Change = The Africa of our dreams 💡
Change as they say is inevitable. Whether it’s providing superior medical care to Nigerians through telemedicine, turning a company limited by guarantee into a company limited by shareholders, or even penning down my very last newsletter as Senior Editor at Ventures Africa.
Let’s start with one of our top stories this week. The entity formally known as the Nigerian Stock Exchange has been ‘demutualized’ into the Nigerian Exchange Group. What this means is that it is now a publicly-traded company, and part of a larger non-holding company. In addition to the hope that this will unlock better opportunities, it is expected that the new entity will adapt to a profit-making stance.
Also, in a recent interview with Ifeanyi Ossai, Founder & CEO of CribMD, a doctor house-call, and telemedicine company, we discuss technology as the fabric interwoven in our everyday lives.
With dynamic leadership, experienced hands, and improved operating structures, I’m happy to say that the Africa of our dreams is still very much within reach.
Until we meet again!
Felicia Omari Ochelle
Senior Editor, Ventures Africa
What's New
The VA Pod: Herstory
On the latest episode of Herstory, Vogue celebrates Nigeria's leading female tech entrepreneurs, Girlcode Africa partners with Amazon to train unemployed women in South Africa. This and more interesting stories. Listen to this and other stories here.
‘Telemedicine and health tech startups like CribMD are the future’ - Ifeanyi Ossai
Over the years, telemedicine has continued to be useful in situations where a patient is unable to visit a healthcare facility in person. This is why Ifeanyi Ossai founded CribMD, a doctor house-call, and telemedicine company that makes it easy to get care from the comfort and safety of your home, on your schedule. He also believes that in countries like Nigeria, providing superior medical care to underserved areas will help to curb preventable deaths. Continue reading
NGX and the evolution of the NSE
The entity formally known as the Nigerian Stock Exchange has been demutualized into the Nigerian Exchange Group. NGX group is a public company with three wholly-owned subsidiaries: NGX Limited – replacing the NSE, NGX REGCO Limited – which will undertake the regulatory functions and NGX Real Estate. The NSE had to seek approval from the SEC and ensure the creation of a separate entity to perform its regulatory functions, the NGX REGCO Limited. Read more.
Flutterwave: Bridging the gender financing gap with its IWD grant initiative
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading Payment Technology Company has shown great commitment to reducing the huge financing gap facing African women. Among other actions taken by the brand is the introduction of its “International Women’s Day Grant” scheme, an enterprise aimed at funding Women-led businesses in Africa. The initiative, just in its second year, is already yielding fruits and showing promising growth projections for African women and the African economy at large. Continue reading.
“Everyday, we pray that this pandemic ends.”: As Nigerians adapt to new ways of living, many people are struggling to survive
This story takes us through the lives of everyday Nigerians in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We don’t know what happens in the health facilities where COVID-19 patients are treated. Overseas, we see them in the news, but here, it's just figures.” - Continue reading here.
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