Access Bank has unveiled the W initiative Womenprenuer Pitch-a-ton Season 5. The W Initiative is aimed at inspiring, connecting and empowering women while riding on the Access Bank’s vision to be the Bank of choice for women in the markets and communities being served. This is the basis of the Bank’s mandate to empower female entrepreneurs with financial and business skills through the Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton programme. The programme is designed to provide female-owned businesses across Africa an opportunity to access finance, world-class business training as well as mentoring opportunities. Speaking to newsmen, Abiodun Olubitan, Group Head W Initiative said this…
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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 Convention Center, Lagos, will bring together key stakeholders in the African development space, including corporate executives, impact investors and development experts from various United Nations (UN) bodies and donor agencies, according to Mrs. Olapeju Ibekwe, CEO of Sterling One Foundation.Other stakeholders expected at the event are leaders of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), heads of government parastatals, international investors, private equity firms, as well as members of the general public who…
Senegal’s President, Macky Sall has declared he will not run for a third term in next year’s election, ending years of uncertainty over his political future that helped fuel deadly opposition protests last month. His sudden announcement to end his plans to contest for a third term was a result of unrest and political tension in the country. He has for so long stood his ground while citing the Constitution as a backing for him to embark on his decision to run for a third term. However, In a speech shared live on his official Facebook page, Sall maintained on…
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The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has officially announced that the investment profile in the nation’s telecommunications sector, comprising foreign direct investment (FDI) and local investment, has reached $75.6 billion as of 2021. Danbatta disclosed this at an interactive session with stakeholders in the communications media ecosystem, in Lagos on Wednesday where he provided his scorecards and landmark developments that have shaped the trajectory of growth in the telecoms sector since he became the chief telecom regulator in August 2015. According to Danbatta, in 2018, investment profile in the sector stood…
New York-based law firm Jakubowitz Law says it has commenced a securities fraud class action lawsuit against Tingo Group on behalf of shareholders. This is coming after a report by US investment research firm Hindenburg Research claimed the company’s founder Dozy Mmobuosi lied about his investments. The report released last month accused the fintech company of being an “exceptionally obvious scam with completely fabricated financials”. Jakubowitz Law said in a statement that the lawsuit aims to recover losses incurred by shareholders who purchased Tingo securities between December 1, 2022, and June 6, 2023. The allegations include fabrication of biography by Mmobuosi, photoshopping of the…
David Beckham shared a tribute dedicated to his wife Victoria Beckham on their 24th anniversary. The former football star took to Instagram to share a post marking his and the former Spice Girl’s 24th anniversary. David, 48, shared a throwback photo of him and his wife sitting close and holding two puppies. The sports superstar captioned the photo, “On this day 4.7.99. 24 years and counting. To the best wife, mummy & drinking partner (most of the time) Happy Anniversary love u so much.” Meanwhile, Victoria, 49, shared her own post celebrating the special date. “Still holding hands and still…
Samuel Chukwueze will undergo along with other Villarreal players relevant pre-season check-ups over three days from Wednesday (today), PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The players including the three new summer signings (Denis Suarez, Santi Comesana and Ben Brereton Diaz) will be divided into various groups that will complete the check-ups until Friday. According to a report on the club website, the Yellow Submarines will hold their first training on Saturday at 9:30am at the José Manuel Llaneza Training Ground. Meanwhile, Villarreal will face Swiss side, FC St Gallen in their first pre-season game on July 15 and three days later they will play against…
A suspect who reportedly absconded with a Mercedes Benz GLB 250 during a test drive has surfaced after he was declared wanted by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command. Recall Mohammed Manga, a car dealer had filed a complaint alleging that one Henry, who claims he resides in Gwarinpa, absconded with one of his cars. Manga’s friend who also deals in cars, took the Benz worth N55m and with a mileage of 19000 to Henry for a test drive. Few minutes into the test drive, Manga’s friend excused himself to withdraw money from a point of sale (PoS) operator. It…
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, resolved to investigate the alleged forgery of the UTME result by Ejikeme Mmesoma. The House passed the resolution during the plenary following the adoption of a motion sponsored by the Peoples Democratic Party lawmaker from Rivers State, Abiante Awaji-Inombek. The embattled 19-year-old Anambra student, Ejikeme, had been in the news following allegations of UTME score forgery by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. Elikeme claimed to have scored 362 against 249 recorded by JAMB. The lawmakers also asked JAMB to rescind the three years ban imposed on the pupil pending the outcome of the…