The ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), the Climate Technology Initiative . Private Financing Advisory Network (CTI PFAN) and the Regional Clean Energy Investment Initiative (RCEII) of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), together with their West Africa CTI PFAN partners are inviting West African entrepreneurs with promising clean energy projects (renewable energy resources and energy efficiency) to enter into a Business Plan Competition – the West Africa Forum for [...]

The World Bank has announced its plans to spend $5 billion (about N785 billion) on 27 projects across Nigeria in the next five years. Also, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has also agreed to provide two sovereign guaranteed multi –tranche lines of credit of $500 million to Bank of Industry (BOI) and of $200 million to Nigerian Export –Import Bank (NEXIM), to support export –oriented Small and Medium Enterprises’ (SMEs) modernisation and expansion.   The [...]

Wennovation Hub continues its steady pace of planned growth with the addition of two new teams at the dawn of 2013. Ideacentric- a company that seeks to change the way we use our phones to work, and Raotech- the company that seeks to change the very definition of work are the latest addition and now it’s time to add some more.   The Wennovation Hub is pleased to announce the launch of its premier Business Plan Competition- [...]

The U.S.-based non-profit African Institution of Technology has unveiled a crowdfunding platform (http://kickstartuni.org/) for proposed First Atlantic University in Africa. Through the platform, the institution will raise funds which will be used in establishing the university. It has received support and continues to engage more foundations, individuals and corporations in its quest to help build a 21st century university in Africa. KickstartUni will provide the opportunity for all global citizens to participate in this vision [...]

Excitement and anticipation will reach its zenith over the next few days as we near the launch date of the most awaited phone from Samsung, the Samsung Galaxy S 4. On its part, the manufacturer has done everything right to maintain the secrecy behind the launch of its newest offering while marketing enough to keep us interested. Posters at Times Square, New York City, the home for the launch, invite us to ‘be ready 4 [...]

Finelib.com operated by Nigerian IT Company called Finelib Technologies launched its Nigerian business directory targeted to Nigerian businesses. This new directory platform and search engine enables Nigerians businesses to advertise their products and services locally and internationally in Africa and worldwide. Nigerians and other users will use this new business directory to find Nigerian businesses online, faster and better.   This new local business directory can be accessed through internet connected computer desktops, mobile phones, [...]

About Pitching Your Startup and Negotiating Term Sheets[i],   Author: Brian Laung Aoaeh   A heavier than expected workload an a number of fronts has restrained my ability to keep up with the reading that I have to do in order to write a post based on The Startup Owner’s Manual. As a compromise I have decided to post about other equally pertinent topics till I can pick things up on that front.   But, [...]