Partnerships in medicine (L-R): Melanie Okuneye (Founder, Akoma Health) and Dr. Modupe Elebute-Odunsi (Founder, Marcelle Ruth Cancer Centre) Melanie Okuneye (Founder, Akoma Health – providers of accessible and affordable mental health services) and Dr. Modupe Elebute-Odunsi (Founder, Marcelle Ruth Cancer Centre) recently entered into a collaboration that will see patients of clinical cancer simultaneously enjoying the much-needed support of a mental wellbeing plan. Excited excited by this innovative collaboration that offers “wrap around care” of cancer treatment and an in-house mental wellness service, Dr. Elebute-Odunsi says: “It was great to finally meet and have discussions with Melanie Okuneye of Akoma Health, a truly impressive…
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Wetech will be hosting its first-ever Female Founders Conference – where founders and investors get connected, hire talent, and get funded. – on December 09, 2023 at the Four Points By Sheraton, Victoria Island, Lagos. The conference features a pitch competition where emerging female founders will showcase their startups to a panel of investors, competing for a grand prize and other startup benefits provided by our partners. Beyond the pitch session, the event is structured to encourage networking, knowledge-sharing, and collaboration among attendees, making it a can’t-miss opportunity for women looking to make their mark in the tech ecosystem. With…
(2nd Left): Amicky Carol Akiwumi MBE (Founder, Money4U) Amicky Carol Akiwumi has has just returned from an incredible journey to Nigeria (Lagos) and Ghana (Accra and Tema) where she led the Money4YOU team to equip hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs, women, young people, caregivers and high school students with financial literacy and entrepreneurship skills, knowledge and confidence. Money4YOU is a non-profit organisation that exists to eradicate the economic inequalities experienced by under-represented youth, nonprofits and entrepreneurs. Formed in 2014, its vision is a world where disadvantaged and marginalised communities thrive because they have access to financial management education and the confidence to engage…
(L-R): Dr. Elizabeth Shaw 9Founder, 1000 Black Voices); Winner of the Inclusive Journalist award, Cheryl Cole Recently, Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (founder, 1000 Black Voices – specialists in diversity, equity & inclusion, and connecting founders to resources) led her team in hosting 1000 Black Voices Connect, an evening that brought together founders, investors and ecosystem partners in the UK for a relaxed atmosphere of roundtables, awards, a pitch competition, and an opportunity to get to know one another. Winner of the 1000 Black Voices pitch competition and the Tech Startup to Watch: Pigee Inc The Roundtables had valuable conversations around a…
(L-R): Stanley Uzochukwu (owner, The Delborough Lagos); Lagos State Governor ,Babajide OlusolaSanwo-Olu Owned by businessman Stanley Uzochukwu, The Delborough Hotel Lagos was recently launched on Saturday, November 25, 2023 – presenting a five-storey, state-of-the-art hospitality haven, located at Plot 1502 Bishop Aboyade Cole Close, in Victoria Island. Introducing The Delborough Lagos Says Lagos state Governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu: “I attended the grand opening of The Delborough Hotel in Lagos and witnessed its magnificent addition to our hospitality landscape. This opening showcases the vast opportunity to establish high value hospitality projects to cater to our local and increasing tourist population.” Some…
(R-L) Olawale Rotimi Opeyemi (promoter of ‘Food for Nations); Olivier Becht (French Minister for Foreign Trade, Economic Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad); Ebun Feludu (founder, Kokari Coconut); Ndidi Nwuneli (founder, aace Foods) Last weekend, the French Minister for Foreign Trade, Economic Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad, Olivier Becht, inaugurated the “Food for Nations” agri-food platform – a one stop platform designed to assemble, host, and connect multi-sectoral stakeholders across the agri-food value chain, in order to facilitate food export and import. Says farmer Akin Alabi (R): “Congratulations my brother @OlawaleJRFarms. FOOD FOR NATIONS was a success!!” 📸@akinwale_cfi Spearheading the digital…
Dr. Omar Sakr (Founder & CEO , Nawah-Scientific) addressing 1000+ attendees of the 5th edition of Africa’s Business Heroes contest Father of five, entrepreneur at heart, and scientist in the laboratory, Dr. Omar Shoukry Sakr is the founder and CEO of Nawah-Scientific, an Egyptian cloud lab for on-demand scientific services, and Africa’s biggest online destination to outsource scientific experiments in the fields of natural and biomedical sciences. Recently, Nawah Scientific received accreditation from the United States Food and Drug Administration (US-FDA) for food analysis and safety through the Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods Program. Says Dr. Sakr: “Accreditation reduces costs…
Inedoye modelling her beachwear line with her husband, Made Kuti (Afrobeat singer, songwriter and instrumentalist) 🎥 TheDoyeBrand Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle CEO, Inedoye Adanne Anikulapo-Kuti graduated from the Institut Supérieur de Communication et de Gestion (Republic of Bénin) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language and Literature. A few years later (in August 2022), she founded The Doye Brand, a full beachwear luxury line, produced in Nigeria, but more importantly with a vision of campaigning for body positivity. Inedoye Adanne Anikulapo-Kuti (Founder, The Doye Brand) 📸 @__Inedoye Inedoye’s focus is as much to produce creatively simple pieces, as…
On November 23, 2023 Google celebrated the graduation of 5,300 small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria, from its Hustle Academy bootcamp. The Google Hustle Academy trained and graduated 5,300 small businesses across South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria In Nigeria, the Hustle Academy has awarded N75 million to 15 of these SMBs through its Hustle Academy Fund, underscoring major commitment to the growth of African SMB growth. The 15 Nigerian small business owners are: Blessing Akpan (Founder, Inyene Agro Processing Factory) – one of the 15 graduands from the Google Hustle Academy Ifeoma Augusta Anselem – Rae’s…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana Ghanaian President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, November 13, 2023, joined Jules Armand Aniambossou (the French Ambassador to Ghana) in launching Creation Africa Ghana, an initiative by the French government to support entrepreneurs in the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) in creating wealth and growing the economy. Creation Africa is part of a broader project initiated by the government of France to benefit 15 African countries including Ghana, South Africa, Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Chad, and Togo. At the launch, President…