The inbuilt tap ensures the 12 metre-wide poster is advertising that really delivers. As you might have guessed, it’s part of the ‘If Carlsberg did…’ campaign. And clearly they do posters very, very well. Free beer will be on tap from 1-7pm.
Well played, Carlsberg, well played
Thirsty Londoners were treated to free beer this week, thanks to a new Carlsberg billboard that offered fresh pints to lucky bystanders.
The new 12-meter wide poster outfitted with a beer tap sticks with a minimal design and simply declares: “Probably the best poster in the world.” Beer fans in East London seem to agree.
A crowd of people jostle for a closer look at the naked woman crouching on her knees. Phones held aloft, the group shamelessly take pictures of her bare back and bottom -- safe in the knowledge she won't be waking up anytime soon.
The remarkably life-like nude sculpture, created by Australian artist Sam Jinks, was by far the most photographed work at this year's Art Basel in Hong Kong, a three-day art fair that has attracted tens of thousands of visitors since it first launched nearly three years ago.'
A powerhouse brand in the art fair industry, Art Basel bought-out the homegrown Hong Kong International Art Fair in 2011, and quickly cemented the city's position in the multi-billion dollar global art market.
This year's fair brought together 233 galleries from 37 countries and territories. Half of the galleries are from the Asian region, including Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.
"It's a one-stop shop," is how Art Basel in Hong Kong director, Asia Adeline Ooi, describes the blockbuster show.
"We have the best of Asia and the best of the rest of the world in the room."
A 30-year-old Nigerian phone entrepreneur by the name of Michael Akindele has been making great strides in the mobile device market — so much so, that he has been challenging tech giants such as Apple. The company, SOLO Phone, was started in 2012, and Akindele serves as director and co-founder. The company is aimed at delivering mobile solutions, services, and platforms to consumers all at a reasonable price.
The company’s smartphones are priced at $150 and come with up to 20 million free songs licensed by Sony, Universal, and Warner. Its latest release is an app named Video-On-Demand, available to all Nigerians with an Android device and makes available Nollywood and Hollywood movies. SOLO Phone is making strides in the market and can definitely challenge other giants within the market, believes Akindele.
Akindele was born in the United States to Nigerian parents on Aug. 29, 1984. He returned to Nigeria at two-years-old but returned to the states ten years later. He was educated at Alexandria, Virginia and graduated from T.C. Williams High School, and then moved on to George Mason University in Fairfax. While at George Mason, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree with a focus on computer science and information technology. This gave him the ideal background, knowledge, and platform to building his company.
His work as a technology consultant at Accenture also helped him to gain first-hand knowledge in his field. This is where he started working on “The Apprentice: Africa,” which was the American version of Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice.” He returned to Africa in 2007 to help produce, develop, and distribute the show, which gained a huge following in Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana and Kenya during the 18 weeks it was aired on the continent.
Before SOLO Phone, he had a company called Fusion Mobile, but it did not last very long because of a lack of funding and persons not believing in an African manufacturing phone company. Adlevo Capita, however, changed all that in 2013 when they partnered with Akindele. This led to the birth of SOLO.
The world will always be divided into “the haves and the have nots,” but lately seems the ‘haves’ are capturing more and more of the world’s wealth. Yet, even the super wealthy are feeling the impact of political turmoil. For a country that relies on oil for almost 70% of state revenue, crashing prices spell trouble. The stock index dropped 40% in 2014, while the currency has lost a fifth of its value over the last six months. But the person who has been hit hardest is the person who can most afford it. Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, earned Forbes’ “Biggest Loser” title—his wealth has fallen the most of anyone on earth in dollar terms. Yet he still has a $14.7 billion fortune and his companies account for a quarter of the market capitalization of the Lagos stock market. Even as youth unemployment and corruption remain staggeringly pervasive, economic growth has enriched the country’s elites. Nigeria’s population of high net worth individuals grew 44% between 2007 and 2013.
Meet India's richest man. He may not have the riches of the world, the cars, the houses and the vacations, but he has a heart of pure gold. Watch how this samosa seller reacts when he is handed over Rs 1,000 for a Rs 10 samosa!
PayPal has revealed that Nigeria has become its second biggest market in Africa, less than one year after formally launching its services in the West African country.
Malvina Goldfield, PayPal Head of Business Development, sub-
Saharan Africa, expressed satisfaction with PayPal’s acceptance in the country since its launch last year.,
“We are very happy to see that PayPal has been widely welcomed by Nigerians since the launch of the service in the country last year,” Goldfeld said.
South Africa is PayPal’s largest market in the continent, with more than one million active accounts; Nigeria and Kenya follow closely.
She sold her four-room flat and collected nearly $200,000 in cash proceeds. But after a series of bad decisions and ill fortune, Madam A and her family spent all the cash and had to seek help in getting a rental flat.
Minister of State for National Development Mohamad Maliki Osman yesterday cited the real-life example as a cautionary tale of families selling their flats for a short-term profit.
He said he had seen many cases such as that of Madam A, who sold their homes for short-term gains but later suffered for it.
In Madam A's case, her family had sold her four-room flat in 2010 after they could not keep up with the mortgage payments.
The sale yielded $198,000 in cash proceeds, which Madam A used to buy a weekend car and to rent a private apartment.
But things took a nasty turn.
The mother of three invested a large sum in a business venture that turned out to be a scam. Her husband also developed a serious medical condition, and much of the flat proceeds went towards his medical bills.
Less than two years after selling their flat, they had spent all the proceeds.
Unable to afford to buy or rent another flat on the open market, Madam A, her husband and their oldest son resorted to sleeping at void decks or the beach. Their three younger children, meanwhile, stayed separately with different relatives.
After they appealed for a public rental flat, the Housing Board accepted their application on compassionate grounds.
In 2013, the family of six moved into a two-room rental flat, where they still live.
"We have seen many cases like Madam A. With better outreach and community engagement, we hope home owners will make informed choices and not be easily taken in by the promise of short-term gains without realising the serious long-term implications," said Dr Maliki.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will invest $200 million (S$280 million) in Snapchat, the vanishing-image service, Bloomberg News and a person familiar with the deal said Thursday.
US media reported last year that Snapchat - which allows the sending of text and photo messages that disappear seconds after being viewed - had held discussions with Alibaba.
A person familiar with the deal told AFP that Alibaba had committed to a $200 million investment.
Alibaba declined to comment.
Bloomberg News, which also quoted sources on the investment, said the deal valued Snapchat at $15 billion.
Snapchat's chief executive officer Evan Spiegel declined to comment, Bloomberg reported, quoting him as saying: "We are famous for not talking about the future."
Snapchat rocketed to popularity in the United States, especially among teenagers, after the initial app was released in September 2011.
Alibaba, founded by entrepreneur Jack Ma in 1999, is China's biggest e-commerce company but is seeking to expand beyond its traditional business.
It listed on the New York Stock Exchange last year in the world's largest public offering to date.
Back in January, Jay Z bid $56 million on Aspiro, a Swedish company behind two high-fidelity music streaming services, WiMP and Tidal. At the beginning of March,Billboardreported that minority shareholders controlling 10% of Aspiro's shares were considering blocking the bid. Now, it appears that the bid has been accepted, as Billboard reports, citing the Swedish publication E24.
The minority shareholders initially recommended that the bid be rejected after questioning Jay Z's plans for international expansion. They also questioned his valuation of the company. However, it appears their concerns were allayed before the March 11 deadline to seal a deal.
It isn't clear what Jay Z plans to do with the streaming services.
A million isn't what it used to be. But it's not bad, and here's how you get there.
A million bucks isn’t what it used to be. When your father, or maybe you, set that savings goal in 1980 it was like shooting for $3 million today. Still, millionaire status is nothing to sniff at—and new research suggests that a broad swath of millennials and Gen-Xers are on the right track.
The “emerging affluent” class, as defined in the latest Fidelity Millionaire Outlook study, has many of the same habits and traits as today’s millionaires and multimillionaires. You are in this class if you are 21 to 49 years of age with at least $100,000 of annual household income and $50,000 to $250,000 in investable assets. Fidelity found this group has five key points in common with today’s millionaires:
Lucrative career: The emerging affluent are largely pursuing careers in information technology, finance and accounting—much like many of today’s millionaires did years ago. They may be at a low level now, but they have time to climb the corporate ladder.
High income: The median household income of this emerging class is $125,000, more than double the median U.S. household income. That suggests they have more room to save now and are on track to earn and save even more.
Self-starters: Eight in 10 among the emerging affluent have built assets on their own, or added to those they inherited, which is also true of millionaires and multimillionaires.
Long-term focus: Three in four among the emerging affluent have a long-term approach to investments. Like the more established wealthy, this group stays with its investment regimen through all markets rather than try to time the market for short-term gains.
Appropriate aggressiveness: Similar to multimillionaires, the emerging affluent display a willingness to invest in riskier, high-growth assets for superior long-term returns.
Becoming a millionaire shouldn’t be difficult for millennials. All it takes is discipline and an early start.
Patricia Sellers[Columnist] shares her conversation with the world's richest investor 'Warren Buffet' and she got the shock of her life when the Berkshire Hathaway CEO says He gulps 5 coca-cola a day.
When he told me this in a phone call yesterday (we were talking about the death of his friend, former Coca-Cola president Don Keough), I assumed he was talking about his stock portfolio.
No, Buffett explained, “If I eat 2700 calories a day, a quarter of that is Coca-Cola. I drink at least five 12-ounce servings. I do it everyday.”
Perhaps only a man who owns $16 billion in Coca-Cola KO0.71%stock—9% of Coke, through his company, Berkshire HathawayBRK.A -0.23% —would maintain such an odd daily diet. One 12-ounce can of Coke contains 140 calories. Typically, Buffett says, “I have three Cokes during the day and two at night.”
When he’s at his desk at Berkshire Hathaway headquarters in Omaha, he drinks regular Coke; at home, he treats himself to Cherry Coke.
“I’ll have one at breakfast,” he explains, noting that he loves to drink Coke with potato sticks. What brand of potato sticks? “I have a can right here,” he says. “U-T-Z” Utz is a Hanover, Pennsylvania-based snack maker. Buffett says that he’s talked to Utz management about potentially buying the company.
I got an email from a friend(a first bank capital staff), asking if I was interested in investing in the FBN money market fund, Then I click through to read what it could be with least expectations.
What I saw baffled me, It stated that The FBN Money Market Fund offers attractive interest rates and I think its great for those with short/long-term investment goals. The Fund is classified as low risk as it invests in treasury bills, bank tenured deposits and commercial papers - all of which are low volatility (relatively stable) securities. The fund also pays distributions every three months!
Investing in this Fund is definitely more rewarding than leaving your money in a savings deposit; you can also redeem your funds whenever you want to.
With as little as N5,000, you can set up a Money Market Fund account and be one step closer to your dreams.
If you are seeking an alternative to a regular savings account for your temporary or medium-term cash investments, then the FBN MONEY MARKET FUND is most suitable
Below is a screen shot of someone who invested 6,000 naira initial capital which returned N12.93 in 2 weeks.
Now imagine that in a year. Thinking its too small? Well, first remember the more money you put the HIGHER in interest rate, second, let's compare this to your normal savings account.
Now as little as it seem, You earn an average of 11.9% on your investment while savings deposit
in bank pays an average of 2% on yearly basis.
Your investment in FBN Money Market grows everyday while you savings deposit balance remains fixed and instead is exposed to loose of real value via inflation.
You can visit www.fbncam.com to find out more about the FBN Money Market Fund and the other mutual funds.
Where's Dbanj's career going? Now That's a good question. Have you ever asked yourself this question each time you stumble on any of his music on TV, radio Or internet.... And no He's not dead but his career is heading to the grave, Now you get it.
Its no news that the koko master has tried his hands on few biz outside showbiz, all seems to have yielded nothing, let me take you back a little:
Remember the "koko phone", "Koko mansion"???. They all no where to be found.
Can someone please tell this guy that it not about the money, its about the BRAIN. Contacting a business consultant before going into any business will never hurt him.
it’s about the start up and continuity.
No doubt, The name Dbanj is a household name till date but I won't ignore the facts that Dbanj is going down in everything. Last year, a popular news network in Nigeria, reports that the singer was owing his workers. Catch the Scoop Here ==> Popular Singer Dbanj In Huge Debt Mess
In recent times, The 'tongolo' crooner has also invested in agriculture by creating his own Garri called the KOKO GARRI, Why the Rush? Is Dbanj AFRAID or CONFUSED?. Well, few months after that He got on new international venture with beats by Dre WIRELESS GOLDEN HEADPHONES.
I just think He still need a mentor and someone to nurture him on how/what to invest upon.
His dead Music career as I call it still have some lifelines if He can swallow the pride and go back to Don Jazzy, yeah! Don jazzy or any music connoisseur , He still needs more training on that, a good back up singer and someone to put him through.
The only thing that is still giving him the endorsement deals is the name "Dbanj" and that will fade with time as more artistes are already making waves in the industry.
During Dbanj's stay in Mo' hits, He's like a god who barely mingle with other artistes except don jazzy and still hitting the industry hard with every single during his reign. Now we see him around like someone begging for friendship and collabos, After it was reported that He’s been Dumped by Kanye West.
The few collabos he's had has been a total failure except "Tony Montana" (Bad Pass) where He got featured by rapper 'Naeto C'.
As we are aware, Oritse Femi’s Double wahala remix featuring Dbanj didn't get much attention as expected.
So far Don jazzy keep rising from grace to grace changing the name of the Record label to 'Mavin' which is now getting the Buzz in the industry, with new acts like Korede Bellow, Reekado Banks, D'ija, Tiwa and more.
Meanwhile, In 'Mavin Records' Reekado Banks and others can beat their chest on all the awards and attention they are getting from fans and foes because they have the right boss that can easily spot their weak points and make it stronger. How can someone who still need a mentor, train anyone, its impossible.
Dbanj still need someone to mentor and nurture him, that's all I'm saying.
The New Song ‘Feeling The Nigga’ was also a total flop while Akon had the most and best verses in the song, Dbanj was out or lost in his own track, more like He was being put on the Track by Akon, He didn’t own the track like the D’banj I know, and his verses were as weak as his career Now. Listen to the Track==>[ Feeling The N*gga].
I wrote This To Express My Love For Dbanj. I use to be a Fan.
It’s said that great things come in small packages, and that’s certainly the case for young entrepreneur Alina Morse and her healthy, delicious
invention, Zollipops. This 9-year old entrepreneur came up with the idea for a lollipop created from healthy ingredients that was just as good for you as it was to eat.
This little Entrepreneur was contacted by Entrepreneur.com and here are the excerpts from the short interview:
On What inspired Her to come up with Zollipops? I wanted to make a difference and help people and make lives easier for guardians, and mostly moms. I got the idea when I went to the bank one day with my dad. The teller asked me if I wanted a sucker. My dad always told me that I should not eat candy, because sugar is terrible for your teeth. So on the car ride home I asked my dad if we could make a healthy sucker that was good for your teeth. I kept asking him, and finally we made the first batch.
On How She create the first one? We did a lot of research to see what our main clean teeth ingredients were. We went to stores. We asked dentists and hygienists. We checked online. Then we made our ingredient list and found the perfect plant to make our Zollipops. It took many trials to get the ones we have today.
On How She's Able To balance school and business at 9 years old?
By splitting my time after school, one third for homework, one third for business updates or projects and one third for organizing and playing with my sister.
On What would be Her advice for other young entrepreneurs who want to create?
You can accomplish big things, and don't let anyone tell you differently. Follow your dreams. If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything. Even if adults don't think kids can make big things happen, you can, just believe in yourself.
