In today’s digitally dominated world, exclusive merchandise and souvenirs are becoming a symbol of uniqueness. They are the only really distinctive alternative to endless advertising budgets on social media and digital platforms, allowing you to leave a lasting mark on the lives, hearts, and minds of the purchasing customer. This is what Tagowear has done with its limited-edition Paris 2024 Olympic Mascot Crocs, whose playful design features the official mascot of the Games. The Paris 2024 Olympic Mascots, known as the Phryges, adorn the clogs in a variety of colours and poses, adding a touch of pleasant eccentricity to this…
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🎥 TGI Group The Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group recently announced that its West African Soy Industries Limited (WASIL), in collaboration with the USAID-funded Global Shea Alliance (GSA), has donated five 100-ton warehouses to women cooperatives in five communities across Kwara State: Alapa, Babanla, Fanagu, Gbugbu, and Patigi.WASIL also supplied pots for cooking and drying shea nuts before storage, thereby vastly improving the storage conditions for the nuts and ensuring stable, high-quality finished products. The ultimate goal is to expand income opportunities for women shea nut collectors in the five communities, and strengthen the foundation for inclusive agricultural development while…
Top spot: Tean Chao Gift Akobundu (Founder & CEO, Chao) and his team (Afolabi Sokeye Melvin Senne-Aya, Afolabi Fejulo) were the toast of the night as they clinched the first place prize for the Markhack 3.0 Hackathon. 2nd place winners: Team Market AI Despite hundreds of startups applying to the Markhack 3.0 Hackathon, just 10 finalists were selected, with the first three being: First place: Chao 2nd place: Market AI 3rd place: Converse AI With their cutting edge solution – a campus-to-campus food delivery service – Team Chao won over the hearts and minds of jurors for the final contest.…
🎥 LynnLoacker Lynn Loacker is Managing Director, Project W – an initiative of the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT) that offers a series of accelerator programs for female founders, organises affinity groups for women professionals, and partners with like-minded organisations to help women scale great companies and elevate their careers. Forging ahead with its mission to invest in the success of women and empower female founders, Project W has just announced a fourth Tech Equity Hub, which includes 10 founders who are breaking barriers and solving big problems across these industries and fields:🔹 Fashion and beauty🔹 Construction🔹 Work force…
🎥 Phil Bainbridge/ GraphicNews From Marseille to Paris, passing through the French overseas territories, the Olympic flame will follow an epic route never seen before! Test Event Triathlon (Women) for the Olympic Games 2024 📸@ Ville de Paris
Financial Jennifer (Founder, FinTribe) Issued by the Debt Management Office on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), the Savings Bond is part of a programme to encourage small savers, helping them earn more income (interest) when compared to a savings account domiciled with banks. Sharing an immediately available opportunity, Wealth Management Advisor and certified financial instructor, Financial Jennifer says: The Federal government has done it again! I promised to notify us once this month’s FGN savings bond is open. It’s time. And this month’s offer is very very attractive. They will pay you up to 18.4% in interest…
Wealth Advisor, Financial Jennifer (Founder, FinTribe) For many, finance is cloaked in mystery and can be quite intimidating. An example would be capital markets – the part of a financial system that helps investors grow money over time, enables businesses to raise financial capital to grow, and allows traders to buy and sell stocks, bonds and other long-term investments. But there are people who will arm you with knowledge, and help build your intuition around a variety of these financial and business instruments. One of them would be the founder of FinTribe, Financial Jennifer – an award-winning, certified Financial Instructor who helps…
Kitovu Co-Founders (L-R): Emeka Nwachinemere (CEO); Nduka Miracle (COO) As Qualcomm Incorporated announces the selected startups for its Make in Africa 2024 programme, it is unsurprising that Nigeria’s Kitovu – a company dedicated to lifting farmers out of poverty by building and deploying climate-smart farming and post-harvest infrastructure – is on the shortlist. Now in its second year, Qualcomm Make in Africa is an equity-free mentorship program that identifies promising early-stage startups eager to apply advanced connectivity and process technologies to innovative end-to-end systems solutions, including hardware. Having demonstrated exceptional potential, the selected startups include: Kenyan-based Aurora Health, which provides AI-based…
The 2024 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition has opened for applications until June 10, 2024, and invites agrifood entrepreneurs from across Africa to showcase their startup business ventures. This year’s competition will recognise and celebrate African entrepreneurs whose business solutions address the pressing need for efficient local production of nutritious food, with business models that embrace scale and innovation, while also helping to mitigate climate and broader environmental challenges. 🎥GoGettaz Judges will be looking for innovative founders and co-founders aged 18-35 with the vision to establish sustainable scalable businesses, drive resilience, increase food security, and create jobs in the agrifood sector. The…
June Angelides (Venture Capitalist and Founder, Levare Ventures) June Angelides is a well-known advocate for more inclusive funding and representation in Venture Capital (VC), and is referred to as the ‘Olivia Pope of VC’ (or ‘The fixer’) because she loves to solve problems for founders. Ms. Angelides grew up in Lagos, moved to the UK when she was 17 years old, and is mother to Adam, Ivy and Iris. Having sat on both sides of the table as a founder and investor, June founded Levare Ventures in 2022 to invest in African startups, with the company already making seven investments…