Course des cafés 📸Joséphine Brueder/ Ville deParis Waiters and waitresses take on the challenge of walking two kilometres through the streets of Paris and finishing first without dropping anything from their tray. After a decade-long absence, the iconic “Course des Café” (“Café Race”), formerly known as the “Waiters’ Race”, returned to the heart of Paris on March 24. While the name has been updated for inclusivity, the essence of the event remains unchanged. This revival, however, has a dual purpose: to combat plastic waste and to celebrate the art of service in the midst of a bustling café scene. Course…
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Social media content creator, Hauwa – she dared to ask, and she received 🎥@h_a_u_w_a One week ago, social media content creator Hauwa released an epic Instagram reel in which she asked fast-food chain, Chicken Republic, to consider dialing back the price of its basic Refuel Meal (a piece of chicken and a portion of rice) from N2,000 to N1000 – considering the tough economic environment. Hauwa was clear in her mission, saying: If we beg @chickenrepublic enough times and they reduce it, I’ll pay for 100 packs. Please tag Chicken Republic until they see this video. It worked, with four things happening:…
Paris 2024: Nigeria’s D’Tigress beat world numbers 3 (Australia) and 5 (Canada) to reach the Olympic basketball quarter finals Nigera’s D’Tigress made history as the first African basketball team to reach the quarter finals of an Olympic basketball tournament, beating world number 3 Australia (75-62) and world number 5 Canada (79-70) to reach the qualifying stage. Fully and proudly kitted by Ugo Udezue’s AFA Sports, D’Tigress are now incredibly ranked number 12 in the world! 100-metre Olympic gold winner, Julien Alfred 📸 Getty Images/ Cameron Spencer Next, from the small Caribbean island of St. Lucia, 23-year old Julien Alfred clinched…
Olympian, Allyson Felix – Co-Founder, Saysh Olympic star Allyson Felix headed to Paris fist week of July 2024 – not to compete on the track as she did for the last 20+ years, but to launch the Olympic Village’s inaugural nursery to support parent athletes, in partnership with Pampers. The most decorated Olympian in track and field athlete in Olympic history (with 11 medals), Felix traveled to Paris with her family of four, and she has an interesting entrepreneurial story. Her company, Saysh, founded in 2021, just weeks before her Olympic performance in Tokyo, was the result of a very…
Ola Brown (Founder, Healthcap Africa) Make Something People Want is the motto of Y Combinator, the early stage startup accelerator that has supported the launch of ultra-successful companies such as Airbnb and Reddit. Build something— not that people need — but rather something they want and are willing to pay for, Y Combinator adds. Ola Orekunrin Brown (Founder, Founder at Healthcap Africa) shares this immensely important reminder below, saying: Y Combinator, a renowned leader in startup investing, operates by a guiding principle that resonates deeply. This philosophy has undoubtedly contributed to their remarkable success in identifying and nurturing innovative ventures.As we strive for excellence in…
Chizor Malize (CEO, Fininacial Institutions Training Centre – FITC) 📸 ChizorMalize Leaders are seeing major shifts in how businesses operate as both ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and Sustainability have become essential considerations for business success worldwide. Chizor Malize (CEO, Financial Institutions Training Centre – FITC) very recently led the FITC during its launch of the company’s ESG & Sustainability Institute – a centre geared towards research and helping companies adopt the transformative potentials of ESG Succinctly capturing the highlights of the event, Malize notes that as the global population becomes more environmentally conscious, consumers are increasingly demanding that companies take full…
🎥 AndrewFirman A significant talk from Andrew Firman, CFA (co-Founder & Managing Partner at Kaleo Ventures – providers of early-Stage Venture Capital in Africa). Andrew is a faith driven fund manager who has invested in more than 50 faith-driven entrepreneurs across sub-Saharan Africa. In the video above – a talk shared with a church in Lagos – Firman dissects workplace theology in a thoroughly mind-enthralling manner. 🎥Faith Driven Investor podcast In this video, Andrew Firman and Henry Kaestner (another faith-driven investor) are interviewed about the risks, rewards, and returns of investing in Africa. Both gentlemen discuss the opportunities and challenges…
Simone Biles 📸 2024 Getty Images Simone Biles has just led the U.S. women’s gymnastics team to Olympic gold at Paris 2024. If Biles never competed again, her legacy would be secure as the greatest. With seven Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals, she is the most decorated gymnast of all time. Five skills are named after her. Her triple-double in her floor routine is the only “J” rated skill in women’s gymnastics, earning her an entire additional point for its difficulty. Led by Simone Biles, Team USA gets the Women’s Olympic gymnastics gold at Paris 2024 📸Naomi Baker/ Getty Images…
🎥 TreepzGlobal The month of July has turned out to be a double celebration at Treepz – easily one of Africa’s smartest and most intuitive all-in-one rideshare solution for companies and organisations to enable both carpooling and individual rides to work for all employees. First, Treepz has provided an impressive 50,0000 rides to employees at Nigeria’s Parallex Bank, in the last one year. And secondly, Parallex Bank has just renewed its partnership with Treepz to continue providing employee transportation services not just in Lagos, but now extending across several states of the country. Set to commence this mid-year, the renewed partnership will allow Treepz leverage its…
(L&R) Sewuese Egu and Paula Pwul (co-Founders Enterprise and Heels; and Jennifer Awirigwe (M) – Founder, FinTribe Co-Founders of Enterprise and Heels, Paula Pwul and Sewuese Egu, were in top form as they hosted female entrepreneurs, on July 27, to the 2024 Enterprise and Heels conference, referred to as the ultimate empowerment gathering for supporting ambitious African female entrepreneurs. Enterprise & Heels offer a wide range of resources, ranging from business advice and online courses, to mentoring programs, and access to networking events – all designed exclusively for the Africa’s women entrepreneurs to succeed exponentially. Keynote speaker at the event…