African Entrepreneurship in the New Scramble for Africa
A Decade of Impact: From Vision to Reality April 2024 marks ten years since I arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, to help institutionalise luck and democratise opportunity for African entrepreneurs. Imagination, hope, and possibilities of change through a $100 million 10-year commitment to invest in African entrepreneurs by the Nigerian businessman and philanthropist Tony Elumelu appealed […]
HARNESSING DIGITAL INNOVATION TO ADVANCE AFRICA’S TRADE
This article shares talking points from the World Trade Organization working session “Harnessing Technology and Digital Innovation to Advance Africa’s Trade and Sustainable Development Agenda” held on Friday 30th September as part of the WTO Public Forum 2022.
Remembering Biyi Bandele: So Many Talents and Achievements
My tribute to Biyi Bandele, the multitalented creative writer, director, photographer and mentor who passed away on 7th August 2022. My friend since the late 1990s, Biyi was a passionate storyteller, a wonderful, generous, open, warm human being. He devoted his life to telling powerful African stories, from the inside, made in Africa, with Africans for the world to engage with the new emerging creative Africa. His passing is a monumental loss, not only to Nigeria but to Africa and the world.
Photo Credit: Photo by Kola Akinsolugba via Biyi Bandele on Instagram.
IN MEMORY OF MAVIS NDUCHWA (August 1982 – August 2021)
A tribute to Botswanan businesswoman Mavis Nduchwa a year since her passing.
LATA MANGESHKAR – NIGHTINGALE OF INDIA
My tribute to Lata Mangeshkar, Indian singer and cultural icon who died in February 2022.
Is Entrepreneurship Training Working In Africa?
This article shares highlights from a VoxDev report on Training Entrepreneurs, edited by David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff, examining the impact and effectiveness of various entrepreneurship training programmes. I invite you to share your experiences of entrepreneurship training and your solutions to improving entrepreneurship training for economic and social impact.
BUILDING BETTER PERCEPTIONS FOR AFRICA – MUSTARD
I am happy to be part of the team at Mustard, an Africa-focused venture agency on a mission to build better perceptions for Africa. Learn more about Mustard here.
AOT 3.0 Lagos – What Do Investors Want?
It was an honour and privilege to be invited to speak at Art of Technology Lagos 3.0 (AOT Lagos 3.0), themed Funding and a Connected Lagos hosted by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Eko Innovation Centre. Over the two days, watching the conference online from my home in London, what I experienced was a Lagos on the […]
An Integrative Medical Approach To Wellness – Glow Health
It is with pride and admiration that I share the story of GLOW Health and its dynamic founder, Adanna Monde. We met while I was living in Ikoyi, Lagos and we were neighbours in Osborne Estate Phase 1. When I discovered I had high cholesterol, she took me in and designed a diet and exercise […]
Market Access For Agropreneurs
This edition of The African Farmers’ Stories tweet chat, hosted by Edobong Akpabio of Agro Centre, features Linda Ekweogu, CEO and co-founder of Agrolinka, an agricultural mobile trading platform which connects farmers to buyers, in a bid to solve the problems of smallholder farmers in Nigeria. As a graduate of Statistics, Linda’s foray into agriculture was […]
