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- 20 Apr 2023
What does it mean to be an impact investor in the African context?
By Keoleboge Malela, ESG and Impact Manager, Norsad Capital Impact investing refers to investments that are made to achieve positive financial returns combined with measurable, positive environmental…
- 2 Oct 2025
Impact Investors Foundation Launches Decade-Long Drive for Gender Equity and Social Inclusion
Impact Investors Foundation (IIF), Nigeria’s leading platform for unlocking impact capital today unveiled the groundbreaking Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Roadmap 2025 -2035. L-R:…
- 24 Sept 2024
Meet Recipients of Meta' Inaugural Llama Impact Grants & Innovation Awards
Meta has announced the recipients of the 2023 Llama Impact Grants and the Llama Impact Innovation Awards. Launched in October 2023, the programme is designed to support innovative use cases of Llama…
- 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…
- 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…
- 26 Nov 2024
BFF Impact Report Highlights Success of Black-Led Startups Across Africa
Black Founders Fund Alumni Summit, held at iHub in Nairobi, showcased the unveiling of the BFF Impact Report, highlighting the significant progress and success of Black-led startups across Africa.…
- 5 Aug 2024
Meta Unveils Llama 3.1 Impact Grants to Empower AI-Driven Organisations Across Africa
Meta is excited to announce the launch of the Llama 3.1 Impact Grants, continuing its commitment to supporting innovative use cases of open-source AI to address critical global challenges. Building…
- 20 Sept 2016
GSMA Publishes Report Detailing the Mobile Industry’s Impact in Achieving SDGs
At yesterday’s United Nations Private Sector Forum, the GSMA unveiled the ‘2016 Mobile Industry Impact Report: Sustainable Development Goals’, a ground-breaking study that provides a current…
- 24 Apr 2024
Qualcomm Shortlists Startups for Qualcomm Make in Africa 2024 and Awards 2023 Wireless Reach Social Impact Fund
Qualcomm Incorporated today announced the shortlisted startups for Qualcomm Make in Africa 2024, as well as the winner of the 2023 Wireless Reach Social Impact Fund. The Qualcomm Africa Innovation…
- 14 Jun 2016
Nokia’s New IMPACT Platform to Change IoT Services
Nokia is extending its device management leadership into IoT with the launch of the Intelligent Management Platform for All Connected Things (IMPACT), which gives operators, enterprises and…
- 4 Apr 2017
Impact of Digital Skills in Africa
In spite of the giant stride in the evolution on innovations of web-based businesses, etc., in the technology ecosystem in Africa, the impact of digital skills is still very low due to many…
- 2 Aug 2021
Zenith Bank GMD Seeks Impact Investment for Africa's Development
Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, Group Managing Director/Chief Executive of Zenith Bank plc, has called for increased impact investing in Africa to enable it attain its full potential. He made the call during…
- 30 Nov 2025
Teksight Edge Wins “Innovative CSR Campaign of the Year” @ 2025 Social Impact and Sustainability Awards
Teksight Edge has been named Winner of the “Innovative CSR Campaign of the Year” and Runner-Up in “CSR in Tech & Innovation” at the 2025 Social Impact and Sustainability Awards (SISA), organised…
- 12 Jul 2023
AMVCA to Launch First-Ever Impact Report on July 24
Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA) is proud to announce the upcoming release of its first-ever Impact Report, providing a comprehensive analysis of the significant contributions and positive…
- 24 Apr 2022
Nigeria ICT Impact CEO Forum Gets Date
The organiser of the annual Nigeria ICT Impact CEO Forum and ADA Awards have announced the speakers and date of the 2022 edition of the events. The organiser informed that the events will attract the…
- 19 Aug 2017
ALTON Decries Impact of OTT on Telecom Operations
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has decried the impact of over the top service (OTT) on the telecom operations in the country. Engr. Gbenga Adebayo,…
- 8 Feb 2024
Impact Amplifier Launches Platform to Address Africa's Online Safety Issues
Impact Amplifier, with the financial support of Google.org, on Thursday launched its African Online Safety Platform (AOSP), which provides a rich repository of research, education content, funding…
- 19 Jun 2024
Meta Announces Llama Impact Innovation Awards to Support AI-Driven Organisations in Africa
Meta on Wednesday announced the launch of the Meta Llama (Large Language Model Meta AI) Impact Innovation Awards, building on its commitment to open science and empowering developers in every…
- 7 Sept 2020
ICT Impact CEO Forum Holds November 27
Most of the best Nigerian CEO in the information and communications sub-sector will gather at the 2020 edition of the ICT Impact CEO Forum scheduled to hold November 27 at the Prestigious Oriental…
- 24 May 2018
Google to Commit $2M Grant in Funding for Its African Impact Challenge
Google is to commit $2m worth of grant funding to nonprofit Organisations in Nigeria through its First African Impact challenge, which will see funding awarded to non-profit organizations that are…
- 19 Apr 2023
PwC & ThriveDX Launch Cyber Impact Bootcamp to Close the Global Skills Gap
PwC’s Academy is proud to announce a partnership with ThriveDX to upskill and reskill individuals to pursue a cybersecurity career path. The Cyber Impact Bootcamp directly addresses the global talent…
- 10 Aug 2021
NCC, NESG Mull Collaboration to Boost Telecoms Impact on Nigeria’s Economy
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) are considering possible areas of increasing collaboration to enhance the impact and contribution of…
- 14 Oct 2021
Networks Partner to Catalyze Impact Investing in Africa
Africa offers arguably the highest potential impact investment opportunities globally and is poised for strong economic growth. However, this can only happen if these opportunities are strategically…
- 3 Jul 2026
MTN Nigeria Celebrates Volunteers at Y’ello Care Impact Showcase
MTN Nigeria celebrated its 2026 edition of the 25 Days of Y’ello Care employee volunteerism initiative with an impact showcase held at the MTN Rooftop, Ikoyi, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. MTN Nigeria…
- 31 Dec 2018
Stakeholders Worry over Lack of Understanding of Telecom Services Impact
Stakeholders have decried lack of understanding of impact of telecom services by some state government officials. This is as a result of the recent fallout face-off between Association of…
- 6 Nov 2018
Public voting opens for Google Impact Challenge Nigeria
Public voting has opened for the first Google Impact Challenge Nigeria, a competition to find the most innovative not-for-profit Nigerian organisations using technology to solve societal problems.…
- 20 Sept 2020
Heritage Bank’s MD Calls for More Impactful Role in Banking to Aid Speedy Economic Recovery
In the quest to aid speedy economic recovery and impactful service delivery to stakeholders caused by macro-economic headwinds and Covid-19, banking sector’s players have been charged to maximize the…
- 6 Jun 2022
JCI Sensitizes SMEs on Impact of Innovative Technology
Junior Chamber International (JCI), Ikeja has sensitized Small, Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria on the impact of embracing innovative technology in order to drive their revenue. The…
- 11 Mar 2017
Cisco Commemorates Int’l Women’s Day with 5th Annual Impact Conference
In commemoration of 2017 International Women’s Day, Cisco (Nigeria) held ‘Woman of Impact Conference’ which has been its staple for several years and devoted to the professional development of women.…
- 18 Jul 2024
Nova Bank Will Make Great Impact – Oduoza
Phillips Oduoza, chairman of Nova Bank Plc, has said that the new commercial bank is poised to create jobs and make a great impact. Oduoza who spoke at the launching of Nova Bank’s first branch as a…