Enyonam Manye 📸 Founder of Count on Crops Hub, Enyonam Manye, has just won the Agric Journalist of the year prize at the African Women in Agribusiness Awards, held at the Holiday Inn Hotel (Accra-Ghana), on November 18, 2023 Ms. Manye’s company produces a TV series tagged The Ghanaian Farmer, which is extremely popular for educating Ghanaians around the globe the vast opportunities the sector presents by engaging farmers and experts in field interviews. Aired on both Joy Prime TV and YouTube, The Ghanaian Farmer received special recognition for inspiring the younger generation, through engaging content, to see agriculture as…
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Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Founder, 1000 Black Voices) Founder of 1000 Black Voices, Dr. Elizabeth Shaw, is excited to announce that the next 1000 Black Voices Accelerator & Trade Mission – this one, focused on Fintech – is open for applications. The accelerator is run virtually (a few of them hybrid), while the trade mission is in-person, in New York. Founders from any global geographical area are welcome to apply, and should run a business registered in the UK. 2023: The 1000 Black Voices trade mission to San Francisco and Los Angeles Over the years, 1000 Black Voices have expertly connected…
Some of the speakers billed for the Ekiti State Innovation Summit Between November 21-22, 2023, the exciting Ekiti State Innovation Summit (EKIS 2023) will host an assembly of visionaries, innovators, policymakers, and industry leaders in celebration and promotion of innovation in Ekiti State of Nigeria. The annual event features captivating discussions, masterclasses, and showcases on topics like ‘The future of work and emerging Technologies’, fostering collaboration among those passionate about driving positive change through innovation. Dr. Ola Brown (founding partner, Healthcare Capital Africa) One of the speakers will be Dr. Ola Brown, founding partner of Healthcare Capital Africa (Healthcap), a…
(L-R): Pricepally co-Founders Luther Lawoyin (CEO), Deepak Bansal (CTO), Mosun Lawoyin (CXO) and Jummai Abalaka (COO) Pricepally, a Nigerian online grocery store for fresh produce and packaged food, has raised $1.3 million seed funding, backed by Samurai Incubate (a Japanese VC that also participated in the startup’s 2021 pre-seed round), SOSV, ELEA, Hi2 Global, Chui Ventures and ex-Unilever executive David Mureithi. According to Pricepally, this latest round of funding will serve to expand beyond three Nigerian cities (Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt), and re-introduce group buying in order to keep up with its promise of enabling consumers purchase food affordably. The startup facilitates same- or next-day delivery of…
Botlhale AI, specialists in multilingual speech and text conversational AI for African languages, have won the Startup of the Year award at the just-concluded Africa Tech Festival, held in Cape Town, South Africa. Founded by Sange Maxaku, Thapelo Nthite, and Xolisani Nkwentsha, the company is breaking language barriers for African businesses and their customers by unleashing the power of human language technologies in African languages. Team Botlhale AI Simply put, Botlhale AI is redefining communication by helping organisations engage with customers in languages they trust and understand, using methods ranging from Multilingual Chatbots to Call Centre analytics.
Samirah Ade-Adebiyi ( Managing Director, AFEX Investment) Nigeria-based commodities platform, AFEX, has received a capital injection of $26.5 million from British International Investment (BII), which is the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor. As a commercial platform, AFEX, through its three divisions of operation, helps its 450,000+ smallholder farmers in Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda overcome challenges by expanding their access to inputs, financing, microinsurance, storage, training, and markets. Currently operating an expansive network of 200+ warehouses, the financing from BII will enable the construction of 20 advanced storage facilities in prominent locations across Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda. This…
📸 Chiney Ogwumike On November 16, 2023, Nigerian-American professional women’s basketball player, Chinenye ‘Chiney’ Ogwumike, got married to Ethasor Akpejiori, in a traditional ceremony that took place in Houston, Texas Chiney’s life is filled with major achievements. Chiney Ogwumike Chiney and her husband, Ethasor Akpejiori First, she came into the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) to become an All-Star, and she achieved this feat two times over. Chiney’s success off the court is as impressive as her presence on it In 2018, Ogwumike signed a multi-year contract with ESPN, becoming one of the youngest commentators to be named a full-time…
🎥 @IDC It’s Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), and IDC South Africa in collaboration with the Graça Machel Trust (through the Women Creating Wealth Programme) have selected 120 women-owned enterprises to participate in an Investor Readiness Programme, over a period of 18 months. Women Creating Wealth (WCW) is the Graça Machel Trust’s flagship entrepreneurship program designed to build women entrepreneurs’ confidence, skills and networks to scale their businesses and transition from income generation to wealth creation. The program has already impacted 1 000 women entrepreneurs in Malawi, Zambia Tanzania and South Africa and is currently being deployed additionally, in Kenya, Senegal and Uganda. The…
Ijeoma Agnes Oduonye (CEO, Cutix Plc) Did you know this? Listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Cutix Plc (Cutix) is a manufacturing company based in Nnewi (Nigeria), producing and selling a range of electrical wires, cables and switchgear assemblies. The company produces bare copper conductors, bare stranded copper conductors, insulated copper conductors, PVC insulated copper cables, PVC insulated single/double sheathed-core aluminium cables and PVC insulated and sheathed flat twin/three-core copper cables. Cutix also produces aluminium twist cables and conductors to connect homes to low tension lines; used to connect power from high tension wire for street lighting; used in high…
(R): Abiola Bawuah (Executive Director/ CEO, UBA Africa) 📸UBA Group United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Africa’s global bank, has been named ‘African Champion of the Year 2023’ at the just concluded Africa Financial Industry Summit (AFIS), an annual event that acknowledges outstanding achievements in the financial sector. Held in Lomé (Togo), UBA was recognised by AFIS for its exceptional contribution and significant impact in shaping the financial landscape across Africa, especially in terms of innovation. Abiola Bawuah (Executive Director/ Chief Executive Officer, UBA Africa) received the award on behalf of the bank, saying: “We are honoured to be recognised as…