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New innovations made  in Nigeria in 2025

Saturday  06/12/2025  14.35 P.M  BMT 10 mins

Copyright  Graceful-Men working in a factory

As  the world moves on, post  COVID 19,many people  are  working  tirelessly  around the world, to see  quick  global recovery  and Africa is  trying  its best  to  make life easier  for its  teaming  growing youthful  populations as  Graceful speaks to  grapevine  to know what they are doing  to  help  out. From Asia ,to Africa  to  U.S.A to  Europe  and every part of the globe. It has been hands on  in laboratories  and  factories to get things done. In our 2022  issues we  were  asking questions  to know if  there could  be fast  recovery  ,this  has been done .And we are  delighted that even  Nigerian  innovators are working hard  to  bring the change  people  need.

Nigeria has seen different  products  made  this year, with tangible  products  made  in the areas of agricultural technology, health technology and digital  technology. The  government and private individuals  are working hard  to create  new products that will make life simple for everyone. While many are crying that there has been difficulties, many people  are  still  hoping that in 2026,more jobs could be created for the  younger Nigerians  as the  government and people  in the different states  work  to see what  could be done  as grapevine told  Graceful media team.

The new products made in  Nigeria in the year  2025  are

Agricultural   Production  Technology 

A company  founded  in  Ekiti  state  Nigeria  called Black Soldier Fly Project was able  to test the large-scale production of black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) as a nutrient-rich, sustainable animal feed alternative, addressing the problem of  high animal feed costs. Many people  know that  the  problem of farmers across Africa  especially  Nigeria, is not only  the  issue of low  profits, lack of start up  capital, but    that  of the high cost  production and  animal  food  cost  has left  the farmers  with low profits  and they  become  discouraged  and are termed as poor  and out of pocket money, which  should not be  as they are needed  to keep the  populace  well fed. But this  problem is  being  tackled by this company through its new innovation alternative initiative  and many  hope that  the  sustainability  of this  new product  will help many people. The  needed   larger scale production  and cheap  accessibility  of  finished  products  will make  life   easy  for  the poorest farmers .

• Healthcare Innovations
• Early Cancer Detection: Innovators  were  able  to  produce  a smart wearable "Bra-X"  early breast cancer detection.
• Multi-Patient Ventilator: An innovative ventilator capable of supporting up to six patients simultaneously was produced.
•  The Health City, a tech-enabled social enterprise, is  educating young   people and  adolescents on health issues.

     Powdered Tomatoes

 Difian Global Concepts Ltd introduced a solution for producing high-quality powdered tomatoes, which significantly helps in reducing post-harvest losses for farmers and creates a sustainable supply chain. This product  has been  a highly  anticipated  product to  help  the farmers  ,who are always  losing large  sums  each  year, because of lack of  preservation technology. Women  welcomed  this  product  as  it is easy  to  be used  and  will help them to save money  on food each year.

AI in Farming: Innovations include the use of AI-controlled drones for precision farming and effective pest control.

• Healthcare Technology (Health Tech)
• Early Cancer Detection: A smart wearable "Bra-X" has been developed for early breast cancer detection. 
• Multi-Patient Ventilator: An innovative ventilator capable of supporting up to six patients simultaneously was showcased.
• Preventative  Medicine and Healthcare  
• The Health City, a tech-enabled social enterprise, is focusing on delivering preventative healthcare services and education for young people and adolescents. Preventative medicine has been seen to help countries to save money.A healthy  nation is a productive nation. Rather than curing  sick people  ,it is better  to put things in place  to prevent the sicknesses.
• AI   and  Digital Infrastructures;
• Nigerian  innovators  are   actively working to move  from being consumers of AI  products to  becoming producers, focusing on developing  strong AI ecosystems  in the work places. This might take sometime, but  it is something achievable  as developers  work  at  creating new  products  that  will  match  what  the others  are  doing around the  world.
• Telecom Connectivity Projects
• Nigerian  government initiatives such  as  the "774 LGAs Connectivity" and "Fibre Forward" projects  have started making  internet access  to reach across the country  laying 90,000 kilometres of fibre optic cable. This  is good news  to help the  most rural people to do their  businesses. This will help farmers in the villages to connect easily with buyers in the  cities and is a huge leap for the food industry  where there is massive problem.
• New Innovation Centres
• A  new  innovation centre  was  opened  by Huawei  in Nigeria to accelerate digital transformation .This centre  has  employed lots of people and has helped to cut down the number of people  on the  data  of the unemployed.
• Clean Energy and Smart Cities
• Affordable Energy: New, affordable clean energy solutions are being developed to help underprivileged  communities. Smart City Development: The development of Eko Atlantic city in Lagos is progressing, with plans to be a largely technology-driven smart city with improved infrastructure and reduced environmental impact. 

Programmes like  "Innovate Naija" challenge and other various government programs were  started to  connect local ingenuity to global capital , positioning Nigeria as a key player in the global technology landscape. With  what Alhaji  Aliyu Dangote and other  tech  giants  and engineers  are doing  Nigeria  should be able  to  overcome  the problem  of unemployment and poverty  which  are  the major  problems in the  highly  populated  country But with  a lot that is being done, the country  can harness its natural  resources and make life easier  for the youths. According to grapevine  Nigeria is working  at developing  lots of new  ideas  that  will create  more jobs  in the near  future and the world  watches on to see what is being done  by its innovators  to make  life  easier in the  few  years.

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Africa's  richest  man  Aliko Dangote signs a deal with Zimbabwe to build 2,000km-long pipeline from Namibia

by  Graceful   media  team

Friday  14/11/2025  15:21  P.M  BMT 10mins

In  what  was called  a   a move set to reshape Southern Africa’s industrial landscape, Nigeria's billionaire investor and Africa's  richest man Aliko Dangote has struck a landmark US$1 billion investment deal with Zimbabwe.

The project is made up  of  a fertiliser plant and  a 2,000km-long pipeline from Namibia’s Walvis Bay, which will  pass through Botswana, to Zimbabwe’s second-largest  town , Bulawayo.

Billionaire Dangote had  a meeting  with President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Harare on Wednesday to sign a Memorandum of Understanding, marking one of the most significant private-sector investments in the country in  so many  years.

"The broader investment is in the hundreds of millions of dollars, maybe even more than a billion, but you know we will tell you the amount as we go along, But really it will be over a billion because of the pipeline," Dangote said on Wednesday.

According to  what  Graceful learnt  the project could change Zimbabwe’s production structure which  will  make it cheaper  to   import  fuel  to  the  country.

The agreement  will make way  way for major projects across energy, cement and fertiliser production, and infrastructure development.

Dangote is already planning   to build  a major fuel storage facility in Walvis Bay, cutting Southern Africa’s dependence on fuel imports from Europe and Asia.Our readers  will  remember  that  of recently we  reported  about  Dangote's  new refinery in Nigeria  where  he is  aspiring  to expand  into  the biggest in the  world. Dangote  continues  to expand his business reach across  Africa ,providing new jobs  for  his people.

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Nigeria refinery aspires  to expand into world's biggest

 by Graceful media team

26/10/2025 21.15 P.m   10min read.

An image  of  an oil  vessel on the  sea

Dangote refinery is aspiring to become the largest  in the world in few years to come.Owned  by billionaire richest Africa's investor Alhaji Aliyu Dangote,  who told world  press the  ambition he has  for his refinery,  which not only employs a large population of oil workers, and has been serving the large  Nigerian populace and Africa with the world beyond."We are more than doubling the barrels (per day)... to 1.4 million from 650,000," said Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian businessman who is Africa's richest person.He told a news conference  in Lagos,Nigeria that his  company will be bigger than the largest oil refinery in India which is Jamnagar refinery.Despite  being  the largest crude oil producer,Nigeria continues to import  all of its petrol due to corruption  and  mismanagement but Dangote's refinery aims to be  a gamechanger for Nigerians according to its  owners.It is still  troubling that despite  years of oil drilling in Portharcourt and Eket, Akwa  Ibom state, the populace are still sometimes suffering the effects of fuel shortages which is  what  they mostly use in powering their generator sets,cars and motorcycles. Shortages in petrol supply has been a source of  hardship to Nigerians as long queues  are constantly seen in its cities,with people carrying gallons and sometimes this is not safe  for Nigerians.But the businessman  told  the press that his refinery will be a gamechanger. Dangote  has so far  driven down petrol prices  as he  competes  with other providers and he hopes  to do more.He also exports aviation fuel, mainly to the United States,Europe and Brazil.A second privately owned refinery, BUA, is under construction by another Nigerian billionaire,Abdulsamad Rabiu.   

Dangote hopes to list his fuel company in the  Nigeria  stock  exchange(NSE).Due to the problems in  Nigeria's oil sector his move is progressive  as Nigeria's oil prices need to be driven down by competing companies.We hope that there will be more entrants into the oil sector as this will help the populace to have  better oil prices  and better  services  in the oil  sector.Recently there was oil strikes  in Nigeria  among  oil workers  from Pengassan the oil workers union,  with accusations that they didnot like  how  Dangote's  company has  been laying off local workers and hiring Indian expatriates, an allegation which the company refuted. Nigeria produces an average of 1.5 million barrels of oil per day, according to OPEC, but it is still short of its two million bpd target.Oil remains its  largest export,but despite years of oil drilling in its  oil producing states,  many Nigerians  remain  poor,which is very worrisome  to  many around the world who hope that  with the entrance  of  new  businesses in the oil  sector,more jobs will be created for young Nigerians  with  good  salaries . As  Dangote's  company continues to expand the world  watches  on to see what he is doing to provide more jobs  to the  young people  in cities  across the country.

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Author Chinyere Nwakanma wins 2025 media and entertainment award-Best digital media strategy category

Graceful wins media award for its digital media strategiesondon, United Kingdom Oct 8, 2025 18:05  BST 

by  Graceful  magazine  UK

 - Author and businesswoman, Chinyere  Nwakanma of  Graceful magazine United Kingdom wins  Best  digital media strategy award in the Media  and Entertainment award category  an honour recognizing excellence, creativity, and influence in the literary world.This award was given to  her in  October  2025. Chinyere's work  with  Graceful  magazine stood out among a competitive field of  media companies, earning praises from judges for its honesty, originality, and media  impact through  Graceful magazine  through their articles  on hope,innovation and excellence .

“I’m honored to be recognized with such a meaningful award,” said Chinyere. “Graceful magazine wouldn’t exist without ,her friends, her readers , and everyone who shared their voices and experiences with me that led me to decide  that  encouraging  people  going through  difficult  times  to move on  is what  I want  to do  with the magazine. Their courage and honesty shaped the pages  of each  issue , and I’m grateful to celebrate this achievement with them.”

Chinyere  Nwakanma is an international award-winning author whose work focuses on practical self-help rooted in real experiences plays,poetry and  books for  children.

The  author , poet and playwright  told  grapevine that publishing  Graceful magazine  is something she found  amazing , as  she wrote more  articles than her  usual  stories entertaining kids  and veering into  journalism has made  her  to  see another dimension in writing.She thanks  the awarding  body Business Award U.K for  showing her  much  kindness as  she  shares  hope to her readers  and encourages  innovation ,skill  acquisition  and  excellence  across every  country especially  among the  youths.

The magazine  website  is www.gracefulonlinemag.com and the  magazine  is  distributed  across the world  by Newsstand  https://www.newsstand.co.uk.Graceful   is licensed  by  Publishers licensing  Services (PLS)  U.K. Graceful  has  a large online  presence  with  Print  I.S.S.N-  2633-5549 and  the digital   I.S.S.N  No    2633-5557 

According to  the publisher   “I’m truly honoured to be given the best media strategy award 2025. These recognitions reflect the heart of my work—building trusted  friendships among people,  as we  ask our readers to embrace love and hope in our  communities within the United Kingdom and  around the  world while delivering thoughtful support, and helping purpose-driven businesses to  thrive through our innovation  and excellence  contents. For  years, I’ve championed clarity, compassion, and creative strategy, and I’m proud to stand alongside so many inspiring editors  /media  men and women ,who lead with  impact. This moment is a celebration of every reader, every collaboration,everyone  who stood up to move on  after facing difficult times  after reading  our magazine.”It  is a time  to  thank everyone reading  Graceful at the libraries as downloads and  those taking  our licensed contents through  Publishers licensing  Services  .

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Graceful magazine U.K wins 2025 media and entertainment award-Best digital media strategy category

by Graceful 

London  07/10/2025 15.19  BST

- Businesswoman, Chinyere  Nwakanma of  Graceful magazine London wins  Best  digital media strategy 2025 in the Media  and Entertainment award category .  The  author , poet and playwright  told  grapevine that writing  Graceful magazine  is something she found  amazing , as  she wrote more  articles than her  usual  stories entertaining kids  and veering into  journalism has made  her  to  see another dimension in writing.

“I’m truly honoured to be given the best media strategy award. These recognitions reflect the heart of my work—building trusted  friendships among people,  as we  ask our readers to embrace love and hope in our  communities , delivering thoughtful support, and helping purpose-driven businesses to  thrive through our innovation  and excellence  contents. For  years, I’ve championed clarity, compassion, and creative strategy, and I’m proud to stand alongside so many inspiring editors  /media  men and women ,who lead with  impact. This moment is a celebration of every reader, every collaboration,every reader  who stood up to move on  after facing difficult times  and every step taken in service of something meaningful.”It  is a time  to  thank everyone reading   Graceful  magazine  from our website  and through the libraries as downloads.Our messages  encouraging our readers  to keep hope  alive  and not to the  despair during  difficult  times resonated not only through  United  Kingdom,  but across the world  and  we thank our readers  for  finding inspiration to  keep going through every challenges  and difficult times  by reading us.We  thank  all the innovators , whose  works  and inventions were showcased on Graceful  online  ,every products  they have   created make life beautiful  for  everyone  and  they  are the  reasons  why we are  encouraging others  to  make  new  things  that will  bring joy to our world,through our innovation and excellence  articles.She  thanked Business award U.K  for  giving her  such  a great honour and she thanks  all  those  reading  Graceful from across  the globe  as they are the real winners,especially  those  standing up  and moving on after  difficult times.

 This year’s awards are judged by distinguished business leaders from across the country.

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