Wema Bank (Nigeria) is calling on all tech enthusiasts, innovators, and young startups to turn their ideas into reality by applying for the FG x ALAT Digital Skillnovation programme. The project is a collaboration between Wema Bank and the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Office of the Vice President. Apply here
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🎥 Ope Farms When Nigeria’s foremost organic farmer, Olusola Sowemimo (aka Sisimi, and Founder of Ope Farms) stopped by to visit Adejumoke Olowookere (Founder of The Waste Museum), the warm welcome Sisimi received was smile-inducing. Sisimi remarked: “If you choose to make a road trip [to] Ibadan Oyo State, please include a visit to the Waste Museum”. Adejumoke Olowookere (L) on World Cleanup Day 2023 Here’s why. Winner of a 2022 Start-up of the Year Award, Olowookere’s Waste Museum (which she describes as the first of its kind in Africa) recycles and upcycles a range of waste materials (car tyres,…
A total of 11 African startups have just joined the new Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First program, an immersive 10-week accelerator that will scale their AI solutions globally and across Africa. The startups, who will leverage up to $350k in Google Cloud Credits and gain access to Google’s AI expertise and support, include:
🎥 VFD Group Increasing the market capitalisation of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) by about N45 billion, the recent listing of VFD Group Plc was thoroughly celebrated by the organisation’s Board of Directors, led by Olatunde Busari SAN (Chairman) and Nonso Okpala (Group Managing Director & CEO). The entrepreneurial behind the founding of the VFD Group is no less impressive, as shared on LinkedIn by Azeez Oluwafemi Ibrahim:  — “15 years ago, a group of friends who had a day job came together to start a side hustle. Nonso Okpala, who is the CEO of the business today, was working…