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📸 Adaora O. Adaora Oramah, Founder & CEO of AMAKA Studio (AMAKA), is understandably excited. Her company has just raised $2 million in seed funding that will fuel the growth and development of AMAKA in its endeavour to connect the world’s leading businesses and brands to young and diverse Pan-African creators. This funding round was led by Equitane Ventures, with participation from Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures lab, Silverbacks Holdings and Angel investors. Says Adaora: Our focus is on scaling our platform, introducing AMAKA Gigs to connect brands with Black and diverse creative talent across Africa and the diaspora. The creative…

🎥 @EcobankNigeria Daba Finance – a unified investment platform that helps individuals and businesses make high quality investments in Africa – emerged champion of the 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge. Daba Finance is headquartered in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Grand Finale of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2024 took place on September 27, 2024 at the Ecobank Pan-African Conference Centre (Lomé-Togo), and has been described as a true testament to the spirit of innovation that thrives in Africa, showcasing the brilliance and resilience of entrepreneurs committed to transforming the financial landscape with their groundbreaking ideas. (2nd – R) Boum III Jr (Co-Founder &…

Tokyo James Spring/ Summer 2025🎥 @tokyoJames Milan fashion week, spring/summer 2025 is being referred to as a season of surprises as designers went off script. Tokyo James – the British-Nigerian who consistently provides expressive style options – was no different. His latest collection, Imperfection, goes against the grain of the traditional pursuit of perfection, prompting his audience to welcome the beauty found in the unexpected. Raw, unpolished materials— usually rooted in African culture, but overlooked by Western luxury standards — were the foundation of Tokyo’s bold, exciting narrative. A lookback @tokyojamess SS25 collection – from London to Lagos via Milan…

🎥 UNDP Uzoamaka Izukanne Igweike founded Loom Craft Chocolate in 2020 due to difficulties in getting hold of good quality chocolate in the market. She said: As a home baker, I found it very difficult to get good quality chocolate in stores and this didn’t [make sense considering] the fact that Nigeria produces a significant portion of the world’s cocoa. I started researching how to make chocolate at home Ms. Igweike wasted very little time in tackling the situation, and the result was Abuja-based Loom Craft Chocolate – with the clear objective of literally turning Nigeria’s abundant reservoir of cocoa…

power o (L-R): Xavier Muron (AFD Country Director for Nigeria) , Gbemisola Abudu (Head of NBA Nigeria); Laurent Favier (General Consul of France in Nigeria) NBA Africa and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) – France’s public development institution – have concluded the third season of the Jr. NBA & AFD Basketball Experience by holding a two-day event at the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos on September 10th and 11th. The Jr. NBA & AFD Basketball Experience is a youth development program that features weekly basketball and life skills sessions to educate African youth about the importance of physical and mental…

For four years, financial services provider, Moniepoint, have increasingly brought more women into the tech industry through our women-in-tech internship program, and this year, they have welcomed twice their usual quota!Says Moniepoint: In line with our community-driven approach, we’ve created a safe space where these women can network, exchange ideas, and connect with other inspiring women on this journey, empowering them to build products for millions of users. Here’s a photo collage featuring some of the incredible women who led conversations within the Moniepoint enabling environment. 📸MoniepointGroup IN THE PHOTOS Wamide Animashaun (Partnerships Director @ Propel) Constance Onyeji-Jarret (Human Resource…

GoGettaz – a partnership initiative strengthening the ecosystem for youth entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector across Africa – are proud to present the inspiring Top 12 finalists of the 2024 competition! These young agripreneurs from across the continent are transforming agriculture and food systems in innovative and impactful ways, and here’s a quick introduction to all 12: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮🌿 AB Farms – Mogale Maleka (South Africa)🌐 https://abfarms.co.za/An Agritech company with a patented hydroponic system, enabling farmers to produce more food with less water, energy, and land.🍏 SAKAFO Madagascar – Riantsoa Mialinarindra (Madagascar)🌐 https://lnkd.in/gDDXeDiDHamy Processing fruits and…

Josephine Philips (Founder, SOJO) Josephine Philips launched SOJO in 2021 as the UK’s first clothing repair and alterations app. The London-based fashion-tech platform is re-inventing the clothing repair and tailoring industry, and has just teamed up with Marks and Spencer’ – one of the biggest and most long standing British brands – to offer a much sought-after repair service! Today, any person across the UK can book a repair on their M&S clothing, powered by SOJO. Says Josephine: For them [Marks & Spencer] to bring a repair service to all of their customers is such a big step for us at SOJO…

(R-L): Demi Samande (Founder & Creative Director, Majeurs Furnitire); Senator Tokunbo Abiru ( representing the Lagos East Senatorial District at the 9th Nigerian National Assembly); Ajibola Ponnle (Founder, Human Investment Group, Africa) Architect Demi Samande is the Founder and Creative Director of Majeurs Furniture – an interior décor company originally founded in London, which specialises in upholstery, restoration and production of fabric and leather furniture. Recently, Majeurs Holdings had the pleasure of hosting leading human capacity development organisation, the Human Investment Group Africa (HIG) on a tour of Majeurs’ exceptional training academy, whose production facility is dedicated to developing the next…

Every child matters to Funmilola Adedap-Rotimi who is a certified Art Educator with over seven years’ experience in the teaching industry Funmilola is the founder of cr8tivehand, a not-for-profit organisation that organizes FREE arts and crafts workshops for children in both low- and high income communities 😊😊 On their latest outreach to Baptist nursery and primary school, Funmilola had this to say about the children’s foray into creating colour-splash apparel: THEY ARE NOT TIE DYE O 🤩🤩🤩They are all colour splashed with paintToday, 15th August 2024, cr8tivehand visited Impact maker Baptist nursery and primary school …We trained over 60 pupils…