By Joy Essien Lagos has never been a city for businesses that stand still. Its markets shift quickly, its consumers adapt constantly, and its entrepreneurs are repeatedly challenged to transform disruption into opportunity. In 2026, the city’s small and medium-sized enterprises are entering a new phase—one shaped less by survival instincts and more by structure, Read More…
Tag: hospitality
Hosting friends at yours?
I don’t know how much of a thing hosting is these days but I figure it’s observed more by the upper class. Decades and even centuries ago, it was a major form of socialising. Before the advent of cinema, television, the games and concerts, having guests over and hosting them, alongside ballroom dancing and church Read More…
Young African trailblazers honoured with ‘100 Africa Travel under 40 Awards’
Hilda Baci, the Guinness World Record Cook-a-thon champion from Nigeria, along with Gloria Michael, a Tanzanian journalist, and 98 other outstanding young Africans, have been honoured with the “100 Africa Travel under 40 awards.” The accolades were presented at an event organised by Mr. Ikechi Uko, the brain behind AKWAABA Africa Travel and Tourism Market, Read More…
Ikeja’s Lagos Airport Hotel is 80 years old
The Lagos Airport Hotel, located in Ikeja, is ringing the drums to commemorate its 80 years of service to the hospitality sector. The luxury hotel was founded in 1942 as an owner-operated establishment with five rooms and was given the name “Grand Hotel, Lagos” by the British owner Mr. Joseph Harold. In 1956, Mr. Harold Read More…
‘This is not our fault’: Pandemic job losses fall hardest on hospitality workers
Cristina Lopez Garcia was excited to buy a house last February. It was an eight-minute drive from her job in the kitchen of a Las Vegas casino and she was confident that she and her husband could afford their new bills. But about a month after they moved in, that financial stability disappeared. The casino Read More…