Interactive ECOWAS Map

When looking for an Interactive ECOWAS Map, the closest I could find was this.

So over the long holiday, I decided to create my own.

Interactive ECOWAS Map

Tap or mouseover on a country

You can check out the source code on GitHub.

ABACUS Money Market Fund

Today is yesterday’s tomorrow. Yesterday, you said that you would start creating a future for yourself but have you done any of that?

One reason why people rarely invest is because they don’t know about the investment channels to use. Some however are not tailored to their needs.

Today I bring you the The ABACUS Money Market Fund.

The ABACUS Money Market Fund is an open-ended unit trust scheme particularly suited for investors seeking for preservation of capital and short term return.

It is a pool of fund that invest in high quality short term money market securities, unsubordinated short term debt securities such as Bankers’ Acceptances, Certificates of Deposits, Commercial Papers, Fixed Deposits with eligible financial institutions. It is managed by INVESTMENT ONE Funds Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Investment One Financial Services limited, currently licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission as a fund/portfolio management company.

Key Features of Abacus Money Market Fund:

The pools of funds are invested in money market instrument such as: Bankers acceptances, Certificates of deposits, commercial papers, collaterized repurchase agreement
Regulated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Partial redemption of unit is allowed
Offer price is N1.00 and remains constant benefits
Capital preservation and competitive returns
Easy subscription and redemption process
Opportunity to capitalise earnings whilst guaranteeing your principal
Offers opportunities for good returns compared to savings account while maintaining a low risk/conservative approach to the investment

To subscribe to any of our products, please click HERE.

You will need the following documents:

Passport photograph (1)
Valid means of identification e.g. international passport, national identification card or driving licence
Utility bill not older than 3 months
BVN Number

You can upload the above documents on the portal.

Don’t delay anymore. Start building your ark today.

Pi-Berry Laptop

If you happen to live in a country with unreliable electricity, you would be grateful to have a low cost laptop for use.

The Pi-Berry Laptop fits the bill. Originally created with the Raspberry Pi 2, I believe this project will be awesome to try out with the newly released Raspberry Pi 4.

The possibilities are endless.

LAKAJI Corridor

So I follow Kalu Aja on Twitter when last month the ban of milk was placed by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

In that conversation, he mentioned the LAKAJI Corridor. I saw the above image and realised that the map only displayed the information.

The LAgos-KAno-JIbiya (LAKAJI) Corridor is a 1,225 km transport route that runs from the port of Lagos in the Southern part of Nigeria, through the commercial center of Kano, and ending in Jibiya at the border with Niger.

The LAKAJI Corridor has strategic importance for domestic, regional and international trade, as it is the main route for moving imported goods to northern Nigeria, and exports to southern ports.

It wasn’t interactive or dynamic so you couldn’t gain any insights from it.

So I created an interactive map of the LAKAJI Corridor which you can see below.

Tap or Mouseover a State

Mouse over the states in Nigeria or tap on them if you are using a mobile phone.

When you compare it with the static version of the map shown below, you will know why I love SVG.

How to Receive Payments Online in Nigeria

If you live in Nigeria, the “change” in the last 4 years has left everywhere with a sense of scarcity and decline.

To insist on staying in Nigeria means that you have to consider finding multiple sources of income.

I remember sitting at a meeting during a government project I was working on the time where we were discussing this.

The individual in question said this words and they have stayed with me ever since: “Tap into a global supply chain”.

In January this year, I tried organising a training program. No thanks to the elections and the fact that we were new in the market, the program failed.

I would spend the whole of April and May totally broke. By the time I was buoyant again, I had learned my lesson.

Today, I plan to create digital assets. I no longer believe that Nigeria is the right environment for businesses to thrive.

In order to make money online, there has to be a way for you to collect your funds.

PayPal has imposed severe limitations on Nigeria which might never be lifted. So the best option to making money online is to find an alternative.

Payoneer is the best alternative to PayPal online. In Nigeria, its how I collect my online payments.

I sell book online. The biggest obstacle I had to overcome after my doubt was how I was the thought about how I was going to collect my money in Nigeria.

Research would lead me to Payoneer . I would discover how to integrate with Amazon to collect my royalties. Now every month, I collect royalties from Amazon.