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Aiteo Founder, Benedict Peters, Awarded FIN African Icon of the Year, 2018
April 19, 2022
International business leader and founder of Aiteo Group, Benedict Peters was awarded African Icon of the Year at the Foreign Investment Network (FIN) and Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources Honorary Patrons Dinner and Awards Night which held at the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit, Abuja on January 28, 2019. The award is an acknowledgement of Peters’ significant … Continue reading Aiteo Founder, Benedict Peters, Awarded FIN African Icon of the Year, 2018
Africa Tech Summit Kigali 2019
April 19, 2022
Website: https://www.africatechsummit.com/kigali/ Event Dates: 13th – 15th February 2019 Venue: Kigali Convention Centre Event Description Africa Tech Summit Kigali 2019 will once again provide unrivalled insight, networking and business opportunities for African and international tech leaders and investors who want to drive growth in Africa. The three-day African tech event will explore the latest trends … Continue reading Africa Tech Summit Kigali 2019
Websites We Love: African Mommy
April 19, 2022
If there is anything to observe about the 21st century women, it’s their willingness to tell stories – stories that resonate with women, irrespective of tribe, background or faith. They share these stories to empower the next woman and let her know she always has the backing of a tribe of strong women who have come … Continue reading Websites We Love: African Mommy
Register for the Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa 2019
April 19, 2022
If you are a top seed stage startup or building the next big thing in the African space, the Google Launchpad Accelerator programme is for you. The LaunchPad Accelerator is a regional mentoring programme that enables seed-stage startups to thrive globally through mentorship, training and partnerships offered by Google. Launchpad Accelerator Africa was announced at Google … Continue reading Register for the Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa 2019
Burna Boy Wins African Artiste of the Year 2018
April 19, 2022
Burna boy made quite an impression at the recently held Soundcity MVP Awards. The afro-fusion artiste, whose name is Damini Ogulu, won the most plaques – four in total at the 2019 edition of the awards which held last weekend in Lagos. He won the ‘Song of the Year’, ‘Listener’s Choice’ and ‘Best Male MVP’ … Continue reading Burna Boy Wins African Artiste of the Year 2018
Davido Nominated For Future Awards Africa’s Young Person Of The Year
April 19, 2022
David ‘Davido’ Adeleke, has been named as one of the possible honorees for the much hankered after award, the Young Person of the Year at the 2018 edition of Africa’s biggest youth awards, The Future Awards Africa. Nominees The list of nominees for the Young Person of the Year as released by The Future Awards … Continue reading Davido Nominated For Future Awards Africa’s Young Person Of The Year
Golden Moments In Sports: Recall Simi Adeagbo, Africa’s First Ever Female Olympic Skeleton Athlete
April 19, 2022
In January 2018, Nigerians were thrilled with the news of four of our very own who had qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. One of them would go on to become Africa’s first ever female olympic skeleton athlete, after barely four months of training. She is Simidele Adeagbo, the 36-year-old Nigerian … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: Recall Simi Adeagbo, Africa’s First Ever Female Olympic Skeleton Athlete
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Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: The African Writers
April 19, 2022
At the beginning of 2016, 19-year-old Faith Moyosore Agboola was a budding writer and poet in dire need of guidance. Her struggle to find her feet as a writer was complicated by the fact that little or no attention is paid to writers in Nigeria, especially when compared to other professions and she knew she … Continue reading Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: The African Writers
Did You Know? The River Niger Is West Africa’s Longest and Largest River
April 19, 2022
The features of the map of Nigeria are quite remarkable. One of these is the notable presence of two major water bodies, River Niger and River Benue; of which the former-River Niger-serves as the source of the name of the country, Nigeria. The Niger River: The Longest and Largest River in West Africa The Niger … Continue reading Did You Know? The River Niger Is West Africa’s Longest and Largest River
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13th Africa Scrabble Championship: Team Nigeria Arrive Kenya
April 19, 2022
The Nigeria Scrabble national team have arrived in Kenya for the 13th edition of the Africa Scrabble Championship (ASC), which will take off from Thursday, November 29, 2018 to Sunday, December 2, 2018. Speaking to NAN in Abuja, the Technical Director of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation, Farouq Baba-Inna, said the 11-man delegate team to the … Continue reading 13th Africa Scrabble Championship: Team Nigeria Arrive Kenya
By achem
How WhatsApp Groups are Bringing Back African Family Cohesion
April 19, 2022
The old African family setting had its foundation laid in communal principles. Not just providing a common platform for a nuclear family to engage, interact, fraternise, and socialize but also extending its reach to the extended family too. The communal philosophy also provided an avenue for families to engage, exchange cultural values, feelings and share … Continue reading How WhatsApp Groups are Bringing Back African Family Cohesion
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Did You Know? Nigeria is Home to West Africa’s Biggest Cinema Chains
April 19, 2022
After a couple of decades in the dark, the lights have finally come back on in Nigeria’s cinemas. Actually, it’s more accurate to say that new movie theatres have arisen on the ashes of the old ones. The joys of the descending seat rows, giant screens and surround sound have returned, complete with the popcorn, … Continue reading Did You Know? Nigeria is Home to West Africa’s Biggest Cinema Chains
AppsAfrica.com Awards Winners 2018 Announced
April 19, 2022
Fourteen AppsAfrica.com Award Winners were announced at the annual Awards party in Cape Town on Monday 12th November, 2018. Now in their fourth year, the Awards celebrates the best in African mobile and tech from both corporates and start-ups and this year attracted entries from 39 countries across the continent. The Awards were supported by Uber, … Continue reading AppsAfrica.com Awards Winners 2018 Announced
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Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs
April 19, 2022
Imagine a network of African entrepreneurs communicating and doing business together. Now picture the effects a fully functional hub as this would have on the springing entrepreneurial space in Africa. One major bane of growing businesses in this part of the world and everywhere else today, is poor business continuity models, and this is largely … Continue reading Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs
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Mr Eazi To Empower 100 African Artistes With 3000USD
April 19, 2022
Afrobeat singer, Mr. Eazi, has launched an artist empowerment scheme dubbed “EmPawa100”, to empower 100 unsigned African music acts. The 27-year-old “Skin Tight” crooner made the announcement at the press launch at La Villa Boutique hotel in Accra, Ghana, where he spoke about his plan for fledging African artistes and his motivation for the project. … Continue reading Mr Eazi To Empower 100 African Artistes With 3000USD
