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Winners Of 2021 International Finance Awards [Nigeria]

Winners have emerged at the 2021 International Finance Awards [Nigeria], which held on March 24, 2022 at Jumeirah Emirates Tower Hotel in Dubai.

International Finance Awards recognises industry talent, leadership skills, industry net worth and capability on an international platform. After careful consideration of nominations by a qualified research team, winners are declared on the strength of their application and past accomplishments.

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RiceAfrika Emerges Winner In WEF Circulars Accelerator Cohort 2022

RiceAfrika, an agro-tech start-up, has emerged winner alongside 16 other start-ups of the Circulars Accelerator Cohort 2022 award by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

RiceAfrika uses technology to boost local rice and wheat production by improving the capacity of local rice and wheat farmers in Nigeria through the deployment of its IoT-enabled, eco-friendly harvester machines, precision farming solutions and guaranteed off-take of produce at the farm gate.

The Circulars Accelerator is an action-oriented, six-month accelerator programme for circular economy innovators.

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Ibom Air Ranked Best Airline In Nigeria In 2021 By Travellers Awards

Ibom Air has been ranked as the best airline in Nigeria by Travellers Awards for the year 2021.

Organisers of the award said this is based on the ranking of Nigerian airlines using the following parameters: average age of aircraft, schedule integrity, spread of services, customer care, inflight services and total number of flights done in 2021.

Air Peace wins the award of the Best Nigerian International Airline of the year.

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Winners Of Association Of Issuing Houses Of Nigeria (AIHN) 2021 Investment Banking Awards

Winners have emerged in the Association of Issuing Houses of Nigeria (AIHN) 2021 Investment Banking Awards, which was held on 23 November 2021 at the Civic Center, Victoria Island in Lagos.

The annual AIHN Investment Banking Awards is organised to recognise the achievements of investment banks who have in the course of the year demonstrated excellence and achieved great wins.

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Trove Finance Wins Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2021

Nigerian-based global share dealing app, Trove Finance, has emerged as the winner of the fourth edition of the annual Ecobank Fintech Challenge.

In a statement released on 16 December 2021, the organisers said the winner was announced at the grand finale on 9 December, 2021 streamed live from Accra in Ghana – and saw each of the five finalists pitching to the tech-savvy jury.

Trove Finance’s app enables African-based financial institutions and individuals to buy, sell and trade any publicly traded equity, bond or exchange-traded fund across the US, Chinese, Nigerian or other global stock markets, with as little as ₦1,000 (circa $2).

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Winners Of 2021 BusinessDay Bank’s And Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards

Winners have emerged at the 2021 BusinessDay bank’s and other financial Institutions (BAFI) awards held at the Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos on November 13, 2021.

The BusinessDay Bank’s And Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards recognises and celebrates outstanding performance in Nigeria’s financial service industry. The awards is organised by BusinessDay, one of West Africa’s most authoritative media organisations.

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