Covid-19: Three Nigeria-based start-ups receive $40,000 mentorship grants
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By Juliet Umeh
The American Business Council and the US Chamber of Commerce’s US-Africa Business Center, USAfBC, recently recognised three Nigeria-based start-ups for positively impacting job creation and pandemic recovery in the country.
The start-ups got Digital Innovation Awards, $40, 000 cash and are to receive mentorship.
The three start-ups include: an education technology platform, Afrilearn International; “Lend an Arm” platform, a start-up that increases voluntary blood donation in Nigeria, Healthbotics Limited and a platform that addresses the chronic shortage of phytotherapy treatment for jaundiced-born babies with its “Crib A’glow” unit, Tiny Hearts Technology.