On Monday, August 12, the Ekiti State Government launched the State’s first innovation hub (Ekiti Startup Garage – ESG) at Obafemi Awolowo Civic Centre, Ado-Ekiti.This state-of-the-art facility with 24/7 power supply and high-speed internet promises to be a game-changer that will foster technological advancement, scientific research, and a thriving digital economy through its capacity for bringing together techpreneurs, researchers, developers and investors to collaborate and create groundbreaking solutions for both local and global challenges. Ekiti State governor, governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, cuts the tape At the launch, Governor Biodun Oyebanji described the Ekiti Startup Garage as a dynamic and comprehensive…
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(R): Fola Adeola (Founder & Chairman, FATE Foundation) On August 15, the FATE Foundation – a non-profit private-sector led organisation created in March 2000 to tackle the high rate of unemployment and poverty in Nigeria – hosted the 70th birthday celebration of its Founder and Chairman, Fola Adeola, who had reached the milestone earlier in the year. FATE was pleased to have some of its Board members, directors, alumni, volunteers, entrepreneurs, fellows, alumni Excos, family members of the celebrants at the event. (L): Adenike Adeyemi (Executive Director, FATE Foundation) In a tribute to its Founder, FATE foundation shared: Happy 70th…
You captured an interesting cloud in the right place at exactly the right moment. You waited patiently for lightning to strike. You photographed the perfect wave, the majestic aurora, a raging storm, or rain on spring flowers. Your dedication to capturing the ever-changing marvels of nature should be recognised! Now you can share those moments with a community of weather enthusiasts – and win recognition and cash prizes! Submission deadline for the 2024 AMS Weather Band Photo Contest is 30 August, 2024 at 5:00 PM (Eastern Time). See the Rules and Prizes below for more details. Rules and Prizes Subject and Theme of Photos…
Miavana by Time + Tide There is nowhere in the world like Miavana, there is no luxury, no beauty, no tranquility, no thrill to equal this blue haven. Madagascar, the fourth biggest island on earth, has been called the land in a forgotten sea, with a number of small peripheral islands off its coastline. With an unparalleled mixture of endemic wildlife and plant species in a variety of habitats from forest to reefs, Madagascar truly is one of the greatest biodiversity regions on earth. Now, step inside Miavana beach resort and experience true Malgache hospitality. Located on a secluded private island…
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Dare Olatoye (Co-founder & CEO, Trueflutter) 📸DareOlatoye Dare Olatoye’s sister got married for the first time at the age of 47 to an amazing gentleman who had lived barely 10 minutes away from her for many years, and had also been searching for a committed relationship all that time. Yet they had never met. Dare and his brother realised that there were millions of people in his sister’s situation, which was an issue that technology could easily solve. So they set out to build what became the Trueflutter app – a powerful matchmaking tool for Africans on the continent and…
The Paralympic logo 📸 Guillaume Bontemps/Ville de Paris The 2024 Paralympic Games will kick off on August 28th with the opening ceremony on the Place de la Concorde. Held for the first time in France, the Paralympic Games will bring 4,400 athletes and thousands of sports fans together until September 8th. Exceptional venues. The 549 events of the Paralympics will take place on some exceptional and iconic sites, such as the Invalides for para-archery, the Eiffel Tower for blind soccer, the Champ-de-Mars for para-judo and wheelchair rugby, and the Château de Versailles park for para-equestrian events. Para-badminton and para-weightlifting will…
The Olympic Games are over. The Olympic Flag was handed over Sunday to Simone Biles and Karen Bass, the mayor of Los Angeles, the host city for the 2028 Olympic Games. After 16 days of thrilling events, and a star-studded closing ceremony held in France’s national stadium and also projected from Long Beach in Southern California, the French capital has handed over hosting duties for the Summer Games to the next city in line: Los Angeles in 2028. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIeHFbfSbCM Evidently attempting to show that surpassing Paris isn’t mission impossible, Los Angeles rolled out a skydiving Tom Cruise, Grammy winner Billie…
The 2024 Paris Olympics are finally coming to a close this weekend. On August 11, the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games will bring to a conclusion 17 historic days of sporting feats and festivities in France. The event will include traditional elements, such as: The parade of athletes The thanking of the 45,000 volunteers The medal ceremony for the women’s marathon The extinguishing of the Olympic flame, which will be brought from Tuileries, where the cauldron has been on display and visited by tens of thousands of fans The proclamation of the end of the Olympic Games, made by the President…
Some of the most amazing Olympic closing ceremonies 🎥Olympics.com After more than two weeks of action-packed sport, Paris is preparing for the 2024 Olympics closing ceremony, which takes place on Sunday, 11 August and is being held at the Stade de France, starting at 20:00 BST and finishing at 22:30. Thomas Jolly, the artistic director who brought us Céline Dion singing Edith Piaf’s classic, L’Hymne à l’Amour halfway up the Eiffel Tower at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, is also heading the Closing Ceremony. To get an insight into how past Olympic Games closing ceremonies have panned out, here’s…