Abiola Adediran (Private Wealth & Family Office expert) 📸A. Adediran Increasingly, more businesses fail to pass on the reins to the next generation, either through a lack of planning, or simply because younger family members may be terribly ill-equipped to take on the burden of responsibility. In a lucid piece shared online (Many Boomer Retirees. Few Succession Plans), Private Wealth & Family Office expert, Abiola Adediran, weighs in, outlining the several challenging familial conditions that may exist (often in combination), and sharing thoughts on how so many of these obstacles could be remedied with some forethought and openness. Adediran says:…
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A vision executed: Chairman of Coronation & Grand Patron, Coronation WIN, AIgboje Aig-Imoukhuede (Centre) steers the launch of Coronation WIN On April 18, 2024, leading African financial services provider, Coronation, is thrilled to announce a newborn initiative – the Coronation Women Initiative Network (Coronation WIN) – described by Ngozi Akinyele (Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Coronation) as ’embodying Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede’s visionary commitment to enable women to lead and succeed’. Mr. Imoukhuede is Chairman of Coronation. (L-R): Ngozi Akinyele (Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Coronation); Olushola Coker (Chairperson, Board of Directors, Coronation Trustees Limited); Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede (Chairman, Coronation); Pai Gamde (Chairperson,…
Emerging Africa Group launches in Port Harcourt (Rivers State, Nigeri): Founder, Emerging Africa Group, Dr. Toyin Sanni (4th-R) and the team: Adaku Ijara (2nd-R); Collins Olise, Olutoye Sanni, Kuburat Yakubu, Felicia Sonubi, and Mahmoud Kasandubu Leading provider of financial services, Emerging Africa Capital Group recently launched in Nigeria’s South-South region with the unveiling of a brand new office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Says Founder, Dr. Toyin F. Sanni: “Today we opened [the]  Emerging Africa Group, Port Harcourt branch, and brought opportunities for deeper financial inclusion and wealth creation to the people of Rivers State. Going by its mission to grow…
VKAV partners (L-R): Ryosuke Yamawaki, Ory Okolloh,and Satoshi Shinada Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) – having announced a first close of $43 million in March 2023 – recently announced a final close of $60 million for its pan-African venture fund, which invests in scalable, tech-enabled, post-revenue startups addressing difficult challenges on the continent. Key institutional investors in the fund including SBI Holdings, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Japan International Corporation Agency, and Japan ICT Fund. New investors joining the final close include SCM Capital, formerly known as Sterling Capital Markets Limited, from Nigeria and a few additional institutional investors…
Queen Mathilde of Belgium pictured during the opening of the World Cocoa Conference in Brussels, carrying out her role as the United Nations advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals (Photo by BENOIT DOPPAGNE/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images) The World Cocoa Conference – the leading event for the global cocoa and chocolate sector that brings together all the stakeholders of the cocoa value chain across the world – held its 2024 gathering in Brussels on Monday, April 22, 2024. The event was inaugurated by Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium who spoke emphatically about the cocoa producers she met during her…
TLcom partners (L-R): Ido Sum, Omobola Johnson, Andreata Muforo, Maurizio Caio and Eloho Omame 📸 Lumiogunde TLcom Capital LLP – a Venture Capital firm partnering with Africa’s best entrepreneurs to tackle the continent’s biggest challenges – are delighted to announce the final close of its second fund, which was oversubscribed at $154 million. Says Eloho Omame (TLcom Partner, Lagos): “In a tough climate for private capital, I’m incredibly proud that we’re one of the handful of managers that have raised multiple venture capital funds for Africa — an asset class that essentially did not exist 10 years ago. Eloho Omame…
(L-R): Ujama Akpata – Founder, CargoPlug (formerly Jand2Gidi); Feyisayo Alayande (Ag. Executive Secretary & CEO, Lagos State Employment Trust Fund) Nigeria’s Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) was established by The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund Law 2016 to provide financial support to residents of Lagos State in tackling unemployment through job and wealth creation. Recently, Ujama Akpata (Founder, ) shared a first-hand testimonial on social media that the LSETF does pull its weight. She says: “After 7 incredible years of unwavering support and camaraderie, it’s undeniable that LSETF has become like family to us. Our journey began as beneficiaries…
Dr Tannaz Pak, an Associate Professor in Energy and Environmental Engineering, leads the Teesside University team in a collaboration with Nigeria’s University of Ibadan and Niji Group to turn food waste into valuable material 📸tees.ac.uk Academics from Teesside University are collaborating with counterparts in Nigeria on a groundbreaking project to turn food waste into a valuable material used to restore the environment and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The University is teaming up with the University of Ibadan and Niji Group, a Nigerian agricultural company, to deliver an African Agricultural Knowledge Transfer Partnership (AA KTP) project, looking at how…
Dr. Awele Elumelu Dr. Awele Elumelu (Founder & Chairperson of Avon Healthcare Limited, and wife of astute banker and businessman Tony Elumelu), has completed the 2024 London Marathon – a race that held on March 21, 2024 with a record number of over 50,000 participants in the 42km race. Congratulating his wife across social media, Tony Elumelu wrote: “Congratulations #MrsTOE on your fourth city marathon, and a new personal best record!🥳 You inspire!” But, here’s the real point: Why is wellness so important for entrepreneurs? Why is wellness important to success? 📸 Tony O. Elumelu When someone is well it means…
Author, Dr. Alphonsus Obayuwana 📸Triple H Project Can happiness exist without hope? That question ultimately led Dr. Alphonsus Obayuwana – a physician-scientist and happiness coach – to the discovery of his groundbreaking Triple-H Equation — a valid, universally applicable five-minute tool for measuring happiness using hope and hunger as indicators. Triple-H method outlines the interconnectedness between hope, hunger and happiness, and introduces a universal unit of measure called the “Personal Happiness Index” or PHI — the operative word being “personal.” But, why measure happiness? Because it could be a game-changer for employers and employees, happiness coaches and their clients, and…