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Clean Technology Hub and All On Hub Award $70,000 in Ideation Grants to Top Clean Energy Start Ups

Seven Nigerian clean energy start-up ventures will each receive a $10,000 grant award at the end of the 2021 Enterprise Development Program (EDP), having emerged as winners with the most innovative concepts. The winners are: Brigter, Kodar Embedded Technologies, Osomobegbe Global Ventures (OGV), Renerworld Global, Rural LightsUp Energy, Switch Solar, and Solconomy. The EDP is […]

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All on and Katapult invest in innovative solar mini-grids company NXT Grid to expand their Nigeria footprint

NXT Grid, an innovative one-stop-shop for solar mini-grids, announced today it has raised $1.4 Million from investors All On and Katapult Climate. “We are excited about the growth path that the investment enables and about the strategic value and experience our investors bring to the table. All On has already been a great partner for

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Four Carnival Cruise Vessels to resume operations in December

This December, Carnival Cruise is bringing in four vessels in service while they take one vessel out of service for emergency repairs, according to FleetMon. It stated: “This December, Carnival Cruise is bringing in four vessels in service while they take one vessel out of service for emergency repairs. The cruise company will be closing

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EIB-supported gender lens investment fund Alitheia IDF announces final close at $100 million

Largest gender-inclusive private equity fund in Africa; 2X Flagship fund applying the 2X Challenge criteria; Boosting diversity across Africa. The management of Alitheia IDF (AIF), Africa’s first women-led and women-focused private equity fund, has announced the final close of the $100 million fund with European Investment Bank (EIB) joining as the closing investor with $24.6

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5G Consultation ongoing –NCC

5G Auction: NCC not aware of Senator Bola Tinubu’s connection to Mafab Communications Ltd

In the course of its routine media review, Wednesday, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) became aware of publications in some online media channels alleging the involvement of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State, in Mafab Communications Limited, one of the winners of the 5G spectrum sold by the Commission in a public

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GE, PROTEC prepare for launch of GE’s Next Engineers in Johannesburg

It’s full steam ahead for the launch of GE’s inaugural Next Engineers – a global further education readiness programme to the first cohort of 750 high school students across Johannesburg in early 2022, in a mission to inspire the next generation of engineers – the innovators, problem-solvers and leaders of tomorrow. Locally, the GE Foundation,

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African Development Bank loans Nigeria $210m for Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones

By Eyo Nsima A $210 million loan approved by the African Development Bank’s Board of Directors on Monday could impact the lives of millions of people in Africa’s most populous country. The loan will co-finance Phase 1 of the Nigeria Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone Program. The program will help to unlock Nigeria’s agriculture sector potential.

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