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July 31, 2020

Ingressive LLC Launches Non- Profit Arm To Create 5000 Jobs And Train One Million Youths

Ingressive LLC, a holding company which runs Ingressive Advisory and Ingressive Capital, launched a non-profit arm, Ingressive For Good(I4G). Ingressive Advisory provides market research services for global businesses and investment groups while Ingressive Capital is an African-focused venture capital firm which recently doubled the size of its fund to $10M Ingressive For Good aims to […]

by Adzer Iwanger

July 31, 2020

Revamped National Theatre to Create 8,000 Jobs On Completion – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the National Arts Theatre handed over to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for rehabilitation, will generate no less than 8000 jobs upon completion. The minister stated this on Thursday when he featured on the Radio Nigeria live programme, “Politics Nationwide,” monitored by the News Agency […]

by Adzer Iwanger

July 30, 2020

NITDA Selects 130 Farmers To Join National Adopted Village for Smart Agriculture Programme

In making movements to digitize agricultural sector, the National Information Technology Agency (NITDA), under the supervision of Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, has adopted 130 farmers into the National Adopted Village for Smart Agriculture (NAVSA) programme to provide Nigerian farmers with means to showcase their farm produce in the digital world market. The […]

by Adzer Iwanger

July 30, 2020

VC4A Announces 2020 Venture Showcase Seed Targeting African Early Stage Startup

VC4A has launched a call for African startups looking to raise between $150K and $1 million. In collaboration with technical partner AWS Activate, and network partners AfriLabs and ABAN, VC4A will be hosting the exclusive ‘Venture Showcase – Seed’ in November as part of a virtual gathering of Africa-focused early-stage investors. Through this campaign VC4A […]

by Adzer Iwanger

July 29, 2020

ICSAN Harps On Innovation As Panacea For MSMEs Survival

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), has described innovation as a pathway to survival of Micro, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (MSMEs) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They asserted that with the volatility associated with the pandemic, MSMEs could not be ignored in the business ecosystem. The Institute said they must be committed […]

by Adzer Iwanger

July 29, 2020

CcHub Launches 2nd Edition Of Women in Business programme in Kenya and Nigeria

Pan-African technology innovation centre Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) has launched the second edition of the Women In Business programme, aimed at women-led businesses from Nigeria and Kenya looking to leverage technology to scale their solutions in the African market. The programme will bring together female entrepreneurs, software developers, investors, SMEs, corporates and industry experts across multiple […]

by Adzer Iwanger

July 28, 2020

FG Inaugurates Smallholder Farmers’ Programme

The federal government has launched the Agriculture for Food and Job Plan (AFJP) programme targeted at about 1,100,000 smallholder farmers across the country. AFJP is expected to create between five million and 10 million jobs in 12 months and also mitigate the negative impact of the pandemic by creating more access to food production, processing […]

by Adzer Iwanger

July 28, 2020

Microfinance Banks Seek N250bn To Support MSMEs

The National Association of Microfinance Banks (NAMB) has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to provide a special N250 billion intervention fund for micro, small and medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country to support the ongoing economic recovery agenda of the government. The outgoing President of the association, Mr Rogers Nwoke, made the call […]

by Adzer Iwanger

July 27, 2020

Lagos Sets Up E- Commerce Hub For Agric-Prenuer

Lagos State Government announced plans to set up an e-commerce hub for farmers and producers to process produce in hygienic condition for export. The State Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya said this during the inspection tour of venues of the Eko City Farmers Market, Ileya Edition, at St. Georges Primary School, Falomo, Lagos […]

by Adzer Iwanger

July 27, 2020

Netpreneur Prize Initiative Selects Top 50 Finalists of 2020 Africa’s Business Heroes Competition

The 2020 Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) prize competition, a flagship philanthropic program established by the Jack Ma Foundation’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI), has shortlisted the top 50 finalists from stage one of the selection process. The fifty entrepreneurs will continue their journey in the competition, for a chance to become one of the ten […]

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