📸 Jean-Baptiste Gurliat/Ville de Paris In less than two weeks before the Opening Ceremony on July 26, 2024), the passage of the Olympic flame through Paris on 14 and 15 July will mark the start of the celebrations. Its route will be packed with events and highlights. After crossing an ocean, climbing mountains and meeting countless extraordinary people, the world’s most famous torch will finally arrive in Paris. The journey begins on 14 July, a significant date as it coincides with Bastille Day, from the iconic Champs-ÉlysĂ©es roundabout. Route of the Paris torch relay 📸 Paris 2024 / Ville de…
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Presenting Tyms TAutomate for the first time at KPMG Nigeria, recently: (M): Chineye Ochem (Co-founder & COO at Tyms) Built for CFOs, accountants, bookkeepers and business owners, Tyms® is an incredible AI-powered finance and accounting automation software that makes it possible for small businesses and startup finance teams to automate their entire business financial accounting processes – from bookkeeping, financial statements preparation, advanced inventory, payables, receivables, budgeting, bank sync and reconciliation. Describing the product capabilities in detail, Chineye Ochem (Co-founder & COO at Tyms) says: We built Tyms TAutomate specifically for Accounting firms and Accountants who manage the books of…
Founders at Earlybird AI: Claudine Adeyemi-Adams FIEP (CEO); and Boris Bambo (CTO) Earlybird AI, a B2B startup on a mission to transform employment support for unemployed and low-paid workers, using its voice-first AI software, has closed its pre-seed round of $800,000. Founders Claudine Adeyemi-Adams (CEO) and Boris Bambo (CTO) are excited that people struggling to find work or keep a stable job can confidently speak with the Earlybird AI assistant, sharing information about their personal and professional lives, and having their submissions analysed for quick feedback on issues preventing them from accessing or retaining a job. According to Adeyemi, the…
🎥 TGI Group The Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group recently announced that its West African Soy Industries Limited (WASIL), in collaboration with the USAID-funded Global Shea Alliance (GSA), has donated five 100-ton warehouses to women cooperatives in five communities across Kwara State: Alapa, Babanla, Fanagu, Gbugbu, and Patigi.WASIL also supplied pots for cooking and drying shea nuts before storage, thereby vastly improving the storage conditions for the nuts and ensuring stable, high-quality finished products. The ultimate goal is to expand income opportunities for women shea nut collectors in the five communities, and strengthen the foundation for inclusive agricultural development while…
(L-R): Peter N and Audrey Djiya (co-Founders, Zimi) Audrey Djiya and Peter N (co-Founders, Zimi) are doing something remarkable – they are bringing AmazonPrime-like fulfillment to African exporters, making it easy, fast, and cheap for these businesses to sell internationally.Explaining how this works, Audrey says: Across the continent, millions of businesses export $600 billion worth of goods every year. This is set to surpass $1 trillion by 2035.But these businesses have no affordable way to sell globally.Shipping can cost more than 100% of the value of an order.That just doesn’t make sense to us, which is why we’re building Zimi.By…
Edidiong Uwemakpan (Vice-President, Moniepoint), Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite (Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment) Edidiong Uwemakpan (Vice-President at African digital fintech, Moniepoint) has announced the launch of the 2024 Moniepoint Informal Economy Report – Nigeria’s first report on the country’s Informal Economy. Achieved in partnership with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), the publication was unveiled by Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite (Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment). Referring to the millions of businesses in Nigeria, many of them operating in the informal economy, Edidiong says: They might look small individually, but together,…
Naomi Akakpo – Togolese national record holder 📸 nafi2sa Studio Numeris MĂ©dia is proud to be officially accredited as media to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Our approach is simple, yet excitingly original. Watch out as we: Draw parallels between athletes and entrepreneurs (the Olympic mindset mimicking the art/ science of entrepreneurship); Feature actual athlete-entrepreneurs; Reveal the social side of the Games – the city of Paris, with its sublime spots for R&R Our very first story points to 23-year-old Togolese track and field runner, Naomi Akakpo, whose sheer grit has earned her the great honour of representing Togo at the…
Fola Laoye (Co-Founder & CEO at Iwosan Investments) Fola Laoye (Co-Founder & CEO at Iwosan Investments) has received honours at the Extraordinary Women Advancing Healthcare Awards (EWAH), in recognition of her exceptional leadership and innovative contributions to healthcare management, operations, financing, and strategy. In support of her win, Iwosan Lagoon Hospitals (part of the Iwosan Investment Group) had this to say: Her commitment to advancing inclusive and pioneering healthcare initiatives sets a benchmark for excellence in our industry.Under her guidance, our organisation has consistently pushed the boundaries of what is possible in healthcare, delivering transformative solutions that benefit patients and…
Ingrid Thijssen (President, Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers), Roosevelt Ogbonna (MD/ CEO, Access Bank) As part of the working visit to Nigeria of the delegation from the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers – led by the President, Ms. Ingrid Thijssen – the delegation visited the Dutch desk at Access Bank head office, opened in 2022 by Invest International with a capital base of €350m to finance Dutch-Nigeria businesses. The Dutch development bank FMO is a long-standing investment partner of Access Bank, supporting the bank’s recapitalisation and liquidity over the years. Director-General/Chief Executive at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce…
HE Nonye Soludo (wife of Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, and founder of royalfoodsuk and royalfoodsnigeria) HE Nonye Soludo (wife of Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, and founder of royalfoodsuk and royalfoodsnigeria) is asking female farmers in Anambra state to take a shot at the #EveryHomeAGarden competition for a chance to win N25 million Naira in prize money. The #EveryHomeAGarden competition, an initiative of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) of Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, is open to female farmers who are keen to drive their passion to the next level. Driving food security: (L-R) Her Excellencies…