📢 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....
3' Edo Inland Dry Port Gets FG’s Approval as Port of Origin, Destination, Says CEO admin November 11, 2020 Marine Engineering Services (AMES), says it has secured the Federal Government’s approval to promote Edo inland Dry port as a port of origin and destination. Dr Charles Akhigbe, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, who disclosed this on Wednesday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin, added that the port was expected to create no fewer than 5,000 jobs, including ancillary services. Akhigbe explained that with the approval granted in October, the dry port was set to commence agro exports soon. He, however, said that the management of the dry port was expecting the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council(NEPC), Mr Segun Awolowo’s to visit and inspect the facility for zero export dedicated warehouse, before it commences exports. Being the first in the South-South geo political zone, the executive said, the port would not o...