GE created the Garages program in 2012 to reinvigorate America’s interest in invention, innovation, and manufacturing. In 2014, Garages went global with three weeks of workshops amidst a fully equipped fab lab in Lagos, Nigeria, at GE’s regional headquarters. On October 27th, 2014, GE will expand on past successes by evolving the program into…
Few months ago we reported of the newly opened incubator in Rwanda called think.Today think announced its first group of companies selected for support. The four selected teams represent innovative, digital, private sector solutions that demonstrate the potential to scale across Africa.They were chosen from more than 150 applications from across the…
International Telecommunications Union(ITU) in partnership with the IEEE Internet of Things(IoT) Initiative through the Young Innovators Challenge 2014,are looking for the best ideas for new businesses and innovations that can take advantage of the potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) to be used for social good and thus improve lives of people…
Samsung Xpress M2020W Wireless Printer now Available in Nigeria. Samsung Electronics, a global giant in digital media and convergence technologies, has announced the availability of Samsung Xpress M2020W; a mono laser printers that can print from mobile devices, in the Nigerian market. Samsung Xpress M2020W Printer prints from…
Red Hat, Inc.the world’s leading provider of open source solutions,yesterday announced nominations are open for the ninth annual Red Hat Innovation Awards, which will be presented during Red Hat Summit 2015, June 23-26, 2015, in Boston. “We’re always looking for new and innovative ways to highlight our customers and the ways they’re solving their business…
Are you leading a project or an enterprise that is benefiting developing communities? Are you passionate about making the world a better place? Do you have the ambition to make your project/enterprise financially sustainable? Take the next step by applying to the SE Outreach Accelerator! The SE Outreach Accelerator is an exciting 8 week…
Washington, D.C ‘s 1776, the global incubator and investment fund, recently announced Challenge Cup 2015, an annual world-wide competition that spans 16 cities in 11 countries to identify the most promising startups with the best ideas to solve the world’s biggest challenges. The competition kicks off in two U.S. cities — Washington, D.C., on October 21…
Spurred by increased infrastructural investments, improved connectivity and affordability, positive government interventions, and the spread of mobility, the African digital media landscape is rapidly evolving, according to global IT market intelligence firm International Data Corporation (IDC). Referencing its ‘Assessment and Outlook of the Digital Media Ecosystem in Africa’ report, IDC today said the future…
As nations, governments, institutions and organizations around the world are promoting and developing their entrepreneurship ecosystem, it has become obvious that entrepreneurship now holds the key to sustainable economic development in today’s world. It can simply be put that the future of Nigeria’s growth lies majorly on how well and fast Nigeria’s entrepreneurship…
By Richard Chowning (@TheAfricaMentor) I have just returned from the Startup Africa’s 11th Annual Africa Entrepreneurship Conference and Awards Gala which took place on September 27th in Wilmington, Delaware. I was honored by the organizers to be on a panel “How Africa’s Start-ups are Using Lean Startup Principles” It was a gathering primarily…
Aflix,a mobile online video streaming app which launched in Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana last month has expanded its operations by unveiling the Hollywood mobile streaming service in thirty other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The new territories include: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde,Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. Others include: Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho,…
In a bid to improve the online experience and deliver better services to its fashion consumers, Traclist, a fast growing fashion e-commerce platform has upgraded to a more trendy and simplified portal. The refreshed platform is a marketplace designed and crafted to provide seamless connections between fashion merchants and online buyers of local…
Editor’s Note: As several efforts are constantly needed to combat the spread of Ebola in West Africa,the Innovative Technologies for Development Foundation Nigeria has launched this App to help educate more people and also prevent the spread of this deadly scourge. Akinmade Akintoye, CTO of CloudWare Technologies contributes this article: The visit of…
Cloud computing is an umbrella term used to describe a group of technologies. Unlike previous computer technologies that relied on decentralized, essentially independent computers and software, cloud computing unifies resources through web-based applications and tools, storing data and software alike in a remote server. Cloud computing potentially allows computers or smartphones to be…
Venture capital firm TLcom Capital recently announced the sale of virtual identity solutions provider for mobile operators Movirtu to global mobile communications leader Blackberry, in TLcom’s second profitable exit in Africa this year. The sale sees TLcom achieve a cash on cash return in excess of two times its initial investment in Movirtu made…
EDITOR’S NOTE; Adebayo Sanni, who is the Country Director Nigeria at Oracle Corporation ,in this article looks at how the cloud debate is set to evolve with a focus on delivering business advantage. To date the real meat and potatoes of the cloud – the transformational cost and performance benefits it brings to…
Lack of Power is a major challenge to the growth of businesses and to the survival of a people in Africa especially Nigeria-one of the largest countries and economy in Africa.The Power Africa initaitive being facilitated by the US Government is an initiative to double the number of people with access to power…
Six of the ten fastest growing world economies are African, and the International Data Corporation (IDC) expects overall IT spending in Africa to total $33.4 billion over the next five years. In fact, according to the IDC one third of all Kenyan enterprises view the implementation and expansion of cloud capabilities as a key…
Labour and employment in Nigeria maybe facing its toughest challenge yet soon. This is in-line with a World Bank warning. The world is facing a global jobs crisis that is hurting the chances of reigniting economic growth, and there is no magic bullet to solve the problem, the World Bank warned on Tuesday. In a…
Just recently,Royal Philips in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg inaugurated a state-of-the-art medical training simulation lab on the University premises during the Johannesburg stopover of Philips’ fifth consecutive pan-African Cairo to Cape Town roadshow. This pioneering project will contribute to the hands-on training of medical students in South Africa by providing accurate simulations…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MainOne-a leading provider of innovative telecom services and network solutions for businesses in West Africa, Funke Opeke, joined global policy makers, international organizations and other global internet stakeholders in Istanbul, Turkey this week to discuss “Policies Enabling Access, Growth and Development on the Internet”. The 9th Annual…
Over the years following the Technology Trends in Nigeria,of key interest has been the constant development of the Nigeria Startup Ecosystem.So it becomes an exciting news when certain progresses are being made,as we receive this great news that Co-Creation Hub Nigeria(CcHub) is boosting her incubation program with the launch of a $500,000…
African Leadership Academy and The MasterCard Foundation are delighted to announce the 2014 Anzisha Prize finalists., which shows strong growth in entrepreneurship activity amongst youth in West Africa. Five young women are among the 12 finalists in the running for the $75,000 prize money that will be awarded on 23 September 2014, and…
The Co-creation Hub’s (CcHub) CEO and Co-founder, Bosun Tijani recently launched a sports and fitness app called Truppr, an app which aims to simplify and make fitness an attractive lifestyle. Truppr is a social tool that connects people, irrespective of their current lifestyle and shape, with physical activities and teammates in cities across the…
-The organisation marks her 10th year anniversary, holds 2014 Summit in Nigeria, US and the UK. With the Theme: “Women and National Security: Utilizing ICT for Community Policing and Self Actualisation. Following the great need in our society to empower the Nigerian Women and the Youths using Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs),…
TECNO Mobile a brand under TRANSSION Holdings, has made a bold step of market dominance in Smartphone technology within Africa with the unveiling of the phone tipped for the Smartphone of the year – Phantom Z. The event which took centre stage at the prestigious Sheraton Hotel elicited excitement from consumers as 10 lucky…
We have been invited to take part in this year’s thought Leadership Breakfast Session on Sustainable Development with the theme: ICT for Sustainable Development: Aligning Challenges with Potentials. The event which is in her 5th year is being hosted by Etisalat Nigeria and ThistlePraxis Consulting.Some of the Speakers at this 3-hour meet-up include:Mr Odo…
The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Forum 2014 will take place from the 8 – 10 September 2014, at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Forum is the premier ICT conference of the Commonwealth drawing high level participation from ICT ministries, regulators and operators from across the Commonwealth and beyond and is…
Nigeria’s recent economic outlook is earning her choice positions in the global arena. As the largest economy in Africa, there has been a marked increase in foreign investment into the country. Information and Communications Technology is growing at a great speed fostering Technology Entrepreneurship and building the Nigeria Start-Up Ecosystem. This year ,Nigeria is…
In an attempt to deepen the recent announcement of operations in Nigeria of Paypal, First Bank Nigeria Plc. will today launch her partnership with PayPal in Nigeria. The event which will feature top PayPal executives: Malvina Goldfeld, Head of Business Development for Africa at PayPal; and Efi Dahan, the Regional Director, Israel and…