Showing posts with label Start-Up Port-harcourt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Start-Up Port-harcourt. Show all posts

Friday, 12 May 2017

KoWorkNG to launch another co-working space at D-line, PH.


Co-working is gaining more traction in Port-Harcourt. KoWorkNG is set to launch a new hub in D-Line PH on Saturday the 13th May, making the start-up space in PHC more interesting, as official co-working is relatively new in Port-Harcourt.

Yes, previously we had friends who ‘squatted’ other friends in their office space or people who combined to rent office space. Co-working expands on this concept by allowing people with similar values who do not necessarily know each other share a working environment but with independent activity. KoWorkNG uses this model in Port-Harcourt.




As renting an office individually can be pretty expensive, KoWorkNG  gives start-ups and others, like the self-employed and SMEs access to the right working space suitable to their needs while managing the office space and basic administrative services. Working spaces include serviced office, virtual office, board and meeting rooms. Some of these companies might not have the capital or the wherewithal to manage an office and prefer a tailored arrangement with a professional ambience that allows them focus on their business.

 KoWorkNG is not only about office spaces but also render business support services including document management, front desk services, branding and graphic design; business development management, financial advisory, and legal services through qualified partners

Asides from its newest D-Line office, it has offices at in GRA, Trans-Amadi in Port-Harcourt and Surulere in Lagos. KoWorkNG prides itself as the preferred partner for serviced offices, Co-working space and Virtual offices in PHC.

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Port-harcourt Hubs host Facebook Head of Platform Partnerships in Middle East and Africa, Chukwuemeka Afigbo


Tech Hubs and Start-Ups in Port-Harcourt are still reeling from the recent visit of Facebook’s Head of Platform Partnerships in Middle East and Africa, Chukwuemeka Afigbo to the Garden City on the 28th of April. During the visit, he had several meet-ups with Port-Harcourt’s tech and start-up ecosystem. His purpose - To engage with start-up entrepreneurs and business owners on how Facebook can assist in developing the tech ecosystem in their communities.




He was hosted at the Skybar lounge at Genesis Galleria, GRA, where he interacted with developers, tech enthusiasts, bloggers and start-up founders. Emeka narrated his very interesting story of his sojourn into tech, first with SocketWorks and subsequently Google then Facebook. To Emeka, the biggest threat facing the tech ecosystem in Africa and the Middle East is the difficulty to scale product team as start-ups gains traction. He advised start-ups and techprenuers to be consistent in whatever they do irrespective of how small.  For startups training developers, he urged them to provide some form of incentive for the trainees like post- training hiring opportunities, similar to the Andela model.



Emeka also toured Port-Harcorut tech hubs like Ken Saro Wiwa hub, Bubbles, Olotu Square and KoWorkNg which are all hubs for start-ups and tech entrepreneurs in Port-Harcourt. His visit to Port-Harcourt was facilitated Uche Aniche of Venuehero.co / Start-Up South South and Bereni Fiberisima of Start-Up Port-Harcourt, both widely acclaimed start-up grandmasters in Port-Harcourt city.