(L-R): Badminton, Women’s Singles SL3: Gold medallist Xiao Zuxian of China; Silver medallist Qonitah Ikhtiar Syakuroh of Indonesia; and bronze medalist Mariam Eniola Bolaji of Nigeria celebrate on the podium, 2 September, 📸REUTERS – Jennifer Lorenzini In 2021, Mariam Bolaji’s coach, Bello Rafiu Oyebanji, died in a road accident as she was preparing for the Tokyo Paralympics. The 18-year-old swore to press on and make Oyebanji proud by bringing a medal home in the near future. She did. On Monday, September 02, Miriam The 18-year-old beat Oksana Kozyna from Ukraine 21-9, 21-9 to claim the para badminton bronze medal in the women’s SL3 category for…
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Anne N. Agbakoba (Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, B&E) Welcome to Bank & Entrepreneur Africa (B&E) where our mission is to change the world by making it a better place for entrepreneurs to thrive. This, we achieve by providing trusted information on Africa’s entrepreneurial community across the world, accurately telling their brilliant stories, and making available resources that enable them seamlessly innovate. Our end-goal is to make B&E a consistent force for good. Why Choose B&E? Being selected as officially accredited media to the 2024 Paris Olympic & Paralympic Games was one of several highlights of Summer 2024, confirming to the public…
Leading African Women in Food Fellowship (LAWFF) Fellows head to #AFSForum 2024: the world’s premier forum for African agriculture (Kigali-Rwanda, September 2-6) 📸Ady’s Agro The Leading African Women in Food Fellowship (LAWFF) – a transformative program designed to empower and celebrate women leaders in the African food and agriculture sector – is sending its 2024 Fellows to Rwanda to attend the Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF), taking place September 02-06. AGRF is the world’s premier forum for African agriculture that brings together stakeholders in the agricultural landscape to take practical actions and share lessons for moving African agriculture forward. Attending…
GoGettaz – a partnership initiative strengthening the ecosystem for youth entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector across Africa – are proud to present the inspiring Top 12 finalists of the 2024 competition! These young agripreneurs from across the continent are transforming agriculture and food systems in innovative and impactful ways, and here’s a quick introduction to all 12: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮🌿 AB Farms – Mogale Maleka (South Africa)🌐 https://abfarms.co.za/An Agritech company with a patented hydroponic system, enabling farmers to produce more food with less water, energy, and land.🍏 SAKAFO Madagascar – Riantsoa Mialinarindra (Madagascar)🌐 https://lnkd.in/gDDXeDiDHamy Processing fruits and…
Founder & Team Lead of Soilless Farm Lab, Ogbole Samson has announced the opening of a vegetable store, slated for September 07, 2024 in the Lekki Peninsula area of Lagos. Soilless Farm lab uses hydroponics technology to grow plants without the use of soil, which coupled with AI-based irrigation system ensures precise plant monitoring for optimum yield and predictability of food quality. A similar Soilless Farm Lab outlet recently threw its doors open in Nassarawa State, located opposite the NNPC fuel station at Lafia. Soilless Farm Lab also has a presence in Nassarawa state Export The weekly volume of vegetables…
Empowering yuth through Agriculture: IfeOluwa Oyeyemi on the job Top LinkedIn post by Sustainable Food Champion | Fruit Farming Expert | Agrodealer Specialist, IfeOluwa Oyeyemi (Founder, FarmHelp Agribusiness): From a young age, I always had a deep desire to help others achieve their dreams while working towards mine. Little did I know that agriculture would be the avenue through which this passion would flourish.As a teenager, my father entrusted us with small parcels of land for petty farming. I chose to plant vegetables, selling them outside our home to earn money, all while dreaming of studying medicine. However, fate had…
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Founder, Future Africa) Reposted from LinkedIn x Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: If you are African or a black person from anywhere in the world and you want to build something venture scale I think you need to move to Lagos. Lagos is the largest city in Africa and a 150 billion dollar economy with over 20 million people in a space that’s smaller than New York City. It’s basically New York for black people. From a density perspective you can’t find a better market. It is fully run by very proud black people and a largely responsive government.Most importantly unlike…
Earlier this year, Justin Norman (Founder, The Flip) says he hit the streets of Lagos-Nigeria to answer one question: “How did Moniepoint grow so big, so fast?” Read his thoughts below about the phenomenal growth of fintech company, Moniepoint Group, founded by Tosin Eniolorunda: Justin Norman (Founder, The Flip) All over Nigeria, more agents & merchants are using Moniepoint’s light blue devices across Nigeria. But how did they do it?There are millions of Moniepoint point-of-sale terminals in use across Nigeria.These point-of-sale devices power Nigeria’s offline economy, and while there are many competitors in this space, Moniepoint appears to beating them…
🎥 Paralympics When Cameroonian Guillaume Junior Atangana lost his sight, he thought his life was over and that he would never do sports again. Now he’s competing at Paris2024 as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team. In tandem with his running guide, Gillaume will compete in the 400m T11 events (athletes in the T11 class are severely visually impaired and compete blindfolded with a guide runner). He will line up later at the Games in the 100m with his guide, Israel Malachi-Harrison. Together with seven other Para athletes competing across six sports, they are part of the largest-ever…
🎥 Paralympics A proposal at the Paralympic Village! 🏡 💍 On Thursday (August 29), at the Olympic Village, and with the 2024 Paris Paralympics well underway, Spanish para triathlete Lionel Morales Gonzalez asked his long-time girlfriend Jessica to marry him (see video above). The 50-year-old was seen pulling off the act in front of the Paralympic village dining hall by getting down on one knee and asking his partner, Jessica, for her hand in marriage. Jessica did not hesitate for a second before saying yes! Lionel Morales, who was victim of a motorcycle accident in 1997, will compete in the men’s triathlon…