📢 Call for Applications: AEDIB Joint Innovation Facility (JIF) 2026 – Up to €200,000 Non-Dilutive Funding The Africa–Europe Digital Innovation Bridge (AEDIB) Joint Innovation Facility (JIF) 2026 is now open for applications. This strategic funding initiative supports Africa–Europe consortia working to scale commercially viable, digitally enabled solutions with measurable climate-positive impact . ( innovationbridge.info ) 🌍 What Is the JIF? The Joint Innovation Facility is a funding and collaboration mechanism under the AEDIB programme, aligned with the EU Global Gateway Africa–Europe Investment Package . It was created to accelerate cross-border scaling of proven digital innovations , deepen Africa–Europe partnerships, and amplify climate action through technology. ( innovationbridge.info ) Rather than supporting early prototypes or experiments, JIF focuses on solutions that are already revenue-generating and ready to grow into new markets — especially across Africa and Europe....
The development of the Benin River Port and Access Road Project will attract over $500 million Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) between 2020 and 2023. The project which is rated as highly economically viable will drive import and export, create tens of thousands of of jobs and catalyse an industrial revolution in Edo State as well as increase spontaneously the value of landed properties especially in Benin City and many parts of Edo State. The project is in three scopes: 1. 49.45km Dual Carriage access road from Port Location on the Benin River cutting across Gelegele town, Ekenhua Road into Ikpoba Okha communities to Sapele Road Intersection (By Pass) 2. A dual RoRo and General Cargo Multipurlose Port 3. General Dredging and sweeping of the 40km Benin River Channel from approximate Port location to the Atlantic Ocean at the Jakpa Axis. Job creation potentials of the project is streamlined into ship channelling, dry dock services, container repair facilities, freight forwardi...