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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…

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Empowering yuth through Agriculture: IfeOluwa Oyeyemi on the job Top LinkedIn post by Sustainable Food Champion | Fruit Farming Expert | Agrodealer Specialist, IfeOluwa Oyeyemi (Founder, FarmHelp Agribusiness): From a young age, I always had a deep desire to help others achieve their dreams while working towards mine. Little did I know that agriculture would be the avenue through which this passion would flourish.As a teenager, my father entrusted us with small parcels of land for petty farming. I chose to plant vegetables, selling them outside our home to earn money, all while dreaming of studying medicine. However, fate had…

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Founder, Future Africa) Reposted from LinkedIn x Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: If you are African or a black person from anywhere in the world and you want to build something venture scale I think you need to move to Lagos. Lagos is the largest city in Africa and a 150 billion dollar economy with over 20 million people in a space that’s smaller than New York City. It’s basically New York for black people. From a density perspective you can’t find a better market. It is fully run by very proud black people and a largely responsive government.Most importantly unlike…

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Earlier this year, Justin Norman (Founder, The Flip) says he hit the streets of Lagos-Nigeria to answer one question: “How did Moniepoint grow so big, so fast?” Read his thoughts below about the phenomenal growth of fintech company, Moniepoint Group, founded by Tosin Eniolorunda: Justin Norman (Founder, The Flip) All over Nigeria, more agents & merchants are using Moniepoint’s light blue devices across Nigeria. But how did they do it?There are millions of Moniepoint point-of-sale terminals in use across Nigeria.These point-of-sale devices power Nigeria’s offline economy, and while there are many competitors in this space, Moniepoint appears to beating them…

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🎥 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…

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🎥 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…

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Overlooking the Thamalakane River in Maun (Botswana), Grays Eden introduces the first luxury boutique hotel experience to Maun. The hotel features vast verandas overlooking grassy lawns and the river itself, welcoming guests to its northern Botswana safari experience. Guests can enjoy comfortable and luxurious accommodations in five distinctive villas and seven charming cottages. The facility’s resident head chef crafts exquisite culinary delights, paired with superb wines, to enhance every visitor’s stay. Grays Eden provides the perfect retreat to unwind and acclimate, whether visitors are preparing for or returning from a safari adventure, or a business trip in Maun. Numeris Média…

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Short description: This competition is organised by SPIE – the international society for optics and photonics, located in Bellingham, USA. The theme of the photo contest is: The Power of Light. Deadline16 September, 2024 Who may enterThe photo contest is open to adults aged 18 and up, both amateur and professional photographers. Each person may submit a maximum of two photos. Entry feeThe competition is free to enter. Prizes• 1st prize: US $2,500• 2nd prize: US $1,000• 3rd prize: US $500• Two Technology and Science Prizes: US $750 each Examples of content include, but are not exclusive to, artistic images that depict:• Various properties…

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Reviewing and advising on the Godman Sachs and Saïd Business School 10,000 Small Businesses UK program: (2nd-R): Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Founder, 1000 Black Voices) as one of several panel members Taking a stand on embracing culture, intersectionality and inclusion, Goldman Sachs and the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford recently convened a strategic consultation team to review and render advice on their 10,000 Small Businesses UK program. The aim was to help increase the number of Black Founders on the program and demonstrate how welcoming it is for Black and under-represented founders. Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Founder, 1000 Black Voices) was…

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