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Nigerian fintech startup Lidya is on a drive to become the world’s biggest non-bank lender to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the world. “The idea is to more or less become the biggest non-bank financier to SMEs, in the world. That’s what we’re building towards,” Lidya’s Co-founder, Tunde Kehinde told Ventureburn […]
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Mr. Samuel Tetteh-Korboe, a Ghanaian cocoa farmer from Nobi in the Tafo Cocoa District of the Eastern Region won at the 2019 International Cocoa Awards ceremony in Paris, France. Mr. Korboe was named among five winners from the Africa and Indian Ocean region, and twenty globally. Mr. Korboe has been […]
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The high rate of waste and the lack of effective distribution are two major problems that undermine the agri-food value chain in African countries. Twiga Foods, a startup in the Kenyan agri-food sector, has just won significant funding to tackle these two problems. The Kenyan start-up, which specialises in food […]
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About 250 Nigerian business owners and investors will participate in first-ever Russia-Africa Economic Summit, in Sochi, Russia. The forum will bring together African and Russian business leaders and will hold between Oct. 23 and Oct. 25. According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), President Muhammadu Buhari’s […]
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