UNSTOPPABLE 🇳🇬. Folashade Oluwafemiayo beats her own power lifting world record on final day of Paralympic Games🎥@Paralympics Nigeria is unstoppable. On the final day of the 2024 Paris Paralympics, Folashade Oluwafemiayo has obliterated her own previous 165kg world record with an incredible 167kg lift, securing gold in the Women’s Over 86kg Para powerlifting category🏅 Nigeria’s medal haul now stands at a total of seven (see story on previous six wins: Paris2024: Good things do come to an end. Nigeria’s never-give-up trait earns it six medals as the Paralympics draw to a close 🙌]. Folashade Oluwafemiayo lifts Paralympic gold!After breaking both…
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📸2024 Getty Images Despite no-one wanting Paris 2024 to come to an end, the Closing Ceremony of the Paralympic Games will bring the curtain down on 12 days of intense sporting activity in France’s capital, on Sunday 8 September, starting at 20:30 local time. After nearly two weeks of competition and jaw-dropping feats of athleticism, the medal table tells a story of grit: So far, throughout the Paralympics’ 549 medal events, China tops the table in terms of gold medals (71) and total medals (163). After Great Britain (82 total, 35 golds), Team USA athletes have brought home 77 medals in all, including 27 golds.…
Founder at the Ecobarter company – Rita Idehai Rita Idehai is a geoscientist turned social entrepreneur whose vision is to ensure that every urban household across Nigeria gets connected to a sustainable waste management platform. As founder at Ecobarter – a sustainable waste management company – Rita consistently works to help entrepreneurs and organisations make social impact where it matters the most. In a recent LinkedIn post, Rita shares the groundbreaking capabilities of the reverse vending machine – a machine that allows insertion of recyclable material in exchange for a reward – locally and proudly built by her team. Twenty…
The Olympic cauldron 🎥 Paris 2024 – Comité d’organisation des Jeux Olympiques As the thrilling 2024 Paris Paralympic Games come to an end, Team Nigeria have hauled in a total of six medals as at the penultimate day (Saturday, September 07), while hoping to secure two additional medals on the final day in their last two para-powerlifting events today, Sunday. The country’s medal tally table currently looks like this: 📸NigeriaOlympic The sensational Mariam Eniola Bolaji set the pace by being the first to make a mark for Nigeria on the medals table. She claimed the Para badminton bronze medal in the women’s SL3 category. …
(M): Anna Ekeledo (Executive Director, Afrilabs – one of several partners to the Africa Creatives Alliance) Africa is at the cusp of witnessing a transformative moment for the Continent’s creative sector with the recent launch of the Africa Creatives Alliance (ACA). whose mission is to revolutionise the Continent’s creative landscape by supporting entrepreneurs across fashion, arts, mechatronics, culinary arts, and multimedia. Looking to empower young entrepreneurs and therefore unlock Africa’s vast creative potential, the Alliance intends to bring together creative hubs, incubators, policymakers, and other stakeholders to build a sustainable ecosystem that nurtures innovation. ACA’s Four Pillars include:📌Ecosystem Convening📌Policy Advocacy📌Education…
For four years, financial services provider, Moniepoint, have increasingly brought more women into the tech industry through our women-in-tech internship program, and this year, they have welcomed twice their usual quota!Says Moniepoint: In line with our community-driven approach, we’ve created a safe space where these women can network, exchange ideas, and connect with other inspiring women on this journey, empowering them to build products for millions of users. Here’s a photo collage featuring some of the incredible women who led conversations within the Moniepoint enabling environment. 📸MoniepointGroup IN THE PHOTOS Wamide Animashaun (Partnerships Director @ Propel) Constance Onyeji-Jarret (Human Resource…
Kigali, Rwanda. Introducing the 2024 GoGettaz Africa Agripreneur Prize Competition (GAPC) winners! 🏆 The GAPC is an annual event that seeks to identify and support the most innovative and promising agripreneurs in Africa. The competition is open to all African entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 35 who have innovative ideas for agricultural businesses. The first winner, emerging from the Northern region of Africa is Fatima El Khou (Founder, CEO, and Head of Research & Innovation at Jafife, Morocco. Jafife uses digitalised solar dryers to transform food into natural ingredients for sustainable supply chains. The second winner, emerging from…
Onyinyechi Mark dominates the Women’s -61kg Para powerlifting with an incredible 150kg lift 🎥Paralympics Nigerian Para powerlifter Onyinyechi Mark is nothing short of exceptional. 🔥🤯 The 23-year-old also secured Nigeria’s first gold medal in the sport at this year’s Paralympics. She broke the world record twice back-to-back in her debut appearance at La Chapelle Arena on September 06, with her final regular lift of 147kg breaking the world record – before an incredible 150kg Power Lift just moments later, which broke the world record again, and secured her gold medal. 📸Paralympic.org Onyinyechi came into her first Paralympic Games looking to conquer the…
Rethread Africa founders: Charles Oyamo, Noreen Mwancha, and Vincent Momanyi Rethread Africa, an incredible African startup founded by students from the University of Nairobi, continue to stir up conversations as it upcycles sugarcane waste into high-performance, bio-based materials that offer sustainable alternatives to synthetic fibres. Their groundbreaking solution is disrupting the textile industry while advancing sustainability. The innovative team – Charles Oyamo, Noreen Mwancha, and Vincent Momanyi – boasts a biodegradable textile fabric made from agricultural waste, particularly sugarcane. The resulting bio-based polyester may be an effective substitute for traditional polyester as it requires fewer resources to make and can…
Acceptance speech by Affiong Williams 🎥TayoOviosu The world’s premier forum for African agriculture – The Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF) – are delighted to announce the selection of Affiong Williams (Founder & CEO, ReelFruit) as the 2024 winner of the Women Agripreneur of the Year Award(WAYA), at the Africa Food Systems Forum (September 02-06, Kigali-Rwanda) ReelFruit – a fruit processing and distributing company – transform Nigeria’s abundant and delicious tropical fruits into healthy, tasty, dried snacks. Williams has notably created over 300 full-time jobs since the inception of ReelFruit and displays remarkable confidence in her ability to boost that figure all…