(R-L) Olawale Rotimi Opeyemi (promoter of ‘Food for Nations); Olivier Becht (French Minister for Foreign Trade, Economic Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad); Ebun Feludu (founder, Kokari Coconut); Ndidi Nwuneli (founder, aace Foods) Last weekend, the French Minister for Foreign Trade, Economic Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad, Olivier Becht, inaugurated the “Food for Nations” agri-food platform – a one stop platform designed to assemble, host, and connect multi-sectoral stakeholders across the agri-food value chain, in order to facilitate food export and import. Says farmer Akin Alabi (R): “Congratulations my brother @OlawaleJRFarms. FOOD FOR NATIONS was a success!!” 📸@akinwale_cfi Spearheading the digital…
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Dr. Omar Sakr (Founder & CEO , Nawah-Scientific) addressing 1000+ attendees of the 5th edition of Africa’s Business Heroes contest Father of five, entrepreneur at heart, and scientist in the laboratory, Dr. Omar Shoukry Sakr is the founder and CEO of Nawah-Scientific, an Egyptian cloud lab for on-demand scientific services, and Africa’s biggest online destination to outsource scientific experiments in the fields of natural and biomedical sciences. Recently, Nawah Scientific received accreditation from the United States Food and Drug Administration (US-FDA) for food analysis and safety through the Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods Program. Says Dr. Sakr: “Accreditation reduces costs…
Inedoye modelling her beachwear line with her husband, Made Kuti (Afrobeat singer, songwriter and instrumentalist) 🎥 TheDoyeBrand Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle CEO, Inedoye Adanne Anikulapo-Kuti graduated from the Institut Supérieur de Communication et de Gestion (Republic of Bénin) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language and Literature. A few years later (in August 2022), she founded The Doye Brand, a full beachwear luxury line, produced in Nigeria, but more importantly with a vision of campaigning for body positivity. Inedoye Adanne Anikulapo-Kuti (Founder, The Doye Brand) 📸 @__Inedoye Inedoye’s focus is as much to produce creatively simple pieces, as…
On November 23, 2023 Google celebrated the graduation of 5,300 small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria, from its Hustle Academy bootcamp. The Google Hustle Academy trained and graduated 5,300 small businesses across South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria In Nigeria, the Hustle Academy has awarded N75 million to 15 of these SMBs through its Hustle Academy Fund, underscoring major commitment to the growth of African SMB growth. The 15 Nigerian small business owners are: Blessing Akpan (Founder, Inyene Agro Processing Factory) – one of the 15 graduands from the Google Hustle Academy Ifeoma Augusta Anselem – Rae’s…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana Ghanaian President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, November 13, 2023, joined Jules Armand Aniambossou (the French Ambassador to Ghana) in launching Creation Africa Ghana, an initiative by the French government to support entrepreneurs in the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) in creating wealth and growing the economy. Creation Africa is part of a broader project initiated by the government of France to benefit 15 African countries including Ghana, South Africa, Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Chad, and Togo. At the launch, President…
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRaza (Executive Governor, Kwara State of Nigeria) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Kwara State Government (represented by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq) and IHS Nigeria (represented by CEO, Mohamad Darwish) for the development of a technology innovation facility in the state. The project, tagged ‘Ilorin Innovation Hub,’ forms part of the Kwara State Government’s efforts to stimulate and deepen the synergy between technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, investment, and job creation for youth in the 18 to 35 age range. Mohamad Darwish (CEO & Co-Founder, IHS Nigeria 📸IHS Nigeria Under the Ilorin Innovation Hub project, IHS Nigeria…
Born in 1992, Joy Nkiru Ikpeoha first came to the island province of Hainan (South China) in 2015 to study Chinese language at Hainan University. Four years later, she extended her studies to include a Master’s degree in enterprise management, which she obtained in 2022. Her entrepreneurial journey began this year when she established a company in the provincial capital of Haikou, Says Ikpeoha: “My company is about helping foreign talents in Haikou or Hainan to set up their own businesses, and kind of feel at home here in Hainan,” Ikpeoha explained. The company also provides other services to foreign…
Julie Ako (co-Founder, Albantsho) Creative Nigerian tech startup, Albantsho, which offers a suite of easy-to-use screenwriting tools for African creators, has launched its latest feature tagged The Scriptwriter. Currently available free of charge to users across Africa, The Scriptwriter ensures that screenwriters are able to create polished stories that meet formatting requirements of international standard. The platform rivals similar tools with its block-based script editor that has user-friendly interfaces. Says Julie Ako (who co-founded the startup with Nikita Mokgware) in 2020: “The creative aspect of screenwriting can be very mentally demanding, but that doesn’t mean professionals can afford to focus…
(M) Abimbola Adebakin (Founder & CEO, Advantage Health Africa)M) with industry colleagues For Abimbola Adebakin (Founder & CEO, Advantage Health Africa), it was double celebrations on November 20, 2023 – her birthday and the launch of The Advantage (an intuitive platform that assists pharmacists — including those with limited technological expertise — in managing their operations, from procurement right through to after-sales). On this singular platform, pharmacies are able to unify and track pharmaceutical operations that typically cover procurement, payments, logistics, inventory management, finance and control, people development, merchandising, sales and after-sales, and customer management (retaining medical records for possible…
Tripitaca (re-branded as Triply) started business in the CEO mother’s house, but today supports more than 2300 guesthouses across Kenya by streamlining their operations and helping them grow. Peter Wachira is the CEO of Tripitaca. In 2019, at the age of 22, he launched his own agency to manage small guesthouses in Kenya, and in two short years, he was handling over 1,000 Airbnb-type guest houses across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. While at it, Peter realised how difficult and splintered it could be to run a guesthouse, for some of the following reasons: – Bookings were made on paper or Excel…