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Globacom has been adjudged the Telecom Brand of the Year at the 2019 World Branding Awards held at the Kensington Palace, London.
A premier Awards programme of the World Branding Forum, the annual World Branding Awards is a registered global non-profit organization set up for the overall development of the branding community.
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Winners have emerged at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Sustainability Awards at its 2019 Bankers Committee Gala Night held in Ogere, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Organised by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the two-day retreat was themed “Delivering Inclusive Growth: Leveraging Digital Finance” and brought together chief executives of commercial banks and other stakeholders in the financial services industry to articulate and strategise on initiatives for economic development and specific growth imperatives of the financial system.
Taidob College Abeokuta representing Nigeria, emerges as the most awarded group at the 2019 African Company of the Year competition in Ghana.
Taidob College Abeokuta emerged winners of the 2019 National Company of the Year Competition (NCOY) organised by the Junior Achievement Nigeria and sponsored by First Bank of Nigeria Limited.
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Six companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) have been recognised with the Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CAMCAN) Capital Market awards.
The companies were rewarded for their outstanding performances in the 2018 financial year despite the challenging operating environment.
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Hello Tractor, an AgriTech startup, has won the sum of $15,000 at the 2019 Bosch Africa Smart Mobility competition in Johannesburg. The startup, alongside Kenya’s Buu Pass, emerged winner in a final competition that hosted 11 finalists from seven countries. The competition was launched in August this year and it assessed applications from 222 teams across 27 African countries.
The other startups that pitched at the event were Bonang.ai, Bwala, Dronamics, Hovo, Mobility, Moja Ride, Motolix, Naviafleet and ParkCrowdy.
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Team Topez Farms have emerged overall winner of the Hult Prize University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) On Campus Challenge 2020 held on the 12th of November 2019 at the Offshore Technology Institute, University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria.
Team Topez Farms include the following persons: Tochi Opara-Eze, Preye Solomon, Theophilus Uviekugbere and Gibson Odoka.
Topez Farms, an agritech startup, links smallholder farmers directly to the urban markets (both individual and industrial consumers). Largely, millions of smallholder farmers in rural communities in Africa have just the village open market square to sell their products. The consequence of this long-established approach is that without the needed middlemen, sales of farm produce are reduced, hence, wastage which gives rise to hunger and poverty. Also, observing the unfaithfulness of the middlemen to the urban consumers by sometimes adulterating food products and yet sell them at exorbitant prices, all accumulated in inspiring and driving Team Topez Farms to build an agritech startup that focuses on market linkages.
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Temie Giwa-Tubosun has emerged the overall winner of the 2019 African Netprenuer prize Initiative during the ‘Africa’s Business Heroes Show’.
Omar Sakr from Egypt emerged the second winner, while Christelle Kwizera from Rwanda emerged third winner.
The winners were announced on 16 November 2019 during the Netpreneur 2019 Conference, which held at the Accra International Conference Centre in Accra, Ghana.
The African Netprenuer prize initiative, founded by Jack Ma and sponsored by Alibaba Foundation for Africa, brought together ten of the best young entrepreneurs for a chance to win a share of USD $1 million.
These were entrepreneurs chosen from over 50 African countries over a 7 month period, who demonstrated great passion and initiative to change their communities for the better.
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