Author: Tajudeen Adegbenro

Claro, a digital self-help tool that will offer clinically validated mental wellbeing aid to those suffering from psoriasis has been launched. Anxiety and depression are common mental health disorders among patients with moderate to severe psoriasis (about one-third). In the United Kingdom, psoriasis affects 1 in every 50 people. In Caucasians,…

Giga is a global initiative that helps connect every school on the internet and every young individual to information, opportunity and choice. Giga was launched in 2019. The cooperation between UNICEF and Liquid Intelligent will first focus on Kenya, but it hopes to expand into other Liquid markets in the…

Learning can take place in any setting, whether a classroom, a virtual environment, or a library. Learning can range from deep to superficial. This post is intended to assist teachers who are seeking ways to make hybrid and online learning more substantive and less superficial. In this article we’ll go…

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a US$47.09 million grant for the first phase of Mozambique’s Pemba-Lichinga Integrated Development Corridor, a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone. The grant, from the African Development Fund, will help improve agricultural productivity and agribusiness development in the Niassa province by advancing…

Math can be intimidating and stressful for many kids, but there are several ways teachers can make math class more friendly. Incorporating math games into math classes is one of them. Students will find math classes to be less taxing and more exciting as a result of this. Three math…

Board of Directors of African Development Bank approves fresh €114 million (US$131.89 million) grant for Morocco for the implementation of Support Program for inclusive and sustainable agricultural and rural development (Padidzar). According to the Moroccan High Commission for Planning (HCP), water scarcity threatens agriculture, which generates 15% of the country’s…

A Manchester scientist is collaborating with some of the world’s top clinicians to create a ground-breaking lung cancer early detection test. After completing studying at the University of Manchester, Dr Na Yu (Cherry) Chia founded her medtech start-up ErleaDx. Her work on of blood-based test for early detection of lung cancer is…

Cellulant, a top Pan-African payment platform has teamed up with Zambia’s largest fish wholesaler, Lake Harvest to offer Tingg, a one-stop digital payment capabilities in each of their retail locations. Lake Harvest has made it a priority to take all forms of mobile money in order to provide its consumers…

As part of the ROOTS project in Gambia, the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) and the French Development Agency have signed a grant agreement of €7 million (US$8 million) to help implement the “Resilience of Organizations for Transformative Smallholder Agriculture.” The goal of the initiative in West African country…

An investment initiative worth US$67.43 million announced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) would help 78,000 rural households in Zimbabwe who are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity and economic hardship. As part of the Smallholder Agriculture Cluster Project (SACP), the small-scale farming industry will be transformed and farmers…

Healthy.io, a global technology business, has launched the first usage of its ground-breaking wound care app in Wales, allowing the patient to have their wounds examined and tracked from the comfort of their own homes. The eight-month initiative, which is now being implemented across Swansea Bay and Neath Port Talbot…

Templeton World Charity Foundation has invested $1 million in the Shamiri Institute, a mental health company, to combat the pandemic of mental health in Kenya and across Africa. For the institute, this means that they may develop strategies for promoting their character-based data-driven interventions to African adolescents and examine the…

UAE-based Agri Commodities & Finance FZ-LLC, a subsidiary of Export Trading Group (ETG), received a loan of US$30.75 million from Oikocredit and Symbiotics, a market access platform for social impact investing. This agreement will streamline the procurement of traceable cashew nuts and certified cocoa beans from smallholder farmers and cooperatives…

As it looked to expedite growth, a black-owned investment holdings organization in South Africa said that it had acquired an R300 million (US$18.7 million) investment commitment from US-based GR Global Ventures, an entity with expertise in cross-border cannabis transactions. Labat Africa, which focuses on personal wellness, pharmaceutical-grade medicinal cannabis, and…

Zuri Health, a Kenyan health-tech firm, has teamed up with Expresso Senegal to commence its operations in the country. Expresso Senegal is a Senegalese telecommunications firm that offers 4G internet, SMS, and voice services, as well as business and roaming solutions, and is a subsidiary of the Expresso Telecom corporation.…

YouTube is popular with the majority of children. It has been compared to a children’s television channel because it is constantly updated with new content. YouTube and the YouTube Kids channel are veritable information and entertainment hubs. YouTube does not always include targeted material that is acceptable for children and…

Healthtracka, a digital health platform that enables users to schedule at-home testing appointments. The health tests offered include a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, a sexually transmitted illness test, and a full body checkup. The company was funded by Akazi Capital. As a result of the platform’s creation in…

Apollo Agriculture, a technology firm that helps small-scale farmers increase their profitability, recently agreed to take up a US$9.5 million loan from the government-backed US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) for up to ten years. The DFC said the 10-year loan would assist to improve Kenya’s food security by increasing…

With the support of the International Finance Corporation, one of the World Bank Group and the Carrinho Group, Angola’s largest food processing company, more than 100,000 farmers in Angola’s agriculture sector would be able to improve their productivity and access to markets. It is IFC’s goal to assist the Carrinho Group…

First Finnish global developing markets impact fund, OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I, has invested US$10 million in CIM Santé Firm, a leading Moroccan private health group. OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund intends to use this investment to assist the development of Morocco’s healthcare industry, access to high-quality treatment, and…