Nigeria Passes Startup Act to Foster Innovation

With presidential assent marking its final passage into law, the Nigeria Startup Bill has become the Nigeria Startup Act as of Wednesday (Oct. 19). Intended to foster innovation and create a hospitable environment for new businesses, the act first defines what type of business gets classified as a startup and then introduces a range of

Women Innovators in WASH Incubation Program 2022 for Innovative Solutions

Women Innovators in WASH Incubation Program 2022. Apply below. When is Application Deadline? 21st October 2022 What is the Award? The Women Innovators in WASH Incubation Program’s overall goal is to sustainably improve access to safe and affordable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) products and services for communities living in Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania, South Africa as

Ghana is the safe haven for over 10,000 displaced refugees

It has just recently been reported that the West African nation of Ghana is housing an estimated 10,000 refugees. The country which is currently facing a potential economic collapse is still a safe haven for displaced citizens of Togo, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Liberia, and Cameroon. Read Story here. Esther Kurugu, Ghana’s representative of the United

GEPA, Ghanaian varsities collaborate, woo Nigerian students | The Guardian Nigeria News

The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has partnered with Ghanaian universities to attract students from Nigeria and other African countries. Ghana High Commissioner to Nigeria, Rashid Bawa, who disclosed this at the first GEPA Students’ Recruitment Fair organised in Lagos, in collaboration with 16 Ghanaian universities, said their institutions have distinguished themselves as centres of quality

Africa in business: rubies and unicorns

STORY: Here are five business stories making headlines in sub-Saharan Africa this week. Nigeria’s worst flood in 12 years prompted Nigeria LNG to declare force majeure this week. However, sources said the declaration was pre-emptive and that no cargoes have yet been cancelled. The flooding is blamed on unusually heavy rainfall and the release of

Africa: Ten Years of Africa Check – a Brief History

From two desks in a university department to four African country offices and a respected presence in a global network of fact-checkers, this is the story of Africa Check’s first decade. “We can’t forgive the person who started this rumour,” said Aminu Ahmed Tudun-Wada. That’s how Africa Check founder Peter Cunliffe-Jones begins an account of