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The Sterling One Foundation has reiterated its commitment to investing in foundational learning and working with the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and partners to boost education in Africa. This commitment was made at the 2023 High-Level Policy Dialogue hosted in Zambia by ADEA and the Zambian Ministry of Education to inform policy and decisions on foundational learning, foster dialogue and peer learning, and share good practices on what works in foundational learning in support of the African Union Year of Education scheduled for 2024. Over...

Five winners emerged in the grand finale of the 2023 edition of Sterling’s Agriculture Summit Africa. This year’s edition, which featured a pitch competition called AgroPitch, saw Green Republic Farms Limited crowned the top agroprenuer, walking away with five million naira in grants and an agribusiness entrepreneurship training program from the Lagos Business School. This year’s summit was sponsored by Sterling Bank, Leadway Assurance, Thrive Agric, and Noor Takaful, Green Republic Farms Limited, a youth and women-led enterprise emerged as the overall winner and got N5 million cash prize, and...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC), has begun the various Processes of tracking 82 zonal intervention projects in Edo State. The Zonal Intervention projects valued at N36, 289,341,305.81 are cutting across all sectors including agriculture, education, health, housing, works, power, science and technology, water, empowerment/capacity building, and others. According to a recent statement made available to the press by ICPC,  the outcome of the advocacy tracking event which commenced on October 16, 2923, is expected to develop a framework that will help create transparency of information...

In a groundbreaking move, Sterling Bank Limited’s Imperium Initiative has joined forces with JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. to tackle the import challenges faced by photovoltaic (PV) distributors and solar developers in Nigeria. The partnership aims to address significant foreign exchange burdens and operational constraints, ultimately driving the adoption of solar energy in the country. Mr. Olabanjo Alimi, Group Head of Transport and Renewables (Digital Renewables and Mobility) at Sterling Bank, announced this transformative collaboration in a statement issued by the bank. He said the Imperium Initiative seeks to streamline the...

L-R: CEO, Sterling Bank, Abubakar Suleiman, US Consul General in Nigeria, Will Stevens, and CEO, Sterling One Foundation, Olapeju Ibekwe at the Africa Social Impact Summit which held recently in Lagos Key players from the government, the diplomatic community, civil society, and the public and private sectors recently gathered in Lagos for the two-day Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS), co-convened by Sterling One Foundation and the United Nations, Nigeria. The gathering, which was held under the theme - Global Vision, Local Action: Repositioning the African Development Ecosystem for Sustainable Outcomes,...

One of Africa’s fastest-growing companies and Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Sterling Bank, has joined forces with the Lagos State Government to expand the reach of its healthcare provision with the launch of the Ilera Eko Virtual Booth, designed to bring healthcare closer to the people and expand the reach of its health insurance scheme; Ilera Eko, across the state. This was made known by Mr. Obinna Ukachukwu, Divisional Head of Business Growth at Sterling Bank, during the inaugural Lagos State Insurance Summit held in Lagos recently. He said the bank...

L-R: Matthias Schmale United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Nigeria; Olapeju Ibekwe, CEO Sterling One Foundation; Abubakar Suleiman, MD/CEO, Sterling Bank Limited during a press conference on the second edition of Africa Social Impact summit held in Lagos over the weekend. The Sterling One Foundation and the United Nations Nigeria, co-conveners of the Africa Social Impact Summit 2023, have officially unveiled partners for the second edition of the Africa Social Impact Summit. The announcement made at a press conference held in Lagos, Nigeria, also featured an official announcement of the...