Came out tops: Ololade Eniola Okedare (Founder & CEO, Emerge Story Company) Congratulations are in order for the NGN5,000,000 grand prize winner of Access Bank’s Womenpreneur Pitch-a-Ton, Ololade Eniola Okedare (Founder & CEO, Emerge Story Company). Emerge Story Company specialises in refining and polishing the budding storyteller’s narrative, ensuring it captivates audiences and propels their storytelling to new heights, therefore elevating their projects for both big and small screens. Other Womenpreneur Pitch-a-Ton prize winners received grants, ranging from five women entrepreneurs who got a sum of N500,000 to our four other womenpreneurs who won a grant of N4,000,000 to N1,000,000…
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Sharon Obuobi (Founder, ALT/Finance) Sharon Obuobi is on a mission, with her new product ALT/ Finance, to help insurance companies build better solutions for collectible alternative assets (such as classic cars, fine art, jewelry, and so on). Alt/Finance delivers financial data feeds, integrations and software solutions for real-time views into market performance. Sharon Obuobi speaks at Tech Crunch Disrupt Says Sharon: “Exciting to be back in San Francisco with Alt/Finance – Alternative Data Solutions, after our launch at TechCrunch Disrupt in September. If you’re involved in insurance and want to optimise your business with powerful real-time asset valuations, let’s connect! 🚀” The US…
L-R): Fola Adeola (Founder & Chairman, FATE Foundation); Juliet Ehimuan (Founder, Beyond Limits), Nnamdi Ezeigbo and guest; Adenike Adeyemi (Executive Director, FATE Foundation) Engr. Nnamdi Ezeigbo (Founder & CEO, SLOT Systems Limited) – an indigenous Telecommunications, Information and Technology Company with over 70 retail stores nationwide and an online store – has won the prestigious FATE Foundation Model Entrepreneur award for the year 2023, for his outstanding vision and excellence. The award was presented by the Chairman of the Foundation and co-founder of GTBank, Mr. Fola Adeola. Incorporated in 1998, the SLOT brand has become a household name for good…
Presenting the Louis Vuitton Horizon bluetooth light-up speaker that looks like an electronic astrolabe. Inspired by the Toupie handbag, the new Louis Vuitton Horizon Light Up Speaker reinvents the world of portable audio. At home, it is an art object in metal and noble leather, adorned with the House’s emblematic signatures. In use, a colorful lightshow synchronises to the beat, with a digital interpretation of the iconic Monogram Flower. With its wireless connectivity and high-quality 360° sound, it is an elegant and discreet travel companion, perfectly in tune with Louis Vuitton’s Spirit of Travel. Price: $3,100.00
LONGARONE, Italy—In a move that company executives stated will broaden its portfolio, ThĂ©lios, the eyewear division of LVMH announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Barton Perreira, the well-known luxury eyewear company co-founded by Bill Barton and Patty Perreira in 2007 in Los Angeles, California. 🎥Barton Perreira Alessandro Zanardo, CEO of ThĂ©lios, declared: “We are excited to welcome Barton Perreira into our Maison portfolio. The brand is a true gemstone in the eyewear industry, standing for understated luxury, timeless designs and exceptional craftsmanship. We are looking forward to working with Barton Perreira’s talented team and dedicate ourselves to preserving its unique identity while…
Emerging from the stables of Enam Gbewonyo is a new soft sculpture installation that will make its debut alongside a selection of film and artworks as part of the upcoming group exhibition, Neo-Custodians: Woven Narratives of Legacy, Cultural Memory and Belonging. Neo-Custodians: Woven Narratives of Legacy, Cultural Memory and Belonging expands on the conceptual function of textiles in exploring cultural practices, histories, heritage, and notions of belonging within the African and diasporic canon. Referencing existing textile pedagogies, the exhibition showcases the works of artists including El Anatsui, Malene Barnett, Layo Bright, Celeste Butler, Sanaa Gateja, Enam Gbewonyo, Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, Seydou…
Nneka Mobisson (co-founder and CEO of mDoc), during an outreach program at the Balogun Market in Lagos, Nigeria. 📸Gates Foundation/Nyancho NwaNri Meet Nneka Mobisson (CEO & co-Founder of mDoc), a Lagos-Nigeria health tech company that connects people to a multi-disciplinary team of providers who have been trained in person-centered care to support them to manage their chronic diseases. Across countries, mDoc is building a geo-coded database of healthcare services – whether it concerns diabetes care, family planning or cancer screening, Nneka is a recent recipient of a Grand Challenges grant from the Gates Foundation for mDoc’s work using artificial intelligence…
📸 FINCA Non-profit microfinance organisation, FINCA International, is calling on African social entrepreneurs who share FINCA’s steadfast commitment to ending global poverty, to apply for the FINCA Ventures Prize. The FINCA Ventures Prize, which awards grants of up to US$70,000 is targeted at entrepreneurs with bold visions, disruptive business models, and new products or technologies that can create meaningful impact for poor and low-income people in developing markets, in the agriculture and health sectors. Grants will be awarded in a total of four categories . Through this competition, FINCA seeks to elevate awareness among donor and investor networks of the…
Sixteen innovators from eight African countries, including Botswana for the first time, have been shortlisted for the 10th Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.  Founded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Prize is Africa’s biggest prize dedicated to engineering innovation. And here are the proud members of the 2024 cohort: Africa Prize innovators join a network of 133 alumni across 21 African countries working to transform the continent with home-grown solutions for improving quality of life and economic development. In 2024, four finalists will compete for a share of ÂŁ60,000, with the overall winner receiving ÂŁ25,000 Details of the shortlisted 16…
(L-R): Essien Etuk, Amanda Etuk (Co-founders, Messenger) Nigerian startup Messenger is supporting gig workers and logistics businesses with asset financing and credit to power local deliveries. Messenger streamlines logistics by offering financial resources to operators like riders and drivers, connecting them with businesses for efficient last-mile deliveries, which enables trade and commerce to thrive. Co-Founder, Amanda Etuk says “No one was [really] financing the last mile players.” To date, Messenger has clocked up over 4,000 users on its delivery hailing platform, and financed 150 motorcycles. Starting 2018 as a traditional logistics business, Messenger serves the most popular Nigerian e-commerce brands…