A collection of frequently asked questions on how to use the Africa Business Opportunities Dashboard.
Once you have Activated your profile, you can create your first Business Opportunity. Click on the ‘Opportunities’ tab, click on ‘Mine’ and select ‘Add New Opportunity’ and you will be able to add a new opportunity You will be able to edit any existing opportunities already created. Select Edit/View on the opportunity you are wanting to edit. When you are done editing you can click submit to save your changes. You can add as many "calls for business" FREE and we will promote them here. Interested parties can choose to connect with your opportunity and make contact through the platform
Under the ‘Opportunities’ tab there is a filter on the left-hand side of the page where you will be able to search for the ‘AIDB Opportunity Number’ or search under ‘Key Words’ with the contact First name or Surname. Search for relevant opportunities on the platform by opportunity number, opportunity objective, business sector, country and keyword or view suggested opportunities relevant to your interests
Click on Opportunity Page Go to Mine Tab Edit Opportunity Add a logo or image that is less than 1MG
Click on the ‘Opportunities’ tab and then view your opportunity under the ‘Mine’ tab. Edit your opportunity – You will be able to add a logo or picture to your opportunity, this image needs to be less than 1MB. Please note this image will be used for your business opportunity and is separate from your profile image.
To view the connection requests you have received on your business opportunities you have uploaded on the platform you need to: • Login to the Africa Business Opportunities Dashboard • Navigate to the'Mine'tab of the 'Opportunities' tab on the dashboard • All the business opportunities you have uploaded will appear in a list on the screen showing which opportunities have unread messages. These will appear as a number above the message/chat icon. • You can view each message and reply accordingly.
The African Business Opportunities Dashboard uses high functioning AI technology to compile a list of all products related to your profile. These can be found under the ‘Products’ tab To edit these, you need to navigate to the ‘My Products’ tab and can confirm or delete the suggested products. To add products you can click on the ‘All Products’ tab and add as many products as you like that are related to your business.
To send a message to another member, click on the ‘Community’ tab In the search bar, under keywords you can search for either their first or last name. Once you locate the contact, click on the Message icon and you will be able to send the contact a message. This will send them an email with your message. You have a limit of 5 of these messages per month. We have limited this due to spam concerns. Connect directly on business opportunities by clicking on the message icon on an opportunity in the ‘all opportunities tab’. These messages are unlimited.
To view connection requests that you have received on your business opportunities, navigate to the 'Mine' tab of the 'Opportunities' tab on the dashboard. All the business opportunities you have uploaded will appear in a list on the screen showing which opportunities have unread messages. These will appear as a number above the message/chat icon. You can view each message and reply accordingly.
You will need to log into your account and unpublish your profile. Login to the Dashboard. Within your profile please untick the box which is marked “Tick to publish your profile, and allow our network to contact you” then update your profile.
A common issue that is experienced is that a One Time Password does not work when you enter it to confirm your email address. There are 2 known issues that may affect your user experience: • The OTP may take between 1-4 minutes to arrive. It often gets filtered into your Junk/Clutter box. While you are waiting for the OTP users often click Submit or Login a second time thinking that the OTP is not coming from the first click. This triggers a second OTP to be sent. Shortly afterwards the user receives the FIRST OTP and enters this into the login box. However, this FIRST OTP has now been superceded by the SECOND OTP and is not recognised. • You copy the OTP from the email you received, but when copying you also might accidentally add an additional space character at the end of the string. Ensure that you only paste or enter numbers into the OTP field. To resolve this issue enter your email address, click Submit/Login and ensure that you wait an adequate amount of time to ensure that the OTP you have received is now the current OTP. You can enter this OTP and you should be able to Add/Edit your Profile to be displayed Online
