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Mervin Azeta, Tolulope Longe and Jillian Evanko have emerged winners of the ExxonMobil Power Play Awards 2020 announced virtually on September 16, 2020.
The program was created to recognize the accomplishments of remarkable women and the men who support and empower them in the LNG industry.
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Funmi Adewara has emerged winner of the World Bank SDGs & Her Global Competition Award 2020 for Women Entrepreneurs.
Seven winners were selected from a pool of 2,400 applicants from around the world who took part in the competition.
Other winners include Annisa Hasanah Ashyad of Ecofun Indonesia; Bassma Ali of G-Gateway; Kayumba Chiwele of PyscHealth Zambia; Melina Taprant of Wise Greece; Marysela Zamora of Nosotras; and Maliha Khalid of Doctory.
Christianah Olorunda (also known as Tyana) has emerged winner of Season 2 of The Young CEO Reality TV Show 2020.
The annual contest that gives young aspiring enterpreneurs a platform to network and learn from accomplished facilitators and through various programs enshrined in its modis operandi, had its season 2 grand finale on the 12th of September 2020 in the business hub with virtual guests.
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Five winners have emerged in the British Council’s Creative Enterprise Support Programme [2020].
The winners selected were: Cherish Ibeh of Cher Stunner; Vivian Ogbuagu of Handsmithen; Anthony Sule of Antoine Collections; Misan Atsemude of Omali Bridals and Mabel Sontan of Adire Biz Hub.
Each of the winners receive £2,000 each in grant funding and mentorship with key fashion industry players.
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ColdHubs has won the FCMB Agritech EPIC Pitch 2020 competition, receiving one million Naira in prize money as well as access to workspace and networks for innovation and collaboration.
Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank (FCMB) had partnered Passion Incubator to launch the third edition of the competition, setting aside NGN 1.5 million to support the top two startups in the programme.
Other benefits for winners include: mentor support, workspace, and access to market and networks, while entrepreneurs will also have access to Passion Incubator’s resources, partner organisation support, and business development services.
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Dr. Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan (FCA) has received the Forbes Best of Africa Award, in New York City, United States of America on September 11, 2020.
Dr. Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan (FCA) who is the Managing Director/CEO of First Bank of Nigeria Limited is honoured by Forbes Africa for his contributions to the financial services sector in the country and the African continent.
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Union Systems Limited has announced the launch of its new product (Optimus), which is the first multibank international trade finance portal in Nigeria.
Optimus is a cloud-based application, which enables corporates to initiate, process, and manage all international trade transactions across their banks from a single portal.
It empowers corporates to have a consolidated view of all their trade transactions with different banks without having to visit the banking hall.
Corporates can collaborate and communicate with their teams, suppliers, bankers and other relevant stakeholders in the trade finance value-chain from anywhere in the world. It is available on both the web and mobile channels.
Optimus eliminates the hassle of corporates having to log in to many bank portals to initiate trade transactions with different banks as these transactions can now be made and monitored from a single Portal.