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What Event Categories Nigerians Love The Most

For the longest time, and even still recently, the greatest assumption about Nigerians is that we love a good reason to party. However, data from the Tix Index shows that Nigerians are looking beyond conventional event types and into niche categories like hobby-based events, hiking, improv, trivia, run clubs,

How to Buy and Sell Legit Tickets on Tix in the Uk

Buying tickets online can sometimes feel like taking a gamble. Is the ticket real? Will it work at the venue? Did you just pay someone who'll disappear after the transfer? There are so many questions. Whether you're attending a concert, networking event, comedy show, theatre performance,

Why Tix is the Most Popular Event Ticketing Platform For Africans in the UK

If you've ever been to an Afro beats concert, an EDM rave, a networking mixer, a comedy show, or even a Sunday brunch in the UK recently, chances are Tix was behind it. Over the last few years, African events in the UK have grown into something special.

What Nigerians Are Doing for Fun: The Rise of Food, Culture, Fitness and Community Events

There was a time when making plans in Lagos usually meant dinner, a party or a concert. If you wanted to see your friends, you picked a restaurant. If you wanted to meet new people, you went out at night and If you wanted to exercise, you went to the

Beyond Lagos: The Cities and Event Trends Shaping Nigeria’s Experience Industry

Lagos may be the city that never seems to run out of events. But lately, it’s had some company, and that's because the Nigerian event scene is growing, and events are no longer happening in just one city. While Lagos remains the biggest hub for the Nigerian

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Uber exits the Nigerian market: What does this mean for Nigerian event-goers?

Uber arrived in Lagos in July 2014, at a time when getting around the city was still largely defined by roadside taxis, personal drivers and the uncertainty of finding a reliable ride. Its proposition was simple: open the app, see your driver, know your destination and get there without having

Likes & Wishlist on Orbit: How to Save and Discover Events You Love

Have you ever seen an event on Orbit and thought, “Oh, I’d actually love to go for this”… then kept scrolling and completely forgot about it later? You meant to come back to it, check the date, send it to your friends, or even buy a ticket when you

Building Tix UK

For years, we've watched something exciting happen. African music, food, fashion and culture have grown far beyond the continent. Every week, creators and organisers are bringing incredible experiences to cities across the UK, building communities that feel just as vibrant as the ones back home. If you'

Beyond Ticketing: What We've Learned Building for African Organisers

Event organisers juggle hundreds of moving parts and as the Product Growth Manager at Tix, one of the biggest lessons I've learned is that we're not just building a ticketing platform we're building for people whose jobs are already incredibly demanding and ticket sales

What Does It Really Take to Create an Unforgettable Experience?

People often say live theatre is boring. Maybe it's because they've never seen what it takes to bring a production to life. Behind every performance are weeks, sometimes months, of rehearsals, creative experimentation, technical planning, and countless moving parts, all leading to a single moment where

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How to create FOMO

In the world of event planning, your biggest competitor isn’t another organizer, it’s the comfort of staying home. We’ve all experienced that moment: you’re scrolling through your feed and suddenly realize everyone was somewhere you wish you had been. The pictures, the videos, the conversations after,

Africa's Event Creators Deserve Better Infrastructure, Here's Why Tix Is Building It.

Picture this: It's 2024, and an event organiser in Lagos is still tracking ticket sales in a spreadsheet.A concert organizer in Accra is trying to reconcile ticket purchases across multiple payment channels and WhatsApp conversations, figuring out who has actually completed payment and who still needs a

Beyond Ticket Sales, Here Are 3 Metrics Event Organisers Should Pay Attention To

Selling tickets is only the beginning. Knowing how many tickets you sold is important, but the real value lies in understanding what happens after someone clicks "Buy Ticket." Who actually showed up? When did they arrive? Did they transfer their ticket? Are people buying weeks in advance or

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Growing Through Curiosity: My Journey from CX Intern to Product Manager at Tix Africa

My Journey at Tix When I joined Tix as a Customer Experience Intern, I thought I had a pretty good idea of what to expect. I had just transitioned from medicine into tech, and while I knew it would be different, I underestimated just how much there was to learn.

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Need To Email Your Event Attendees? Here's How To Do It Using Tix

Managing an event means communicating with attendees at the right time. That could mean announcing a new speaker, extending ticket sales, sharing a venue change, or simply reminding everyone that doors open in a few hours and in this article, we show you a step by step guide on how to

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Why Africa's Next Big Export Is Event Culture

By Nana Yaa Serwaa Agyemang, Marketing & Content Associate at Tix. For years, the global conversation around African creativity has been dominated by music, and rightly so. Afrobeats, Amapiano, and other African sounds have become global phenomena but music is only part of the story. The bigger opportunity now lies

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Six Years of Building Tix, The Infrastructure Behind Africa’s Biggest Events

Over the past six years, Tix has quietly become the technology behind some of Africa's most memorable live experiences and in this article, Folayemi talks about the next steps for Tix

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Stop Guessing. Start Knowing Your Audience.

Discover how Tix's upgraded Custom Questions feature helps event organizers collect attendee locations, ages, and set event terms and conditions. Every organizer has had this thought at least once. "We should probably partner with a ride-hailing app." It's usually followed by another thought.

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Here's What's New On Tix This June.

We pay attention to what you do on Tix. Not in a creepy way just in a "they keep running into this problem, we should fix it" kind of way.For the last few months, we've been watching. Watching where organizers struggled. Watching where attendees felt

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Your Rom-Com Inspired Valentine’s Day Event Guide

Love a good rom-com? Here are 9 of our favorite rom coms and recommendations to help you explore the best Valentine’s Day events!

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Think You Got a Deal? Here's What Fake Tickets Really Cost You

That ticket deal could cost you everything. Learn why buying from unofficial sellers means lost cash, fake tickets, and humiliation at the gate.

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Tix 2025 Roundup

2025 has been a year of transformation for Tix, and honestly? We're pretty proud of what we've accomplished together. This year, we kept thinking, "There has to be a better way to do this”. We thought a lot about friction. The tiny or annoying things

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Meet Orbit by Tix: Your World of Events

Meet Orbit by Tix, your personalized event discovery app. Swipe through events, buy tickets in seconds, and experience events that actually revolve around you.

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Introducing Lineups: The Easiest Way to Spotlight Your Artists and Speakers

Spotlight your artists, speakers, and performers with Lineups on Tix. A better-looking, smarter way to showcase talent and boost your event's discoverability.

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How Tix Is Investing in Africa’s Creators

Learn how Tix is investing in Africa’s creator economy through the Tix Creator program for event creators. Apply now to monetize your love for events!