Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Awarded 2022 Best Egmont Case Award (BECA)

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), in Riga, Latvia, scored the highest points and awarded the 2022 Best Egmont Case Award (BECA) nomination among the 164-member countries of the Egmont Group.

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Publish What You Fund Ranks African Development Bank First On 2022 Global Aid Transparency Index

Publish What You Fund has ranked the African Development Bank (AfDB) under the leadership of Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as the first on the 2022 Global Aid Transparency Index.

Publish What You Fund, the global campaign for aid and development transparency, has named the African Development Bank the most transparent organisation in the world.

The Bank’s Sovereign Portfolio now ranks first out of 50 global development institutions in Publish What You Fund’s 2022 Aid Transparency Index, released today with a top score of 98.5.

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ThriveAgric Wins 2022 CEMEA Visa Everywhere Initiative

ThriveAgric, has emerged as the winner of Central Europe, Middle East, and Africa (CEMEA) Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI), a global innovation program and competition for start-ups and fintech companies.

With this win in the CEMEA region, ThriveAgric will receive a monetary prize and a spot in the Global Finale scheduled to hold in Qatar, in November 2022.

Carepay, another Nigerian fintech also made it to the final five and won the Audience Favourite Award.

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Tunde Adeyemi Wins 2022 Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award (DAAYTA)

ARM has announced Tunde Adeyemi as the winner of the 2022 Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award (DAAYTA) programme at the finalists’ pitch event.

Tunde Adeyemi of D-Olivette Enterprise, emerged winner out of seven contestants to claim the ₦12 million grant. His business idea – D-Olivette is a social enterprise that is accelerating the advent of sustainable domestic biogas biodigester for clean cooking, electrification, and sustainable agriculture.

The enterprise is doing this through the provision of domestic biodigesters innovation exclusively designed to convert household, farm organic waste and biodegradable wastewater into fertilizer and biogas within ten days.

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Winners Of BusinessDay 2022 Nigerian Investor Value Awards (NIVA)

Winners have emerged in the BusinessDay 2022 Nigerian Investor Value Awards (NIVA), which recognizes leaders of public companies who have created sustainable alpha-generating value for their shareholders through their strategic priorities, operating efficiencies, organisational values, and market engagement activities.

Formerly known as the Top 25 CEOs & Next Bulls Awards, winners were selected through a proprietary survey carried out by the BusinessDay Research and Intelligence Unit (BRIU) with respondents including equity analysts, retail and institutional investors, financial journalists, sectoral experts and professional advisers.

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