On Thursday 29th February 2024, the Girls Talk Corporation (founded by Vanessa Chiedza Sanyauke) held its first event of the year – titled Berlin Tech Horizon: What skills matter to employers? – in Berlin, Germany.In partnership with Color in Recruitment (founded by Chido Therisa Nyandoro) and Factory Berlin, an open panel discussion was had, with some of Berlin’s top tech recruiters sharing their insights on what is on the horizon in tech for 2024 and what skills leading employers are looking for. On the panel were:Casimir Udegbunam: Talent Acquisition Partner – Tech at ZalandoOnweni Princess Ashinze: Talent Acquisition Manager at ShiftmoveVongai Laura…
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The Street Project Foundation – a Social Enterprise that uses creative arts as a tool to facilitate opportunities for youth employment and engagement – recently organised a three-day immersive event to amplify their Digital Amazons Programme. The final day featured a pitch competition where Digital Amazons Programme participants presented innovative business ideas to a panel of distinguished judges. Coming out tops were Digital Amazons Emy Josephs, Rachel Alajemba, and Abe-Ezekiel Naomi who received cash prizes of a NGN250,000 each, and seed funds to start-up their entrepreneurial journey. In addition, 20 Digital Amazons received consolation prizes of business registrations, while the…
Kugali Media Co-Founders (L-R: Olufikayo Ziki Adeola, Toluwalakin Olowofoyeku and Hamid Ibrahim) inspire Africans with their new Disney-partnered series, ‘Iwájú 📸Emily Shur A 2018 BBC interview propelled the pan-African creative team of Kugali Media into a collaboration with Disney. The result? A six-episode animated series, Iwájú, showcasing a futuristic, avant-garde Lagos-Nigeria. Now, listen to the brains behind the new Disney series 👇👇 🎥 BBC Africa As the series premieres, the filmmakers share their journey, the challenges of bridging tradition and progress, and the potential of Iwájú to empower African voices and bring about global understanding. Produced by @officialtodahFilmed and edited by @josh_akinyemi
🎥 TiannahsPlacEmpire Toyin Lawani – Nigerian celebrity fashion designer, author, philanthropist, and serial entrepreneur – celebrated her 42nd birthday yesterday, March 01, 2024. Toyin is CEO of Tiannahs Place Empire, a group reportedly compromising 33 businesses. A self-taught fashion stylist and designer, Ms. Lawani has held the public fascinated with her unconventional and controversial yet extremely creative fashion designs. Toyin Lawani (Founder & CEO, Tiannahs Place Empire) Toyin had notably served as a costume designer on the movies King of Boys: The Return of the King, and Shanty Town. She also features in the TV show, The Real Housewives of Lagos (released on Showmax in 2022).…
Do you run an MSME business? If so, Abiodun Kayode-Alli (Senior Manager at PwC Nigeria) invites you to join him and his team in a Masterclass as they take you through the intricacies of taxation in Nigeria. Holding on February 29, 2024, session attendees will receive cogent information about positioning their business to take advantage of Nigeria’s tax laws in the 2024 financial year. Signup for the tax masterclass by clicking here.
📸 @CrusaderSterling Pensions In a bid to foster financial inclusion for all, CrusaderSterling Pensions (CPL) took to the streets to raise awareness for its Micro Pension plan, which enables self-employed individuals and those working in firms with less than three (3) employees to make financial contributions towards their retirement. Rotimi Adebiyi (MD/ CEO, CrusaderSterling Pensions) The one-on-one campaign was led by the company’s MD &CEO, Rotimi Adebiyi, with the CPL team interacting with existing clients, sensitising potential customers, showcasing the product’s unique value proposition, and emphasising the significant benefits to be had from owning a pension account.
Jade Kearney (Co-Founder & CEO, She Matters) Black maternal health platform She Matters Inc has secured $2M to launch its life-saving symptom tracker app. The tool is designed to empower pregnant users to monitor vital signs and symptoms associated with complications like preeclampsia, eclampsia, and Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes and Low Platelets (HELLP) syndrome.This technology is especially crucial for Black mothers who, in the USA for example, face a maternal mortality rate three times higher than their white counterparts.
Brothers, Adrian and Ronnie Wright (Co-Founders, XP app Two brothers, Adrian and Ronnie Wright, have launched the XB app to change how residents discover and connect with Black-owned businesses in their area. The XB app is not just a directory of Black-owned businesses – it goes the extra mile by featuring local events and spotlighting Black entrepreneurs. The “X” in XB represents the multiplication sign, while “B” stands for Black, which symbolises the amplification of Black culture. The XB app is available on Google Play and the Apple App Store.
If you’re on a budget but need some of the best guides available for starting and growing your business, these free introduction courses will be some of the best online resources you will come across. And they are all self-paced: Side Hustle “From Zero to 100” by City, University of London: Udemy’s Side Hustle “From Zero to 100” is in partnership with the City, University of London’s entrepreneurial arm CityVentures. Side hustles are how some of the most successful entrepreneurs got their start, and this course is excellent preparatory material for growing a social media following, networking, and knowing when to go…
🎥 Facebook/VoA A 19-year-old Malawian school dropout, Ernest Andrew, has brought free electricity to his village, using a self-made air-powered generator, which bypasses the use of fuel, oil or batteries. When Ernest Andrew dropped out of school in 2018 due to a lack of fees, he started collecting scrap materials that he slowly built into his Air-generator invention, which is hinged on the use of the untapped power of air. Ernest Andrew explaining how his air-powered generator works to officials of the Malawi government. Says Ernest: “The air fills the bottle where there are wires that produce an electromagnetic field.…