Soinato Leboo and Priscillah Wanjira Wakarera (Co-Founders of RHEA Soil Health Management) One of Africa’s leading incubator programmes for female-founded businesses, the Standard Chartered Women in Technology Incubator (WIT) Kenya, has awarded seven women-led businesses with a total of $70,000 (Sh 10.5 million). This marks the conclusion of the 6th cohort of WIT. The startups include: Rhea Soil Health Management: Provides access to soil testing and agricultural extension services to smallholder farmers, analysing soil and providing results and fertiliser recommendations through a machine learning-powered recommendation system; Imani Health Wallet: An e-Wallet that enables people to save specifically for healthcare. It…
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On Saturday October 28, 2023, Founder of AS World Tech, Richard Odjrado was presented with two medals – Ambassador of African Solutions, and the Medal for innovation and excellence – at the Africa Solutions Week Gala, in Port Marly, Paris. AS World Tech is renown for its proudly homegrown AS® (Asuka Spirit) processors on which a range of very smart, affordable gadgets – computers, tablets, connected glasses, and watches – were created by Bénénois, Odjrado. In terms of performance, Richard’s tech gadgets are of superior quality, and have been mentioned in the same breath as Apple & Samsung. In his…
Fawziyyat Yusuf – Content creator. Graphics Design. Public Speaking. Tech Fawziyyat Yusuf may not sound familiar, but her online disposition – cheerful and firm at the same time – is both infectious and noteworthy. She also has some impressive accomplishments under her belt. Of her final year at Nile University of Nigeria, she says: “The highlight of my year, excluding surviving this semester, was getting to interview political journalist, Mr Seun Okinbaloye [along with Uyo Kadiri] at the Nile Career Fair 2023. 🎥 Fawziyyat Yusuf on LinkedIn Her internship period was spent at Multichoice Nigeria, with Fawziyya adding: “It has…
Nigerian startup GIFTY AI (providers of an AI-powered sales growth assistant for e-Commerce businesses) has won the top prize at GITEX Global 2023, the world’s largest and most inclusive tech show. Out of all 14 award categories and 1,800 startups in the world, GIFTY AI founder, Victor Akpan, emerged as the only winner from Africa. GIFTY AI’s sales growth assistant helps e-Commerce businesses to automate their marketing and sales activities. For example, GIFTY AI lets you create your Digital Shop in under five minutes, start selling to millions of customers across different countries, and receive multiple orders on WhatsApp. GIFTY AL…
Theo-Leo Houston is absolutely thrilled to announce that Slinger, his London-based startup revolutionising the hiring process in the hospitality industry, has successfully raised a new round of £500,000 pre-seed funding, led by Fuel Ventures. This funding round, includes participation from Ufi Ventures, Andrew Gale, Dan Cobley, CornerStone Partners, Resolution Foundation, Tim Parsons, Gary Elden, Ben Westwood, Richard Ng, and the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund, will enable us to further advance our mission of transforming the industry’s archaic hiring practices. Says Theo: “With staff vacancies in the hospitality industry leaving £25 billion on the table, Slinger is committed to providing a solution. By paying hospitality staff the UK’s Real Living Wage for…
🎥 Emmanuel Eribo Emmanuel Eribo, founder of LØCI (eco-friendly sneakers) is speechless. His brand can now be found at Selfridges (UK), stockists of the most-wanted luxury brands. He says: “So many emotions… it’s hard to keep it all together. LØCI x Selfridges 🌲🌲🌲#milestone “Keep pushing… we ALL have what it takes, to make our dreams a reality ✊🏾💥🚀” LØCI Atom The success of the LØCI brand is of little surprise. With the recent release (October 2023) of its ‘Atom’, it quickly became one of the most hyped sneaker labels. According to GQ magazine: “Inspired by classic skate shoes, this one…
Founders of EdTech startup FoondaMate, Dacod and Tao, had been struggling to get textbooks into underserved schools in South Africa. They then realised that even though students didn’t have textbooks, they did have WhatsApp. And as soon as WhatsApp opened its API to the public, FoondaMate came to life by using AI to enable the dissemination of study resources to users, based on their subjects.Users simply send study to questions to FoondaMate via WhatsApp, and they receive answers in short order.FoondaMate grew from 40,000 users within weeks of its demo video launch, to 1 million by the end of 2022.Downloads…
Chef Uchay (Uche Annie Uzoka), Founder of GourmetTwist, left Nigeria for the US with little or no plans to replicate her baking business abroad. However, loaf by loaf, backed by an incredible amount of hard work, consistent quality, attention to detail and great customer service Chef Uchay has found herself scrambling to fulfill large orders from across the country. Her self-recorded video says it all – she’s literally eating her cake and having it! Find Uche Annie Uzoka on Instagram (Gourmet Twist USA | GourmetTwist Lagos | Chefchuchay) and online
Dr. Ibilola Amao (Founder & Principal Consultant, Lonadek Inc.) On Monday, October 2, 2023 the team at Lonadek Inc. & The Cedar STEM and Entrepreneurship Hub (CSEH) officially began Cohort 2 of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) re/Start Program – a 12-week full-time skills development program that prepares learners for careers in the cloud. Gbemisola Esho (R)- AWS Certified Instructor Under the tutelage of AWS Certified Instructor, Gbemisola Esho, the 40 graduating learners will be ready for roles in areas such as Data Centre Technicians performing configurations, Technical Support, Automation of tasks through Python scripting, Basic Networking configurations and debugging,…
Sarah Jakes-Roberts made her way to Lagos-Nigeria for the first time on September 28, 2023. Accompanied on the trip by her father (best-selling author and preacher, Bishop TD Jakes), Pastor Jakes-Roberts was hosted by the House on the Rock church, led by Pastor Paul Adefarasin Behind the scenes, fashion stylist J. Bolin had been commissioned to ensure that