In 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg went on his first business in Africa, meeting Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and local businessmen in Legos, where he now plans to further implement his company. Facebook’s expansion on the African continent will certainly be watched by western African countries. According to a study commissioned by the Social Media […]
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 […]
South African social impact advisory firm Impact Amplifier has partnered Google.org and the UK-based ISD to launch the Africa Online Safety Fund, a US$1 million initiative that seeks innovative solutions to online safety challenges. Over 500 million people have access to the internet in Africa, and while the huge increase in internet, smartphone and mobile […]
Facebook made an announcement that all its Economic Impact Programmes will be offered virtually as the platform seeks to equip small businesses with digital marketing skills to help them stay open, connect with and acquire new customers to survive challenges presented by Coronavirus. Facebook’s Economic Impact Programmes include Boost with Facebook currently implemented in 11 […]
To assist smallholder farmers in Asia, Africa and Latin America who are facing additional challenges resulting from COVID-19, Bayer, as part of its societal engagement activities and through its new “Better Farms, Better Lives” initiative, is providing seeds and crop protection inputs as well as assistance with market access and support for health and safety […]
Suguba in partnership Mercy Corps and the French Development Agency (AFD) and Mercy Corps – is organizing their second 6-month investment readiness program in West Africa to support the 8 most promising startups in the digital sector in Francophone West Africa. L’Afrique Excelle, the francophone adaptation of the World Bank’s XL Africa tech accelerator, was […]
Facebook has announced the launch of “My Digital World”, a programme designed to equip the youth and general public across sub-Saharan Africa with digital skills needed to navigate the digital world. My Digital World is a consolidation of all Facebook digital literacy programs including Safe Online with Facebook, Ilizwe Lam, and eZibo and will be […]
Temitope Adeyemo “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” – Steve Jobs Adewale’s journey into the business world exemplifies Steve Jobs’ quote on trusting the process rather than placing too much emphasis on the […]
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