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Hi Daniel,&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>I think for this you just need to put yourself out there. Write more, put your writing online, on Medium, LinkedIn, even Twitter. Work towards becoming a contributor on platforms that are aligned with your style of writing. Build the right connections by going to writers workshops, interacting with the right people online, etc.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Also, it sounds random, but make it clear you are a writer, use your bios wisely.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>At the end of the day, you want people to search your name and see your writing skills.&nbsp;</div>
Toyin Jolapamo
Senior Digital Communications Analyst @ Oando Plc
Diversity is good if properly managed. Everyone brings unique qualities to the table...but we need to ensure collaboration and shared vision for diversity to be effective&nbsp;
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HR Manager @ Pernod Ricard Western Africa
Hello Michael,&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>You must treat your competition like your best friend, you always need to be ware of what steps they are taking, so you can stay one step ahead. In some instances, partner with your competition, they already have target audience you need, why not tap into that, if they are happy to.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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<p>Hmmm, I think most people have been in contact with tech already, they just might not think much about it. Most people in these academic institutions have smartphones and access to the internet. That&#39;s a valuable tool at their disposal. </p> <p>While some of them are taking advantage of this opportunity like Emmanuel Njoku [<a href="https://techcabal.com/2022/02/24/meet-the-19-year-old-nigerian-building-his-own-blockchain-empire/">https://techcabal.com/2022/02/24/meet-the-19-year-old-nigerian-building-his-own-blockchain-empire/</a>], others aren&#39;t or aren&#39;t privileged to have access to this.</p> <p> Fortunately, different organisations and agencies have different initiatives targeted at exposing young people to tech. We share some of them in our daily newsletter [<a href="https://techcabal.com/category/tc-daily/">https://techcabal.com/category/tc-daily/</a>]</p> <p>Also, at TechCabal, we&#39;re definitely looking forward to working with schools and communities to tell them more about tech. We even have a newsletter focused on people interested in entering tech coming up soon. </p> <p>I think the younger generation is privileged to have more resources at their disposal and will do greater than this generation. Technological advancements tend to get better as time goes by. All is well. </p>
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Dr. Stephen Oluwatobi
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Dr Arrey Collins
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Sir Toby, great to read from you. Your wonderful well coined words say more. <div><br></div><div>With all honesty, as the saying goes: everyone, everything have its place in this world we live in.</div><div><br></div><div>I personally mostly bring back my momentum by listening to motivational speakers. I will say, Entrepreneurs should be very INTENTIONAL in every action taken both for life and for business.&nbsp; Listening to a motivational speaker doesn't help you solve the hard problems before you. They MOTIVATE you to hold on, think harder, ask if need be and keep pushing upward.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Entrepreneurs, don't allow everyone be your cup of tea. As you pipe up or down you client search, so should you pipe down the motivations you listen to daily.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
Dr. Mofor Clementine Cendoh
Personal Brand Therapist | Bus Consultant | Relationship Counsellor | Content Creator @ NEST Consolidated
Find a problem worth solving around you, solve it and make a business out of it.
Dr. Stephen Oluwatobi
Founder @ Pertinence Group & Edustart
Thank you so much Tobi for that question and thanks for this great work and platform.<div><br></div><div>Yes, I agree with those current challenges you highlighted. And like you shared, this sums it up "The&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;">system also is very porous." My two cents will be that;</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;">1. Regulatory bodies should synergise and stop the blame-game, hate-strife rivalries.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;">There's a lot of home-keeping to be done there.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;">For example, imagine a&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;">CORBON,&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;">COREN,&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;">ESVARBON,&nbsp;</span><font color="#111111" face="Cabin">TOPREC,&nbsp;</font><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;">ARCON... working together in harmony?&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;">Imagine how that will positively influence the construction industry;</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;">Imagine swift registration of professionals and massive public enlightenment on the value/worth of professional services;</span></div><div><font color="#111111" face="Cabin">Imagine a well-regulated curriculum with 21st-century realities in each of the professional fields?</font></div><div><font color="#111111" face="Cabin"><br></font></div><div><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;">Also is the need for</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;">2. Regulation of the Informal sectors in the Construction Industry</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;">Skilled trades and vocations such as carpentry, tiling, ironmongery,&nbsp; etc need lots of support and regulation so society values their worth and they are also well remunerated.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;">Imagine a regulatory body for tilers and then a tiler upon training is certified with code of conduct, ethics etc as it obtains for the professional fields. That's part of the difference between the 1st world and the 3rd world, all fields and skilled trades are well regulated, monitored and rewarded whether it's SSCE, OND, HND, BSc/BEng/BTech/MSc/PhD a person has.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Cabin;"><br></span></div><div><font color="#111111" face="Cabin">Until we come to the point where we see the services of each one as 'complementation' and not 'competition,' the challenges may persist. A tiler is as valuable and good as a Lawyer although one is a vocation/skilled trade and the other, a profession.&nbsp;</font></div><div><font color="#111111" face="Cabin"><br></font></div><div><font color="#111111" face="Cabin">I shared more on this in my book the career leader, talking about the career model. The audiobook is accessible here&nbsp;https://selar.co/thecareerleader</font></div>
Dr. Abraham Owoseni
Educator @ Covenant University
You are right...however African companies need to see talent attraction and retention beyond just the pay cheque but the entire employee experience from culture to development opportunities and other areas like employee wellbeing, diversity, long term rewards like shares option, etc.
Dolapo Onasanya
HR Manager @ Pernod Ricard Western Africa

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