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  "id": 1715513,
  "title": "ECOWAS startup awards attract 6,000 applications, finalists to compete for $65,000",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/ecowas-startup-awards-attract-6-000-applications-finalists-to-compete",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-18T12:51:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
    "slug": "businessday-nigeria",
    "url": "https://businessday.ng/news/article/ecowas-startup-awards-attract-6000-applications-finalists-to-compete-for-65000/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "More than 6,000 startups from across the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have expressed interest in the second read more ECOWAS startup awards attract 6,000 applications, finalists to compete for $65,000",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}