The Amazon’s $10 billion New Tech Order of internet-from-space 3,236 satellites

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July 31, 2020

Amazon begins a new tech order: spend $10 billion to provide internet connectivity and most possibly disintermediate current players by bundling cloud hosting, digital commerce and broadband services. Yes, get a small equipment and your Amazon Web Services can move via Amazon pipes instead of MTN, 9Mobile and others. And those Amazon Prime movies, music, etc go meter-free because Amazon is the “network carrier”.

One monthly fee, your entertainment and data needs are handled: “Amazon plans to use Project Kuiper not only to offer broadband internet service to billions of potential customers around the globe who are currently underserved, but also to facilitate Amazon’s other lines of business, ranging from online retail sales to Amazon Web Services’ cloud computing platform (and most likely Amazon Prime’s streaming-video offerings).” The future would be one of abundance: SpaceX, OneWeb, Telesat and Project Kuiper will change the order on data. Data could be free with value captured through services: 2022.

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Amazon’s plans for a Project Kuiper constellation of 3,236 satellites that would provide broadband internet access across a wide swath of the globe — but on the condition that it doesn’t unduly interfere with previously authorized satellite ventures.

In response, Amazon said it would invest more than $10 billion in the project. “We’re off to the races,” Dave Limp, Amazon’s senior vice president of devices and services, said in a statement. (We’re passing along the full statement below.)

The FCC’s non-interference requirements and other conditions are laid out in a 24-page order that was adopted on Wednesday and released today. The ruling addresses objections registered by Amazon’s rivals — including SpaceX, OneWeb and Telesat.

Muted celebrations, mixed feelings as Muslims observe Eid worldwide amidst the threat of CoronaVirus

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Rasheed Adebiyi

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July 31, 2020

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All over the world, Muslims are celebrating the Eid-ul-Adha which is one of the two major celebrations in Islam. However, this year’s celebration has its own issues being celebrated amidst the raging CoronaVirus pandemic. For many Muslims, the Eid without the large congregational prayers will be the first in their lifetime. From Africa to Asia, Europe to Australia, the celebration is a representation of different strokes for different folks as Muslims celebrate a low key holiday in a decade. This is due to the rising cases of the victims of the disease. As at today, the world’s total number of cases stood at 17. 3 million with over 600,000 deaths worldwide

Nigeria is the most populous black nation in the world. It is one of the two largest economies in Africa and has a huge number of Muslim Faithful majorly occupying the Southwestern and Northern regions of the country. With more than 40,000 cases of the Coronavirus disease, the federal and some state governments have placed bans on large congregational prayers which usually mark the festive period. The national government declared Thursday 30 and Friday 31, 2020 as public holidays but stated that celebrations have to be low key, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has said. Mr. Aregbesola, according to Premium Times, advised Nigerians to take responsibility against the spread of the COVID 19 virus and also to stay safe by observing physical and social distancing, personal and respiratory hygiene, as well as other regulations issued by relevant authorities.

For most Nigerians who have never witnessed the Eid without large congregational prayers and the merry making that accompanies it, this government ban on public gathering and eid prayers did not go down well with them. Habeebah Odusoga, a journalist with an online outfit in Lagos said “I don’t feel good about it at all. We prayed at home this morning. But the merriment isn’t there like it used to. I miss the Eid merriment and the usual drama preparing for Eid.” Similarly, Dr. Ibrahim Abdulsalami, a university lecturer in Osogbo had a more philosophical attitude towards the situation. He said “the religious situation seems changing amidst the current world pandemic. Although the usual crowded eid praying grounds are empty, the essence of the celebration remains intact (or has improved) in the minds of the believers. All of these are happening because of Covid-19 pandemic.

In Taiwan, a Chinese territory with a Muslim population of around 60,000, the congregational prayers are allowed. According to reports monitored from Taiwan News, Muslims across Taiwan attended the mass Eid prayers in five locations in the cities of Taipei, Hsinchu, Kaoshiung and Taichung. Worshippers are, however, directed to observe social distancing or wear face masks in cases where the distance could not be kept. The designated mosques are instructed to check temperatures of worshippers and should not admit anyone with a temperature exceeding 37.5 Celsius. Taiwan is one of the countries with the lowest number of COVID 19 cases in the world. As at the time of writing this, the country has a total of 467 confirmed cases with 441 recoveries and 7 deaths.

Kenya is an East African country which is largely Christian dominated. This year, and for the third year in a row, the Muslims would be observing a holiday for the Eid Adha, a policy introduced by President Uhuru Kenyatta and gazetted by the Interior Ministry on Thursday. According to a report from Capital FM, Kenyan Muslims are to celebrate the Sallah with minimal person-to-person contact due to the COVID 19 pandemic. “In light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation, and in fidelity with the Resolutions of the Fifth Session of the National and County Governments Co-ordinating Summit, all ceremonies in celebration of Idd-ul- Azha will be marked with minimal person to person contact,” the Interior Cabinet Secretary, Fred Matiangi has declared. Already, there is partial lockdown in Nairobi, Mombasa and within Nairobi’s Eastleigh. At the time of compiling this report, Kenya’s COVID 19 stats stood at 19, 913 cases, 8,121 recovered cases and 325 deaths.

Web Repository: UI, Other 9 Universities Produced 568 Institutional Publications Since Existence

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Mutiu Iyanda

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July 31, 2020

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One of the core purposes of any university is research, which invariably means producing knowledge for consumption within and outside the university environment. In the continuation of our analysis of the issues and needs in the Nigerian higher education sector, we have found that the University of Ibadan, Nigeria’s first University, and other 9 oldest Universities in the country have produced 568 institutional publications [deposited on the Internet according to the Google Scholar].

Institutional publications as revealed by our Google and data collection tools we appropriated entails publications authored by Faculty members but solely owned by the Universities. In this context, the 10 Universities are publishers. Further checks reveal that a number of these publications are monographs, convocation materials, policies and plans of the Universities including research reports.

Analysis indicates that on average 51 years of publications, these Universities have published 63 publications with average 1 and 0.016667 scores for H-index and H-annual index respectively. H-index and H-annual index are measures being used to know the extent to which a publication by an author is impactful within the academic community. The impact is usually tied with the number of times such publication is cited by other scholars in the same field or across disciplines.

Exhibit 1: Years of Publications versus Number of Publications

Source: Google Scholar, 2020; Infoprations Analysis, 2020

We equally discovered that the University of Ibadan has published 153 publications since existence. These publications have attracted 29 citations with 3 scores for impact status. With 133 publications, the Ahmadu Bello University is following the University of Ibadan. The institution’s 133 publications have only attracted 4 citations and insignificant impactful score [H-index=1]. Despite the insignificant publications [when one looks at the years of existence of the institutions], a strong connection between the years of publications and the number of publications exists. We found 91.1% connection.

Exhibit 2: H-index versus Citations

With this result, one would expect that the long years of existence translate to high publications and archive them on the Internet for a global audience. This position is further supported when we discovered that one citation increases H-index scores by 85.5%, meaning that these Universities need to intensify their institutional publication efforts and archive them on the Internet.

New Book – “The Dangote System” by Ndubuisi Ekekwe

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Ndubuisi Ekekwe

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July 31, 2020

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“I built a conglomerate and emerged the richest black man in the world in 2008 but it didn’t happen overnight. It took me 30 years to get to where I am today. Youths of today aspire to be like me but they want to achieve it overnight. It’s not going to work. To build a successful business, you must start small and dream big. In the journey of entrepreneurship, tenacity of purpose is supreme.” – Aliko Dangote

From a new book – The Dangote System: Techniques for Building Conglomerates – by Ndubuisi Ekekwe. Read here.

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Sales Manager Interview: Salesman Should be Emotionally Available for the Customers

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Chidiebere Moses Ogbodo

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July 31, 2020

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You can work for free to LEARN, but you cannot work for free to EARN; so why not learn the art of sales while you still can? If you are interested, then continue reading this article, else catch us directly at FoodMoby.com for some chops. No hassles in making order at all, it is fully automated.

The Interview began at 8PM GMT+1/WAT and 7PM GMT, on Saturday, July 25, 2020 via WhatsApp call between the prospective Salesman and the General Manager (current), recorded and documented for future reasons, it reads:

Mr. Justice Doubra Noah, in his interview as the Sales Manager at FoodMoby.com suggested that, we should engage with NGOs’ to serve our communities, build trust, and create a sense of caring/belonging in the people. Also utilize customer-focused strategies to win our customers into becoming our partners. Having in mind that FoodMoby.com is way beyond logistics service for the food industry; we are the Food-Industry ourselves; more details to unfold as per the business plan.

Making money from sales, at early age: It is fun, but education is the priority now

He has been into sales, right from childhood, where he engaged in door to door sales practices, made real emotional and human connections with the people, while making money for himself; as every salesman would do. Great!

If there is one thing any salesman would wish for, it would be to continue in a sales adventure at a young age, since it makes some bucks for him to at least afford some sweets. It is very egotistically beneficial, but what is the guarantee to survive and scale in the ever changing and competitive market without innovation-oriented education?

The salesman thought it wise to equip himself with education, hence earning him a degree in Business Administration (Finance) at the prestigious, “Aditya Degree College Kakinada, India”.

If you aspire to educate the next generation on sales and the likes, first get it done by yourself.

If a client says No, what do you do: No means, Not Over, yet

Sales is interesting, but every normal human being would dislike overtimes, too much work, and a No from the client; but that does not stop avid salesman from converting the No into, Not Over, yet.. hence ensures to grab the contact details of the potential client, for future communication and assured conversion into a loyal, long-term partner.

To understand more about the art of sales, please read the article by Chidiebere Moses Ogbodo, the Founder, CEO at FoodMoby.com.

Titled; The 5 Strategies To Close Sales Like a Pro published on Tekedia.com on Tuesday, July 28, 2020.

Excerpt reads: “The most successful salesperson deals with the market as an early morning routine (grab it while it is still fresh). They do not give in to chances, rather the market place is duly occupied by their strategic creativity.

What do I mean by this:

The salesperson who enters the market with his product, and sees that there are many similar or even leading brands, then settles down to examine the un-common questions from the on-passing customers, tends to learn their un-noticed needs. When he does this, he then tries to provide the simplest answers that are direct so that the customers do not spend lengthy time to flow with their services, hence a life-long loyal customer. It’s that simple”.

Salesman is a Business Leader, so must be EMOTIONALLY AVAILABLE for the customers:

A salesman, as a businessman who aims to be called a leader, must be readily prepared to lead his team to success no matter the situation of the market. He must be ready to lead small to large number of groups, professionals and business heads as the call-to-action personnel, and take the necessary steps to learn the skills of sales, so he can add one or two things into the team up-skilling, to ensure the team meets and surpass the business demands of the day.

That also goes in hand with being emotionally available for the customer, and the team, and serving as the friendly shoulder to hear their needs and support them how he can; everybody wants to spend their money and work as an employee where they are valued.

Quote: When the team is in good condition, they will serve the customers right and make money in return. by the Team at FoodMoby.com.

Evaluating Salesman Success at FoodMoby.com

Activities Management, Not Time Management; Make the schedule now, work on it when it should be, and Time will be well managed. by Mpilo Mbali DRC & Chidiebere Moses Ogbodo NG.

If there is one way to evaluate the success of a salesman with the company, then it has more to do with drafting personal strategies in-line with the mission and vision of the organization in order to achieve the organization goal, while having the short and long-term targets in mind.

A sales manager who aims to close big bulk and bucks deals, must be ready to go straight to the point with the customers. Do not waste the customers’ time.
Wrap up discussions with actionable ideas to achieve them, and actually take those actions towards the goal.
He must respond to customers queries as though he knows them before time, so as to build confidence, in depth, within the shortest span of time.
He must be having an automated version of himself that is making friends, developing trust and generating leads for him, while his real organic person is out there with clients solving their major human-oriented problems with effective solutions; being emotionally available.

Quote: Customers are always right, do not argue, but propose your provisions with a spike on the value it has to offer, they will buy. by Chidiebere Moses Ogbodo, the Founder, CEO at FoodMoby.com.

If a salesman is to describe FoodMoby.com this is how it will go;

FoodMoby.com is a marketplace for everything food services, it is the hub to sell and buy everything food, both local and international recipes.
We are digitally creative to showcase your kitchen attractiveness, with marketing prowess to ensure you get the right paying clients for your services.
The proper logistics is at our fingertips to ensure our vendors clients are served, saving and managing their time, with better reason to order for more.
Informative Live-kitchen Tutorials; this is a Tv series project oriented, where one comes to learn everything about food and how to bring their dream dish into life in their individual kitchens.
Streamlining the catering industry with innovative provisions. making the already existing services to go automation-friendly. We will train our own chefs to the maximum value aided certified level.
To boost the Agriculture industry; if the restaurants, hotels and food vendors are selling out, they will request for more food raw materials, hence more hands will go into farming.
To become the Best-in-Class food service propagator. Ageless in time, and Vintage in style. You may see many other similar options, but you will definitely go with who you trust and that is FoodMoby.com.
We know you are busy with work, so we will let our chefs serve you right. Do not worry about the food items to buy, and how/when/where to prepare them, FoodMoby.com has its own kitchen, where these dishes are made with careful hands and a neat environment.
The quality of food we serve you is in proper check under our qualified quality control experts, chaired by the uncompromising management system.

If you are looking for anything food services, that feels as though it is grand mothers delicious taste; call FoodMoby.com, and thank us later – Bede Ugochukwu Uzoegbo | Administration Manager at FoodMoby.com

There is no doubt your investment with us is going to give you the worthwhile Return on Investment, because we know the craft that will return your investment in quadruple.

Closing call: If you must enjoy the proceeds of a Fruit-Salad-Tree, in the near 18 months, you must start today to clear the ground, with your investments. by Favour Ugomma Kalu, the General Manager at FoodMoby.com

Thank you for reading about FoodMoby.com from our salesman perspective, if this was a good read and you learnt something new, please tell a friend about us. One plate of Nkwobi for you, Free of charge ok!

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P/S: How is it possible to meet a Nigerian who is Digital Marketing automation-friendly? If you know this person, please get in touch, let’s chop together a variety of good recipes; bill is on us.

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Salesman is a Business Leader, so must be EMOTIONALLY AVAILABLE for the customers:

Evaluating Salesman Success at FoodMoby.com

If a salesman is to describe FoodMoby.com this is how it will go;

P/S: How is it possible to meet a Nigerian who is Digital Marketing automation-friendly? If you know this person, please get in touch, let’s chop together a variety of good recipes; bill is on us.

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