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- 3 Jul 2023
United Nations partners Sterling One Foundation to convene the Africa Social Impact Summit
Sterling One Foundation has announced partnership with the United Nations to host the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) 2023 in August. The event which will hold on August 10-11 at the Eko…
- 11 Oct 2023
Gates Foundation Announces $30m AI Investment for Africa
Bill Gates, co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has announced that the foundation will invest $30 million in a new artificial intelligence platform in Africa. Gates made the announcement,…
- 20 Jun 2022
Meta Launches Digital Training for NGOs Across Anglophone West Africa
Meta has officially launched the Meta Non-profit training program, a digital capacity building program for 1,500 non-profit personnel across Anglophone West Africa. L-R: Oluseyi Oyebisi, Executive…
- 26 Mar 2019
AfDB, Tony Elumelu Foundation Partner to Support Youth Entrepreneurs in Africa
The African Development Bank and the Tony Elumelu Foundation have signed a Letter of Intent to accelerate youth entrepreneurship across Africa. The partnership will bring about future collaboration…
- 8 Oct 2021
Ford Foundation Appoints Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as Regional Director W/Africa
The Ford Foundation, on Thursday announced the appointment of Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as its new Regional Director for its office serving West Africa. Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye, new…
- 30 Jun 2022
Heirs Life and Heirs Insurance Sponsors Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund
Africa No Filter, a donor collaborative working to transform stereotypical narratives of Africa, has launched the Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund. Named after African business leader and…
- 11 Jun 2019
AfDB Plans Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility
The African Development Bank, with donor partners, will launch the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI) on 12 June 2019 at the Bank’s Annual Meetings in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. ADFI…
- 17 May 2017
Sage Gives 5 Tips SME Should Consider When Setting Up CSI programme
For many business builders, corporate social investment or philanthropy is an imperative, writes Joanne van der Walt, Sage Foundation Programme Manager for Africa. There are many good reasons for…
- 15 Jun 2020
AfICTF Calls for Technology Interventions in Healthcare
The African ICT Foundation, (AfICTf) has advocated for more information technology intervention to tackle the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic even as most part of Africa continues to ease several…
- 27 Jun 2019
Tony Elumelu, Jared Kushner, Other World Leaders Launch US Government Growth Strategy for Palestine and Middle East
Heads of States and other global leaders convened at the Peace to Prosperity Workshop in Bahrain, organised by the Presidency of the United States of America in partnership with the host government,…
- 18 May 2021
Report Seeks Support to Enable African Healthtech Innovators to Accelerate Impact
Healthcare consulting firm, Salient Advisory, has launched a health care report calling on donor agencies, governments and impact investors to accelerate the impact and scale of African health-tech…
- 2 Feb 2016
Elumelu Urges US Congress to Pass the Electrify Africa Act
Tony Elumelu, chairman, Heirs Holdings and Founder Tony Elumelu Foundation has called on the United States Congress to pass the ‘Electrify Africa Act’ stating that the passage in to law would make a…
- 7 Jun 2018
AfDB, Microsoft, Others Launch Coding for Employment Program
The African Development Bank, together with partners – The Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook – launched the Coding for Employment Program at the African Innovation Summit in Kigali,…
- 30 Jan 2020
Experts set to X-ray potential of Nigeria’s industrial hub as Nnewi Investment Summit holds February 6
As part of efforts to draw attention to the economic opportunities in some of Nigeria’s industrial clusters and grow the Made in Nigeria mindset, Ford Foundation and a group of experts and…
- 19 Jan 2009
Rwanda to Host 2009 CTO Forum
Rwanda will host the 2009 Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization (CTO) e-Government forum, over 24th - 26th March, according to information from the CTO office in London. The Africa’s…
- 23 Dec 2025
AfDB Group Mobilises Global Private Capital to Close Africa’s Financing Gap
Building on the successful conclusion of the 17th replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF-17), which mobilised $11 billion for Africa’s most vulnerable countries, the African Development…
- 30 Jun 2016
Nigeria Pledges Support for ACBF’s Five-Year Strategic Plan
Ahead of the forthcoming meeting of the Board of Governors of the African Capacity Building Foundation, Nigeria has pledged continued support to the Foundation in its task of developing human and…
- 5 Feb 2025
Investing in Innovation Africa Shifts Focus to Growth-stage Startups in Response to US Aid “stop-work” Directive
Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative for startups building the future of healthcare supply chains, has made a pivotal change to its third cohort selection to prioritize the…
- 22 Jun 2022
African Health Tech Start-ups Prompting Launch of $7M Innovator Support Program
Healthcare consulting firm Salient Advisory has launched its latest market intelligence report highlighting promising African healthtech start-ups in supply chain. Spurred by these findings, a…
- 19 Jun 2020
COVID-19: Softcom Launches Transparent Crowdfunding Platform for Effective Distribution of Palliatives to Poor Households
Softcom, a company dedicated to connecting people and business through meaningful innovation, in partnership with Deloitte, MTN, Ernst &Young, Banwo&Ighodalo, GTBank, Future Africa, Providus…
- 25 Aug 2016
Elumelu, UBA Chair Tasks Policy Makers on Poverty Reduction
Tony O. Elumelu, chairman of Heirs Holdings and UBA Plc. has advocated entrepreneurship as a veritable solution to achieving poverty reduction in the country. Elumelu who is also the Founder of The…
- 30 Jul 2024
24 Health Supply Chain Innovators Emerge as Market Leaders Across Africa
Healthcare consulting firm Salient Advisory has launched its latest market intelligence report, focusing on 24 leading Africa-focused supply chain innovators which appear to be on the cusp of more…
- 25 Jul 2023
African Governments Collaborate Tech Innovators to Strengthen Local Health Supply Chains - Report
Healthcare consulting firm Salient Advisory has launched its latest annual market intelligence report highlighting a robust pan-African ecosystem of innovators improving the safety and efficiency of…
- 10 Nov 2025
Nigeria Connects National Electricity Grid to West Africa Power Pool
Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), in collaboration with the West African Power Pool Information and Coordination Centre (WAPP-ICC), has successfully conducted the long-awaited…
- 6 Dec 2017
BCIU Honours Elumelu with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Global Entrepreneurship Award
The Business council for International Understanding (BCIU), a non-profit U.S Business association dedicated to forging relationships and promoting dialogue between business and government…
- 7 May 2020
Access Bank: Between fact and fiction
By Jackson Ugbechie One noble attribute of the average African is that he or she seeks opportunity to do good. The African man is his brother’s keeper. This finds strong expression in an Igbo adage:…
- 20 May 2016
Sage Supports ‘MAD’ Leadership Foundation with Cloud Tools
Sage, the global market leader for integrated accounting, payroll and payment systems, will assist ‘Make A Difference’ (MAD) Leadership Foundation to make even more of a difference to the lives of…
- 26 Jan 2009
Global Health Community Commits Over $630m for Polio Eradication
Rotary International, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the British and German governments last week committed more than $630 million in new funds to fight polio, a crippling and sometimes…
- 18 Oct 2014
Elumelu Launches Empowerment Fund
Tony Elumelu, founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation and chairman of Heirs Holdings, has announced the launch of The Elumelu Nigeria Empowerment Fund. The Fund was launched by President of Nigeria…
- 17 Apr 2024
AltBank Walks Against Hunger, Advocates for Education
Alternative Bank Limited (AltBank) has announced a strategic collaboration with FoodBank and Sterling One Foundation to raise approximately N20 million in support of hunger alleviation and…