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she leads africa accelerator

Apply for the She Leads Africa High Growth Coaching Program 2022 for early-stage women-led startups in Nigeria

Africa leads in adoption of mobile money as accounts stand at 1.35 billion

shetrades invest

ECOWAS and ITC launch ECOWAS – ITC SheTrades project to support women entrepreneurs in West Africa

agriculture variety

More traction needed in agriculture – Coronation Economic Note

NETFLIX

Nigeria’s Sandra Madu among 12 participants for Episodic Lab and Development Executive Traineeship by Netflix and Realness Institute

World Password Day: Nneed for more robust cybersecurity security measures – Trellix

Plastic Management Value Chain

The Plastic Menace: US is recycling just 5% of its plastic waste, studies show – Katharine Gammon

Apply for the Catapult: Kickstarter Fintech Acceleration Programme 2022 for early-stage Fintechs (€50.000 subsidies)

Acute food insecurity reaches new highs

North East Nigeria

Turn the Enormous Challenges Facing Northern Nigeria to a State of Hope and a State of Reality – UN Scribe

Urbanisation contributes to better economic outcomes and higher standards of living in Africa

Apply for the US Chamber of Commerce Africa Digital Innovation Competition 2022 for African Startups ($25,000 cash prize)

lcci - LAGOS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

Invitation to participate in Nigeria-Indian virtual business to business meeting on wheat on Tuesday May 10

awief

Call for Nominations for the Prestigious AWIEF Awards Celebrating African Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners

funding round

Norebase Secures pre-seed $1M Raise from Samurai Incubate

Talent 4 Startups offers scholarships in Software Engineering to 30 students from Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya at Moringa

Netflix

Netflix to showcase African talent to the world as part of Africa month celebrations dubbed From Cape to Cairo

NGX Regulation Limited Nigerian Exchange Group

Nigerian Exchange launches West Africas first Exchange Traded Derivatives (ETDs) Market with Equity Index Futures Contracts

Natural resources must be ‘part of the solution’ in fight against deforestation

seedstars africa

Apply for the Seedstars Migration Entrepreneurship Prize 2022 for African Entrepreneurs

Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya lead on list of 45 emerging start-ups for the 2022 AfricaTech Awards

United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) and CitiIQ Announce Scoring of 60 African Cities

AFS Launches 150 Virtual Exchange Scholarships for Girls in STEM Worldwide

Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the Future of Capital Raising in Africa – Kelly-Ann Mealia

fifa

Algorand becomes the official blockchain platform of FIFA

ecobank

Ecobank launches Ellevate Leadership Training Programme for women-owned businesses across Africa

Nigeria and Morocco working to secure funding for North Africa gas pipeline project

MTN Nigeria records 31.3% growth in PAT despite 1.8% decline in subscriber base

Afex

AFEX Ranked No. 1 Commodities Exchange in Africa by Financial T imes

Leading world futurists and scientists are interested in the development of Africa

Africa’s triple crisis aggravated by Russian war in Ukraine – UN Sec General, Guterres

zayed sustainability PRIZE

Applications for the Zayed Sustainability Prize is now Open.

World Earth Day 2022: Unity Bank and RESWAYE Clean Lagos Beach and Plant Trees

MTN Nigeria obtains CBN license to operate a Payment Service Bank in Nigeria – Chimaobi Agwu

SUNKING

Sun King solar raises $260 million Series D funding to power off-grid homes in Africa and Asia

Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative we-fi

Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative Unveils a $15m Funding for Women Digital Inclusion in Africa

ibm

Apply for the 2022 IBM Call for Code Global Challenge: Build Tech Solutions for a Greener Future ($285,000 prize)

UNESCO

Apply for the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes 2022 for Innovation in Literacy

High school students

APPLY: Ingressive for Good/Zuri Training Scholarship to Learn Software Development (Coding) and Design (Funded)

hub accelerator incubator incubation

Apply for the AB InBev’s Beer Garage Accelerator Program for young Entrepreneurs.

Apply for the The Pan-Atlantic University/MTN Media Innovation Programme for Nigerian media practitioners

Data security and privacy laws developing across Africa

Ghana based Farmerline secures $12.9m funding to strengthen agribusinesses across Africa

TuneCore Reaches $2.5 Billion Milestone Earned by Independent Artists

vaccine

Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks are on the rise in Africa

Hello Tractor partners Heifer International to Unveil Pay-As-You-Go Tractor Financing for Agripreneurs in Nigeria

Bitcoin adopted by Central African republic as legal tender, the second to do so after El Salvador

Home service app Eden Life expand into Kenya and acquires Lynk

Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continues despite Cop26 pledge by Patrick Greenfield – TheGuardian

Nigeria’s Economic Outlook 2022 (Part 3) by Ugodre Obi-Chukwu, Nairametrics

African B2B Marketplace Kwely Inc. Raises $1M in Seed Funding Round

Morocco

Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline project: Worley awarded contract to provide FEED services

Nigeria’s Economic Outlook 2022 (Part 2) by Ugodre Obi-Chukwu, Nairametrics

A clean future for Africa’s energy: Green Energy Africa Summit

ADFI Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility

We-Fi announce $15m funding to Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility to Improve Finance for Women-owned Businesses

ecobank

Ecobank Steps Up Fight against Malaria with Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative

digital wallet digital payment

Skaleet and Thunes partner to expand cross border payments for customers worldwide

twitter is growing

Jack Dorsey backs Elon Musk’s Twitter deal, but CEO Agrawal and others raise alarm

twitter is growing

Twitter to be sold to Elon Musk for $44bn

Nigeria’s New National Airline, Nigeria Air, To Launch In 2023

Launch of the 2022 ‘Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics: The Economic Power of Africa’s Cities’ report

UNWomen UN women United Nations entity for gender equality and the emPowerment of women

Partnership for Change: UN Women engage traditional leaders to transform social norms

AFRICAN UNION INT au

AUB and WIPO to Organize Virtual Meeting on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations

COMMODITIES

Ramadan effect on commodities: AFEX Weekly Commodities Market Update

Register Now: Code Cash Crop 3.0 Ag-hackathon 2022 is now open

apply now for this opportunity

Apply for the Global Peace Photography Award for Professional & Amateur Photographers (€ 10,000 prize)

Apply for the European Commission #Youth4Regions Programme 2022 for Aspiring Journalists

getty images

Apply for The Getty Images Inclusion Grants for photographers around the world

providusbank providus bank

Apply now for the ProvidusBank SME Program 2022 for young Nigerian Entrepreneurs

KASPERSKY LAB

Kaspersky stalkerware report confirms link between online and offline violence

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi shuts down operations in SA

apple p2p mobile payment service

DPO Group adds USSD payment option for merchants in Nigeria

Nigeria Smartphone Sales grew by 81% in 2021 YoY – Counterpoint Research

WHO WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

WHO to hold training in Abuja on integration of oral cholera vaccine in emergency and preventive situations

fifa

FIFA publishes Guide to Club Licensing in Women’s Football

At least 10 million children face severe drought in the Horn of Africa

Savannah Energy owned Accugas extends its interruptible gas sales agreement (IGSA) with First Independent Power Limited

CRUNCHBASE

Crypto-corn herd growing despite funding slowdown, the latest cultured meat unicorn

North East Nigeria

UN allocates $15m to address food insecurity and malnutrition in North-East Nigeria

Malaria

Over 1 million children in African protected by first malaria vaccine

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