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Introducing Pay With Kuda on Tix

Kuda Bank is a leading digital bank designed for quick transactions, and now you can pay for tickets on Tix directly from your Kuda account in just a few taps.

Tix Events

19 Women-Led Events to Support This Month

This March, we are celebrating the women making waves in the event space. From event creators to DJs, hosts, and more, we are spotlighting the women who bring events to life and the events they are leading. On IWD, we kicked things off by highlighting 10 female event creators you

InMyCity

Amaka’s Travel Guide: The Best Places to Stay, Eat, and Explore in Lebanon, Zanzibar, and Doha

InMyCity is a series where people share the parts of their city that make it special to them, from the best places to eat to hidden gems and popular spots. In this edition, we speak to travel and lifestyle creator Amaka, and she’s doing things a little differently, taking

Tix Stories Featured

9 Great Places to Meet Someone If You’re Tired of Being Chronically Single

There are many places to meet potential partners. We spoke to a few people and have curated a list of places where you can find your forever valentine.

InMyCity

Where to Find the Best Grilled Fish and Nightlife in Abuja

InMyCity is a series where we showcase the unique stories and recommendations of people from cities all over the world. From hidden gems to popular spots, we want to discover what makes each city special through the eyes of each person. In this feature, Pam takes us through what she

InMyCity

Why I Love Living In Toronto: Coffee, Parks, And Greenery

InMyCity is a series where we showcase the unique stories and recommendations of people from cities all over the world. From hidden gems to popular spots, we want to discover what makes each city special through the eyes of each person. In this feature, Dami takes us through what she

InMyCity

I Discovered Abuja's Best Kept Secrets And You Need To Know Them

InMyCity is a series where we showcase the unique stories and recommendations of people from cities all over the world. From hidden gems to popular haunts, we want to discover what makes each city special through the eyes of each person. In this feature, creator Phidelia takes us through her

How We Did It: We Sold Out Our Stargazing Events

Did you know there’s an active community of stargazers and Space astrologers in Nigeria? This month's creator spotlight focuses on Daniel Obi-Okeke and Segun Olusoji, childhood friends turned co-founders who launched Space Bar Africa, one of Nigeria's foremost Space-interested and Stargazing hosting communities. Keep reading

How To Choose The Right Influencer For Your Event

As digital marketing continues to evolve, influencer marketing has emerged as a powerful tool for event promotion. Leveraging influencers can significantly impact an event's reach and success, but the question remains- how can you choose the right influencer to promote your event? We released helpful resources which answered

News

Audiomack Partners with Tix to Bring Live Music Experiences Closer to Fans Across Africa

The collaboration between Audiomack and Tix will allow African artists to reach a larger audience for their live events through their fans in Audiomack.

Tix Tech Featured

How We Did It: The Afrofuture 2023 Event Website

Detty December in Accra has made it’s mark, and been on the lips of many residents and tourists for years now. Afrofuture has been at the centre of this, and being with them every step of the way has been an amazing experience. Creating a multi-day festival with multiple

Tix Tips Featured

How To Create The Best On-Site Experience For Your Event

Your attendees’ experience at your event goes past the lineup of activities, speakers or performers you have planned. We’ve been to numerous events that were a lot of fun, but weren’t exactly a good experience. Here are a few reasons why your attendees might feel this way: 1.

Tix Tips Featured

How To Choose the Perfect Event Venue

A lot of experienced event organizers believe that where you plan to have your event — your venue, is one of the key aspects to creating a great event experience for your attendees. Nobody wants to come to an event that’s too crowded, or to a venue without adequate parking

Tix Tips Featured

5 Types of Event Tickets and When To Use Them

Planning an event involved multiple important decisions, and one of the most crucial ones is figuring out your ticketing strategy. What types of tickets should you choose? How much will they cost? Will you offer discounts on tickets? These are questions you should ask yourself and your event planning team,

Tix Tech Featured

Introducing Group Tickets: Why You Should Offer Them At Your Next Event

There’s only one thing better than going to a fun event. And that’s going to a fun event with friends. Why? Because experiences are better with friends! Today, we're excited to introduce Group Tickets on Tix. It’s a feature that not only boosts ticket sales

Tix Tips Featured

5 Event Brand Activation Ideas to Connect With Your Target Audience

In the dynamic world of events, something we see over and over again at Tix are some of the most unique activation stands from creative brands that sponsor events. At first thought, how brands use their activation stands may not seem like something that concerns event organizers.  But if there’

Tix Tips Featured

How To Create Unforgettable Events: Lessons from Founders Connect and Mavin Records

Every event organizer would love to hear that their event attendees have had an experience they’d never forget at their event. We’ve had lots of events like that on Tix, and we’re glad to have been part of making those events memorable. One way event organizers can

Tix Tech Featured

5 Ways You Can Use Your Custom Field to Gather Attendee Data

Just like we said in this article, one of the reasons you need a dedicated ticketing platform like Tix for your event is so you can collect valuable attendee data. Especially if you plan regular events, it’s a great idea to get some information from your attendees that you

Tix Tips Featured

8 Detty December Event Ideas

Every year, the African events industry experiences a huge boom towards the end of the year. Detty December, as it’s now called, is the best opportunity for event organizers to create memorable experiences and generate lots of revenue from attendees all over West Africa where Detty December is a

Tix Tech Featured

The Best Way To Sell Tickets Online

In our 2022 roundup, we shared that 130,611 tickets were sent out on Tix, with 57,309 of these being paid tickets. So basically, paid tickets are where it’s at for event organizers. And, of course, to sell paid tickets for your event, you need a way to

Creator Spotlight Featured

How Eat Drink Festival Gets Thousands of Attendees Every Year

Every Nigerian foodie knows and has probably read an article from Eat Drink Lagos. If you haven’t, then you need to re-evaluate your foodie status. Eat Drink Lagos is one of the first food and lifestyle blogs committed to finding the best spots in Lagos for you. In a

Tix Tech Featured

A Simple Framework For Building A Loyal Community With Recurring Events

Connections span beyond geographical boundaries, and the concept of community has taken on new dimensions in recent years. A community is now much more than just a group of individuals— it's a shared space where people with common interests, goals, or passions come together to connect, interact, and

Tix Tips Featured

20 Event Promotion Email Subject Line Ideas to Increase Your Ticket Sales

If you’ve already planned an event before, or have captured leads in some way, email marketing is the perfect way to convert those leads to attendees for your upcoming event. Every email starts with a subject line. So our ebook, Event Marketing 101, talks about crafting attention-grabbing email subject

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8 Social Media Post Ideas To Help You Promote Your Event

Harnessing the power of social media has not only become a great strategy to promote your event but has also become essential for event promotion. Whatever event you’re planning, the reach and engagement potential of platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter can significantly impact your event's success.

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The Ultimate Event Marketing Guide: How To Promote Your Event Like A Pro

If you already have our Event Finance Playbook, then you have the tools you need to get funding and plan financially for your event. This involves selling tickets, and of course, that’s a lot more than just listing your event on Tix. If nobody buys tickets or nobody registers