Alexander Zanders (Founder & CEO, UfarmX) UfarmX – an Agritech company utilising blockchain technology to empower 3,000 smallholder farmers across Nigeria, Senegal, and Liberia – are excited to share that they have been selected, amongst 23 other startups, to join the Techstars Chicago Ai 2024 Cohort Powered by J.P. Morgan! Described as promising, early-stage companies that are building disruptive emerging technologies in the realms of Artificial Intelligence and Deeptech, the 24 companies selected for the 2024 class of Techstars Chicago Powered by J.P. Morgan are: Airsafe AI is revolutionizing drone operations by providing a comprehensive DAA solution. Auribus is allowing music makers…
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The Olympic cauldron 🎥 Paris 2024 – Comité d’organisation des Jeux Olympiques As the thrilling 2024 Paris Paralympic Games come to an end, Team Nigeria have hauled in a total of six medals as at the penultimate day (Saturday, September 07), while hoping to secure two additional medals on the final day in their last two para-powerlifting events today, Sunday. The country’s medal tally table currently looks like this: 📸NigeriaOlympic The sensational Mariam Eniola Bolaji set the pace by being the first to make a mark for Nigeria on the medals table. She claimed the Para badminton bronze medal in the women’s SL3 category. …
Onyinyechi Mark dominates the Women’s -61kg Para powerlifting with an incredible 150kg lift 🎥Paralympics Nigerian Para powerlifter Onyinyechi Mark is nothing short of exceptional. 🔥🤯 The 23-year-old also secured Nigeria’s first gold medal in the sport at this year’s Paralympics. She broke the world record twice back-to-back in her debut appearance at La Chapelle Arena on September 06, with her final regular lift of 147kg breaking the world record – before an incredible 150kg Power Lift just moments later, which broke the world record again, and secured her gold medal. 📸Paralympic.org Onyinyechi came into her first Paralympic Games looking to conquer the…
Acceptance speech by Affiong Williams 🎥TayoOviosu The world’s premier forum for African agriculture – The Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF) – are delighted to announce the selection of Affiong Williams (Founder & CEO, ReelFruit) as the 2024 winner of the Women Agripreneur of the Year Award(WAYA), at the Africa Food Systems Forum (September 02-06, Kigali-Rwanda) ReelFruit – a fruit processing and distributing company – transform Nigeria’s abundant and delicious tropical fruits into healthy, tasty, dried snacks. Williams has notably created over 300 full-time jobs since the inception of ReelFruit and displays remarkable confidence in her ability to boost that figure all…
(L-R): Badminton, Women’s Singles SL3: Gold medallist Xiao Zuxian of China; Silver medallist Qonitah Ikhtiar Syakuroh of Indonesia; and bronze medalist Mariam Eniola Bolaji of Nigeria celebrate on the podium, 2 September, 📸REUTERS – Jennifer Lorenzini In 2021, Mariam Bolaji’s coach, Bello Rafiu Oyebanji, died in a road accident as she was preparing for the Tokyo Paralympics. The 18-year-old swore to press on and make Oyebanji proud by bringing a medal home in the near future. She did. On Monday, September 02, Miriam The 18-year-old beat Oksana Kozyna from Ukraine 21-9, 21-9 to claim the para badminton bronze medal in the women’s SL3 category for…
Founder & Team Lead of Soilless Farm Lab, Ogbole Samson has announced the opening of a vegetable store, slated for September 07, 2024 in the Lekki Peninsula area of Lagos. Soilless Farm lab uses hydroponics technology to grow plants without the use of soil, which coupled with AI-based irrigation system ensures precise plant monitoring for optimum yield and predictability of food quality. A similar Soilless Farm Lab outlet recently threw its doors open in Nassarawa State, located opposite the NNPC fuel station at Lafia. Soilless Farm Lab also has a presence in Nassarawa state Export The weekly volume of vegetables…
🎥 Paralympics When Cameroonian Guillaume Junior Atangana lost his sight, he thought his life was over and that he would never do sports again. Now he’s competing at Paris2024 as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team. In tandem with his running guide, Gillaume will compete in the 400m T11 events (athletes in the T11 class are severely visually impaired and compete blindfolded with a guide runner). He will line up later at the Games in the 100m with his guide, Israel Malachi-Harrison. Together with seven other Para athletes competing across six sports, they are part of the largest-ever…
🎥 Paralympics A proposal at the Paralympic Village! 🏡 💍 On Thursday (August 29), at the Olympic Village, and with the 2024 Paris Paralympics well underway, Spanish para triathlete Lionel Morales Gonzalez asked his long-time girlfriend Jessica to marry him (see video above). The 50-year-old was seen pulling off the act in front of the Paralympic village dining hall by getting down on one knee and asking his partner, Jessica, for her hand in marriage. Jessica did not hesitate for a second before saying yes! Lionel Morales, who was victim of a motorcycle accident in 1997, will compete in the men’s triathlon…
Three-time Founder and Venture Coach, Tola Alade, is an entrepreneurial maverick with extensive experience in founding and scaling innovative companies across various industries that include the creative, media, and technology spaces. Tola saw a gap in the UK’s £1.17 billion rum market—a need for something fresh, something that speaks to people who are tired of the same old pirate-themed rums. He knew DÒDÒ could fill that gap as a challenger, and on April 01, as an April Fool’s joke, his company Marmalade Ventures announced the launch of Plantain-infused Brandy (now Rum). Tola Alade (Founder, Marmalade Ventures – creators of DÒDÒ,…
Throw back to Q2 2023: 1000 Black Voices, in partnership with the British Consulate, led Founders on a Trade Missions to Los Angeles and San Francisco (USA). Pictured 1000 Black Voices founder, Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (4h R) and the delegation on a visit to Plug and Play, San Francisco Bay Area The 1000 Black Voices trade mission is headed to San Francisco! During the five-day sector agnostic mission (28 October – 1 November 2024), Founders will have access to: Build lasting connections through group sessions and events to develop relationships with the investor community. Gain the knowledge needed of how to land…