(L): Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei – Co-Founder, SAYeTECH Smart agricultural machinery has historically been reserved for large-scale farm operations that can afford the hefty prices of such equipment. But Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei and Theodore Ohene-Botchway (Co-Founders at Ghana-based SAYeTECH) have taken a different approach to farm mechanisation by providing smallholder farmers with affordable and user-friendly technology that enhances productivity and profitability. Their innovations address specific pain points in African agriculture, such as: Low mechanisation rates High post-harvest losses Labour-intensive processes A youth-powered team shaping the future of agriculture, one machine at a time [🎥@sayetech] SAYeTECH combines hardware and Internet of Things…
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Congratulations are in order to the Top 10 startups who have made it to the finals of the Latitude59 Pitch Competition in Kenya! This year’s competition broke records, with a total of 382 applications from 37 countries, and here are the 10 leading startups: 🇳🇬 AcemyX: an LMS helping students prepare for exams with personalized learning tools and study materials.🇹🇿Afya Mama: providing answers to questions pertaining maternal care and reproductive health to women via SMS and web app.🇰🇪 Eco Nasi: transforming pineapple pulp waste into high-quality vegan leather that is 5 times more durable than hide leather.🇰🇪 Grekkon Limited-Irrigation Hub:…
🎥 @face.coat Meet Face Coat cosmetics, a brand that aligns with the trend toward multifunctional, all-in-one beauty solutions that simplify makeup routines by combining essential items like foundation, concealer, blush, bronzer, and highlighter – an entire look in one compact package, making them perfect for travel or on-the-go touchups. Says Face Coat founder, Geraldine Iheme: FINALLY- a product that solves that major problem many of our working moms, busy women, career women who really don’t have time to get a full makeup done!The perfect makeup for minimalist – it’s the ALL IN ONE MAKEUP! 🌟 FACE COAT- Excited to announce…
Endeavor Nigeria recently introduced the 12 high-impact entrepreneurs from nine leading startups selected for the 2024 Scale Up by Endeavor program cohort. Over nine weeks, these founders embarked on a transformative journey to accelerate their growth with mentorship, peer learning, and access to the Endeavor global network. The selected entrepreneurs include: Hugo Obi (Founder), Maliyo Games Folayemi Agusto (CEO), Tix Africa John Oamen (CEO) and Modele Ajayi-Bembe (Co-founder), Cutstruct Frederick Akpoghene (CEO), JéGO Samuel Eze (CEO), OurPass Babatunde Akin-Moses (CEO), Sycamore Seun Alley (CEO), Fez Chimezie Emewulu (CEO) and Frank Atube (COO), Seamfix Emmanuel Olukanmi (CEO) and Ayobami Akinnuga (COO), Tramango Ireayomide Oladunjoye, Managing Director of Endeavor Nigeria, shared his excitement over the 2024 cohort: We are thrilled to welcome these remarkable entrepreneurs…
How a mindset of Innovation transformed millinery in Nigeria [🎥 @john3v3millinery] Eme Akenzua founded the renowned upscale millinery brand John 3v3 Millinery in 1991, a company she has grown into a thriving manufacturing and retail concern. As a Milliner with 33 years+ of experience and exciting creativity under her belt – and a journey filled with challenges and triumphs – Ms. Akenzua is thrilled to introduce her new series “The Creativepreneur Guide to Success” – where she shares valuable lessons intended to help rising entrepreneurs navigate their own creative paths and build thriving businesses. From the highs of ROYAL ASCOT…
The Anzisha Prize, Africa’s leading program for young entrepreneurs has announced that applications for the 2025 cohort are now open! The Anzisha Prize is Africa’s biggest award for her youngest entrepreneur changemakers aged 15 – 22 years, and hands out over USD $140,000 every year in business support and prize money to very young entrepreneurs from all over the continent. The 2024 Prize winners were announced at the annual Entrepreneurship Education in Africa Awards (EEA) gala event held in Johannesburg, South Africa: Mathias Charles Yabe from Ghana won the prize for job creation. Through his business, Ako Fresh, Yabe offers farmers…
The ‘Dream 10’: Moniepoint Women -in-Tech interns 2024 In 2020, the Moniepoint Group kicked off its Women -in-Tech initiative whose objective was to ensure that young women gained access to building a career in technology, through an internship. Past cohorts had always consisted of five talented interns – brilliant women who have pressed on to make incredible strides – but 2024 has seen Moniepoint double the intakes to 10 females who will gain hands-on experience in building products across the company’s Cloud Engineering, Backend Engineering, Technical Product Management, Data Engineering, Systems Administration, Technical Support, and User Experience teams. 📸 @Moniepoint…
Adedayo Oluwole (Founder, Kasher Organics) 📸@Dayo.Oluwole With growing concerns about unhealthy diets as one of the leading risks for the global burden of disease (mainly noncommunicable disorders such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer), evidence has shown the immense health benefits of a diet high in whole grains, vegetables, fruit, legumes and nuts in effectively countering disease. In comes Adedayo Oluwole who runs Kasher Organic Farms – a proudly Nigerian organic farm in Ogun State which she founded to grow and sell fresh produce, microgreens, fruits, vegetables, potted herbs, and derivatives such as cold brew coffee, honey, flour, and artisan…
FinTribe Fuunder, Jennifer Awirigwe, invites women across Africa to the FInTribe Finance Fair It’s that time of the year again, and the FinTribe Finance Fair – an exclusive women-only trade event – will be taking place on October 14, 2024 at the Landmark Event Centre in Lagos-Nigeria. The trade fair presents a fluid platform for attendees to interact and connect one-on-one with financial experts in several areas of financial services including savings, investments, Real Estate, Pension, Insurance, Cryptocurrency and much more. The theme? ‘Becoming the Bag’, which points to a milieu for not just gaining insights, but also making decisive…
Kigali, Rwanda. Introducing the 2024 GoGettaz Africa Agripreneur Prize Competition (GAPC) winners! 🏆 The GAPC is an annual event that seeks to identify and support the most innovative and promising agripreneurs in Africa. The competition is open to all African entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 35 who have innovative ideas for agricultural businesses. The first winner, emerging from the Northern region of Africa is Fatima El Khou (Founder, CEO, and Head of Research & Innovation at Jafife, Morocco. Jafife uses digitalised solar dryers to transform food into natural ingredients for sustainable supply chains. The second winner, emerging from…