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  • Jumia Travel set to launch hospitality report on Africa

    Jumia Travel set to launch hospitality report on Africa

    Barely 5 months after the launch of the much-anticipated Nigerian hospitality report, Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, is set again to launch a report on the African hospitality industry on Thursday, May 25, 2017 in Lagos. The company will also be sharing how some of its new travel products are helping to ‘democratize travel’ for Africans and within Africa.

    The chief executive officer of the company, Paul Midy who made the disclosure recently in a press statement said: “It’s become especially important for us to provide important data on the travel industry within the African continent.”

    “In an industry where data is almost non-existent, we’re committed to publishing these trends in order to predict the future of travel, review the past and examine the current trends. It’s a lot of work putting together such data capturing the entire continent, but it is an effort worth every penny.”

    As part of the activities lined up ahead of the launch, a social media contest will begin on Thursday May 18, 2017 to encourage its customers to share travel tips on the company’s social media platforms on exciting places they have visited within Nigeria. The posts with the most ‘likes’ will stand a chance to win a 1-room night for 2 at any of the tier A hotels in Lagos, Abuja, and Calabar.

    “As a company, we’re enthusiastic about the growth of travel in Africa. We are always at the forefront of making travel easier, cheaper and more convenient,” Midy added.

    The Jumia Travel Hospitality Report Africa 2017 will provide interesting insight on the African travel industry such as, most searched cities in the continent; cheapest to most expensive hotels; GDP of the African economy; and so many more.

     

     

  • Six amazing benefits of going for walks

    Six amazing benefits of going for walks

    Sometimes all you need to get fitter, healthier and happier with your weight and health is to go for walks. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares six amazing benefits of going for walks:
    It reverses damage from prolonged sitting
    The body was made to move, that’s why the body has so many joints. If you go from sitting all day at your work-station to sitting on a couch at home, a short walk can offer you a lot of health benefits. Muscle activity and blood flow from as little as three to five minute walks a day can reverse the negative effects of prolonged sitting on your leg arteries. Try to take short strolls as often as possible even while at work.
    It lowers stress
    Going for walks helps to lower stress when done in open natural spaces, particularly in people who have dealt with an emotionally traumatic event. The brain enters a sort of meditative state when you walk through these ‘green’ spaces and this helps to relieve stress.
    It energizes you
    If you regularly experience fatigue, this can be one of the ways to help rejuvenate your body. A low intensity exercise like walking can help to increase your energy level and decrease fatigue, and it is unlikely to make you exert yourself beyond what your body can handle.
    It helps you at work
    Researchers have found that people who walk more at work are less bored, less stressed and more satisfied than those who stand or sit all day at their work station.
    It improves creativity
    Walking has been found to increase creativity levels during the walk and shortly after. Walking produces twice as many creative responses as when you are sitting. Whether you go for a walk outside or inside your house or workplace, you’ll get the benefits.

    It modestly reduces body fat
    Walking, especially light walking, might not exactly get your whole body ripped and toned, but it does helps you lose some fat here and there, and can help to maintain your body weight. Walking can also help to tone your legs, bum and tummy if done often enough and if done briskly.

  • Five foolproof ways to escape a bad date

    Five foolproof ways to escape a bad date

    No matter how good you are at screening people, occasionally one ‘flies under your radar’ and then you find yourself in presence of someone you really don’t want to be with on a totally bad date. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares five foolproof ways to escape a bad date:
    Have a friend call you some minutes into the date

    This is one technique that has been used over the ages and still remains effective. When you sense your date is going bad, excuse yourself and go to the bathroom with your phone. Call a close friend and ask them to call you a couple of minutes later asking for your immediate assistance. As soon as you hang up, apologize to your date and explain that you have to attend to an important call or emergency (whichever works for you).

    Find out what he’s looking for

    Simply ask your date what he/she is looking for in a partner. Then when they tell you, look them in the eye and gently tell them that you don’t have any of those qualities, will never have any of them and that you don’t want to waste their time and your time. If the other person, tries to counter this, simply insist and politely excuse
    yourself and take your leave. This is a more straight-forward way to escape a bad date.

    Spill a drink on yourself

    it’s a sacrifice but you’ve got the weigh how bad the date is and if it’s a worthwhile sacrifice. The first step is to intentionally spill a drink on yourself, preferably water or a drink that wouldn’t stain your dress so badly. Once you’re visibly shaken by the spill, tell your date you have to go home right away to immediately get out of the
    clothes. If your date tries to say anything, insist, excuse yourself and take your leave.

    Accuse him of looking at another woman

    This one is for the dramatic at heart and typically works for women. Be vigilant and wait for your date’s eyes to drift to another woman in the room, watch him and wait for his eyes to linger for even half a second on the woman and then go ballistic on him. You don’t have to make a scene and start shouting in front of everyone, the key word here is ‘on him’. Give him the riot act, accuse him of being disrespectful, then pick your stuff up and quietly or dramatically take your leave (whichever works for you).

    Just tell truth

    There is nothing as liberating or easier to do than telling the truth, so simply be honest with your date and gently let them know the date is terrible and you can’t continue with it. Chances are your date already knows this and he/she was just finding it hard to let you know too. Yes, egos might be bruised a little in the process, but you’re likely to appreciate each other for the sincerity.

  • Five reasons for over eating

    Five reasons for over eating

    From time to time, many of us tend to consume more food than we need. Ever wondered why? Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 5 reasons why we overeat.

    You’re accustomed to overeating

    One of the major reasons a person might over eat is because they have become accustomed to it. Some people simply over eat out of habit. Thankfully habits can be broken and changed and scientifically it takes only 30 days to break them. Therefore, start forming some new and healthy eating habits.

    You’re Unaware of Your Calorie Intake

    Many people are not aware that they are consuming more calories than they burn and as a result over eat. Being aware of your food’s caloric content is one of the most effective ways to curb over eating and make your exercise attempts effective. In addition, it also helps you maintain a healthy eating lifestyle.

    You Find Food Comforting

    Often times, people eat not because they are hungry but to comfort themselves or make themselves feel better when tired, depressed etc. It’s important you try to avoid this as much as possible because it inevitably leads to over eating. Rather than eating a myriad of sweet and sugary foods to make yourself feel better, exercise or hang out with family or friends for comfort. These two actions help to significantly increase your mood as much as indulging in sweet sugary foods.

    You Eat Too Fast

    Slow down when eating. It takes about 20 minutes for the digestive system to report to the brain that you’re full and eating with lighting speed doesn’t help this process. Eating fast does not allow your brain react to the satiety signal coming from your body, and this leads you to believe you are still hungry when your body just needs some time to tell your brain that you are full.

    You Snack Frequently

    If you want to eat, eat real food. Try to avoid snacking and if you must snack, make sure you are physically hungry and that you ready to forfeit eating actual food for the snack (but ensure this isn’t done often). A lot of people tend to snack when they are not hungry or worse right after meals. Try to avoid the habit of eating snacks right after meals. Snacking in the absence of hunger can cause just as much weight gain as consuming high calorie foods or oversized portions.

     

  • Six smart ways to study effectively

    Six smart ways to study effectively

    It’s safe to say that there isn’t a student in the world that hasn’t had to grapple with studying. For most, studying is almost a form of punishment they have to endure. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency shares 6 smart ways to help you study without it feeling like some cruel and unusual form of punishment.

    Be Mindful of How You Approach Studying

    Researchers have found that ‘how’ you approach something matters almost as much as what you do. Having the right mindset is important in helping you study smarter and more effectively. Too many people see studying as a task or some form of punishment rather than an opportunity to learn and better themselves. You can think of it this way: people say intelligence is sexy right? Well studying is one of the easiest ways to build that intelligence.

    Be Mindful of Where You Study

    Avoid studying in a place that isn’t conducive or is too distracting for you. Some people can study with music and some need absolute quiet. Understand the environment conducive for you and opt for such environments when you study.

    Bring Along Only What You Need to Study

    When you find an ideal and conducive place to study, please refrain from bringing along things you don’t need. This is because those things can be a distraction to you. Also be sure to bring along everything you need to study to avoid wasting time going back and forth because you forgot one thing or the other.

    Have a Game Plan

    This involves understanding what you have to study (in terms of quantity and complexity) and executing a game plan to help you cover all you have to study adequately and in good time, without giving yourself a headache trying to cram it all the night before.

    Try Employing Different Study Methods

    This is mainly to make the study process more interesting for you. However, if you’re comfortable with using one study method alone, then please do so.  You can try using flashcards, mnemonic devices, rewriting your notes, jotting down study points, taking practice exams or doing past questions, studying with study partners or even creating a study game as some of the study methods you can employ.

    Take Breaks

    Taking breaks is just as important as studying, only be careful not to overdo it or be too excessive with it. The mind works better when you take breaks every half an hour to an hour. It will help you absorb the information and decompress to help your mind feel free for more studying. Studying for hours unending can give you a headache or make you sleep off. You can take breaks by moving around, eating, rewarding yourself by watching a short video or talking to study partners.

     

     

  • Five effective ways to break a phone addiction

    Five effective ways to break a phone addiction

    An addition is basically when a thing begins to control your life and interferes with your daily activities, work and relationships. When your phone starts to do that to you, it has become an addiction you need to immediately break. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 5 effective ways to break a phone addiction.

    The First Few Minutes of Your Day

    The first way to break a phone addiction is to dedicate the first 10 to 30 minutes of your day, at least, to planning and creating a good start to your day, rather than unlocking your phone to browse various internet or social media platforms.

    Create No-Phone Periods

    You have to be strict with this one because this can significantly decrease your productivity and efficiency once you are unable to carry it out. If you find yourself constantly being distracted by your phone, it is necessary to create a no-phone period, where for a specific number of minutes or hours you close off your phone and stay completely dedicated to your work.

    Don’t Lose Sleep Over Your Phone

    Set limits. You should never allow your phone deprive you of your sleep. Be disciplined and set limits. The moment you stop putting energy into caring for your basic needs and start putting all your time and energy into your phone, you are allowing your phone dictate your health and well-being. Please stop that, your phone is not worth your health.

    Customize Your Notifications

    The fact is the lesser notifications you receive, the less likely you are to get distracted by your smartphone and constantly check your smartphone. Therefore, customize your smartphone notifications by turning off notifications for the apps that distract you the most.

    Work on Building Real Life Relationships

    Rather than spending hours building virtual relationships, try to get real and work to develop real world relationships. Real world relationships are more physically and emotionally gratifying than virtual relationships, so try to move your relationships with people from your phone to a real world platform. Instead of chatting, try to meet up somewhere next time (but be careful with this however and take this step with people you are without a doubt sure you can trust. The key word here is ‘without a doubt’.)

     

  • Five effective ways to get a lazy person to work

    Five effective ways to get a lazy person to work

     

    There are ways to get lazy people to work and it just might be a bit easier than you’ve imagined. Jumia Travel and Jumia Mobile Week share 5 effective ways to get a lazy person to work.

    Consider the ‘Lazy’ Person

    Certain people you consider lazy might not see themselves as lazy. In their own eyes, they’re putting in as much effort as they can. People have different perspectives on what can be defined as laziness and they tend to do what’s in alignment to their goals and view of the world. Ultimately to change people, you have to try to understand them better and first understand their perspectives. You can do this by asking the person non-judgmental questions or talking to others who know the person to get a better picture of his/her personality.

    Consider Your Perspective

    You have to understand and learn to accept that the fact that another person doesn’t have the same approach to work as yours doesn’t make them lazy. You should try to understand that while your perspective on laziness makes much sense to you, it might not make sense to the other person (as much as this other person’s perspective on laziness doesn’t make sense to you too).

    Let Go of Your Preconceived Notions

    This basically involves being more understanding and being more flexible with your beliefs and notions on work and laziness. Ultimately, everyone is willing to work hard for things that truly matter to them, so lose your judgments and preconceived notions, and focus on influencing the other person to work based on his/her perspectives.

    Tap Into Their Deepest Motivations

    To effectively influence people, you have to learn to tap into their deepest motivations. When you give a person a good enough reason or a big enough motivation (based on their deepest motivations) to work and accomplish tasks, you would be surprised at how much they would work to accomplish just about anything you give to them.

    Focus on Results Not Activity

    Avoid obsessing on how active a person. Focus instead on if the person is achieving the desired results. As long as the person is achieving results, don’t fret so much about how many hours the person works or how diligent they appear to be. The better measure for work is results, rather than time spent.

     

  • Five smart kitchen gadgets to help you cook better

    Five smart kitchen gadgets to help you cook better

    Sincerely in recent times, it has become clear to the majority that technology has come to stay and make life so much easier in the process. Jumia Travel and Jumia Mobile Week shares 5 technologies that have been invented to make cooking better, faster and much easier, and to ultimately eliminate the extra kitchen hassle. However, they might be a bit or very pricey but in the end they are worthwhile investments.

    Tablet Stand

    You’ll be surprised how easy it is to find recipes online or watch online tutorial videos on you tablet when it’s resting conveniently on a tablet stand. Tablet stands also help to keep your tablets clean when kitchen counters get messy.

    Hello Egg

    This is the ultimate home cooking sidekick. It’s a smart kitchen assistant that helps you plan weekly meals based on dietary preferences and helps to keep track of what’s in your pantry, as well as organize your shopping list and help you come up with recipes based on the food stuffs you already have. It’s an AI powered device that helps assist in the kitchen in ways that reduce, if not completely eliminate, extra kitchen hassles.

    Smart Chef TRU Infrared Grill

    This is a Wi-Fi connected grill that helps you control grilling with your smartphone. It’s a TRU-Infrared Cooking System that provides even heat when grilling, prevents flare-ups (which is popular with conventional grills) and helps to cook juicier foods. It’s very effective and helps you grill your foods perfectly basically every time. With the smart chef, you can do things like adjusting the temperature of the grill and ultimately make the grilling process easier than ever before with just a tap on your phone.

    June Intelligent Oven

    It’s a powerful, easy-to-use and thoughtfully constructed computer based oven. The oven is built in with six carbon fiber heating elements to help roast, toast, broil and bake to perfection. It cooks foods 25% faster than conventional ovens and it’s engineered with safety in mind so you don’t have to worry about the oven blowing up and burning your house down. This is one oven with a ‘Wow’ factor indeed. All you need to do to get started with this oven is to install the June App on your iPhone or iPad (unfortunately, you need an IOS device only to use this device), and you can do things like preheat your oven from your device, receive notifications when the food is almost done etc.

    Samsung Smart Refrigerator (Samsung Family Hub)

    This is a revolutionary new refrigerator by Samsung that has a Wi-Fi enabled touchscreen that can be used to manage groceries, connect with your family and entertain yourself like never before. One of its impressive features is that the refrigerator has in-built cameras that take photos every time the doors close which you can access from the touch screen on the fridge or on your phone to know what’s in the fridge at every moment in time. You can also play your favourite music and tv shows on the Family Hub.

     

  • Five exotic places Nigerians can visit in Ghana

    Five exotic places Nigerians can visit in Ghana

    Ghana is like second home to Nigerians, just like Nigeria is same to Ghanaians. Both countries and its citizens share some common affinities. If you’re planning to travel from Nigeria to Ghana or you haven’t decided which African country to visit, you should try shooting your best shot at Ghana. There are lots of exciting places to visit in this country such as its castles, and forts used during the slave trade. There is also the less travelled Volta region.

    Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency shares 5 exciting places to visit when in Ghana.

    Elmina & St. George’s Castle

    If you’re enthusiastic about fishing or knowing the story of slave trade in the country, this castle is a good place for fishing and learning about their history. It is synonymous to Nigeria’s slave trade in Badagry. The castle is not too far from Cape Coast. According to history, the castle was built by the Portugese in 1842 but was later taken over by the Dutch some 150 years later. There are tour guides at the castle and a small museum.

    Kumasi

    Kumasi is located at the southern-central Ghana and it’s the second largest city. The Ashantis who are famous artisans domicile mostly in Kumasi. They are famous for making gold jewelry and trinkets around the world. Surprisingly, the king of Ashanti is always enthusiastic to meet visitors every 42 days. When you are in Kumasi, make effort to visit the Kejetia market where they make Kente clothings.

    Busua Beach

    This is one of the best beaches in Ghana. It is a large and modern hotel with dining facilities, pool and chalets. There are lots of low and high budget hotels located along the beach. The bar and restaurant of the hotels serve excellent French foods. It is a great place to relax, paddle around in the Atlantic and enjoy some lobsters.

    Volta Lake

    If you enjoy visiting a lake, doing boat rides and all, Volta Lake is your best choice. It’s the largest man-made lake in the entire world. The entire length of the lake takes about 24 hours to complete. Although, there are smaller ferry services on the lake. Bookings can be made through the Volta Lake Transport Company. When on the boat, you will have some livestock and vegetables to share the ride with.

    Accra, Ghana’s Capital

    Accra is the capital of Ghana with over 2 million residents. It’s a mixture of shanty towns, castle and lively markets and modern buildings. There are a lot of attractions in the city such as the National Museum which showcases the country’s culture and history; Makola market, a colourful and blissful market where you can shop for everything and anything; and some fantastic beaches.

     

     

  • Six important mindsets you need to succeed

    Six important mindsets you need to succeed

    Life doesn’t just happen to you unless you let it, and your life will continually feel out of your control because you have chosen to relinquish control. In the end, your life is ultimately your creation and your mindset is the most important tool you need to shape it. Jumia Travel and Jumia Mobile Week share 6 important mindsets you need to succeed.

    Self-Discovery is a Process

    Life and living is a journey, therefore understand the process and be patient with it. Don’t be impatient and hurry through the different stages of your life. In the end you will have missed a lot of what you shouldn’t miss and have too many regrets. Be open to explore the unknown and be strong enough to deal with, embrace and learn from surprises and bumps along the way.

    You are Responsible for Your Life

    You need to learn to take responsibility for your life. You truly begin to live when you decide your life is your own and you alone are responsible for the quality of it, with no apologies, no excuses and no one to blame.

    Not Everything Goes as Planned

    Unfortunately, though most people know this, they often times forget. You need to understand that life isn’t perfect and things will not always turn out like you planned or imagined. This is why you need to learn to create safety nets and have back-up plans or measures in place to deal with these setbacks. Don’t let things take you unawares.

    There is a Way Through, Under or Above Every Obstacle

    Thomas Edison tried 1000 ways to create a light bulb. This man was resilient in a way that was almost ridiculous and at the 1001th try, he got it. Be like that. Learn persistence and resilience, understand that there is always a way out and don’t give up until you find it. What matters is not the obstacle but how you see it, react to it and if you keep your composure through it.

    Done is Better than Perfect

    It is important you understand that continuous improvement is better than perfection. Perfectionism is unhealthy primarily because it’s an unhealthy combination of high standards and brutal self-criticism. Truth is, the real world doesn’t reward perfectionists; the real world rewards people who get things done.

    You Can Do It

    Believe in yourself. Believe that you have what it takes to succeed, if you don’t, aside a miracle, there is little that can help you succeed. Even if by some amazing stroke of luck you do succeed, it won’t last because you don’t have what it takes to maintain it. Learn to believe in yourself.