Eme Ugwuegbu is the enterprising Founder of Sahara Sunrise Naturals (makers of natural hair and body care products), whose product lines include shea butter, black soap, salt and sugar Scrubs, lip balms, soaks, and scented candles. Sahara Sunrise is live at the Delights trade fair, taking place in Port Harcourt (Rivers State, Nigeria), and Eme is on hand to serve customers herself. Says Eme: “I know first hand what it feels like when someone thinks you are 20 years younger than you actually are, all because of the look and feel of your skin! We want you to feel the…
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Olapeju Umah – Founder & CEO, MyFoodAngels (formerly Mile12 Market Woman) Olapeju Umah is the Founder & CEO of MyFoodAngels (formerly known as Mile12marketwoman) – an agricultural hub which leverages technology with the objective of closing the gap of access to organic farm produce by connecting farmers and consumers. Basically, farmers in the MyFoodAngels network are funded with high yielding seeds, and assured of an offtake of the mature produce, which are directly sold to end-customers who enjoy affordable products for longer shelf life than what is obtainable in the open markets. 🎥 @myfoodangels Says Olapeju: “Over the years, MyFoodAngels…
Co-Founder & CPO at ThankUCash, Simeon Ononobi has just launched the Store Smart suite of solutions, which include: The Store Smart Mini: a retail solution and seats on a mobile phone and records all sales – this has been upgraded to the Store Smart Mini Plus to now have Payment via NFC payments collection and finally; and The Store Smart Max, which comes installed on a POS with Opay, Interswitch, Nomba, Netop or ErrandPay terminals. Simeon Ononobi (Co-Founder & CPO , ThankUCash) Says Simeon: “Whichever you choose works like magic and helps with Inventory management, Stock management and alerts, product…
WeTech, last Saturday, hosted its inaugural Female Founders Conference, whose objective is for founders and investors to get connected, hire talent, and raise funding. 🎥 @wetechofficial/ IG Speakers cut across women who have raised institutional capital, venture investors, emerging founders and tech leaders. At the 2023 event, female founders got to pitch their startups. while investors judged, chose, and presented awards to the winner of a grand prize. Wetech Female Founders Confererence 2023 According to the WeTech team: “Saturday was awesome! 🚀 We poured our hearts into bringing the Female Founders Conference to life, and we’re absolutely thrilled that you…
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…
Siblings, Dr. Sophie Chandauka and Dr. Tinashe Chandauka (Co-Founders, Nandi Life Sciences LLC) Rare disease, oncology and auto-immune biotechnology company, Nandi Life Sciences LLC, was this month voted by investors as #3 in the Top 10 “Most Promising” early stage life science companies at the prestigious Texas Life Science Forum, the leading life science conference in Texas, USA. Nandi is an immuno-oncology biotech working with scientific founders, backed by Texas Medical Center Innovation, and enrolled in the elite Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics, which is within the same ecosystem as MD Anderson Cancer Center, the number one cancer research center in the US.…
Marking a 20-year relationship: Martin Yeomans (SVP, AVEVA presents a commemorative award to Dr. Ibilola Amao (Founder, Lonadek); In a landmark celebration, Lonadek Global Services (a pioneering woman-owned company that specialises in Engineering Technology, Asset Performance Improvement, and Information Management) is celebrating 20 impactful years of partnership with the AVEVA Group (a British IT consulting giant with 50+ years’ experience in delivering solutions that optimise engineering, operations and performance). This milestone was marked at AVEVA’s London Headquarters, where Dr. Ibiloa Amao (founder, Lonadek) received an award, signed by Casper Herzberg (CEO, AVEVA), and presented by Martin Yeomans (SVP, AVEVA). Lauding…
The London Africa Network is calling on all founders, innovators, investors, creatives, media, corporate and government leaders building the UK-Africa 🇬🇧 🌍 tech ecosystem for a night of celebrations, on December 13, 2023!The invitation is extended to the community for founders and their ecosystems who operate in the UK-Africa corridor to come join everyone as London Africa celebrate their 2nd Anniversary 🎉 which is shaping up to be a big evening, with a great opportunity to meet the new London Africa 🇬🇧🌍 committee members, Blessing, Peace and Anas (who are joining Anthony, Dario, and the community in shaping what’s next).…
Ashleigh Ainsley (Co-Founder, Cololorintech & Balck Tech Fest) 🎥 Ashleigh + 1000 Voices As a co-founder of Colorintech, Ashleigh Ainsley has been at the forefront of advocating for diversity in the tech industry. Under his leadership, Colorintech has not just thrived financially but has also significantly contributed to making Europe a more inclusive tech hub. This video includes his journey from an ex-Googler to leading one of the most influential social enterprises in tech. Ashleigh says: “Not every day you get to sit down in depth, with good lighting💡 share your story 📖, drop some gems 💎 ! “Just a…