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  The Minister of Science and Technology, Mr. Ogbonanya Onu, has pledged to assist the West Africa Infectious Diseases Institute (WAIDI) with research facilities from its agencies because infectious diseases can impede the economic development of the country if not curtailed. He said infectious diseases presently constitute about 70 percent of the nation’s health challenges, adding that the ministry will avail relevant institutes with its infrastructure to eradicate any of infectious diseases. The minister spoke when the Director General of the National Agency for Control of Aids (NACA), who also doubles as the Co-chair of WAIDI, Prof. John Idoko, paid him a visit to solicit the ministry’s support at the weekend in Abuja.He said the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) under the ministry played an important role in the production of Ebola kit for the eradication of the Ebola virus in 2014.

Each entrepreneurial journey is as unique as a set of fingerprints. However, there is a set of common denominators that tie the most successful entrepreneurs together. Here are seven common shared qualities that set extraordinary entrepreneurs apart. 1. They are always hustling “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110 percent all the time.” -- Don Zimmer You aren’t going to see successful entrepreneurs hanging on the couch or sleeping in. There’s a strange disconnect between people who fantasize about entrepreneurship and those who actually do it. Entrepreneurship certainly does mean total freedom, but if you really want to do nothing with that freedom, you’re not going to survive, much less be successful. 2. They are positive “I am thankful for all of those who said no to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.” -- Albert Einstein A positive, optimistic outlook wil...

You can import cheap and quality goods from China directly into the country without any trouble. A lot have succeeded with this business. You can as well. Here I present to you some of the benefits of importing goods directly from China. IMPORT GOODS DIRECTLY FROM MANUFACTURERS GET GOODS WITHIN TWO WEEKS PAY ONLY 30% UPFRONT AND BALANCE 70% AFTER DELIVERY RISK ZERO SHIPPING COST PRODUCTS SELLS LIKE HOT CAKE IN NIGERIA MAKE HUGE PROFIT One of the most lucrative and latest pragmatic steps in the marketing world today is doing business with China through the Direct Sales Agents (DSA). It is the latest trend in marketing goods and services. Unlike in the years past when the buyers would be the ones to go hunting for where goods or manufacturers are located in China before they could buy. Today, it is the manufacturers that look for buyers through the process of direct sales. Platforms such as Alibaba.com have made it super efficient to import cheap and quality go...

MR JAMES ENTWISTLE United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle, says 100 young Nigerians have been selected for entrepreneurship and leadership training in the 2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship in US. Entwistle, stated this in Abuja during a reception organised by the U.S. Embassy for the participants who were selected from six geo-political zones in the country and the Federal Capital Territory. He said that the participants would participate in an intensive, six-week programme on academic excellence and leadership on business and entrepreneurship, civic leadership, public management, and renewable energy at US colleges and universities. He said, “The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the flagship programme of the President’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) and a key component of President Barack Obama’s commitment to invest in the future of Africa. “YALI is an integral part of President Obama’s commitment to invest in the future of Africa. “The Whit...

Its a fact as true as the existence of heaven and earth that every man has been endowed  with a talent from birth. Some fortunate ones can even boast of an array of talents. They are called multi talented but the problem has always been in developing these talents especially in the case of the multi talented. They painstakingly develop one and allow the rest to waste with  the excuse that its most beneficial to concentrate on one. MARKKET24 has today compiled a list of renowned actors who are also reputable lecturers in prestigious universities thus utilizing their talent in education and entertainment. If they did it, then any one can DOC IN ACTION   Dr. Sola Fosudo is a senior lecturer at Lagos State University department of Theatre Arts and Music. He has at different times been made the Head of Department and was until recently the Director of Press and Public Relations Unit at the university. HAFIZ WITH A NATIONAL AWARD Hafiz Oyetoro...

A new dawn in the world of technology. Apple and German accounting software giant SAP just signed a new deal designed to push the iPhone and iPad into more businesses, everywhere. It's just the latest in a string of enterprise-focused partnerships from Apple, which has teamed up with tech titans like IBM and and Cisco  as it goes after lucrative big businesses. In this case, the Apple-SAP partnership will be around the SAP HANA platform, the company's system of relational databases for accounting purposes. Those databases are designed to store massive amounts of business data, which can include inventory levels, transactions, or just about anything else. They call it "enterprise resource management." " As the leader in enterprise software andwith 76% of business transactions touching an SAP system, SAP is the ideal partner to help us truly transform how businesses around the world are run on iPhone and iPad," said Tim Cook in a release . Basical...