Selling is one of the top skills that continues to be relevant to this time. And no matter the discipline you are - automobile, health, fashion, education, agriculture etc., you need a salesman to communicate the benefit of your product to the client in such a way that he wouldn't mind borrowing to get your product.

If MARKETING is the pepper, onions, ginger, beef, fish, and all the ingredients you need for your soup, SALES is the fire that CONVERTS these ingredients into a delicious soup.

The truth is most of us have some bits of this skill. We are born salesmen.

As a kid, you sell your parent on why you need biscuits, sweets etc.

At college, you sell them on why you need some textbook and why you believe a field best fitted you.

Parents sell their children on the importance of education and good morals.

A guy sells a lady on why she should get married to him and vice versa...

We are all selling at one point in time or the other.

But to be a topnotch salesman you need to master this craft beyond the ordinary, especially in this highly competitive generation of ours.

On this episode, Sodiq B. Ajala (Marketing and Sales Coach & Project Lead at Utiva) will be taking us through 'The Hidden Secrets to High Performing Sales'

So, What NEXT After COVID19?

On this episode, I interviewed Hafiz Akinde who explains some strategies for individuals and entrepreneurs to stay afloat after the COVID19 Pandemic.

Hafiz Akinde is an award-winning writer, a content marketer and an online coach. He is the founder of Freelancing Pro where he helps people grow their online businesses with content marketing strategies that work. Hafiz has published several other books including The Ultimate Blogging Blueprint for Beginners and his online course has helped many people self-publish their books.

The Entrepreneurial spirit is the one that sees an opportunity in every challenge. That sees a chance to do more, to create ingenious solutions and to be change-makers in the society.

On today's episode, Olugbenga Ogunbowale explains why this is the best time to get grants for your business or cause and how you should go about it. He also talks about his Grants Masterclass coming up next month and how you can key into this opportunity to learn from industry experts.

Olugbenga Ogunbowale holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Obafemi Awolowo University and is a social entrepreneur and alumnus of the Enterprise Development Centre. Inspired by the plight of millions of unemployed youth, Olugbenga founded Epower.ng, a digital agency passionately growing businesses and accelerating the application of digital skills for economic prosperity across Africa.

Olugbenga is a fellow of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, and the founder of Africa’s biggest orphanage outreach volunteer coalition, The Orphan Empowerment Society (formerly December to Remember).

Olugbenga is also a co-founder of the communication and leadership organization, Pacesetter´s Leadership Club. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Olugbenga plans to continue his work on deploying digital skills for economic prosperity and connecting citizens with decision-makers to foster Africa’s development.

You are awesome!

"He who does not appreciate men won't appreciate God" ~ Muhammad.

This is me saying Thank You and appreciate you for your love and care and for being a part of the GrantMaster Africa Community. I appreciate your likes, comments, shares, and all your support for the show.

We are in a difficult time, but like every challenge, this is an opportunity for us to look inward and deploy our ingenuity and creativity towards creating more value and solving the problems facing us.

Feel free to send me a message or if you have a topic you'd like us to discuss on the show, send a mail to [email protected] or [email protected]. You should also follow our social media handles:

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One of the pitfalls of growing businesses is the inability to keep good and clear financial practices. Too often, small businesses make avoidable financial mistakes that allow their hard-earned money to leak away.

On this #podcast episode, Yemisi Ajeojo discusses '7 Financial Mistakes Growing Businesses Make and How to Avoid Them'

Yemisi Ajeojo is a Social Entrepreneur, TEDx Speaker, and Founder, Triift Africa & Cirkle Labs. She loves to show young people and women how to build wealth and understand their finances for greater profit and impact.

Listen. Like. Share.

PS: There's a link to a free downloadable tool to manage your business finance in the comment section.

The current Covid19 Pandemic is creating a rapid disruption in the world all over including day-to-day activities and in business. In most countries, total lockdown is being enforced and everyone is expected to stay at home and practice social distancing making it impossible for businesses to operate as it should.

According to the World Health Organisation’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, “It took 67 days from the first reported case to reach 100,000 cases, 11 days for second 100,000 cases, and just four days for the third 100,000 cases.” As the world grapples with the coronavirus, the economic impact is mounting.

In this Pandemonium, how can businesses survive this onslaught, especially in Africa where the cases are still mild. How should business owners handle this situation and what should they be doing to keep their business afloat, especially small business owners who don’t have a large reservoir of cash? That is what Mr Ronald Nzimora will be taking us through in this episode.

Ronald Nkenna Nzimora is a Best-Selling Author of the book “I Will Teach You Business”, Businessman & Co-Founder, Digital Nexus Interactive and Buy Well Properties Ltd. His Digital Marketing agency in the last 3 years has emerged as one of Nigeria’s hottest digital agencies and makes over =N=1 billion each year buying attention for clients and turning it into profit.

The World is in a Pandemic.

There’s a lot of chaos. Challenges are arising. Survival is getting slimmer by the day and your business is at risk of crashing.

There can be no better time to be innovative, creative and proactive than NOW for your business survival and humanity at large.

In this episode of the ‘GrantMaster Africa’ podcast, we’d be looking at the hidden opportunities for you and your business in this Pandemic.

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Your Business Profile also called a Company Profile, could be likened to a RESUME.

It is an introduction to your business and aims to tell your audience (whether it's your potential customers or investors) about your products or services. But what is more important is that your company profile shouldn't just tell your audience what you sell - it should also tell viewers why you sell it. This should include a compelling and mouthwatering story about how the company began, as well as the company's vision and values etc.

On today's episode, I share with you the most important items that should be on your Business or Company Profile and the pitfalls you should avoid to enable your profile to stand out.

I also prepared a template for you to use and share with your colleagues. Click the link in the comment section to download it and feel free to share. I'd appreciate feedback from you about the template and this episode.

Thanks for listening and have a wonderful moment.

International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

International Women's Day is all about unity, celebration, reflection, advocacy and action - whatever that looks like globally at a local level. But one thing is for sure, International Women's Day has been occurring for well over a century - and continue's to grow from strength to strength.

IWD main purpose is to celebrate women's achievements and increase their visibility for opportunities in various sector. Its mission is to support women to earn and learn on their own terms and in their own way.

To commemorate the IWD we have on the show today, Bahirah Ajao.

Bashirah founded The Creative Herbalist, a women-driven social enterprise with 3 product lines; Sisi Herfrican, Shea Herfric & TCH Botanicals. which serves as an enabler of Goal 1 and 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals with a special focus on empowering women in disadvantaged positions and rural communities using indigenous herbs in creative ways to create body care products via her non-profit; Mogul Woman Africa.

She is a go-getter & problem solver, gifted with a dynamic mind full of endless possibilities. In her spare time, she volunteers/collaborates with NGO's involved in Poverty Alleviation & Empowering the Girl Child.

She has a vision about bringing the dignity of work and the ability to earn via different streams of income to women, and a mission to create a community of empowered women who are regarded and valued for their contribution to social and economic development.

A lot of time, what is hindering your success in your business is the lack of a refined execution.

You have this brilliant idea and you plan, plan and plan….strategize and re-strategize but you fail to EXECUTE.

It is great to plan,

It is novel to strategise

But what is most important is to EXECUTE.

Execution is simply your ability to WORK out your PLAN.

In order words, you might have the ‘best’ business idea in the world unless you EXECUTE it, it will continue to breathe in your head, or probably die.

Your business can’t change its trajectory from low sales, loss, low visibility, insignificant traction, zero profit…unless you ACT. Your execution prowess must be refined and at alert to change your trajectory.

Richard M Kovacevich once said; “A vision and strategy aren’t enough. The long-term key to success is execution. Each day. Every day.”

On this Episode, Abideen Opeyemi OLASUPO CEO, Brain Builders International will be taking us through the topic:

"LEVERAGING ON THE POWER OF EXECUTION TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS"

Abideen has over 7 years experience in the Development, Innovation and Strategy Consultant Business Sector. He is a Harvard Business School alumnus(Entrepreneurship Essentials Course). Abideen is a tri-sector Business Leader/Entrepreneur with investment in Oil and Gas(opabgas.com), Consulting (opabconsults.com), Catering (soupforme.com.ng) and Social Enterprise(brainbuilders.com.ng). An alumnus of the Popular Africa Presidential Leadership Programme- A signature effort of the Chairman of the African Union who doubles as the President of Egypt to appreciate, encourage train and empower Africa Youth on Leadership, Business, Development and Policy. He is also one of the 10 Steering Committee member working with CIVICUS and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He is currently a Global Leader with Restless Development, UK. He is a One Young World Ambassador and one.org Champion (Alumnus).

Abideen was recently named as one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans and is currently a mentor with The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ- German development agency Make-It-Africa He is also a seasoned professional with over years of rich cross-functional experience covering projects in the development sector, corporate social responsibility and HR.

At 26, he is a fellow of the Young Africa Leadership Initiative with experience serving as a delegate, speaker, panellist and consultant; He has visited 25 countries in 5 different continents of the world in the last four years.