Business Intelligence a book written by Dr. Emmanuel Imevbore, CEO of CEED International Group was formally presented to the public and launched at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) Lagos, Nigeria on December 16, 2008. The chairman at the event was General A. O. Azazi (rtd), former Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff.

The ceremony attracted eminent personalities and dignitaries, including Mr. Donald Duke, former Governor of Cross River State, Nigeria, who performed the unveiling ceremony; Mr. Emmanuel Ijewere, former president of the Nigerian Red Cross and Institute of Directors (IoD), who anchored the formal public presentation and launching; as well as Ambassador Charles Onwuagbu, the immediate past Nigerian High Commissioner to the Netherlands.

As a result of the importance of Business Intelligence to the development of the SME sector, sections of the Nigerian business community and the Alumni of the author are planning a presentation and the launch of the book in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. The book, which also has a separate do-it-yourself workbook, will be presented and launched alongside two other business books by the same author at the Abuja Sheraton Hotel on May 6, 2009.

Expected at the event are top government functionaries, major stakeholders in the SME sector development, non-governmental organisations, the Abuja business community and dignitaries from diverse sectors of the economy.