The Enterprise for Youth in Agriculture (EYIA) initiative is a joint project between Soilless Farm Lab (founded by Samson Ogbole) and the Mastercard Foundation, under which young agri-enthusiasts are trained in profitable and sustainable agriculture. EYiA in action Farmer Samson has taken time to de-mystify the way EYiA works: 1. We are not taking any form of investment (debt or equity)2. Our three months of training is free for those aged 18 to 29, free accommodation, and it is residential (www.sfarmlab.com/EYiA/)3. We set up farms at a fee.Our headquarters is at Awowo, Ewekoro LGA, Ogun state (see video) Farmer Samson…
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The Silo is a sanctuary in the city of Cape Town, celebrating art, style, and design. This architectural masterpiece towers above the V&A Waterfront and is defined by its shimmering pillowed-glass windows which offer panoramic views stretching from Table Mountain to the Table Bay harbour. This luxury accommodation occupies six floors above the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) which houses Africa’s largest collection of contemporary African art. Meticulously selected by the owner of The Royal Portfolio and avid art enthusiast, Liz Biden, The Silo Hotel’s art collection houses some of Africa’s most talented, emerging, and eminent contemporary artists…
🎥Gabriel Ogbechie This video says it all, in a nutshell. Dr. Gabriel Ogbechie is Group Managing Director at Rainoil Limited, a leading energy company in Nigeria. With an impressive career spanning over 30 years, he possesses a wealth of expertise in sales, marketing, and operations within the Oil & Gas space.
🎥 Yetunde Ayo-Oyalowo Yetunde Ayo-Oyalowo is Founder & CEO, Market Doctors – the first retail and mobile Clinic in Nigeria with a vision of bringing healthcare to the doorstep of Nigerians without disturbing their normal economic, religious, educational and social activities, using mobile clinics and outreaches. Her exceptional outreach extends to marketplaces! When asked why she has taken on such an unusual task with verve, Yetunde responds: Why do I do what I do? People often ask me this, and honestly, there are many reasons. But my name, my story, holds the answer. I lost my grandmother to something as preventable…
With frequent power outages combined with the heat, many people are looking for cost-effective ways to stay cool and perhaps charge their phones at the same time! Stand-alone rechargeable fans may be an option, but they still need power from the grid to keep them charged for and going for hours. The Dowilldo Portable Solar Fan is a great solution. It lets you use the sun as its main source of power, while keeping you cool with a choice of four wind speeds to choose from — natural, low, mid, and high. With a full battery and at natural wind…
Serving puff puff at L’Oréal [🎥 @puffpuffministry] Who would have though that puff-puff, the humble Nigerian snack would be making the rounds at global corporate events? So it has, served by London-based Puff-Puff Ministry, a family-run business launched in August 2020 that delivers freshly made West African doughnuts (puff puff) to corporate events and offices, or serve them warm in-person. Sister act: Puff-Puff Ministry is run by British-Nigerian founder-sisters (Marianne, Fola, Yossie, and Lola Olaleye) Puff-Puff Ministry’s latest client – after having served giants like Google, Netflix, Meta, Salesforce, Peloton, Bank of America, TikTok, Commerzbank, Octopus Investments, and Trustpilot -…
COVER 1 COVER 2 Proceeds from the Foodpreneurs Africa 50 (Atlanta edition) will go towards Bank & Entrepreneur Africa’s MoJo4TheMasses project, which trains and equips females from disadvantaged communities to become Mobile Journalists (MoJos), therefore ensuring a solid professional future, decent earnings, and the dignity of supporting their families.
Seated (L-R): Temitope Adeyemi (Co-Founder & CEO, Pay-U) in a recent meet-up with legendary Angel Investor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and adviser to tech companies Harry ‘Tomi Davies to brainstorm 📸TemitopeA Imagine that you drive a NGN50,000,000 car from Ikeja to Victoria Island within 1 hour and you get to pay a premium of just NGN1,141 – instead of worrying about paying NGN2,500,000 as upfront annual premium, especially when you can’t afford the upfront cost. Or Imagine… that you drive a car valued at NGN10,000,000 from Lekki Phase 1 to Ikoyi – which is about 30-minute journey – and you pay NGN80…
A culinary odyssey: The Vivo Restaurant has become the destination in Cotonou for epicureans in search of the new and the uncommon. Enjoy a rich and surprising taste experience, with updated interpretations of international dishes enhanced by authentic local flavours The Sofitel Cotonou Marina Hotel & Spa has opened in the Republic of Bénin, offering a cocoon of elegance in the heart of the country’s largest city, Cotonou. Facing the beach and the ocean beyond, this 5-star hotel invites you to bask in refinement and absolute wellbeing, where each experience is designed to delight the senses. 📸Sofitel Cotonou Marina Hotel…
🎥Paralympics With Paris 2024 drawing to a close, some of the Paralympic community say a few words of thanks to Paris and its people: ‘MERCI!’ [in different accents and languages 😊] What a spectacle: The 2024 Paralympics closing ceremony kicks off at Stade de France And for an unforgettable event that has marked a first gender-inclusive Olympics hosted by the beautiful city of Paris, the world says bravo to Anne Hidalgo (Mayor of Paris); Tony Estanguet (President, Paris 2024 – Comité d’organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de 2024); and Etienne Thobois (Director-General, Paris Organising Committee). Numeris Média is officially…