of the top 20 technology companies in the world, at least 15 are united by one business model. That should tell you what is working in the web era.

Enjoy the near 50-page course note – and the videos, from me, and our Faculty members. Tekedia Institute wishes you a great profitable week.

Greetings. We have posted course materials for Tekedia Mini-MBA Edition 4. Please log into the portal to access Week 3 under LESSON – https://school.tekedia.com/. Week 3 focuses on Business Model & Transformation with the following modules:

• Business Models and Strategies – Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe
• Organizational Change Management – Omowunmi Adenuga-Taiwo (ex-Strategy Consulting Manager Deloitte)
• Building Your Business Financial Models (templates included) – Michael Olafusi, Financial Analyst Fellow Brightmore Capital
• Execution – Business Objectives and Technologies, Nnamdi Onyebuchi, CEO, Weco Systems Group

Please check the Program News, under LESSON (click MY PROFILE, click the Course) for the Zoom links and other important class updates. Our Zoom sessions are scheduled as follows and exclusively for members:

• Tue, Feb 23 | 12noon – 1pm WAT | Agile Methodology – Bola Adesope, Sonnet Insurance
• Thur, Feb 25 | 12noon – 1pm WAT | Design Thinking – Aderinola Oloruntoye, Workforce Group
• Sat, Feb 27 | 7pm – 8.30pm WAT | General Topic, Fintechnolization Playbook (MTN, Mastercard, MPESA, Paystack)  – Ndubuisi Ekekwe

Meanwhile, if for any reason you are still having login issues, please go to this page and watch the videos we have put together.  Within the week, we are always updating members at hub.tekedia.com to minimize many emails; please go there and sign-up.