Cmag

 

Core Magazine is the fastest growing nonprofit E-Magazine in Africa with focus on Literary Arts, Africa Lifestyle, Fashion, Culture, Campus Life, Entertainment and Events.

 

Vision

We hope to encourage readership across generations, in all Institutions, and around the globe by providing a platform for all persons to express their talents, arts and creativity.

We cherish the ideal of an equal and fair environment where all persons can create a better society through their talents, creativity and styles to the point where they can succeed and develop their skills to seize rare opportunities.

 
Mission

 

Core Magazine Africa is the fastest E-magazine that connects, interacts, educates, promotes and inspires Africans in Africa and across the world.

We have a rotating roster of columnists because unlike other traditional media outlets, we believe that it is important for our columnists to be first and foremost young professionals, writing and ensuring that our readers get insight from their lives and experiences.  We carry this out by having designated columnists covering, in depth, one topic, and then continuing that conversation month after month. Ultimately, we choose writers who are passionate about their life, have knowledge or experience in the field they cover and can speak to it with a certain amount of authority. 

We aim to achieve this by focusing majorly on Literary Arts, Africa Lifestyle and Events. However, within these 3 areas are several departments and programmes:

1. LITERARY SECTION

As a frontier and pioneer of the revolution in the writing industry in Africa, we aim to accept and project quality write-ups irrespective of the class or status of the writer(s) in the society. 

• Here we accept and publish creative writings – Poetry, Plays, Movie and television scripts, Fiction (novels, novellas, and short stories), Songs, Speeches,  Memoirs, Personal essays.

• Here, there is also an infusion of both Poetry and Fiction to show poetic prowess.

• We also feature external writers and invite people to write once in a while. This helps us to get a diversity of thoughts – not the patterned writings that our readers will be used to.

• Writing competitions are also organised with a prize to them ( short stories, drama, novels or anthologies or individual poems)

• Here, books are reviewed, analysed and recommended. 

• This section also markets and sell Books and Ebooks.

• Writing workshops and seminars are also organised where writers are invited to speak. A few critics too are also invited, hereby representing the reading public.

• Art interpretation – since the literary section is all about creativity and perspective.

 

To this end, we aim to:

Attract young writers and people of talents in different areas to express themselves in the Magazine.

Disseminate Intelligent and critical reactions on news stories and several issues that dominate Nigeria and Africa at large.

Accept and publish opinions, Essays and encourage Intelligent discussions on societal issues.

 

2.    FASHION SECTION

This section is all about featuring, promoting and showcasing African Fashion, Prints and Style. 

• Here, we feature, interview and promote young African men and women designers. 

• We also showcase the best in African inspired style, fashion, beauty, culture and lifestyle.

We believe the fashion trend should not be controlled by the few, but rather be guided by the collective actions of every designer and fashion consumer.

• This is also a platform where members can learn, teach, and improve their sewing skills through sketching, illustration and analysis. 

• Readers and subscribers are expected to contribute, share, interact and encourage themselves as often as possible so that they will not only learn to sew but experience self-confidence, self-esteem.

Hence, we show your work, share your experience, share lovely picture of you or your friends on African Print or Style or Traditional wedding attires / Aseobi or more.

Nothing beats our rich heritage of costumes.. lovers of gele? Beads, gorges, laces and fleek makeover? We encourage you to send your beautiful pictures here!

• Here you will also get a clue on how to plan your dream wedding with some beautiful colour combinations, updating you on modern African Fashion styles for your special day.

Join the community and share your style inspiration with millions of users now!

 

3.   LIFESTYLE SECTION

 

The underlisted are the programmes under the lifestyle section of this magazine:

• Entrepreneurs and Brands

• Health and Fitness

• Arts and Entertainment

• Vacation and Travels

• Fashion and Style

• Beauty

• Events and Photography

• Cars and Automobiles

• Relationship and Advice

• Restaurants and Hotels

• Interior and Design

• Technology

• Transportation and Construction

• Law and Finance

 

Our lifestyle section approach is simple, quality and the accessible. It’s time for a new generation of lifestyle content that speaks to what it means to be a young African professional and entrepreneur in the 21st century. 

We combine serious and helpful content, but with an emphasis on fun. We craft pieces meant to help the young African professionals live their lives better, in all aspects.

We also promote and feature start-ups, entrepreneurs and brands in Africa via interviews, imagery and articles. 

We strive to help them grow and promote their business whilst also sharing their stories and experience to encourage young entrepreneurs and companies to aspire more. 

We seek to create a platform whereby young Africans can learn, connect and become independent and self-sufficient.

 

WE ALSO ORGANISE AND PROVIDE MEDIA COVERAGE AND LIVE STREAMING FOR ALL EVENTS.

 

 

Prospects

To this end, we aim to:

Accept and disseminate useful information on Fashion and Lifestyle.To support, promote and project African Fashion, Culture and History.Give accurate and reliable information on Entertainment, Events and Campus Life.Stimulate close relationship between the writers of various genre and professional organizations and individuals.Encourage and reward outstanding achievement in creative writings, fashion, entertainment, arts and innovations.Attract a growing number of intelligent writers, readers and entrepreneurs.Increase understanding and a awareness among professionals, academics, personnel and Creatives on the importance of reading, writing, African culture and history as part of education and Communication process.Plan programmes annually to further the improvement of reading, writing, African fashion and culturePromote, project and advertise contents and productsBring the Magazine's writers and contributors together for the exchange of information on matters of mutual interest. Attract marketers, advertisers, and Creative minds to display their contents to the ready consumers.

 

Hence, Core Magazine seeks to give more attention to the above and to be the medium where people of diverse talents thrive till they reach their highest potentials.

 

 

We have several contributors, correspondents, writers and volunteers in Africa. 

 

If you are interested in publishing your opinions, Essays or write-ups; kindly forward all correspondence to editor.coremagazine@gmail.com or Contact; +234-8138355557

Draft

The Editor

Put simply, magazine editors decide what fills the pages. They oversee all aspects of the creation of the magazine, from signing off ideas for articles and photoshoots in meetings, to making sure all content is accurate and on-brand before being sent to press. The editor has the ultimate responsibility for everything that gets published.

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PA to the editor

The editor's PA assists the editor with any day-to-day administrative tasks that need doing, and manages the editor's diary, reminding them of events where necessary. They assist in the smooth-running of the magazine and enable the editor to do their job most efficiently. They're usually the editor's confidante, so often knows more than anyone else on the team! 

Print journalist

Being a magazine journalist involves being an ideas machine, thoroughly researching ideas, conducting interviews, writing long and short articles and working closely with sub-editors to keep to strict word counts and deadlines, ensuring everything's in the appropriate tone of the publication. 

Digital journalist

This role is much like a print writer, but with a focus on more fast-paced daily content that suits an easily distracted online reader. Digital content is often inspired by the day's breaking news relevant to the reader - so articles need to be timely, accurate and shareable to result in lots of traffic for the magazine's website. 

Social media manager

The Social Media manager is responsible for delivering the team's articles directly to the audience on sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. From posting a web article onto the mag's Facebook page to Instagramming the newest cover star, social media helps a magazine interact directly with its audience to keep them loving the brand. 

Fashion editor

The fashion editor is responsible for deciding what goes onto the magazine's fashion pages, from product pages to articles to inspirational photo shoots in far-off locations. They keep on top of the top trends, liaise with PR's to find out what products will be on sale when the magazine hits shelves, decide on the styling for shoots, write articles and go to loads of events. It's all about networking, so getting home in time for your fave soap is a rarity in the fashion world! 

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Beauty editor

The beauty editor keeps on top of all of the upcoming beauty trends, attends loads of events, trials products,  and comes up with fresh article ideas to inspire the reader. They come up with concepts for beauty photo shoots, working with the model, makeup artist and photographer to create the perfect images for the magazine. 

Fashion/beauty assistants

Department assistants help the editors create their features or photoshoots in the magazine by assisting on shoots, 'calling in' products or clothes from PR's, keeping note of the credits needed in the magazine for each item (store and price), writing and collating articles, and sending products back to brands. Being super-organised is a must! 

Sub-editor

The subs are responsible for ensuring all copy in the magazine  is grammatically and factually correct. They expand or cut features to fit the word counts and work with the art team to make sure the words and images work perfectly together to create the end results.

Art Director

The art director is ultimately responsible for making a magazine look the way it does. Using programmes such as inDesign, they create layouts from scratch, and work with the subeditors and picture editors to make the images and words fit the page perfectly and tie the whole magazine together. 

PR

A magazine's in-house PR team are responsible for shouting about anything press-worthy a magazine does. For example. the PR manager will send images of new cover stars or details of any big campaigns the magazine are working on out to national press to hopefully receive media coverage and boost exposure.

Advertising executive

Advertising is a magazine's biggest source of income. The advertising team are responsible for selling pages of the magazine to advertisers. This involves managing relationships with brands wanting to advertise, negotiating the rate to charge, and liaising with the editorial team to create advertorial articles. 

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Picture Editor

The picture team are responsible for bringing articles to life by putting the perfect images on the page.  From choosing which photographers to use, to managing photo shoots of real life readers or sourcing stock photos from picture agencies, it's their job to bring the editor's vision to fruition on every page. No pressure, then! 

Interview Questions for Entrepreneurs

Let’s test your entrepreneurial intuition.
What is the first question you think I am going to ask you?

Tell me more about yourself?  What kind of person are you?

Try to describe yourself in 3 words only.

Where did you get your entrepreneurial spirit? Are your parents entrepreneurs?

What was your key driving force to become an entrepreneur?

Where did the idea of  your business derive from?

How did you decide on the location for your business?

How did you come up with the name for your company?

Considering the fierce competition in Today’s  business world, how would you highlight your company’s competitive advantages? What makes it stand out of the crowd?

How do you handle investors and funding issues in your business?

Outline the  schedule of one of your typical working day?

What are your hidden inspiration sources? How do you generate new ideas?

What best motivates you? How have your entrepreneurial motivations changed since you first started?

How long do you stick with an idea before giving up?

What’s your greatest entrepreneurial achievement to be proud of?

What are your shortcuts to successfully handle frustration and stress?

What book has inspired you the most? ( What is your favorite book?)Who is your greatest support when facing up hardships in business?

What do you consider to be your weaknesses?

What do you do on a daily basis to grow as an entrepreneur?

How do you evaluate human resource factor as an inseparable part of your company success?

What’s your way of hunting talents and building effective working teams to achieve  great results?

What are the main principles you follow to build a successful customer relations?

Do you believe there is a winning formula for becoming a successful entrepreneur? What is yours?

What is your opinion on the following topic: Are entrepreneurs originally born as such or they are raised to be successful?

How do you identify business opportunities and what metrics do you use to measure their viability?

What popular entrepreneurial advice do you agree/ disagree with? Why?

If you could talk to one person from history, who would it be and why?

Who is the one entrepreneur to be your greatest example and inspiration?

How would you scale the advantages and disadvantages of being entrepreneur?

How would you rank the key 5 skills needed to be a successful entrepreneur?

How do you define success?

What entrepreneurial tricks have you discovered to keep you focused and productive in your day-to-day busy schedule?

What are your most effective methods to motivate your team for outstanding results?

What ‘s your milestones to help you develop a stable company culture and friendly working athmosphere?

What would you advice to the start-up entrepreneurs?

What’s your personal manner for balancing work and life?

Do you wisely consume your time as an entrepreneur? What key activities would you recommend entrepreneurs to invest their time in?

Do you follow some specific self-control mechanisms to encourage you to keep walking when things are not going as smoothly as planned?

Do you believe in destiny or do you think you can control your fate?

What’s your favorite quote for describing entrepreneurship?

What’s your favorite metaphor for describing entrepreneurship?

Are you an adventurous type of person? What’s the most exciting experience to memorize in your entrepreneurial journey?

Top 3 places on the globe that you haven’t conquered yet but would love to?

Top 3 websites/blogs that you can’t imagine your day without? Give your reasons.

Top 3 mobile apps that make your work more effective?

What are the 3 things you would bring with you if teleported to a desert island?

If you had a magic stick, which are the 3 things you would change in the world?

What is the one issue about your life experience you would alter if you had the chance to?

If you were to write a book about yourself, how would you name it?

Are there any missed opportunities that you wish to have leveraged?

What is your greatest fear, and how do you manage fear in general?

How do you think being an entrepreneur has turned you into a better person?

What makes you feel out of your comfortable zone? What are your ways to handle these situations?

Share some of your failures and the best lessons you have learned from them?

What sacrifices have you had to make to be a successful entrepreneur?

What was the toughest moment you have experienced in your business practice? How did you succeed to get over it and move forward?