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Good morning.
Hope you’re doing great.
Has your business been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic or the recent unrest? Do you know someone who’s been affected? Please share this information with them.
Diatom Impact and AGS Tribe have launched The Phoenix Support Fund, to offer financial support and capacity development to enable affected businesses recover and grow as resilient and sustainable enterprises.
Up to N500,000 will be given per selected business and we’ve made the application process very simple and straightforward.
All you need to have is:
1. Registered business (CAC Registration
2. Bank statement or Proof of tax filing or Audited accounts
3. Proof of Residence - Utility Bill (Lawma bill, light bill etc) and
4. Proof of damage during unrest)
5. Business owner ID - Voters card, Passport etc
Applications close November 8th, 2020.
To apply, please click on this link http//www.agstribe.org/phoenixfund/
We’d love to hear from you.
Opportunity closes in 9 days.
If you’re also interested in contributing to this Fund, you can also donate to it using the same link.
Together, we will rise again.
Kind regards,
Ife Durosinmi - Etti
Founder, AGS Tribe
Business
Instagram disables its “Recent” feature
Instagram disclosed that it would remove the “Recent” tab from its hashtag pages for people in the United States of America. The social networking and video sharing service stated this on its official Twitter handle. It said it is “doing this to reduce the real-time spread of potentially harmful content that could pop up around the election.” Read more
#EndSARS: Police did not shoot protesters – IGP Adamu
The Inspector-General of Police, M.A Adamu, has said that officers of the Nigeria Police Force acted professionally and exercised commendable restraints during the protests, in a response to Amnesty International about police firing at protesters. The IG disclosed this in a statement on Friday morning, saying reports on the shooting of protesters is not true. Read more
Jaiz Bank’s directors bicker over MD’s appointment
There appears to be a brewing boardroom bickering at Jaiz Bank Plc over the tenure of the current Managing Director and the appointment of a successor. The two claimants are the current Managing Director, Mallam Hassan Usman and a new candidate, Mr. Mohammed Shaheed Khan, who was appointed by the board to succeed Usman. Read more
KLT Customs seizes N229m contraband, generates N15.8b
The fight against illicit drugs and other contraband in the country has continued to yield positive results. In one fell swoop, the Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday disclosed its seizure of 16 containers loaded with different prohibited items. Read more
CBN: N75b youth fund begins with N12.5b seed capital
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund will take off with N12.5 billion seed capital. In a guidelines for NIRSAL Microfinance Bank to begin the disbursement of the Fund, the apex bank said the N75 billion total cash will not be disbursed at the initial state of the intervention. Read more
2nd Term: Lawmakers, Parties, Lawyers, Others Set Agenda For INEC Chair
Federal lawmakers, lawyers, political scientists, parties and members of the civil society organisations have set agenda for the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, following his reappointment. To strengthen the electoral process, they urged Yakubu who got the nod of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term on Tuesday to embark on critical reforms that would minimise the hiccups bedeviling elections in the country, including rigging, votes buying and apathy. Read more
Social
Funmi Iyanda's Public Eye debuts on TV this Sunday
After running it as a series on Instagram Live, Public Eye, a talk by media great Funmi Iyanda will debut on television on Sunday, November 1, 2020. Iyanda first debuted the show on Instagram Live in May to focus on the Covid-19 pandemic, asking "the right questions of the right people". Read more
Burna Boy and Stefflon Don unfollow each other on Instagram
Nigerian singer, Burna Boy and his girlfriend Stefflon Don have unfollowed each other on Instagram. It is not clear when and why the couple decided to unfollow each other but this latest development has sparked off rumours of cracks in their once admired relationship. Read more
Davido Comments On Wizkid’s Made In Lagos Album
Nigerian superstar singer, David Adeleke, popularly known by his stage name, Davido has reached out to fellow superstar singer, Wizkid on the release of his new album. It will be recalled that after months of teasing his fans, Wizkid finally released his ‘made in Lagos’ album in the early hours of Friday, 30th October 2020. Read more
AGS Quote of the day
“It takes courage, fortitude, and sometimes a conscious commitment to rehabilitate ourselves from grief.” - Julie Yarbrough
About AGS Tribe
The AGS Tribe is a Pan African community built to inspire, connect and build the capacity of young entrepreneurs and professionals. The main purpose of the AGS Tribe is to build a community of strong leaders (Entrepreneurs or Professionals) who will create more job opportunities that will ultimately reduce unemployment in Africa.
The Platform has 3 focus areas which are:
Promoting youth entrepreneurship as a tool to reduce youth unemployment and promote economic growth
Women Empowerment through our AGS Impact Fund and AGS Enterprise Challenge
Capacity building for entrepreneurs and nonprofits
Click on this link https://www.agstribe.org/community/to join our community of entrepreneurs and young professionals.