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Oh, did I forget that July is my birthday month? It was another opportunitytothankourcreatorforthegiftofanewyear.Wealsohosted the True Worship Explosion like we do every year since 2020. We prayed forpeaceinournationandtheworldatlarge. This edition promises to be a great read; trust me, it is. We feature stories that appeal to different categories of people with emphasis on health, human capital development, business, community events and exclusive interviews, just to list a few We will continue to go the extra mile just to satisfyourdearreadersandcustomers.
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Ibelievethatwearehereforapurposeandinourquesttowardachieving that purpose, we may have to forge a working relationship with others.
t's been a while, and it is a privilege once again to reach out to ourInumerous readers and fans through this platform. It's still July, and I want to use this medium to wish the good people of United States of America and Canada, Happy Independence anniversary. These two countries are neighbors that have been coexisting peacefully This month alone, I travelled to Canada twice on official assignments, and each time I drive through the tunnel that links the city of Detroit in the U.S.A. with the city of Windsor in Canada, I often ponder about how two countries that have different political, education and economic structures still manage to forge a good relationship. Some people commute between both countries daily, so it is not uncommon to see peoplewhoworkinDetroitbutliveinWindsorandviceversa.
Yes,nooneisanislandofknowledge,sothereisneedforustocollaborate and live peacefully with others. I pray for peace in Africa, Asia, America, Europeandthewholeworldatlarge.
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KikiMwitiisthefounderandCEOofDYVVYD, whichisaD&Iinvestmentplatformand digitalcommunityforinvestorsandstartupsinthetechindustry
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Advancement in tech is all about finding solutions to the world's problems and needs When our innovators weave invention with commerce, we tend to gain access to better and more convenient ways of living. The following list showcases U S.-based tech entrepreneurs making a difference with theirinnovations: Elon Musk Among his biggest achievements are SpaceX and Tesla. SpaceX is an aerospace manufacturer and space transport service company while Tesla builds electric cars Elon Reeve Musk was born in South Africa. At the age of 17, he moved to Canada and later to the United States. He is the CEO/product architect at Tesla; the founder/CEO/chief engineer at SpaceX; and a co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. Additionally, he is the founder of The Boring Company, an infrastructure and tunnel constructionservicescompany
Technologyiscurrentlyafast-growingindustry,andentrepreneursfromallovertheworldareusingittohelpmakelifebetter IntheUnitedStates,the tech industry is booming, also; it's the second-largest industry, after healthcare. In fact, by the end of 2021, the U S tech industry was estimated to havereachedamarketvalueof$1.6trillion.Theindustryisprojectedtocontinuegrowing.
Shola Salako Shola Salako is the founder and CEO of BomaLink, a Pan African professional networking and career development platform combined with an online recruitment and staffing application. BomaLink connects the best and brightest talent of African descent to employment opportunities around the world. It helps employers committed to diversity and inclusion to find the most qualified talent to fill their open positions quickly BomaLink's vision is the development of economically strong and sustainable communities inhabited by people of African descent, through gainful, continuous employment.Sholaisalso the CEO of Optimal Business Systems (OBS), a software developmentandITconsultingfirmbasedinMichigan.Havingworkedona wide array of customer technology accounts, including the US Army, General Motors, Chrysler, spanning multiple industries including the banking, federal government, automotive and application hosting industries, Shola has put his great passion for technology into very productive use and delivered great value to many businessesandclients
DYVVYDleveragesData,AIandMachineLearningtoprovideoverlookedandoften underestimated founders the power to access capital. Mwiti has founded two other companies FairFunders and Globerly and is a founding board memberoftheSFArts&TechCollective. Kiki Mwiti
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Evelyn D'Haene is a Nigerian American based in Michigan. She is the CEO and founder of the Abule D'Haene company “Abule” is a term with African origin. In Kenya, it means “friend,” and in Nigeria it refers to a village. The commonality in both interpretations is a strong element of humanity, collectivity and connection. These attributes are the foundations of the company and are evident in the servicesthecompanyprovides Findmyrvhome is just one of these services. Findmyrvhome is a venture dedicated to connecting people. They aim to bring together people who wish to experience the freedom of an RV vacation, without purchasing a vehicle, and RV owners who want to rent out their RVs In this equation,Findmyrvhomeistheplussign(+),orbridge,thatconnects IttakestheRVrental businessandplacesitdirectlyinthehandsofindividuals,givingthemfreedomtocontrol theirtravelsand,forRVowners,theirearnings For this purpose, Findmyrvhome has created a website and app that both RV renters and owners can download. There, owners can list their RVs, and renters canchoose,fromtheavailablelistings,avehiclemostsuitablefortheirneeds Once keys are transferred, renters hit the road, jamming to “Life is a Highway,”andRVownerscansingalong,allthewaytothebank.Evelyn D'Haene
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Kunbi Tinuoye is a British-born journalist. Tinuoye is currently a member of the SXSW PitchadvisoryboardandtheCESConferenceAdvisoryBoard.Tinuoyeisaformer news correspondent for NBC. She also gave services for the BBC in London. She'sawriterwhowritesinTheDailyMail.
Ashifi is the CEO of Sproxil, a global technology company with product authenticity and customer loyalty solutions used in many countries and has millionsofcustomers Asmau Ahmed
Tinuoye’sentrepreneurialachievementisUrbanGeekz,adigitalnewsplatform focusedontechnology,businessstartupsandscience.
Kunbi Tinuoye Reham Fagiri
Micheal Odiari is the founder and chief innovation officer of Check. This app helps to make traffic stops safer and simpler Odiari wants routine traffic stops to work more efficiently and in a safer way; so, he wants to change the dynamic. In the latest version of this app, Check allows a driver to record their interactions with law enforcement,notifyanemergencycontact,andpullupadigitalIDsothatthedriver does not have to get a physical ID from their pockets or wallets In the future, Check aims to develop a technology that allows traffic stops to become completelyvirtual. Michael Odiari
Reham Fagiri is the co-founder and CEO at AptDeco This platform helps people buy or sell furniture. Reham Fagiri created this platform to eliminate the hassles thatoccurwhenbuyingandsellingfurnitureonline.
Ashifi Gogo is an entrepreneurial leader who helps billions of people who are facing issues of any kind. He is an engaging speaker and inspirational leader. Ashifi is an experienced executive and board member who has to grow small startups into multinationalbusinesses
WGT MAGAZINE 08 PROMOTING TRADE BETWEEN URBAN COMMUNITIES IN U.S. AND AFRICA ByAkindeleAkinyemi Akindele Akinyemi
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thLarry Alebiosu, a fashion mogul and founder of Fashion International, celebrated his 60 birthday in style in Lagos, Nigeria. Family, friends and special guests attended the classy celebration, including prominent royal fathers, the Alake of Egba, HRM, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, and his beautiful wife, Olori Olatokunbo Gbadebo; Ayangburen of Ikorodu, who is also the Chairman of Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs, HRM, Oba Kabir Adewale Shotobi; Onikate of Ikate, HRH, Oba Lateef Adams; the foremost business tycoon, Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, the founder of Elizade Motors (Toyota Nigeria Limited) and Elizade University, just to mention a few Guestshadagreattimeattheoccasion.
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A distinguished community leader, Deacon Sunday Omoyele, and his beautiful wife, Deaconess Monisola Omoyele, celebrated their birthdays and wedding anniversary in the City of Southfield, USA.
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Ebele and Paschal Obua recently had their wedding in Michigan.
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RCCG Winners Chapel Detroit, the first RCCG parish in North America founded in 1992, celebrated 30 years of God's faithfulness with a three-day anniversary celebration. The celebrations attracted dignitaries from all walks of life, including the General Overseer of RCCG Worldwide, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, who was the guest minister. Other ministers of the gospel who attended include Pastor James Fadel, the Assistant General Overseer and Continental Overseer of RCCG, North America; Pastor Johnson Odesola, the Assistant General Overseer on Admin; the parish Pastor, Abraham Adeniji, who is also the Assistant Continental Overseer in charge of prayers at RCCG, the Americas comprising of North, Central and South America, and his beautiful wife, Pastor Susan Adeniji. Many people experienced divine touch at the program.
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WGT: What inspired your decision to startWZapenda?GT:Canyou share your background with us Safbriefly?ari: I am Stella Safari, the founder of Zapenda, a growing fashion outfit in Detroit. I was born and raised in Congo till I was eight years old. I came to U S. in 2000 as a refugee, and I grew up in the Washington area. I felt very blessed for the opportunity to come here and get an education; I graduated from Dartmouth College, an ivy league school in New Hampshire. I have a degree in mathematics and gender studies. I have always been aware of my heritage and culture. While in school, l started to study my country and look at ways I can use my talent to help back home, just to create positive change in my country. That was what led me to start my business. I started working with a financial institution after I left school. I was working to help start and support small businesses and entrepreneurs. It was at that time that I realized I have ideas that can impact people. I love clothes, I love fashion, and because of that I would go to Congo to get clothes, and people would ask me where I got them. I also have tailors back home who are doing great jobs, and I felt it is a privilege to help get their designs across; so, I created a business to bridge that gap. Safari: I grew up with tailors. My stepmom made clothes while growing up, my aunt, too So, we had access to clothes while growing up. It wasn't until when I started going back home after 12 or 13 years in America that I realized that the tailors are everywhere, and they have more talents. You know, my country was at war, so to me it was so simple to connect tailors back home to people here who need clothes. I felt I was uniquely positioned to do Ithat.started Zapenda in 2018. I took a trip back home and started the business by posting on Instagram that I am going home and asked if anyone wanted clothes made. Many people reached out to me, and I helped them make clothes. I shared updates with them while in Congo, and we created our website in 2019 just before Covid. I was doing that while still working full time. I actually did a pitch competition in 2020 and won; it was my first one ever. It was in New York City; they told me to come there, and I pitched to a group of WGT: Can you tell us about any challenges that you've encountered? Safari: So, you know when I was starting out, I went to college and was working, so some people wondered why I would leave all that and go into a fashion business. They said bankers. They loved it so much; I was wearing African clothes, and that made me stand out, so I won the pitch competition. They gave me money, and that allowed me to quit my job and go into business full time. The pandemic happened a few months later, and helped me look more into selling online, which gave us an opportunity to reach more people. Though I could not go back home due to Covid, but we made it through, and we are still doing our best.
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WGT: What inspired your decision to start SafZapenda?ari: I grew up with tailors. My stepmom made clothes while growing up, my aunt, too So, we had access to clothes while growing up. It wasn't until when I started going back home after 12 or 13 years in America that I realized that the tailors are everywhere, and they have more talents. You know, my country was at war, so to me it was so simple to connect tailors back home to people here who need clothes. I felt I was uniquely positioned to do Ithat.started Zapenda in 2018. I took a trip back
WGT: Can you share your background with us briefly?Safari: I am Stella Safari, the founder of Zapenda, a growing fashion outfit in Detroit. I was born and raised in Congo till I was eight years old. I came to U S. in 2000 as a refugee, and I grew up in the Washington area. I felt very blessed for the opportunity to come here and get an education; I graduated from Dartmouth College, an ivy league school in New Hampshire. I have a degree in mathematics and gender studies. I have always been aware of my heritage and culture. While in school, l started to study my country and look at ways I can use my talent to help back home, just to create positive change in my country. That was what led me to start my business. I started working with a financial institution after I left school. I was working to help start and support small businesses and entrepreneurs. It was at that time that I realized I have ideas that can impact people. I love clothes, I love fashion, and because of that I would go to Congo to get clothes, and people would ask me where I got them. I also have tailors back home who are doing great jobs, and I felt it is a privilege to help get their designs across; so, I created a business to bridge that gap.
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It is no more news that the world of work is changing no thanks to Covid 19 and the emergence of the global pandemic. The way we work has changed, and the way we do business has been affected. The human resources experts have chosen a new way of recruiting, and the employees have chosen a new way of turning in their job expectations ThisiswhatIcalltheNEWProductivity Ithascometostay,andthisisforthegoodofboththe employees and employers of labor. One of the major shiftsintheworldofworkisremoteworking;working from home or outside the physical office is the new normal. This new system has so many benefits from whichwecannotshyaway
Remote Work: The New Productivity
Individuals must prepare for personal branding and global communication skills to be able to stand out from the crowd. With these above, I believe the new productivity—remote work—willgreatlyimpacttheglobaleconomy. Remi Dairo CEO, Productivate Plus LLC, United States President Institute of Productivity and Business Innovation Management (IPBIM) Africa
In conclusion, in as much as working from home can increase productivity, employers are responsible for ensuring that remote work delivers value to the organization For employees to maximize productivity through remote working, they must
I believe the future of the workplace will be remote work, where many organizations will be having employees all over the world and talent hunts shall all be by remote option Organizations should be ready to take advantage of great talents scattered all over the world. Individuals should be ready to tap into this “new normal” advantage and earn more in different currencies of the world by upskilling, cross-skilling, reskilling, and “Plus-skilling.”
By Remi Dairo fight distractions and have clear goals to focus each day Employees must be disciplined enough to set “office time” and adhere to the time even if they are working from home. Phones should be properly managed, and unwanted visitors must be curtailed during the “office hours ” Employees must constantly do a personal evaluation to assess their performanceandmakeadjustmentswherenecessary.
Remote work allows social distance among employees, which keeps them away from physical and social contacts The health of the employee is secured to a high degree. Remote work also reduces the complaints over road traffic delays; many employees come late to work in busy cities because of traffic, but this will be reduced when the employees work from home. Remote working also allows for family bonding; employees will be more available at home rather than spending long hours in the office on a normal day Also, it is very convenient for employees since they may not need to wake up earlyforwork. However, there are challenges that employees face workingfromhome,andifcareisnottaken,thisgood option can become counterproductive One big challenge for Africans, for example, is power supply When there is no power supply, working from home becomes challenging. Another important factor that makes remote work successful is a stable internet connection. In Africa, there are many workers who cannot afford the cost of internet data; sometimes the network fluctuates, resulting in difficulties in sending documents or failure at the delivery end, whichcanbeveryfrustrating. Furthermore, it is not only power and internet data that are the challenges to remote work; another challenge is that working from home can come with a lot of distractions from family, visiting friends, phones, televisions, etc. Some employees believe that they work 24 hours while working from home rather than 8 hours when they work in the office. The boss can call anytime, or you can be on a particular taskforawholedaytobedeliveredthenextday.Also, a very important challenge is that not all the employees working from home have appropriate tools/resources to work with: laptops, smartphones, andsoon.Whenthesetoolsarenotavailable,remote workingbecomesafluke.
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