As the new MD/ CEO of Transcorp Hotels, Uzoamaka Oshogwe (L) receives a warm welcome from super-entrepreneur and Chairman at Transcorp Plc., Tony O. Elumelu [📸TonyElumelu] In December 2024, Transcorp Hotels Plc announced Uzoamaka Oshogwe’s appointment as its new Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2025. She succeeds Dupe Olusola and is expected to lead the company into its next phase of growth, building on her extensive experience in the real estate and hospitality sectors. Says super-entrepreneur, Tony Elumelu (majority stakeholder in Transcorp Plc, owners of Transcorp Hotels): Delighted to welcome Uzoamaka Oshogwe, the new Managing Director/CEO of…
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In 2017, Senegalese entrepreneur Souadou Niang opened Palms Luxury Boutique Hotel in Dakar, Senegal – her own five-star boutique hotel with 60 employees. Her backstory is inspiring: behind this amazing accomplishment lies a story of an African woman who started out as a hotel service person in the US. From Cleaner to Hotelier: The Inspiring Journey of Souadou Niang Luxury Hotel Owner in Dakar Senegal : Souadou Niang is founder of the Palms Luxury Boutique Hotel, staffed predominantly by women. “Women are born managers,” she emphasised, determined to showcase African women’s capabilities in high-end hospitality Born and raised in Dakar, Senegal,…
If you’re a wireless keyboard user, charging it just became eco-friendly. Ultra-slim and stunning, you can use this ARTECH full-sized Wireless Solar Keyboard for a desktop or laptop. Even better, it takes in light from both indoor and outdoor sources — even from your desk lamp — and will work up to 33 feet or 10 metres. Solar ChargingNo need to change batteries or charge the keyboard via the USB any more. When you type on the keyboard or the keyboard is idle, the keyboard will be always charged via sunlight or LED lamp light. Rechargeable BatteryThe built-in industry-high rechargeable Li-polymer battery…
Students, bloggers, artists and writers can submit their innovative storytelling to a contest. The Media School at Bournemouth University is accepting entries for its New Media Writing Prize (NMWP). NMWP is looking for innovative and interactive storytelling (fiction or nonfiction) written specifically for delivery and reading/viewing on a PC or Mac, the web or a hand-held device such as an iPad or mobile phone. Entries can be a short story, novel, poem, narrative game, documentary or transmedia work using words, images, film or animation with audience interaction. The winner of the if:book Chris Meade Memorial UK New Media Award will receive GBP1,000 (US$1,254). The winners…
Abayomi Semudara (Freelance product designer & tech content creator) Interesting LinkedIn post by Abayomi Semudara “This founder [Nelson Elemi] has spent over 200 million naira to rebuild Tinapa for tech…Tinapa Business Resort, once envisioned as a “Mini Dubai,” was launched in 2007 with grand ambitions. With retail spaces, entertainment centers, and a 400-room luxury hotel, it was a $450-million statement of Nigeria’s aspirations. But years of underuse and the 2020 EndSARS carnage left the facility in disrepair, looted and abandoned.For Nelson Elemi, Tinapa’s decline is a foundation for something new. “As Silicon Valley is to America, Tinapa can be to…
Applications are still open for the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship. The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship is an entrepreneurship acceleration program designed to support promising, African EdTech ventures. Implemented in partnership with innovation hubs and EdTech accelerators across Africa, the Fellowship provides select EdTech companies with critical business and financial support, as well as insight into the science of learning, preparing them for scale, sustainability, and impact. In 2024, 92 EdTech companies from implementing partner tech hubs across Africa showcased their improved solutions to stakeholders in their respective countries. During the Demo Days in South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal, each…
Calling all African health-tech innovators: there’s still time to apply!The HealthTech Hub Africa cohort is seeking visionary entrepreneurs tackling pressing healthcare challenges across the continent. This is your opportunity to accelerate your journey, connect with industry leaders, and make a difference in healthcare. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this transformative program. HealthTech Hub Africa – a hybrid pan-African health tech accelerator with a physical co-working and community space in Kigali, Rwanda – supports governments, start-ups and scale-ups to collaborate on data and technology-enabled innovations that strengthen health systems in Africa.Submit your application by January 17, 2025: https://lnkd.in/e3hSD2EC
Pascal Weinberger – CEO & Co-Founder at Bardeen.ai, San Francisco [📸PascalWeinberger] Interesting LinkedIn post by Pascal Weinberger, Co-Founder & CEO at Bardeen.ai – providers of AI agents for businesses, automating tasks and removing workflow friction. “I’ve worked with and invested in over 50 startups over the last ten years (a lot of which YC backed). Most, if not all, have suffered from the same 5 problems.Young founders, don’t do this:1. Launching lateThere’s this idea of “perfecting” your product before launch.So then you build and build and build.And when you FINALLY launch, you realize:âžś There’s no product-market fitâžś It had bugs…
Williams Emmanuel Dabo (President & CEO, Williams Dabo Group) Numeris Media, publishers of Bank & Entrepreneur Africa, are proud to announce the appointment of Williams Emmanuel Dabo to its Editorial Board. He will be joining five other Board members – Anne Agbakoba, Debisi Araba (Ph. D), Yemi Owolabi, Elizabeth Shaw (Ph. D), Fela Popoola – whose leadership has been instrumental in shaping the company’s vision and delivering impactful outcomes. Mr. Dabo serves as the President and CEO of the Williams Dabo Group, which operates in Nigeria, Hong Kong, and the UAE. Over the past 15 years, he has established operational…
The “Africa Foodpreneur” edition by Bank & Entrepreneur Africa is a special publication, focusing on African culinary entrepreneurs, particularly those operating in the Atlanta metro area – and headlined by two international chefs: Franco-Congolese, Chef Mick ÉlysĂ©e and Zimbabwe’s Chef Gracia Bvute. Both ÉlysĂ©e and Bvute offer insights not just into culinary expertise and culture, but also on the business of food. They tackle issues such as nutritional value, zero food waste, ease of farm-to-table, sustainable farming and food sourcing, a re-focus on using resilient home-grown grains. View Cover 01 and the full magazine featuring Chef ÉLYSÉE View Cover 02…