Meet The First Chartered Accountant In Africa, Dr. Akintola Williams Akintola Williams was the first African to qualify as a chartered accountant. He founded in 1952 the first indigenous chartered accounting firm indigenous chartered accounting firm indigenous chartered accounting firm in Africa, Akintola Williams & Co in Lagos. He was founding member and first president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and Association of Nigeria. He played in invaluable role in the establishment of the Nigeria. He played an invaluable role in the establishment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. For his accomplishments, he was honoured with the Order of the Federal Republic by the Nigerian Government in 1982. And in April 1997,Queen Elizabeth also honoured him with the title Commander of the British Empire (CBE). Early life Williams was born to the family of Ekundayo Williams, a lawyer and farmer who was a son of a wealthy businessman from Abeokuta, Z.A. William...
The Impact of Social Media In The World Today Imagine you are hearing the word social business for the first time, how will you view it in your own personal opinion. Actually, social business is a business involving social networks which is set up for the purpose of creating social services to people across the world and also serving as a means of making profit for the owners. Examples of social businesses in the world include Facebook, whatsapp, Instagram, YouTube e.t.c. These social businesses are referred to as multi billion dollar businesses as a result of a concept referred to as VVF.( Value, Volume and Frequency). Value--- The value of these social networks creates an avenue for mass usage of them by people across the world. The values they serve the world are so interesting and embracing, thus making them so attracting to the world. Volume---- The value of these social networks brings about the voluminous usage by people across the world. For instance, Facebook has ov...
The following are the opportunities available at the education sector for the business oriented people: 1. Sales of textbooks for secondary and tertiary institutions, professional examinations etc. 2. Employment Agency which involves serving as an agent that helps educational institutions in recruiting staff that will be capable of making positive impact on students. This is possible in the situation whereby the institution whether college or tertiary institution is finding it difficult to recruit staff. 3. Uniform Merchant: Most primary and secondary schools have specific merchants who make school uniforms and sportwears for them. It's also a chance for someone who is very good and talented in fashion designing and branding. 4. Setting up tutorial lectures especially for students intending to write examinations like West African Examinations Council (WAEC), National Examination Council (NECO), University Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME), Post-UTME and professiona...
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