The long-awaited Agribusiness Innovation Challenge is back for 2024, seeking passionate young minds who intend to revolutionise Nigeria’s food system. The Challenge targets anyone with an innovative, tech-driven solution that tackles challenges across the food supply chain, thereby improving food safety, nutrition, and access for all? Focus areas include: Supply Chain Traceability (blockchain, smart sensors) Last-Mile Distribution Networks Climate-Smart Financing Agricultural Productivity & Efficiency Post-Harvest Loss Management Who can apply? Women and youth aged 18-35 Registered agri-tech startups with solutions for the Nigerian food supply chain Startups willing to expand to Oyo, Ibadan, Benue, or Nassarawa Committed and dedicated teams…
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Nominations are now open for the 2024 AWIEF Awards, created to recognise and celebrate the achievements of female entrepreneurs and business owners across various industry sectors in Africa. Nominees should have demonstrated outstanding vision, leadership, inspiration, and business success. AWIEF (Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum) is an award-winning pan-African women economic empowerment organization that works to close the gender gaps by driving women’s business leadership and entrepreneurship in Africa. Fatma Samoura (Secretary General, FIFA) – AWIEF Lifetime Leadership Award winner 2023 Salamba Diene (CEO, BIOSENE SARL, Senegal) – Young Entrepreneur Award winner 2023 Nonopa Tenza (Founder & MD, Kevinot…
🎥 Travis Adkins Travis Adkins is President & CEO of the U.S. African Development Foundation – USADF), an independent U.S. government agency established by the U. S. Congress to invest directly in African grassroots enterprises and social entrepreneurs. Travis Adkins (President & CEO, USADF) One of the USADF’s investments – the Liberia Cocoa Corporation – has proven to be a prime example of how the agency helps in increasing incomes, revenues, and jobs by promoting self-reliance and market-based solutions to poverty. Adkins says: The Liberia Cocoa Corporation (LCC), established in 2009 by the dynamic couple Lu Tolbert and Lulu A.…
Farmer, Khalil Dukuly, is Founding Partner at Doukoure et Karrat SARL. And after a bountiful harvest of watermelons, with very few off-takers, he laments: Farmer, Khalil Dukuly They say Liberians are lazy; they don’t farm. In contrast, we have produced premium-quality watermelons with international standards, yet we struggle to sell them in Monrovia. Supermarkets, Restaurants, and Hotels would only take 5 to 20 pieces. Thank you, Harbel Supermarket, for taking 100 pieces. We have about 3000 pieces. We are currently distributing it to market women. One problem, several solutions There are many different approaches and practices when it comes to…
Mali-Bamako: Fashion designer, Ade Bakare, gives a bow at the African Textile Night, a fashion show celebrating use of African textiles 🎥AdeBakare La Nuit du Textile Africain (African Textile Night), a major event in the 2024 fashion calendar, took place on May 18, 2024, at the Radisson Collection Hotel in Bamako (Mali). The African Textile Night, in collaboration with Marie Kaba Haute Couture, celebrates the richness and diversity of African creativity, rich in artisanal heritage and stunning textiles – despite the fact that over 80% of the textile used in the continent’s fashion industry is imported from Europe and Asia. Renown British-Nigerian fashion designer, Ade Bakare (Founder…
In Germany: Geregu Power Plc inks a partnership deal with Siemens Energy AG to raise overall power generating capacity in Nigeria to 1,200MW (L-R) Dietmar Siersdorfer (Managing Director, Siemens MEA) and Femi Otedola (Chairman of the Board, Geregu Power Plc.) 📸 Femi Otedola In a signing ceremony which took place in Berlin on Wednesday May 29, 2024, Geregu Power (Nigeria’s power generating solutions provider) and Siemens Energy have agreed to expand the capacity of the Geregu 1 power plant from the current 435 MW to 500 MW. An upgrade will convert the plant to combined-cycle operations with a view to adding a third…
📸 Financial Jennifer It’s straight to the point as usual with certified financial instructor and Founder of FinTribe, Financial Jennifer. With as little as NGN5,000, says Jennifer, you can key into an investment offered by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) – a Savings Bond that pays as high as 18.4% in interest. Says Jennifer: Duration for the investment is two or three years.For this month, here are the interest rates:2 years – 17.414%3 years – 18.414%But some of your banks are paying you 0% and even charging you on top of it 😔 The FGN Savings Bond, which is…
LONDON, June 4, 2024 /PRN/ — QS Quacquarelli Symonds released the 21st edition of the QS World University Rankings – the only ranking system to measure both employability and sustainability performance. For the 13th consecutive year, MIT leads the table, though two-thirds of the United States’ ranked universities have dropped in the last year. Imperial College London jumps four places to rank 2nd; the University of Oxford and Harvard University remain 3rd and 4th respectively; the University of Cambridge rounds out the top five. Caltech is the only institution to break into the top 10. 20242023QS World University Rankings 2025:…
Frank Breuss (Co-Founder & CEO, Nikulipe) 📸 Particle Agency A recent report finds that Africa’s booming market for online goods and services is on track to surpass half a billion consumers by 2025, highlighting untapped potentials for global merchants and payment service providers. Emphasizing Africa’s mobile-centric consumer base, the report details how access to Local Payment Methods can boost business success in Africa’s diverse markets. June 4th, 2024. By the end of 2025, nearly half the population of Africa will have engaged in buying goods and services online, compared to just 13% in 2017. This increase will be fueled by…
One of 10: Founder of Afriskaut, Nnamdi Emefo Nnamdi Emefo is the Founder of Afriskaut. In his words: I started Afriskaut because my childhood friend Ussa Buggu (now my co-founder), who was an insanely talented footballer could not find an opportunity to become professional. It dawned on me that this is the reality of thousands of Africans who have the talent and desire to showcase their skills to the world.At Afriskaut, we built a system that converts football matches into player statistics & highlights. Today, Afriskaut has converted over 700 football match videos, collecting performance data on 8000+ players ,…