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Jumia Travel Awards 122 Hotels on Customer Choice Selection
A total of 122 hotels across the country have been awarded the Customer Choice Awards by Jumia Travel, Africa’s number one hotel booking platform.
The hotels were selected based on positive reviews from customers who booked on the platform and lodged in these hotels.
The Jumia Travel Customers’ Choice Selection award is given to a carefully selected set of hotels on its website that are well-appreciated by its customers and marked with a thumbs-up icon.
These hotels received an impressive average rating above 7.0 by a representative number of customers coming from Jumia Travel website.
According to Kushal Dutta, MD, Jumia Travel Nigeria, the company’s mission is to democratize travel in Africa.
“At Jumia Travel, our mission is to democratize travel in Africa because we believe travel makes better people and stronger business. To achieve this, we want to make travelling safer, easier, and more enjoyable for everyone at every budget.”
“To celebrate this achievement together with such hotels, we are providing them with free promotional material to display at their hotel and free additional online visibility on our website. It is imperative for our existence to offer reliable properties that deliver great value for money to our customers, so we are very excited about this selection of hotels,” he added.
Explaining the mechanics for the selection of the awarded hotels, Eduard Posthumus Meyjes, global head of Revenue Management for Jumia Travel, stated, “On www.travel.jumia.com, one of the things we do to break down the barriers of travelling in Africa, is listing reviews of hotels by Jumia Travel customers.
“After staying at the hotel, every customer rates the hotel between 0 and 10 on different dimensions like security, accessibility, staff, comfort and might add more specific feedback to the review.
“The objective is twofold: the reviews help future Jumia Travel customers to choose their perfect place to stay, and at the same time they help hotels to improve their services. We believe that these two together contribute to growing the hospitality and tourism business on the continent.”
One of the hotels through its spokesperson, Mr. Danny Kioupouroglou of Eko Hotel & Suites appreciated the thought behind the initiative by commending Jumia Travel for providing a feedback mechanism for hotel customers to rate their lodging experience at any of the hotels on the Jumia Travel platform.
Among the 122 hotels awarded were Ikoyi Fairview Apartments, Apartment Royale Hotel & Suite, Morning Side Suites, Epe Resort Lagos, Maison Fahrenheit, The Camelot Rest House, and Maison Fahrenheit.
Across Africa, Jumia Travel currently boasts of 20,000 active partners on its platform, of which only about 350 are part of this exclusive selection – with 122 from Nigeria.
In time, we hope to welcome more hotels to this selection, because it shows the hotel industry cares about the customers’ experience and understands the importance of online information.
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Legit.ng, Shade of Life Foundation Partner to Advance Autism Awareness in Nigeria
Legit.ng recently joined forces with the Shade of Life Foundation to become a voice of autism, and drive advocacy for improved media support during Autism Awareness Month.
Conversations around media support exploration was led by Joseph Omotayo, head of Department for Human Interest Stories at Legit.ng, and Dr. Eziafakaku Nwokolo, founder and CEO of the Shade of Life Foundation,
This partnership is a response to the concerns raised by organizations like the Shade of Life Foundation about the level of support received from the media in discussing autism as a disability.
While other disabilities may receive attention, autism, with its critical developmental implications often lacks adequate representation in mainstream media.
Recognizing the importance of addressing these concerns, Legit.ng took proactive steps by integrating itself into the essence of autism awareness.
It facilitated a one-hour workshop with Dr. Nwokolo, the founder of the foundation, to deepen our understanding of autism, its various spectrums, and the language boundaries associated with it.
Other steps we took in advocating autism awareness in the media, can be seen in our attached press release.
Legit.ng believes that by amplifying the voices of autism and advocating for better media representation, we can contribute to creating a more inclusive and accepting society for all.
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As Nigeria Struggle, Tanzania Turns off Power Plants Due to Excess Supply
While 85 per cent of Nigeria is in darkness, Tanzania, an African country has shut down five hydroelectric stations in a bid to reduce excess electricity in the national grid.
Kassim Majaliwa, prime minister, Tanzania, has said the main plant, Mwalimu Nyerere Hydroelectric Station, alone generated enough electricity to power major cities, including Dar es Salaam, the country’s commercial hub.
It is the first time Tanzania, which suffers chronic power shortages, has closed hydroelectric stations due to excess production.
“We have turned off all these stations because the demand is low and the electricity production is too much, we have no allocation now,” an official from state-run power company, Tanesco, said.
The 2,115MW Julius Nyerere Hydropower Dam is said to be almost filled with water following heavy rains that started early this year.
Meanwhile, while the country has an installed capacity of 1,938MW and the grid installed capacity of 1,899MW, Nigeria which has an installed capacity of 13,000MW is struggling to electrify 85 per cent of its electricity consumers.
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President Tinubu Appoints Jim Ovia as Student Loan Fund Chairman
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Jim Ovia, renowned banker and businessman, as the Chairman, Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund.
Ovia’s appointment is contained in a State House statement titled, ‘President Tinubu appoints Jim Ovia as Chairman of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund,’ and issued on Friday by Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the President, Media & Publicity.
The statement noted that “Ovia is the founder of one of Nigeria’s leading banks and a respected business leader, with a surfeit of efforts and benefaction towards nurturing and empowering young Nigerians.
“He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana.”
The National Student Loan Programme is a pivotal intervention that seeks to guarantee sustainable higher education and functional skill development for all Nigerian students and youths.
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, the implementing institution of this innovation, demands excellence and Nigerians of the finest professional ilk to guide and manage.
“The President believes Mr. Ovia will bring his immense wealth of experience and professional stature to this role to advance the all-important vision of ensuring that no Nigerian student suffers a capricious end to their pursuit of higher education over a lack of funds,” the statement partly read.
Ovia’s appointment will also ensure “that Nigerian youths, irrespective of who they are, have access to higher education and skills that will make them productive members of society and core contributors to the knowledge-based global economy of this century.”
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