We are honored to introduce you our brilliant LIGS Ambassador Anthonia Okpaegbe from Nigeria! 

Hello Tonia, could you please tell us something about yourself? Can you briefly describe your career path?

My name is Anthonia Okpaegbe (nee Ajalie). I work for Airtel Networks Limited Nigeria in the Marketing Department as Video & Movies Lead. I am responsible for our Movies, Video & Digital Entertainment Genre where we develop products or packages around video services (such as series, and movies on subscription or transactional basis).

George Alexander is currently a doctoral student at LIGS University with a major in finance, but he also agreed to become our LIGS Ambassador. We bring you a brand new interview with George!

Break Even Analysis is the critical part of a good business plan. It can also very useful to help program manager and senior management to make many key decisions in the company whether it would be worth to pursues their businesses. Break even analysis tool will help your company to determine if an idea is worth pursuing.

We recently had a chat with our PhD graduate Amr Sukkar from Egypt, who wrote a book titled Leadership in a Green Business Era. Naturally, we are very proud of Amr and his achievement, so we wanted to hear more about it! 

Nelson Mandela once said "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world". We at LIGS University truly believe that, but we also realize that not everyone has the chance to get the education he or she wants. That is why we decided to offer a fully-funded MBA scholarship to one lucky student from a developing country! Let us introduce you the lucky winner - Ms. Amena from Afghanistan.

Students drop out of university for many reasons and it’s more common than you think. According to a survey by the National Student Clearinghouse, only 55 percent of first-time undergrads who started university in the Fall of 2008 finished a degree within six years, while the rest of the 45 percent may not have completed their degree at all.

We are very proud to introduce you our DBA graduate Gilbert Ng, who is also our new LIGS Ambassador. Gilbert kindly agreed with this interview and we are sure we will hear more from him soon! Have a nice read!

At the end of April, we took part in the “Future Perfect” conference organized by the WASC, which is our accreditation association recognized by the US Department of Education.

Everybody knows how important is to be a good communicator. We communicate every time even when you don’t say anything. Experts say that the non-verbal communication is around 65% while the verbal communication is 35%.

The higher your position in the organization, the harder it is for you to stay informed about what is really happening in the company. The bad news - if they even reach you – are presented in the best light. So how to learn the real truth about what is going on "in the field"? How to stay connected with all corners of your organization?