At the 3i Africa Summit (R): Jones Amegbor (Founder & CEO, PayAngel) Multi-award winning high integrity payment service, PayAngel, is well represented at the ongoing 3i Africa Summit, taking place at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) in Ghana. The 3i Africa Summit is a platform of opportunity for shaping Africa’s future in FinTech, and stands on three pillars: Innovation, Impact, and Investment —each crucial in sculpting Africa’s future. Led at the Summit by CEO Jones Amegbor, the PayAngel team is demonstrating to visitors the multiple channels through which the company provides solutions for businesses and individuals. PayAngel services enable…
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Executive Coach and Angel investor, Andy Ayim MBE (Founder, Open Angel) Andy Ayim MBE (Founder, Open Angel) is thrilled to share the launch of his company’s new product today. For clarity about the origins and working of Open Angel, Anyim says: 🌍 Open Angel is an open-source platform designed to equip aspiring angels with the tools, knowledge, and community they need to embark on their angel investing journey. We also have a Fundraising from Angels course for founders. 😇 We created it because over the last four years, through Angel Investing School, we have trained 600+ new angel investors who have invested…
Clinching the top spot: Deepankar Rustagi (Founder & CEO, OmniRetail) Recognised for its authority, integrity and accuracy, leading business and financial title, the Financial Times (FT) has released its 2024 ranking of 125 of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies. Source: FinancialTimes In this third iteration of its now expanded, Nigeria, one of the continent’s three biggest economies, holds three of the top 10 spots, with OmniRetail (eCommerce), Moniepoint (Fintech, Financial Services & Insurance), and Afex Commodities Exchange (Nigeria’s first licensed private commodities exchange) in the first, fourth and fifth positions, respectively. Tosin Eniolorunda (Founder, Moniepoint): Moniepoint Inc. is ranked 4th place…
By Development Consultant, Alfred Ukane Agriculture in Nigeria is faced with so many challenges and sometimes it takes sweat, blood and losses to build a brand in the sector. In Agriculture, if you’re not offering value, then nobody will listen to you, not even farmers themselves and In my full time active years in the sector, I have seen alot of women create so much value in the sector.Today, I want to take out time to celebrate them. All the women contributing to food and nutrition security, Livelihood, climate change resilience and the entire Agro-Food Sector – Una Don try.Take…
The handshake: President Emmanuel Macron of France and Jim Ovia (Chairman, Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria) 📸French Treasury in Nigeriarench Treasury in Nigeria 🇫🇷 The 2024 Choose France Summit in Paris showcased the country’s attractiveness to international investors, with a record-breaking 56 investments announced totaling €15bn. Among the notable investors was Zenith Bank Plc, a significant move indicating growing confidence in France’s business landscape. (L): Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede (Chairman, Access Bank Plc) 🤝 Access Bank Plc Chairman Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, who also serves as the Chairman of the France Nigeria-Business Council (FNBC), held a pivotal meeting with President Emmanuel Macron at the historic…
21-year-old software engineer, Nathan Naachuku (Co-Founder, Terrahaptix) Nathan Nwachuku is a 21-year-old software engineer who dropped out of university at 18 to solve critical problems. Today, along with 23 year-old Co-Founder Maxwell Maduka, Nwachuku is the Chairman of TerraHaptix, a Nigerian robotics startup that develops low-cost, autonomous drones that serve critical sectors such as Agriculture, Energy, Mining, Construction, and Telecoms. Says Nwachuku: Since we began operations 4 months ago, we have recorded almost $1M in revenue and $15M in LOIs from customers across Energy, Mining, Agriculture.TerraHaptix is solving a critical problem: the $250B automation crisis for core industries in emerging…
🎥 jetaimepatisserie If you’re ever in the New York city (Brooklyn, Bed-Stuy area), you might want to visit Jatee Kearsly. Jatee (Founder of Jetaime Patisserie), who caters to her local community, is convinced that every single person, irrespective of their socio-economic background, should be able to get a bite of delicious French pastry. And Ms. Kearsely puts her money where her mouth is by throwing her business doors open at 8AM to greet the first rush of eager customers. Jatee Kearsly (Founder of Jetaime Patisserie) 📸(Jetaime Patisserie
Team Chowdeck (L-R): Olumide Ojo (Co-Founder & CTO); Lanre Yusuf (Co-Founder & COO); Femi Aluko (Co-Founder & CEO) Following Nigeria’s 2024 policy removing subsidies on petroleum products, the pump price of petrol naturally skyrocketed, leaving food delivery logistics companies – which rely on petrol-powered motorbikes – struggling to survive the sudden astronomical cost of doing business. Many have floundered and shut down, including popular brands such as JumiaFood, Gokada, Glovo, and Bolt Food. Yet, Chowdeck thrives, with its success ascribed to aggressive expansion across disparate locations in Nigeria – Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, Asaba, Benin City, Abeokuta, Ilorin and Port Harcourt…
Agbeyewa Farms, a subsidiary of Cavista Holdings, recently announced the signing of a multi-billion Naira Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria’s Ekiti State Government to cultivate cassava on a large scale in the state through an out-grower program. (L-R): Governor Abiodun Oyebanji , Niyi John Olajide, and Dele Odufuye ((Vice President & Country Director at Cavista, Nigeria) The MOU was signed by Governor Abiodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State (Nigeria) and Chairman of Cavista Holding (owners of Agbeyewa Farms), Niyi John Olajide, on the sidelines of the just-concluded 2024 US-Africa Business Summit that took place in Dallas, Texas (USA). 🎥 AriseTV…
Book release 2024: ‘The Wizard Farmer’ by Farmer Samson Ogbole – sharing his thoughts on work, money, wealth creation, agribusiness, betrayal 📸SamsonOgbole Samson Ogbole is the Team Lead for Eupepsia Place Limited (Soilless Farm lab), and the fascination across the globe with his work is understandable – soilless growing, also known as hydroponics, is based on the workable idea that plants can grow and thrive without the need for a traditional substrate. Earlier on in the week, the inimitable Farmer Ogbole had the pleasure of receiving the Agriculture Team Lead from the French Embassy in Nigeria, led by Regional Counsellor, Dr.…