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Five winners have emerged in the British Council’s Creative Enterprise Support Programme [2020].
The winners selected were: Cherish Ibeh of Cher Stunner; Vivian Ogbuagu of Handsmithen; Anthony Sule of Antoine Collections; Misan Atsemude of Omali Bridals and Mabel Sontan of Adire Biz Hub.
Each of the winners receive £2,000 each in grant funding and mentorship with key fashion industry players.
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ColdHubs has won the FCMB Agritech EPIC Pitch 2020 competition, receiving one million Naira in prize money as well as access to workspace and networks for innovation and collaboration.
Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank (FCMB) had partnered Passion Incubator to launch the third edition of the competition, setting aside NGN 1.5 million to support the top two startups in the programme.
Other benefits for winners include: mentor support, workspace, and access to market and networks, while entrepreneurs will also have access to Passion Incubator’s resources, partner organisation support, and business development services.
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Dr. Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan (FCA) has received the Forbes Best of Africa Award, in New York City, United States of America on September 11, 2020.
Dr. Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan (FCA) who is the Managing Director/CEO of First Bank of Nigeria Limited is honoured by Forbes Africa for his contributions to the financial services sector in the country and the African continent.
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Union Systems Limited has announced the launch of its new product (Optimus), which is the first multibank international trade finance portal in Nigeria.
Optimus is a cloud-based application, which enables corporates to initiate, process, and manage all international trade transactions across their banks from a single portal.
It empowers corporates to have a consolidated view of all their trade transactions with different banks without having to visit the banking hall.
Corporates can collaborate and communicate with their teams, suppliers, bankers and other relevant stakeholders in the trade finance value-chain from anywhere in the world. It is available on both the web and mobile channels.
Optimus eliminates the hassle of corporates having to log in to many bank portals to initiate trade transactions with different banks as these transactions can now be made and monitored from a single Portal.
Bank of Kigali has appointed Obinna Ukwuani as Chief Digital Officer replacing Regis Rugemanshuro who was appointed to head Rwanda Social Security Board in February this year.
The position among other things involves leading the Digital Factory division for product innovation and development in digital banking – a role he has been working on since June.
The division is responsible for innovation such as Ikofi, a digital wallet that offers financial services with a focus on Rwandan farmers, agro-dealers, Agri-businesses and other players in the agricultural ecosystem.
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Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) and Access Bank have emerged winners at the Euromoney Africa Awards for Excellence 2020.
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc was awarded the Euromoney Excellence in Leadership Africa Award, a premier award category set up to recognize banks around the world who are playing a pivotal role during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc was also named Nigeria’s Best Bank for a record 10th time.
Access Bank was awarded the Euromoney Africa’s Best Bank for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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