In a city where millions of people depend on public transport daily, every small act of support can make a big difference. That’s why TradeCard is proud to announce our partnership with the Harvesters Africa Empowerment Foundation. HAEF is devoted to improving lives across Nigeria through medical outreaches, education programs, and community empowerment projects. Together, we’re launching an inspiring new initiative called “Routes of Hope.”
What Is “Routes of Hope”?
Routes of Hope is a community-driven program aimed at supporting daily commuters in Lagos by making public transportation more affordable and accessible.
Through this partnership, TradeCard and Harvesters Africa will cover select transport routes across Lagos, including Ikorodu–CMS, Ajah–CMS, and Maryland–VI, and provide thousands of passenger rides each month.
This initiative is designed...
Searching for which card has the highest rate now? We have got the answer! It's the Razer Gold gift card. Currently, you will get 124,123 Naira for a $100 Razer Gold gift card if you sell it on Tbay. Of course, the gift card rates are constantly fluctuating, but Razer Gold maintains a high resale value consistently.. You are likely to get a higher rate for all other gift cards on Tbay, too, because there are no additional fees and no hidden charges. You can get the most updated rate by checking out the Tbay gift card rate calculator before selling your card.
List of Gift Card Rates Today on Tbay
Here is a list of all the gift cards with...
So you want to learn Referral Marketing? I got you covered. Today, I will talk about referral marketing and why you should do it.
I will also go through the whole setup process step-by-step and give you the best practices in referral marketing.
Are you ready? Let’s dive in.
What is Referral Marketing?
Referral Marketing is a form of marketing where you let your customers do all the hard work of referring customers to your website. This can be a simple ‘refer-a-friend’ program in your website or it can be an affiliate marketing program where the business owner recruits affiliates to promote their...
The crypto-wave collapse continues with full force. Today, the leading digital coins continued to depreciate after their decline last week.
Serious losses were also noted with digital coins such as Cardone, Monero, throne, jota, dash and more were reduced by more than 10%.
What caused the unprecedented depreciation of crypto cells?
What is the reason for the exceptionally strong decrease in crypto cellular levels? Generally speaking, a "civil war", a result of last week's "hard fork" in the battlecake cache.
What is a "Difficult Fork"?
This term is linked to a change in the cryptographic protocol that is not comparable to older versions of the digital coin. For...
Black Friday (November 29, 2024) has become a big deal in Nigeria, with shoppers heading to retail stores and e-commerce websites in their droves in search of great deals on clothes, electronics, appliances, and more. According to a Picodi.com survey, 23% of Nigerians participated in Black Friday in 2018. This number more than doubled in two years with 46% participating in 2020.
With the cost of economic reforms squeezing consumers in Nigeria, deals will be very popular for shoppers in the country. But with inflation skyrocketing, can businesses deliver the sort of Black Friday deals that will tickle the fancy...
As the holiday season approaches, many Nigerians will be scouring local shopping sites for the best deals. With improved customer service, you can order food online and have it delivered within an hour. 1000 Naira is enough to buy a few items on any of the top biggest websites.
But as a recent study shows, Nigerians have increased their online shopping habits. 49% of Nigerians shop online while the remaining 51% still prefer conventional shopping. Nigerians and South Africa lead the African continent in online shopping. Morocco Kenya and Ghana follow closely.
While local e-commerce businesses keep growing in the country,...
The blockchain is a transparent and distributed ledger that uses various forms of cryptography to digitally sign blocks of data to ensure the integrity of the data and remove third-party intermediary.
Today, we will focus on the two main technologies in a typical blockchain implementation; distributed ledger and cryptography. The different implementation might add to this but this is the basic technology stack for blockchain.
Distributed Ledger
A distributed ledger database is really the core value of a blockchain technology implementation. It is basically storing a series of transactions in a way where the hash or cryptographical signature or the previous transaction is used to encrypt the next...
Payment transfer through the internet is influencing people's lives rapidly at a faster speed. Since it was inception in 2010, Paytm team have been providing awesomely great services and transfers in their mobile recharge business.
But from the last few months, they are trying to become one of the biggest players in the E-commerce space in India. People love to use the platform for making payment transfer.
India, one of the largest democracies in the world is on the verge of different technologies. Paytm started it's services as a mobile recharge provider in 2010.
Slowly and steadily they are expanding their business...
Do you want to find out how to design a good API? Many books, articles, forums offer different solutions and guide you through the process. In this article, we will present you a beginner’s guide to API design and the most important principles you should follow.
It doesn’t matter what your personal favorite style and idea is, as the point here is to stick to some rules. The result will be a consistent, awesomely designed API. These principles we are about to reveal to you are universal for both Open and Private APIs.
Minimalism:
The process of API designing can be very...
Let’s be honest: if you haven’t yet embraced the advent of cryptocurrency, you’re falling behind the curve. Early adopters made thousands (or even millions of dollars) off of their initial investment, and those who deal in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies today experience a host of conveniences and benefits because of the revolutionary technology.
As big banks and governments start to understand how to adopt blockchain technology to suit their purposes, it’s becoming clear that crypto means secure, instantaneous transactions with little room for security breaches, meddling and fraud.
If you still think that crypto is primarily a fringe phenomenon, just look...
There is a huge strength of young and energetic people in emerging economies like Nigeria and India. They are the entrepreneurs of the future. Today’s youth want to grow in life and become independent but most don’t want to go for jobs that give them a hectic life.
Therefore, they are always in search of business ideas with low investment. But before starting a new venture or startup, it is necessary for you to do a proper market research.
You should be passionate and must have all the business tactics to compete with your respective competitors in the market.
Best Business Ideas...
What are the Best WordPress eCommerce Plugins? Years ago, building, maintaining, and running an online store was a very complicated task that required a lot of technical know-hows. Today, it is so easy that with the click of a few buttons, you can create an online store for your business in hours.
Better yet, you can even convert your existing blog to an e-commerce platform with the right tools. These tools are called eCommerce plugins.
So, let's say you run a blog or a website on WordPress, and you want to make more money online by selling some of the books...
I won’t be wrong if I say that almost everyone wants to have an amazing success story to tell. Dropshipping is one endeavor that produces such success stories regularly.
Indeed, who has never had a desire to be famous, successful and rich? That’s a part of human nature. Acting according to the widespread opinion that hard work is a synonym of productivity and success, most people spend all their time and energy in the office trying to get to the top.
However, it turns out to be difficult to live out your dreams going this way. Hard-work is not necessarily a...
Although it is often seen as a casual outing, shopping always has the potential to be one of the most grueling undertakings. Even the most discerning and prepared consumers can suffer from long wait times and poor inventory, particularly if a store isn’t prepared for a rush.
This is especially true during the autumn months when peak hours are consistently packed with eager customers. If it’s not back-to-school shopping that has driven someone to the mall, it’s preparation for Thanksgiving or Halloween that has them shopping until they drop.
No matter how many hours one may spend clipping coupons or setting...
The freelancing industry continues to grow at record rates in the last couple of years. In fact, the freelancer industry reportedly grew by over 12 percent as noted by the Financial Times. Freelancing in Nigeria has grown as more graduates look for modern ways of earning a living.
The jobs posted on notable freelance sites increased from 200,000 to 300,000 engagements over a 1 year period.
I believe that this growth rides on the need individuals have for independence and flexibility in pursuing careers, with technology and concepts such as working from anywhere (think to work from home) gaining of a...
One thing to consider before developing an online business is the way you build the website. There are several things to consider before building a business website that not only attract visitors, but also profitable. This source gives you the overview to develop a great website for business.
Interesting and Understandable Web Design
It is not enough to create an attractive and captivating business website. You have to create a web design that represents your business.
By applying the right design, visitors are not only engaging with it but also understand your business and they are sure that you are the best...
Want to buy wedding dresses? In the modern world, the internet has made life easier. Most of people across the world use the internet to search for products or purchase clothes, products, and other items. Shopping for trendy clothes online is convenient.
You can purchase clothes online from the comfort of your home from a custom clothier or a big store that offers you the latest style at lower prices.
These days, there are large ranges of the e-commerce stores in the market. These has created opportunities for high discounts, flexibility and latest collection for luxury lovers. You can select the...
Regardless of how B2B companies are emerging in the world, many of them still lack the expertise and approach of utilizing online marketing technique to generate quality leads. In fact, you’ll be surprised to find out that most of them still rely on the traditional method of cold calling a useful lead generation technique. Yes, cold calling is always helpful, but not as much as any of the inbound marketing techniques.
Apart from that, many B2B marketplaces like Amazon Business, Alibaba, ExportHub and Global Sources are also playing an essential part in helping businesses of all sizes and types by...
Following a rapid economic growth, consumer-facing industries have quietly grown into a significant economic force in Africa's most populous nation. Over the last decade, the Nigerian telecommunications and banking industries have experienced rapid expansion, serving rising demand and a fast growing middle class.
A typical Nigerian consumer nowadays demands a modern, fast and, most importantly, safe shopping experience which is enabled by a dependable payment system.
In the broadest sense of the term, payment system is a set of systems enabling transfer and circulation of funds. To perform its role successfully, the payment system must fulfill three prerequisites.
One is that the...
Nigerian payments company Paystack has raised Series A funding from global payments leaders Stripe, Visa, and Tencent
In little over two years, Paystack has grown to power tens of thousands of businesses of all sizes, and already processes more than 15% of all online payments in Nigeria—Africa’s largest economy.
The funding will be used to fuel Paystack’s continental expansion, build out their payments infrastructure, and grow their engineering team.
LAGOS, AUGUST 28, 2018 - Paystack, a Nigeria-based startup providing payments tools to businesses in Africa, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The round was led by...
Engaging in the CBD business can be a lucrative venture. In 2017 the legal sales of CBD products and medical Marijuana hit the $10 billion mark. However, most of the banks still treat the CBD businesses as high-risk businesses and therefore do not offer payment processing solutions for them.
The few banks that offer the services do so with a lot of restrictions and exorbitant charges to the businesses. Without a merchant account, the business would not be able to receive online payments through cards making it difficult to run the business.
Many third-party payment processors that deal with high-risk businesses...
Every business owner works hard to grow their business as fast as possible. Often, the process is a little complicated if you are comfortable with where you are.
However, in this competitive world, you can never be contented with your present circumstance. Even if there is so much to admire when you look at your current business status and compare to how you began, you have to continue making things better.
The customer community is always looking for new and greater products and services. So, you have to meet their expectations by coming up with fresh ideas that make your business...
You need the best marketing automation software to scale your business fast and convert more leads to customers.
Marketing automation software is software tools that...
Zmobile is a mobile banking service from Zenith bank. Zmobile (meaning Zenith mobile) enables customers of Zenith bank to carry out various banking and...
AliExpress is an online shopping mall owned by China's top online marketplace, Alibaba.com. On AliExpress, you will find thousands of top Chinese exporters and...
