Bricache Intelligence

The COVID-19 pandemic is asking us all to think and do things differently. Lets take a look at some examples of businesses that modified their businesses before the pandemic and how their pro-activeness must have paid off during this pandemic. a.       Banks created alternative means of doing business hence majority of their customers are not complaining but those yet to adopt it have issues. b.       Schools are closed down but many students are learning virtually from home using Google classroom tools. c.        In the last couple of years people have gone shopping online with the likes of Jumia, Ali Baba, Konga. d.       Amazon, EBay and the likes save on renting office spaces and avoiding paying tax in most countries where they operate. e.       Opay Bikes in users in Lagos tell you how easy to utilize them. f.    ...

The Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (CiSHAN) has called on government in all the three tiers to procure self-testing kits to help increase testing for the virus in the country. Besides, the group also urged the government to, as a matter of urgency, disseminate the HIV self- testing guidelines. These, the group argued in a statement, would help bridge the HIV testing gap and ensuring that the country achieve ninety (90%) percent testing target for 2030. The statement which was signed by the group Executive Secretary, Dr. Walter Ugwuocha also noted availability of the self-testing kits will further provide access to people who don’t feel comfortable going to health facilities for testing. He said: “Availability of HIV self-test kit in Nigeria is a welcome development as it will facilitate access of persons. It will also facilitate HIV testing as many times as any individual wants. “The National roll out of the HIV self-testing programme in Nigeria can help clo...