Adejoke Lasisi is Founder at Planet 3R 💚 – a social enterprise dedicated to converting textile and plastic waste into innovative and eco-friendly products. Her company was recently commissioned by VivaPlus Detergent to produce 3,000 school bags made from detergent sachet waste. In reaction, Adejoke said: It always gives me immense joy whenever I see smiles on the students privilege [sic] to receive our eco-friendly school bags.Who would have thought detergent waste sachets made these beautiful bags?I’m really happy with the solution we are creating at Planet 3R💚We are really grateful with this partnership of making 3,000 school bags with…
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Rubén Dominguez Ibar is a Venture Capital investor at Mundi Ventures, which invests in Series A-C rounds (tickets from 3M -10M). Using Sequoia Capital’s proven template, Rubén shares on how startups must pitch l𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 c𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 to secure the funding they need! Sequoia Capital — the firm behind Apple, Airbnb, PayPal, and YouTube—knows what it takes to back billion-dollar companies. They’ve shared their pitch deck template to help founders tell a story that investors can’t ignore.Here’s the structure that’s built some of the biggest names in tech:1. 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 – One clear line that captures your mission.2. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 – Describe the…
[🎥 Sports & Bytes] It appears the world is on the verge of a tech revolution, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealing how to create a GPT app in under four minutes, without requiring a single line of coding. Sam Altman (CEO, OpenAI) This breakthrough marks a major tech shift as it simplifies AI app development, and empowers just about anyone to build and even sell their own AI-powered products and apps.The world is about to witness an explosion of new products and solo entrepreneurs in the coming years.
The stage is set for the Cassava Industry Mentorship Class (CIMC), anchored virtually by the ‘Cassava Queen’, Oluwayemisi Iranloye (Founder & CEO of Psaltry International), on November 23 and December 07, 2024 at 4PM WAT. The CIMC provides a valuable platform for both experienced farmers and those looking to get started in the cassava industry to gain insights, best practices, and networking opportunities – at no cost attendees. Founder of Psaltry International, Oluyemisi Iranloye, in action [📸 AfricanHub] Iranloye has successfully established Africa’s largest cassava processing factory in Nigeria, which operates 8,000 hectares and engages a network of 6,000 farmers.…
📸 FemaleTechpreneur Every year in the UK, October marks Black History Month. In celebration of the 2024 event, Female Techpreneur (a platform whose programs and ecosystem partners give founders the tools needed to thrive in tech) called for support of entrepreneurs, especially the many trailblazing women who are making waves in their industries, such as:Sandra Igwe MBAAbi AdefisanTommie Edwards FRSARachael Twumasi-CorsonToni MartinKike Oniwinde AgoroAlison Burton and Natalie DuvallTiwalola Adebayo (née Ogunlesi)HenrieKameese D.Victoria OmobuwajoFlavilla FongangMariam JimohDeborahVanessa Belleau MA MSC FRSA▪️Ronke LawalAfua OseiBukkyFungai NdemeraKaren EmeluCrystal AdesanyaSamaraNgozi CadmusSade A.Afiya ChoholloYasmin Greenaway FRSAFunmi AdewaraDinah WilliamsAyaan Mohamed AliYvonne BajelaErika Brodnock MBEIzzy ObengJosephine PhilipsVaraidzo Tendai MoyoSays…
Endeavor Nigeria recently introduced the 12 high-impact entrepreneurs from nine leading startups selected for the 2024 Scale Up by Endeavor program cohort. Over nine weeks, these founders embarked on a transformative journey to accelerate their growth with mentorship, peer learning, and access to the Endeavor global network. The selected entrepreneurs include: Hugo Obi (Founder), Maliyo Games Folayemi Agusto (CEO), Tix Africa John Oamen (CEO) and Modele Ajayi-Bembe (Co-founder), Cutstruct Frederick Akpoghene (CEO), JéGO Samuel Eze (CEO), OurPass Babatunde Akin-Moses (CEO), Sycamore Seun Alley (CEO), Fez Chimezie Emewulu (CEO) and Frank Atube (COO), Seamfix Emmanuel Olukanmi (CEO) and Ayobami Akinnuga (COO), Tramango Ireayomide Oladunjoye, Managing Director of Endeavor Nigeria, shared his excitement over the 2024 cohort: We are thrilled to welcome these remarkable entrepreneurs…
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (CEO & General Partner, Future Africa) ARM Labs Lagos Techstars, also known as Techstars Lagos, has shut down operations. This comes two years (and 24 investments) after it launched its accelerator program in Nigeria. It also announced the abrupt end of its third cohort program, which commenced in March 2024. Nigerian entrepreneur, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (CEO & General Partner, Future Africa) reacts: Sad news but another reason why Africa must come of age. We cannot continue to depend on foreign accelerator businesses who are here today and gone tomorrow after collecting millions of dollars from corporates, DFIs and foundations in…
The Uzemi Technology Empowerment Initiative – a comprehensive program designed to address the lack of representation of women and girls in leadership positions in the technology sector across Africa – is hosting yet another leadership summit. Announcing the event, Olatomiwa Williams (Founder, Uzemi) says: Uzemi leadership summit 2.0 is coming!Theme: Leading with AI: Women pioneering tomorrow’s technologyDate: Saturday, 9th of November 2024Time: 9 am – 2 pmLocation: The Resource Centre, 5, Badru, Kasim Ajanaku Street, Dele Kuti St, Ebute, Ikorodu, NigeriaWe are bringing together a diverse group of thought leaders, innovators, and professionals to discuss the transformative impact of AI…
+ – Founder of FinTribe [📸Financial Jennifer] Jennifer Awirigwe (aka Financial Jennifer) is the Founder of FinTribe – a financial empowerment platform for women. As an Investment Banker and certified Financial Advisor, Jennifer helps women build wealth, and she would like to teach you everything you need to know about investing in Nigerian stocks. She makes her case clearly: If you invested 100k in January in these companies, your 100k is now worth about:Oando – N890,000Julius Berger – N381,000Bua Foods – N201,000Transcorp – N480,000Presco Plc – N223,000Stop sleeping on Nigerian stocks. There is money to be made. And no, it’s…
Are you Interested in starting a startup? In this video, Michael Seibel (Managing director of Y Combinator and a founder of two startups) shares valuable insights on how to start a successful business from scratch – in just over 10 minutes. Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur or already in the startup world, this video demystifies the startup angst as Michael’s invaluable advice and insights sets you on a quick path to entrepreneurial confidence and success. Mr. Seibel covers: The importance of having a technical co-founder. How to brainstorm and validate your startup idea. Key steps to building an MVP (Minimum…