Vitafoam appoints Sada non-executive director
Cynthia Ezekwe
December 1, 2022
Cynthia Ezekwe The Board of Directors of Vitafoam Nigeria plc has appointed Zakari Mohammed Sada as non-executive director of the company. The company announced this in a statement dated Monday, 28 November 2022 and signed by Lekan Sanni, its company secretary/legal adviser. The appointment became effective 16 November 2022, according to the statement published on […]
Stanbic IBTC Pension unveils FUZE Talent Hunt
Rosemary IwualaDecember 1, 2022
By Rosemary Iwuala Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, has launched a first-of-its-kind talent hunt tagged “FUZE”. The leading Pension Fund Administrator (based on Assets under Management) is seeking to promote indigenous talents and help them explore their creativity and business prowess through the initiative. The platform known as […]
PZ CUSSONS appoints Manu, Odutoya non-executive directors
Cynthia EzekweDecember 1, 2022
By Cynthia Ezekwe The Board of Directors of PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc has appointed Ballama Manu and Oluwatoyin Odutoya as independent non-executive directors effective November 21, 2022. The company disclosed this in a statement on the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) website dated November 30, 2022 and signed by Jacqueline Ezeokwelume, the company secretary/legal […]
Afropolitan, NEAR partner to enable citizens control their assets, data
Olivia NnoromNovember 30, 2022
By Olivia Nnorom Afropolitan, the first-ever digital nation empowering Africans to build abundant lives, has partnered with the NEAR Foundation, a non-profit, to enable citizens to control their assets, data, and the power of governance. The partnership will see the NEAR community and Afropolitans collaborate on several fronts. A statement on Wednesday said the through the partnership, Afropolitan […]
Google’s Hustle Academy graduates 5,000 entrepreneurs
Onome AmugeNovember 30, 2022
By Onome Amuge Five thousand small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa have graduated from the Hustle Academy training programme facilitated by multinational technology company Google. The 5,000 graduates, chosen from nearly 10,000 applications, come from 23 cohorts who attended five-day virtual boot camps where they learned how to define their […]
5 finalists compete for AYUTe Africa’s $20,000 grand prize
Onome AmugeNovember 29, 2022
By Onome Amuge Heifer International’s empowerment for young innovators and smallholder farmers in Nigeria, under the initiative AYuTe (Agriculture Youth and Technology) Africa Challenge, will conclude on the 30th of November with five finalists competing for a grand prize of $20,000. The AYuTe Africa Challenge Nigeria, which commenced in August 2022 with over 600 entries, […]
CLI College marks first anniversary, gains IAPCC membership
Chisom NwatuNovember 28, 2022
By Chisom Nwatu Foremost private career institute, Career Learning International (CLI) College, has been recognised and inducted into the International Association of Private Career Colleges (IAPCC), a global umbrella membership organisation for career education providers based in Switzerland. The recognition, which is coming after CLI College’s full year of service in career training […]
Mastercard Foundation to train 400 African scholars at Oxford
Chisom NwatuNovember 11, 2022
By Chisom Nwatu Four hundred young African scholars will have the opportunity to pursue taught master’s degrees at the University of Oxford courtesy of a partnership between Mastercard Foundation and the University of Oxford. The study will be in programmes linked to pandemic preparedness and recovery. The scholarship is part of the […]
All On seeks to reduce Nigeria’s energy-access gap with $80,000 grant to eight renewable firms
Innocent ObasiNovember 10, 2022
By Innocent Obasi All On, a Shell-funded impact investment company, in collaboration with the Nigeria Climate Innovation Centre (NCIC), has awarded $10,000 grant each to eight renewal energy companies who won the 2022 edition of the annual incubation program for early-stage renewable energy entrepreneurs. The winners, out of which four are women-led ventures, […]
Apple Inc. appoints TD Africa first indigenous distributor for Nigeria
Chisom NwatuNovember 8, 2022
By Chisom Nwatu World’s leading technology company Apple Inc. has appointed TD Africa AS the first authorised indigenous distributor of the company’s products in Nigeria, after a painstaking study of the Nigerian market and search for an indigenous distribution company with proven capacity and sound ethical standards. The milestone development, which is regarded as […]