Sahara Foundation Honours African Social Innovators, Entrepreneurs At SIPA
Sahara Foundation, the personal and corporate social responsibility vehicle for Sahara Group, in collaboration with LEAP Africa, Ford Foundation, and Impact Investors Foundation celebrated...
Nigerian Startups Dominate Google’s BFF List
Nigerian startups have dominated Google's $4 million Black Founders Fund (BFF), as 23 firms in the country were shortlisted out of 60 in Africa.
Having...
P&G, Others Collaborates To Train Entrepreneurs
The Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment, the Bank of Industry (BoI), and Procter & Gamble Nigeria (P&G) have announced a partnership to teach...
Belfrites Opens New Food Factory To Boost Economy
Belfrites, an indigenous company that produces French fries, has opened in the Ikorodu, Lagos State in an effort to expand the local market and...
DABH Equips 30 Entrepreneurs Across Africa
A social company called Dayo Adetiloye Business Hub has equipped at least 30 entrepreneurs with the ability to write business plans (DABH).
The three-day course,...
Nigerians To Benefit As Nestlé launches New Youth Entrepreneurship Platform
Nestlé launched a new digital platform as part of its Global Youth Initiative. The launched platform is called the Nestlé Youth Entrepreneurship Platform (YEP).
The...
UNDP Launches $1bn Startup Financing Facility For Africa
The Timbuktoo project, funded by the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa, has been launched in Nigeria. Its goal is to raise and spend $1...
Access Bank Partners NYSC To Promote Entrepreneurship
Through its Accesspreneur initiative, Access Bank Plc has provided 20 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) corps throughout the nation with N30 million in grants...
N-power: FG Explains N5.9bn Spent In Kano
The Federal Government (FG) has explained that the N5.9 billion spent on N-power beneficiaries in Kano, wasn't only to cover the training/tooling and payments...
Our Apprentices Are Dumping Skilled Work For Cyber Fraud – Artisans
Nigerian artisans have continued to groan over lack of apprentices, who assist them in carrying out their businesses.
Amongst the artisans who lamented to BizWatch...
FG Releases N1.24tn To 4.21m MSMEs
The Federal Government has granted N1.24 trillion to 4.21 million businesses through the Bank of Industry in the last six years, according to the...
Paradigm Initiative Celebrates 15 Years Of Improving Livelihoods Of Under-Served African Youths
Leading Pan-African Digital Rights and Inclusion organization, Paradigm Initiative (PIN) is celebrating 15 years of impacting the lives of more than 5,000 under-served African...
