(L-R): Cindy McCain (Executive Director, World Food Programme) , Somachi Chris-Asoluka (CEO, Tony Elumelu Foundation), Tony O. Elumelu (Founder, the Tony Elumelu Foundation) The Tony Elumelu Foundation – leading philanthropy in empowering Africans through entrepreneurship – recently hosted Amb. Cindy McCain (Executive Director, World Food Programme) to an exclusive lunch on her inaugural visit to Nigeria. On hand to welcome Ms. McCain were Tony O. Elumelu, C.F.R (Founder, the Tony Elumelu Foundation – TEF), Dr. Awele Elumelu, O.F.R (Co-Founder, TEF), and Somachi Chris-Asoluka (TEF CEO) (M): Dr. Awele Elumelu (Co-Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation) This visit marks a powerful collaboration towards…
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Serving puff puff at L’Oréal [🎥 @puffpuffministry] Who would have though that puff-puff, the humble Nigerian snack would be making the rounds at global corporate events? So it has, served by London-based Puff-Puff Ministry, a family-run business launched in August 2020 that delivers freshly made West African doughnuts (puff puff) to corporate events and offices, or serve them warm in-person. Sister act: Puff-Puff Ministry is run by British-Nigerian founder-sisters (Marianne, Fola, Yossie, and Lola Olaleye) Puff-Puff Ministry’s latest client – after having served giants like Google, Netflix, Meta, Salesforce, Peloton, Bank of America, TikTok, Commerzbank, Octopus Investments, and Trustpilot -…
📸 @IfeDareJohnson Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson is Founder & CEO at Healthtracka – a digital health platform that gives consumers direct access to a wide range of testing options and clinical services from home. At-home sample collection and digital results are achieved in a remarkable time span of 1-3 days Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson (Founder & CEO at Healthtracka) Founded in February 2021, Healthtracka has gained a reputation for leveraging innovation and technology to empower people in taking an active role in their health for longer, more satisfying lives. Enabling better healthcare decision, from your home: Healthtracka has already reached over 10.000 people 🎥Bayer…
Whether you’re launching a groundbreaking startup, growing an established SME, or leading a cooperative or social enterprise with a mission for good, Sterling Bank Nigeria is inviting you to apply to the Green Innovation Challenge (GIC) 2024 – to fuel your journey. GIC is dedicated to providing access to funding for startups, MSMEs, SMEs, cooperatives, and social enterprises that are driving innovation and positive environmental change. It is open to applicants in agriculture, clean tech and social enterprise, and is designed to connect them with the resources required to bring their ideas to life, scale operations, and make a lasting…
New York, #UNGA79: Chef Tolani (Founder, Diary of a Kitchen Lover – 2nd R) and other Chef Goalkeeprs 📸GatesFoundation Every year, Goalkeepers (a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation initiative) recognises remarkable individuals taking action to help achieve the Global Goals for Sustainable Development by 2030. As individuals, Goalkeepers are developing fresh ideas and doing innovative work to accelerate the progress across the goals in their region. This year’s Goalkeepers 2030 is all about nutrition, bringing some of the world’s best-known chefs to raise awareness about malnutrition and highlight simple, sustainable solutions that are within reach. Says Goalkeepers: With @fieldtripusa by @chefjj—Harlem’s own community-focused rice bowl…
Introducing cattle farmer, Rijo Shekari (Founder & CEO, Kamrum Integrated Farms) and his genius cross-breeding project 🎥kamrumfarms Rijo Shekari is the Founder of Kamrum Integrated Farms, and his mind works with precision. On discovering gaps in Nigeria’s beef industry – the country’s supply depends on cows raised by nomadic herdsmen and importation, yet barely meets demand – Shekari set out to tackle problems related to both increased production and meat quality. He developed the Ankolo Breeding Programme whose goal is to improve on the indigenous Bokolo (Sokoto Gudali) breed by crossbreeding it with the Angus cattle, known throughout the world…
🎥 @Tony O. Elumelu Africapitalist, economist, banker and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu has joined other world leaders and high-level executives in New York for the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly where he intends to make a case for transformative economic growth for Africa, creating employment for the continent’s youth, and establishing an equitable energy transition for Africa. Elumelu’s daughter (Oge Elumelu) joins him as she has on several of his business trips, and in a nod to her dexterity, Tony urges the public to plug into Oge’s new podcast (Conversations with Oge) where he is confident she will…
🎥 @simonaromefilms Dr. Kyenpyia Deshi may be a Lecturer at University of Jos based (Plateau State, Nigeria), but one of her more famous identities is as Founder of Ritdun Integrated Farms – an Agricultural centre (also located in Jos) that grows the most exotic of fruits: Dragon fruits, grapes, strawberries, pomegranates the popular Wambugu apples. Dr. Kyenpyia Deshi (Founder, Ritdun Integrated Farms, Jos): “Grapes grown in Jos. Usually harvested in july and november to December, those are its fruiting seasons. In between seasons we sell frozen grapes” 📸 @ritdun_intergrated_farms Ritdun Integrated Farms is a family-run home farm which in addition…
Femi (FlyingFarmer) Adekoya is Founder of Integrated Aerial Precision – an agritech business that provides farmers with aerial intelligence and actions that help execute smart and precision-driven Agriculture that leverages drone technology and the power of data they generate. Agricultural Spraying Drones can be a valuable tool in managing sugarcane fields, where the drone is equipped with a spraying system to apply pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers to sugarcane fields. This allows for more precise application of these inputs, reducing waste and minimising environmental impact. In one his recent exploits (video above), Femi shows IAP in action on a sugarcane field.…
Somachi Chris-Asoluka (CEO, Tony Elumelu Foundation – 2nd L) , Tony O. Elumelu, C.F.R (Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation – M) recently hosted David Stevenson (Country Director, the United Nations World Food Programme – 2nd R) Tony O. Elumelu, C.F.R (Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation) and Somachi Chris-Asoluka (CEO, Tony Elumelu Foundation) recently hosted David Stevenson (Country Director, the United Nations World Food Programme).The meeting explored partnership opportunities between both organisations to address food security and champion zero hunger across Nigeria. 📸Tony Elumelu Foundation The United Nations World Food Programme is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, and the world’s largest humanitarian…