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…
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Leading African Women in Food Fellowship (LAWFF) Fellows head to #AFSForum 2024: the world’s premier forum for African agriculture (Kigali-Rwanda, September 2-6) 📸Ady’s Agro The Leading African Women in Food Fellowship (LAWFF) – a transformative program designed to empower and celebrate women leaders in the African food and agriculture sector – is sending its 2024 Fellows to Rwanda to attend the Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF), taking place September 02-06. AGRF is the world’s premier forum for African agriculture that brings together stakeholders in the agricultural landscape to take practical actions and share lessons for moving African agriculture forward. Attending…
Reviewing and advising on the Godman Sachs and Saïd Business School 10,000 Small Businesses UK program: (2nd-R): Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Founder, 1000 Black Voices) as one of several panel members Taking a stand on embracing culture, intersectionality and inclusion, Goldman Sachs and the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford recently convened a strategic consultation team to review and render advice on their 10,000 Small Businesses UK program. The aim was to help increase the number of Black Founders on the program and demonstrate how welcoming it is for Black and under-represented founders. Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Founder, 1000 Black Voices) was…
(L-R): Tola Odeyemi (NIPOST Postmaster General) and Charles Odii (SMEDAN Director-General) Logistics and transportation costs in Africa are among the most expensive in the world. These high costs hurt businesses of all sizes, including the growing number of vendors and traders selling online. In a bid ease the cost of doing business for smaller size businesses, the Small & Medium Enterprises Association of Nigeria (SMEDAN) have just signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) to offer SMEs registered nationwide with SMEDAN a 15% discount on logistics. The discount comes into effect on Monday, August 26, and will be…
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…
🎥 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…