The Wait is Over. Applications for the Women Techsters Fellowship Class of 2025 are now open.Are you a woman passionate about technology and ready to transform your skills into a successful career? This is your chance to join the Women Techsters Fellowship, a free program designed to equip women across Africa with cutting-edge tech skills, mentorship, and networking opportunities.🎯 What’s in it for you?🔹 Hands-on technical training in in-demand tech fields🔹 Networking and access to job/internship opportunities🔹 A vibrant community of like-minded women in tech🔹 Empowerment to break barriers and lead in the digital economyWhether you’re a beginner or already…
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Lagos State needs bold innovators—are you one of them?LASRIC Innovation Challenge 2025 is calling for startups and change-makers ready to create solutions that Lagos—and the world—needs now.Challenge Areas Circular Economy: Build systems that make Lagos more sustainable. Agritech & Food Security: Solve food supply challenges with cutting-edge tech. Emerging Tech: Develop groundbreaking AI, blockchain, or quantum solutions. 🎯 Why You Should Apply Funding: Get the financial backing to scale your project. Global Recognition: Become part of the elite group transforming Lagos. Impact: Take your solution to new heights with LASRIC’s support. đź“Ś Eligibility Lagos-based startup with a Minimum Viable Product…
The Embassy of France in Nigeria seeks a professional photographer, videographer, or documentary maker to document the activities and impact of projects implemented by Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) supported by the French Embassy Fund (FEF). The French Embassy Fund for Civil Society Organizations (FEF-OSC) is a key initiative of the Embassy of France in Nigeria to promote the activities of Nigerian Civil Society Organizations. The fund supports small-scale, medium-scale, and innovative projects, as well as local initiatives led by civil society organizations. Deadline: 24/01/2025. For more information about this opportunity, please click here.
🎥 Bayer Foundation Are you a women-led enterprise building sustainable solutions in health or food security? This is your moment! Across Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East, we’re seeking 15 women who are ready to scale their ideas and create sustainable change. If you’re working on innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges in health and food security, now is the time to take your business to the next level. This award is tailored to provide the resources, support, and visibility needed to elevate your work and amplify your mission. As one of 15 winners selected…
As the new MD/ CEO of Transcorp Hotels, Uzoamaka Oshogwe (L) receives a warm welcome from super-entrepreneur and Chairman at Transcorp Plc., Tony O. Elumelu [📸TonyElumelu] In December 2024, Transcorp Hotels Plc announced Uzoamaka Oshogwe’s appointment as its new Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2025. She succeeds Dupe Olusola and is expected to lead the company into its next phase of growth, building on her extensive experience in the real estate and hospitality sectors. Says super-entrepreneur, Tony Elumelu (majority stakeholder in Transcorp Plc, owners of Transcorp Hotels): Delighted to welcome Uzoamaka Oshogwe, the new Managing Director/CEO of…
In 2017, Senegalese entrepreneur Souadou Niang opened Palms Luxury Boutique Hotel in Dakar, Senegal – her own five-star boutique hotel with 60 employees. Her backstory is inspiring: behind this amazing accomplishment lies a story of an African woman who started out as a hotel service person in the US. From Cleaner to Hotelier: The Inspiring Journey of Souadou Niang Luxury Hotel Owner in Dakar Senegal : Souadou Niang is founder of the Palms Luxury Boutique Hotel, staffed predominantly by women. “Women are born managers,” she emphasised, determined to showcase African women’s capabilities in high-end hospitality Born and raised in Dakar, Senegal,…
If you’re a wireless keyboard user, charging it just became eco-friendly. Ultra-slim and stunning, you can use this ARTECH full-sized Wireless Solar Keyboard for a desktop or laptop. Even better, it takes in light from both indoor and outdoor sources — even from your desk lamp — and will work up to 33 feet or 10 metres. Solar ChargingNo need to change batteries or charge the keyboard via the USB any more. When you type on the keyboard or the keyboard is idle, the keyboard will be always charged via sunlight or LED lamp light. Rechargeable BatteryThe built-in industry-high rechargeable Li-polymer battery…
Students, bloggers, artists and writers can submit their innovative storytelling to a contest. The Media School at Bournemouth University is accepting entries for its New Media Writing Prize (NMWP). NMWP is looking for innovative and interactive storytelling (fiction or nonfiction) written specifically for delivery and reading/viewing on a PC or Mac, the web or a hand-held device such as an iPad or mobile phone. Entries can be a short story, novel, poem, narrative game, documentary or transmedia work using words, images, film or animation with audience interaction. The winner of the if:book Chris Meade Memorial UK New Media Award will receive GBP1,000 (US$1,254). The winners…
Abayomi Semudara (Freelance product designer & tech content creator) Interesting LinkedIn post by Abayomi Semudara “This founder [Nelson Elemi] has spent over 200 million naira to rebuild Tinapa for tech…Tinapa Business Resort, once envisioned as a “Mini Dubai,” was launched in 2007 with grand ambitions. With retail spaces, entertainment centers, and a 400-room luxury hotel, it was a $450-million statement of Nigeria’s aspirations. But years of underuse and the 2020 EndSARS carnage left the facility in disrepair, looted and abandoned.For Nelson Elemi, Tinapa’s decline is a foundation for something new. “As Silicon Valley is to America, Tinapa can be to…
Applications are still open for the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship. The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship is an entrepreneurship acceleration program designed to support promising, African EdTech ventures. Implemented in partnership with innovation hubs and EdTech accelerators across Africa, the Fellowship provides select EdTech companies with critical business and financial support, as well as insight into the science of learning, preparing them for scale, sustainability, and impact. In 2024, 92 EdTech companies from implementing partner tech hubs across Africa showcased their improved solutions to stakeholders in their respective countries. During the Demo Days in South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal, each…