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Ride-sharing company, Uber, has partnered with Barclays Bank and VISA to commence the issuance of a credit card. The Uber credit card. Applications for the new Uber card will commence on the 2nd of November 2017. According to David Richter, global head of business and corporate development, Uber; “We are always…

Chika Nwobi, founder of Level 5 Lab (L5Lab) has been appointed as a non-executive Director of Unilever Nigeria Plc. He was appointed to the Board on 19 October 2017 and his appointment takes effect from 1 January 2018. Unilever Nigeria Plc. is engaged in the manufacture and marketing of foods and…

22 year old Ibrahima Ben Aziz Konate from Cote D’Ivoire has won the Anzisha grand prize. This announcement was made by African Leadership Academy and Mastercard Foundation at the seventh annual Anzisha Prize awards gala. Ibrahima Ben Aziz is the founder of Poultry D’Or, a poultry business that often has over 500 sales…

The African Leadership University (ALU) and GE Africa announced today the launch of the ALU Africa Industrial Internet Program. Powered by GE, the program combines the best of GE’s technical expertise with ALU’s unique learning model in a 12-month professional training program that merges the essential business and technical skills necessary for African professionals to…

When it comes to working in financial positions, traditionally an accounting qualification was one that would be sought after. However, this type of educational background fails to provide much assistance when it comes to investing knowledge beyond managing the treasury, which is essentially the cash balance available to the business…

With loud cheer, great pride and awesome achievements, leading online classifieds site OLX.com.ng recently clocked 5 years in Nigeria- HURRAY!!!!! The milestone was celebrated with an intimate gathering of different stakeholders including loyal OLX users and media partners at an exclusive event held at Terra Kulture Arena in Victoria Island.…

Rabobank – the world’s leading food and agricultural bank – announces its global activation program, ‘Kickstart Food’ to accelerate the transition to a sustainable food supply. One of the first steps in this program will be the launch of a one billion dollar facility to initiate land restoration and forest…

Orange officially announced the launch of its brand in Sierra Leone. As of today, Airtel Sierra Leone becomes Orange Sierra Leone. The acquisition of Airtel Sierra Leone was finalised in July 2016 by Orange, together with its Senegal-based partner Sonatel, allowing the Orange Group to reinforce its presence in West Africa. Following…

Startup Grind Lagos is set to host her monthly meetup on Saturday, 28th of October 2017. The theme for this month’s meetup is “is your Grind buzz worthy?” This month’s guests are Afua Osei, one of the Amazons behind She Leads Africa, and Tunde Phoster, an innovator and Brand Doctor This…

After giving Safaricom two weeks exclusive selling rights of the New OPPO A71, the device is now open for sale to all company dealers in the country. The move comes after the device retailed for two continued weeks at Safaricom shops at a retail price of 19,990ksh after its official…

Popular crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo, has announced that it will now offer a platform for selling products. Founded in 2008 Danae Ringelmann, Slava Rubin, and Eric Schell, the site is one of the first crowdfunding sites. It allows people to request funds for an idea, charity, or start-up business. Now the company is now…

On today’s episode, we have Kendall Ananyi, co-founder of Tizeti which operates as Wifi.com.ng.  Wifi.com.ng provides unlimited uncapped internet to users for less than $25 per month. I met Kendall Ananyi in his office in Lagos. We had a good debate about the state of startups in Africa, funding, challenges…..…

The management of the merged Tigo and Airtel companies in Ghana have named Roshi Motman the new Chief Executive Officer of the merged company. Before this announcement, she was a General Manager of Togo Ghana. With the merger successfully completed, Airtel CEO Lucy Quist leaves the company. This also makes the…

Starta and Ingressive, the organizers of High Growth Africa Summit, have announced the “HGAS2017 VIP ticket giveaway.” The promo is giving 100 entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts free tickets worth N10,000  each to attend the Summit. About High Growth Africa Summit High Growth Africa Summit 2017 is exclusively dedicated to teaching entrepreneurs…

From standing up to her business magnate father in the boardroom over issues of gender disparity, Wendy Appelbaum has always been a fierce advocate for women empowerment and ensuring that women achieve their rightful place in the corporate world. The journey has not always been easy but through it all, Wendy…

The 6th annual MTN Business App of the Year Awards night took place last week in Johannesburg, South Africa. The App of the Year Awards is the champion of app development in South Africa; celebrating local home-grown talent, the out-of-the-box thinkers that drive disruption and change. Standard Bank’s Shyft emerged as the overall winner of…

SITA is providing its world-class passenger and baggage processing technology as well as its airport management solutions to Ghana’s new Terminal 3 at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, helping cement the airport’s position as a vital regional hub. Ghana’s largest airport is expanding its capacity to meet significant growth in international…

One of the richest men in Africa, Aliko Dangote has launched a multi-million Naira Youth Farming Initiative that will engage teeming unemployed Nigerian graduates. This programme has been launched by one of his companies, Dangote Rice Limited  in Kogi a state in the central region of the country. This is even as the…

Uber has announced the appointment of Lola Kassim as the new General Manager for West Africa. She will take up the void left by Ebi Atawodi who moved on to the Netherlands office as a Product Manager. Until recently, Lola was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey and Company where she…

According to the World Health Organization, Diarrhoea disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old, and is responsible for killing around  525,000 children every year.These deaths can be prevented through the simple act of handwashing with soap which can break the chain of infection. Dettol, one…