Amba: E-medical Transport Mobile App Unveiled

Amba, an e-medical transport mobile app to reduce millions of avoidable deaths in Nigeria has been unveiled in Abuja by Doctors On Call Health Support Initiative.

Amba  is an emergency response aggregator and alert system, which delivers real-time medical alerts to doctors-on-call with a view to shortening response time and providing patients with emergency care.

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De-Rabacon Plastics Wins Maiden Shell Outstanding Achievement Prize In The 2018 Shell LiveWIRE Awards

De-Rabacon Plastics wins the maiden Shell Outstanding Achievement Prize in the 2018 Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators Awards.

De-Rabacon Plastics emerged winner in a competition that also saw another Nigerian firm, Alternate Energy Limited, emerge as the second runner-up in the Energy Solutions category to win a $10,000 prize money.

The two Nigerian companies are among the Top Ten Innovators from among 21 entries in a contest, which attracted over 11,000 voters from 102 countries.

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Winners Of The African Legal Awards 2018

Winners have emerged at The African Legal Awards 2018, which recognizes exceptional achievement from within Africa’s legal community.

Winners Of The African Legal Awards 2018

  • Environmental & Renewables Team of the Year – Aluko & Oyebode
  • Senior Corporate Counsel of the Year – Faith Damilola Adesua – Guinness Nigeria Plc
  • General Counsel of the Year – Tinuade Awe – The Nigerian Stock Exchange

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IITA Awarded 2018 Africa Food Prize Award

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has been awarded the 2018 Africa Food Prize award for leadership and innovation in finding solutions to major concerns affecting Africa’s agriculture sector.

The award was given during the just concluded African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Kigali. It consists of $100,000 cash prize and a trophy of recognition.

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Wallet.ng Emerge 2nd Runner-up Of 2018 Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Nala, Virtual Identity and Wallet.ng have emerged winners of the 2018 Ecobank Fintech Challenge at a ceremony held in Lome, Togo.

Nala, based in Tanzania, a mobile money application that works offline, beat the ten other finalists to emerge as the winner of the competition. Virtual Identity from South Africa and Wallet.ng from Nigeria emerged first and second runners-up.

The three startups won cash prizes worth $10,0000, $7,000 and $5,000 respectively.

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Aruna Quadri Wins 2018 ITTF African Championship (Men’s Singles)

Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri and Egypt’s Dina Meshref emerge winners of the men and women’s singles event at the 2018 ITTF African Championships in Mauritius.

According to a statement by ATTF-Africa, Aruna Quadri did not drop a point from the first round until the final to win his first African Championships title.

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Vote Now: 2018 PositiveNaija Essay Competition

2018 PositiveNaija Essay Competition Voting Proceedings (Top 3)

Essay Topic: The Love of a Nigerian!

Objective: Informing the world what genuinely makes Nigeria and Nigerians kind, cooperative, tolerant and well-meaning towards one another and humanity today.

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