📸 John Fowlie For four Olympic Games, John Fowlie was a swimming coach at the Australian Institute of Sport / Swimming Australia National Training Centre. During his tenure, his athletes won nine Olympic medals and set seven world records. For the last years, John has been working with high-talent, high-pressure teams in other specialised environments. On July 26th the Olympic Games will begin in Paris. Incredible athletes from around the world will gather and perform superhuman feats under immense pressure. John asks: ‘As a business leader, how can you draw inspiration from this event, extract lessons and talk to your…
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Trailer: Discover the inspiring stories behind a new generation of African athletes, each with their tragedies and triumphs, struggles and strengths, hopes and dreams to excel in their sport and reveal the inner truth of what makes an Olympic hero 🎥Olympics.com Playing Fields, an original six-part documentary series, introduces the new wave of athletes paving the way in their sports across the African continent – discovering their incredible stories of perseverance, optimism and the strength of the human spirit. Produced by the Olympic Channel and documentary studio XTR; and directed by local filmmakers, Playing Fields premiered on 18 May 2023…
Welcome to Jannah, the latest hospitality project of Kenyan designer-hotelier Anna Trzebinski, who has incorporated old village buildings and outdoor spaces into one innovative “constellation hotel” – located in the former fishing village of Shela, on the Island of Lamu. Jannah—now the highest building on the skyline—features Gaudí-esque curved windows and a vertiginous staircase tower, which connects the bedrooms to the penthouse and communal roof terrace. The Swahili-chic décor is punctuated with touches of glamour, and terraces overlook the wooden dhows on the bay—three of which are at the disposal of Jannah guests. Jannah owns a canopied and cushioned barge,…
Xavier Netry, winner of the 2024 ‘best baguette in Paris’ award There are baguettes, good baguettes, and then there are exceptional ones. It is the latter that the City of Paris, in partnership with the Syndicat des Boulangers du Grand Paris, seeks to distinguish each year, rewarding excellence in craftsmanship. In 2024, the title of Best Baguette in Paris went to the Utopie bakery located at 20 Rue Jean-Pierre-Timbaud in the 11th arrondissement, and owned by Xavier Netry. “Absolutely thrilled and very proud, I am over the moon! It’s a highly coveted prize,” exclaimed Xavier, a happy and relieved artisan…
Mossi Traoré created Ateliers Alix – the first free haute couture school in the Parisian suburbs 📸 Joséphine Brueder/ Ville de Paris Mossi Traoré, a child of the Parisian suburbs, created the first completely free haute couture school, with parts of his workshops and school, Ateliers Alix, located in Villiers-sur-Marne, in the Val-de-Marne (94) department. A committed creator, Traoré’s practice reaffirms, in this interview, that fashion is a “social expression” in which each person blends his or her influences and origins. In a few words, how would you define your brand and your approach? Mossi Traoré: I have a high-end…
The Olympic flame in front of the Panthéon📸Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris It was a date in history. On 14 July (Bastille Day in France), the Olympic flame arrived Paris during the traditional parade along the Champs-Elysées. We invite you to vicariously 😊 re-live the highlights of this momentous event through the downloadable photos below, all from the official Paris 2024 Olympic collection. The Olympic flame arrived in Paris on Sunday, July 14th, after a journey that began on April 16th in Olympia, Greece. It spent two days in the capital, visiting iconic locations, and was carried by 540…
After a year in beta, GoLemon went live in March 2024 with its eCommerce offering as “the only store you will ever need for all your groceries and home essentials 💚”, and promising an end to grocery hopping across stores and markets. Yinka Adewuyi (Co-Founder & CEO, GoLemon) Co-founder & CEO of GoLemon, Yinka Adewuyi, is now thrilled to share major growth statistics (and a few challenges) for the company. He says: A few weeks ago, we crossed N150M in sales [at] GoLemon within 4 months of go-live, serving 7k+ homes in Lagos. We’ve gone from handling & processing 5k…
Founder & Group Managing Director of Rainoil Limited, Dr. Gabriel Ogbechie Dr. Gabriel Ogbechie OON is the Group Managing Director of Rainoil Limited, a leading energy company in Nigeria. With an impressive career spanning over 30 years, he possesses a wealth of expertise in sales, marketing, and operations within the Oil & Gas space. In 1997, Dr. Ogbechie founded Rainoil Limited, an energy company that has since become a dominant player in Nigeria’s downstream value chain. He has overseen the growth of the Group’s business operations across the entire downstream value chain, including investment in agriculture and Real Estate. Dr.…
Launching the new Orange Corners hub at Ogun State (R-L) – Amaka Nwaokolo (Director, The The FATE Institute); Bambo Adebowale (Dean & Director, The FATE School); Adenike Adeyemi (Executive Director, FATE foundation); Michel Deelen (His Excellency, , Consular General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Lagos-Nigeria); Hon. Adebola Sofela (Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Ogun State) On Monday, July 15, 2024 Orange Corners Nigeria – an initiative of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Lagos and implemented by FATE Foundation – launched a new hub in Ogun State. Over the next five years, the Ogun State…
1000 Black Voices – the inclusive global community renown for giving Founders unrivaled access to local and global capital, talent, connections and innovation – has opened worldwide applications to the 1000 Black Voices AI Accelerator, which will run virtually from July 30 to October 15, 2024. Using the promotional code Olympics1KBVA total of 10 complimentary slots are available (on a first-come-first-serve basis) to France-based, black-owned tech startups and scaleups, as well as Africa-based tech startups and scaleups. Application deadline for the 1000 Black Voices AI Accelerator is July 29, 2024. To apply, click here Throwback 2023 – at the British…