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if you’re a teenager living in Lagos State, and you have developed a clever solution to a burning problem that exists across the city, the Teen Innovators Challenge is keen to hear from you! The intention is for you to finally take your ideas off the drawing board and bring them to life, supported by the following prizes for your game-changing solutions: 💰 1st Place: 200,000 Naira + Mentorship🎉 2nd Place: 100,000 Naira🏆 3rd Place: 50,000 Naira Submit your brilliant ideas here. 🗓️ Submission Deadline: November 04, 2024👥 Ages: 13-22📍 Open to Teens in Lagos Teen Innovators Challenge is organised…

Toby Egbuna (Co-Founder, Chezie) We found Toby Egbuna’s story (below) to be one absolutely worth sharing (verbatim). Toby and his sister Dumebi are co-founders of Chezie, a DEI software company. At 27 years old, I quit my consulting job making $140k to start a DEI software company with my sister.Not exactly the path my immigrant parents imagined I’d take when they came to the U.S. in 1997, but I wanted to be an entrepreneur, so I took the chance.And now, three years later, I can honestly say that I wouldn’t trade it for anything.I’ll be real, building Chezie has been…

The Lagos State government has introduced a new mental health helpline, intended to enhance mental health support and expand access to mental health services across Lagos. The Lagos Lifeline Smart Number is: 0700 000 MIND (0700 000 6463). This is in addition to the existing Lagos Lifeline Number: 090 9000 MIND (090 90006463). The new telephone line was announced at a government-inspired “Lift Up Hope” event held at JJT Park (Alausa, Ikeja), to commemorate World Mental Day 2024 (October 14). The objective is to provide immediate access to mental health resources, reinforcing the government’s commitment to tackling mental health challenges…

FirstBank is hosting its 6th annual Fintech Summit with the theme “Banking on Partnerships”, scheduled to take place on the 13th and 14th of November 2024 at the Landmark Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The Fintech Innovators Pitch Program As part of this event, FirstBank is launching the Fintech Innovators Pitch Programme to support early-stage fintech startups and foster innovation in the financial services ecosystem. The programme will provide selected startups with intensive training and mentorship – all towards the opportunity to pitch their solutions to FirstBank, investors, and industry leaders. Selected winners will receive support from FirstBank to bring their…

Join Union Bank Nigeria on Wednesday, October 16th, 2024 (at 1PM) for an engaging session with seasoned speakers, Oluwaseun Oshoniyi and Daniel Egunjobi. The forum will provide an opportunity to connect with industry leaders, and also glean valuable insights and practical tips on how to expand your market reach. To register, please click here.

Serisha Barrat (CEO, Lawyered Up) For many underserved areas, digital solutions play a pivotal role. These two standout South African startups are emerging as powerful catalysts for change, and driving innovation in both urban and township economies: Lawyered Up Small businesses often face challenges related to accessing and affording legal services. In comes Lawyered Up, a unique digital legal service platform that connects modern-day entrepreneurs, freelancers, and independent contractors with easy access to important legal documents as well as trained, qualified attorneys. Lawyered Up powered by Vega are on a mission to prove that legal operations don’t have to be…

Hon. Nabeela Farida Tunis (Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Sierra Leone) Sierra Leone is preparing to host the UN Women in Tourism Africa Regional Congress in Freetown, under the theme “Beyond Empowerment to Education, Innovation, and Finance Access,” The three-day congress (October 29-31, 2024) is being organised in collaboration with UN Tourism, and supported by UN Women and the African Union. Hon. Nabeela Farida Tunis (Sierra Leone’s Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs and Chair of the Women in Tourism Leadership Africa Committee – WITLAC), emphasised the significance of the event: Tourism is a vital space where women can…

Commanding writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – who brought us the immortal works of Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun – has officially announced her return to long-form fiction with a new novel Dream Count, set for a March 04, 2025 release. The new novel by the author of Half of a Yellow Sun (4th Estate, 2006) and Americanah (4th Estate, 2013) tells the story of four women linked by friendship.  Says Adichie: DREAM COUNT is contemporary: Covid. Sexual assault inspired by a true story. Depression. A man’s extreme ‘ghosting’ of a woman. Fibroids. Teenage self-esteem. PMS.But also timeless: Injustice. Dignity. Regret. What is a full life?…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fatZF0JMlOg The Cece Yara Child Advocacy Centre – a non-profit organisation established in 2016 to prevent child sexual abuse and provide free access to care, information, protection and emergency intervention – recently celebrated the graduation of 30 professionals from the justice, child protection, and law enforcement sectors. The training program was designed to equip stakeholders in the criminal justice system with specialised skills for sensitive forensic interviews of children survivors of abuse. Tutoring of the graduands who completed their specialised course as Child Forensic Interviewers, was conducted by the Zero Abuse Project and sponsored by The Cece Yara Child Advocacy Centre,…

CAIRO, Egypt, September 30, 2024/ — The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, Africa’s leading philanthropic initiative supported by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, is proud to announce the Top 10 finalists for the 2024 ABH Prize.These exceptional entrepreneurs were chosen after an intense round of semi-final business pitches and judging held on September 27-28 at Kamelizer Spaces, with community events until September 29, all in the historic city of Cairo, Egypt. This marks ABH’s first event in North Africa, highlighting Egypt’s growing role as a key hub of entrepreneurial innovation in Africa.The Top 10 finalists are (in…