“From nature 🌱 to your home 🏠”, quips Achenyo Idachaba-Obaro, while sharing photos from her clients showing off the eco-friendly and elegant woven water hyacinth area rugs purchased from her company, MitiMeth. Woven area rug made from water hyacinth 📸 Mitimeth.ng client Achenyo is the founder of MitiMeth – an indigenous, award winning social enterprise that creates hand-crafted products made from water weeds (water hyacinth, typha grass) and other agricultural residues. Achenyo Idachaba-Obaro (Founder, Mitimeth) The focus of MitiMeth is to drastically reduce weed infestation and congestion that are commonplace on Nigeria’s waterways (lagoons, rivers and creeks) in order to…
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📸 Ecobank Nigeria Between Friday, June 14 and Monday, June 17, 2024 Ecobank Nigeria will be hosting the third edition of its ‘Adire Lagos Experience’ exhibition. The event takes place at the Ecobank Pan African Centre (EPAC), located in Victoria Island, Lagos – featuring authentic Adire fabric displays from over 100 diverse merchants, indigenous cuisine, African entertainment, various themed masterclasses, and an exceptional opportunity to network with entrepreneurs, shoppers, and everyone in the business of making or trading in Adire. Adire Lagos Experience 2024 – an exhibition celebrating the vibrant colours of the Adire fabric. It is a journey into…
Early last week in Lagos-Nigeria, The Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) kick-started its flagship AWIEF Growth Accelerator, in partnership with Victoria’s Secret & Co.Says AWIEF Founder, Irene Ochem: It was a most exciting and gratifying two-day Bootcamp (in-person) with a cohort of 22 simply awesome, dynamic Nigerian women founders in financial services, health, agribusiness, agritech, food, education, media & entertainment, renewable energy, and smart and green solutions. Irene Ochem (Founder, , Africa Women’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Fund – AWIEF) While thanking Victoria’s Secret for partnering with the AWIEF Growth Accelerator through the former’s Tour Impact Fund, AWIEF has…
Mali-Bamako: Fashion designer, Ade Bakare, gives a bow at the African Textile Night, a fashion show celebrating use of African textiles 🎥AdeBakare La Nuit du Textile Africain (African Textile Night), a major event in the 2024 fashion calendar, took place on May 18, 2024, at the Radisson Collection Hotel in Bamako (Mali). The African Textile Night, in collaboration with Marie Kaba Haute Couture, celebrates the richness and diversity of African creativity, rich in artisanal heritage and stunning textiles – despite the fact that over 80% of the textile used in the continent’s fashion industry is imported from Europe and Asia. Renown British-Nigerian fashion designer, Ade Bakare (Founder…
Abdulmalik Adeyemo (CEO, FundusAI) FundusAI is Africa’s First AI-powered ecosystem for personalised diabetes care, which includes automated diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy (in order to prevent blindness due to late diagnosis), a unified health record system, personalised meal recommendations, and a community forum that provides unrestricted access to healthcare professionals. Abdulmalik Adeyemo at GITEX Africa 2024 Abdulmalik Adeyemo (CEO, FundusAI) gives more details: The core of our value proposition lies in leveraging advanced technology to empower healthcare professionals with tools that streamline their workflow, improve diagnostic precision, and ultimately contribute to better patient outcomes. Our team at FundusAI is made up…
Following 21 successful editions all around the world, the ThinkYoung Coding School continues to expand in Africa, this time landing in Lagos-Nigeria from May 29 to June 01, 2024. In partnership with Boeing, the ThinkYoung Coding School programme will help over 60 teenagers take their first steps in coding, robotics and drones, providing them with the essential STEM skills required for future careers.Says the School: To support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s vision to prioritise STEM education to ensure Nigeria’s rapid development, we and our partners at Boeing are committed to empowering youth to lead digital transformation in the country. Applications…
🎥 Remi Dada x LinkedIn For current and future entrepreneurs, Remi Dada (Founder at Campus & Spacefinish) offers what he calls the one crucial piece of advice: Build an institution, not just a one-man business! This mindset has brought substantial benefits to me even seven years down the line. 🎥 Watch the video to learn why this approach works and how it can transform your business. What strategies have you used to achieve sustainability in your businesses? Remi Dada (Founder at Campus & Spacefinish | Nasdaq Milestone Alumni | Harambean | Ex-Googler)
Executive Coach and Angel investor, Andy Ayim MBE (Founder, Open Angel) Andy Ayim MBE (Founder, Open Angel) is thrilled to share the launch of his company’s new product today. For clarity about the origins and working of Open Angel, Anyim says: 🌍 Open Angel is an open-source platform designed to equip aspiring angels with the tools, knowledge, and community they need to embark on their angel investing journey. We also have a Fundraising from Angels course for founders. 😇 We created it because over the last four years, through Angel Investing School, we have trained 600+ new angel investors who have invested…
Agbeyewa Farms, a subsidiary of Cavista Holdings, recently announced the signing of a multi-billion Naira Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria’s Ekiti State Government to cultivate cassava on a large scale in the state through an out-grower program. (L-R): Governor Abiodun Oyebanji , Niyi John Olajide, and Dele Odufuye ((Vice President & Country Director at Cavista, Nigeria) The MOU was signed by Governor Abiodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State (Nigeria) and Chairman of Cavista Holding (owners of Agbeyewa Farms), Niyi John Olajide, on the sidelines of the just-concluded 2024 US-Africa Business Summit that took place in Dallas, Texas (USA). 🎥 AriseTV…
🎥 Healthtracka It’s anniversary number three for Healthtracka – a digital health platform that makes lab testing easy and convenient with at-home sample collection and digital results available in a maximum of three days. Founded in Feb 2021, Healthtracka allows consumers direct access to a wide range of testing options and clinical services at home, with tests covering men’s health, women’s health, and sexual health. Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson (Founder & CEO, Healthtracka) Thrilled with the company’s healthcare contributions to society, Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson (Founder & CEO, Healthtracka) says: It’s been three incredible years of improving access to healthcare in Nigeria leveraging innovation…