🎥 @Tony O. Elumelu Africapitalist, economist, banker and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu has joined other world leaders and high-level executives in New York for the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly where he intends to make a case for transformative economic growth for Africa, creating employment for the continent’s youth, and establishing an equitable energy transition for Africa. Elumelu’s daughter (Oge Elumelu) joins him as she has on several of his business trips, and in a nod to her dexterity, Tony urges the public to plug into Oge’s new podcast (Conversations with Oge) where he is confident she will…
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(R) Munir Duri (Founder & CEO, Kifiya Financial Technology) receives the award for Kifiya Kifiya, a leading AI-powered, alternative data-driven scoring, embedded finance, and AgTech company, has received a Silver Award (Product Innovation of the Year category – Africa) at the prestigious Global SME Finance Awards 2024, held as part of the Global SME Finance Forum in São Paulo, Brazil on September 17, 2024.The Global SME Finance Awards, organised by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the SME Finance Forum, recognise and celebrate institutions that have delivered innovative products and services and achieved impressive results in expanding finance and services…
Sally Kimangu is an EdTech social entrepreneur with over two decades of experience. Her passion and dedication in implementingprojects in Africa have impacted hundreds of children through STEAM education and much needed soft skills. Sally’s main focus is job creation for Youth by ensuring they are market ready. 🎥 Sally Kimangu x LinkedIn Africa’s education system is leaving our youth unprepared for the practical demands of today’s world.While countries like China are giving students hands-on experience and job-ready skills, many African classrooms are stuck in outdated, theory-heavy learning.To close this gap, Africa needs an **education revolution**—one that prioritizes **vocational training**,…
📸 Ayodeji Balogun (Group CEO at AFEX) Ayodeji Balogun is an emerging Africapitalist, lover of art and a nature enthusiast. He is also the Group CEO at ALEX – a Commodities Exchange whose mission is to build an inclusive and efficient market system for commodities in Africa. The ALEX platform delivers the ultimate trading experience for both retail and institutional clients, enabling traders to focus on their strategies rather than their tools. In a recent post tagged Diary of a Commodity Trader, Balogun shares his personal thoughts on the necessity of doing well by doing good – that serving the interests…
Adedayo Oluwole (Founder, Kasher Organics) 📸@Dayo.Oluwole With growing concerns about unhealthy diets as one of the leading risks for the global burden of disease (mainly noncommunicable disorders such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer), evidence has shown the immense health benefits of a diet high in whole grains, vegetables, fruit, legumes and nuts in effectively countering disease. In comes Adedayo Oluwole who runs Kasher Organic Farms – a proudly Nigerian organic farm in Ogun State which she founded to grow and sell fresh produce, microgreens, fruits, vegetables, potted herbs, and derivatives such as cold brew coffee, honey, flour, and artisan…
Orange Corners Nigeria – a dynamic, state-of-the-art facility where aspiring Nigerian young entrepreneurs come together to collaborate, innovate, and thrive – are thrilled to announce the five winners of the Orange Corners Innovation Fund Track II Award: Winner: Emeka Chibueze (Co-Founder, CellOne Tech Limited) – €25,000 1st Runner-up: Ezenwa Jeremiah N (Founder, Palms Africa Processing Limited) – €20,000 2nd Runner-up: Lydia Ekpong Thompson (Founder, Allgreen Ivy Limited) -€ 15,000 3rd Runner-up: Omotolani Olajide (Co-Founder, Physique Cut Fashion House) – €10,000 4th Runner-up: Ayokunle Omoniyi (Founder, Melon Data Services) – €8,000
TEDxLagos. September 12, 2024: A comedian’s take on self motivation – Isaac Olayiwola (aka Layi Wasabi) 🎥 TEDx In this super engaging TEDxLagos talk, ISAAC A. ỌLÁYÍWỌLÁ (more popularly known as Layi Wasabi) exhibits a mastery of stage control, using the fine art of storytelling. Using the law of inertia to describe his journey as a small-town giant pursuing a thriving city life – all the while throwing in a pinch of self-motivation anecdotes – Layi Wasabi displays once more his uncanny but natural gift of humour. Wasabi has unsurprisingly taken social media by storm with his unique blend of…
Tola Alade (Founder, Marmalade Ventures) In case you missed it, Marmalade Ventures – along with Benjamina Ebuehi, a London based food writer, cookbook author and food stylist – are hosting a panel + party with two culinary tastemakers (Lerato Umah-Shaylor and Kiano Moju) on September 20, in London. Marmalade Ventures have been spectacularly in the news following the launch by its Founder & CEO, Tola Alade, of DÒDÒ – the world’s first plantain-infused brandy. Marmalade Ventures’ DÒDÒ, a plantain-infused Rum is up for pre-order: https://www.drinkdodo.com/ Says Alade about the upcoming London panel + party event: Get ready for a deliciously…
🎥 UNDP Uzoamaka Izukanne Igweike founded Loom Craft Chocolate in 2020 due to difficulties in getting hold of good quality chocolate in the market. She said: As a home baker, I found it very difficult to get good quality chocolate in stores and this didn’t [make sense considering] the fact that Nigeria produces a significant portion of the world’s cocoa. I started researching how to make chocolate at home Ms. Igweike wasted very little time in tackling the situation, and the result was Abuja-based Loom Craft Chocolate – with the clear objective of literally turning Nigeria’s abundant reservoir of cocoa…
🎥 @simonaromefilms Dr. Kyenpyia Deshi may be a Lecturer at University of Jos based (Plateau State, Nigeria), but one of her more famous identities is as Founder of Ritdun Integrated Farms – an Agricultural centre (also located in Jos) that grows the most exotic of fruits: Dragon fruits, grapes, strawberries, pomegranates the popular Wambugu apples. Dr. Kyenpyia Deshi (Founder, Ritdun Integrated Farms, Jos): “Grapes grown in Jos. Usually harvested in july and november to December, those are its fruiting seasons. In between seasons we sell frozen grapes” 📸 @ritdun_intergrated_farms Ritdun Integrated Farms is a family-run home farm which in addition…