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THE RISE OF
SYCAMORE.NG Uzo Ofoma Chukwuma
The sycamore tree was a very popular and valuable specie of fig trees in ancient times. Almost all parts of the tree, from the leaves to the camouflage-pattern bark, were used for food, medicine and in the making of furniture and musical instruments. The enormous size of its roots, providing the right foundation for its large trunk, branches and leaves acts as a windbreaker and provides great shade. It is alleged to be the tree that provided shade to the retreating American troops, including the young French General Marquise de Lafayette, in the Battle of the Brandywine against British forces. Most notably, it earned most of its reputation as the tree that Zaccheaus, the tax collector, climbed to get a better view of Jesus as he passed on his way into Jericho, becoming a symbol of the discovery of hope, restoration and renewal.
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Lagos Business School
During a Marketing Case Study, Full-time MBA students, Babatunde Akin-Moses, Onyinye Okonji and Mayowa Adeosun made a startling discovery of their own: SMEs in Nigeria receive only 0.1% of the financing that is available. The trio, who never knew each other before the programme, decided to do something about it. “We
