Five SMEs Win N5m in Biodun and Ibikunle Foundation’s 5th Year SEEDINVEST Acceleration Programme
Lagos, Nigeria, November 2024—In a momentous celebration of entrepreneurship, five exceptional businesses have emerged as beneficiaries of the Biodun and Ibikunle Foundation’s (BIF) 5th Year Anniversary cycle of the SEEDINVEST Acceleration Programme. The winners—HappyCoffee Nigeria, Mercysweet Foods, 7even Empire, Ennie Wears, and Kreme De La Kakes—who were selected based on their business potential, impact, and […]
How Biodun and Ibikunle Foundation Is Transforming the Face of African Entrepreneurship One Business at a Time
Lagos, Nigeria, October 22, 2023 – As part of its commitment to empower 10,000 entrepreneurs in 10 years with training, mentorship and assets needed to scale their enterprises, Biodun and Ibikunle Foundation has unveiled five beneficiaries for the 2023 cycle of its SEEDINVEST Acceleration Programme. The beneficiaries, which emerged after an intensive application, selection, training […]
Beneficiaries Emerge in the 2023 Campus Kit Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Incubation Program
LAGOS, Nigeria, May 24, 2023 – ‘Biodun and Ibikunle Foundation has announced five student entrepreneurs as beneficiaries of its 2023 Campus Kit Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Incubation Programme (UEIP). The beneficiaries include: Princess Umana Owoh, student of University of Lagos and founder, Ambydated Foods Limited; Comfort Badmos, student of University of Ibadan and founder, Baams Creatives; Abosede […]
Biodun and Ibikunle Foundation Wins Non-profit of the Year Award At 2022 SERAS
Biodun and Ibikunle Foundation has emerged as the non-profit of the year at the 2022 Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility (SERAS) CSR Awards held at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos, on December 4, 2022. According to organisers of the awards, Biodun and Ibikunle Foundation won the award for its SEEDINVEST Acceleration Programme, an initiative designed to empower […]
Biodun and Ibikunle Foundation Unveils 6 Beneficiaries in Its 2022 SEEDINVEST Acceleration Program
LAGOS, Nigeria, October 18, 2022 – Biodun and Ibikunle Foundation has unveiled six entrepreneurs as beneficiaries of its 2022 SEEDINVEST Acceleration Program.The beneficiaries are Uchenna Kesiena-Arueya, Kume Food Solutions Ltd; Peter Eneh, Peter Blaze Atelier; Oluwakemi Titilayo Kayode, Chemicay Signatures; Abdulmalik Maryam Omotayo, Black Jewel Ltd; Daud Mariam Abolade, Arinolaclothiers and Chioma Ukpabi, Kahdsole Designs. […]
70 Children Now Have Clean Water Supply in Ajah
Prior to December 2020, the children living at the Arrows of God Orphanage, Ajah, Lagos, had no choice than to use the brown water that flowed from their taps. This was in direct contradiction to the United Nation’s SDG 6 which is aimed towards providing “clean water and sanitation”. Struggling with thinly stretched resources to […]
BIF COVID-19 Intervention Plan
2020 started with lots of expectation from different quarters. Individuals and organisations alike had plans to become better, earn higher, work smarter, and so on. What no one could have anticipated was the coronavirus pandemic and its attendant paralytic effect on sectors and nations across the world. In a bid to curb the virus’ spread, […]
Biodun and Ibikunle Foundation Wins NGO of the Year Award
‘Biodun and Ibikunle Foundation got an unexpected but well-received recognition December last year when it won The Entrepreneur Africa NGO of the Year Award. The award, which was announced at a dinner that took place at The Oriental Hotel, Lagos, on 14 December 2020, saw the foundation winning from a list of nine nominees. […]
HealthWize Kicks Off with CrimsonBow Partnership
The foundation officially kicked off its HealthWize scheme in December 2020 with a partnership with CrimsonBow Sickle Cell Initiative. CrimsonBow Sickle Cell Initiative is an established not-for-profit organisation focused on creating support for every sickle cell individual to create a world for them where they live life in all its fullness. The organisation holds a […]