Small and Medium scale entrepreneurs from Lagos and other states gathered at the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) complex on Friday, June 22 to learn how to build a successful online business at the 2nd edition of BABEInLagos – Building a business Empire in Lagos.
BABEInLagos is the brainchild of Nigeria’s favorite number one indigenous hosting solutions company, WhoGoHost, in partnership with PR company, Media Panache Nigeria. BABEInLagos had over a hundred emerging entrepreneurs from different sectors in attendance.
The Business Development Head at NiRA, Kemi Adepoju opened the class by introducing the attendees to what NIRA does as an organization and why every business should register under the .ng domain platform. In her statement, she said; “The .ng domain is our local domain, and we must support it by putting our businesses on that platform”
Head of business development at @niraworks Kemi Adepoju educating business owners about the importance of the .NG domain name. #BABEInLagos 2.0 pic.twitter.com/W6RdWSv9SW
— WhoGoHost (@whogohost) June 22, 2018
Toba Obaniyi, CEO of WhoGoHost had a very lively session speaking about the advantages of online presence for every business in this digital age. The attendees also had the opportunity of asking questions concerning web hosting, Search Engine Optimization, and other important areas of their websites.
Our CEO @tobaniyi is currently educating business owners on "Evolving your business in this digital age" He states clearly that 'a business that does not innovate will die. To keep growing your business, you need to evolve with current trends in your niche#BABEInLagos 2.0 pic.twitter.com/ie9dhjA1sE
— WhoGoHost (@whogohost) June 22, 2018
Olumide Odeyemi, Project Lead at Media Panache wrapped up the event gracefully as he succinctly took the class through Social and Digital Marketing and how it aids online business.
Participants of #BABEInLagos 2.0 currently learning the importance of social media and digital marketing from Olumide Odeyemi – @GlowvilleTweets – Project lead at @MediaPanacheng pic.twitter.com/N7hXX9CnKH
— WhoGoHost (@whogohost) June 22, 2018
Some of the attendees took time to express their joy at having attended the event. They spoke about the important lessons they learned and thanked WhoGoHost for providing avenues for SMEs to improve on their businesses online.
With Toba Obaniyi, CEO of @whogohost & the niraworks team, finding ways to improve online visibility of SMEs. BTW, do you have a registered domain: .ng or .com.ng? @bankealawaye and I… https://t.co/RkuQpFYRRE
— Fayo Williams (@FayoWilliams) June 22, 2018
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Our CEO, Toba Obaniyi, in his closing remarks, enjoined the entrepreneurs to keep creating innovative platforms that solve problems for Nigerians.
If you attended this seminar and would love to have the resources used by the facilitators at the seminar, click the links below to download them.
