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22-Year Old Melissa Bime Named Winner at the 2018 Anzisha Prize Awards

The Mastercard Foundation and African Leadership Academy are thrilled to announce that 22-year-old healthcare entrepreneur Melissa Bime has won the US$25,000 Grand Prize

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Nine new projects focused on financial inclusion to receive more than US$9 million from the Mastercard Foundation 

The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity (FRP) today announced that nine companies from seven countries will receive more than

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Flutterwave CEO, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Resigns

Two years ago, Nigerian Fintech startup, Flutterwave was founded by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji after he left Andela. Today Aboyeji released an

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Nigeria’s Lifebank Emerges Winner in MIT Solve Global Challenge

Nigerian Healthtech startup, LifeBank has emerged as one of the winners at the 2018 MIT Solve Global Challenge held in New York City. Solve is

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GITEX 2018: NITDA Receives Over 407 Sponsorship Applications

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has received 407 start-up applications for sponsorship to the annual Gulf Information Technology

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Winners Emerge in the Pitch AgriHack 2018 

Winners have emerged in the Pitch AgriHack 2018. The awards were presented in front of African leaders: H.E. Paul Kagame, President, Republic

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Application Opens For the Dark and Lovely & SLA Beauty Accelerator 2018 

Applications are now open for the 2018 Dark and Lovely x She Leads Africa Beauty Accelerator. The accelerator is a

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Nigeria Fashion Luxury Brand, Fashpa Selected For Dream Assembly Programme Powered by Farfetch

Fashpa,  a Nigerian luxury brand for African fashion and design has been selected to take part in the Dream Assembly Programme

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Ventures Platform Invest $100k in Health Tech Startup, MDaaS

Ventures Platform says it has invested $100k in health tech startup, MDaas.  This news was disclosed by Kola Aina, the CEO,

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Facebook Partners With CcHub to Launch FbStart Accelerator programme in Nigeria

As part of its commitment to supporting and empowering students and entrepreneurs to build locally relevant solutions using technology, Facebook