There are a lot of reasons to attend this year’s Mobile Web West Africa holding next week from 13-16 May.One of such reasons is that Tomi Ahonen, the man measured by Forbes as the world’s most influential expert in mobile, will be taking to the stage and sharing his esteemed vision of the future of mobile at the…
We are happy to partner with the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation on the Commonwealth Broadband Africa Forum 2014 which will focus on Broadband for Accelerated Growth In Africa. The Commonwealth Broadband Africa Forum 2014 is the evolution of the Connecting Rural Communities series of events that the CTO ran successfully for seven years. The theme…
With a lot of events happening in the tech ecosystem in West Africa and Lagos in particular,we will find time to honour this special invitation to attend the inaugural IDC CIO Summit for West Africa. The IDC CIO Summit is meant, to collaborate, connect, and inspire the CIO’s in the region as we explore…
The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation being instituted by the Royal Academy of Engineering,London, is now open for applications.The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation which is in its inaugural edition aims to stimulate, celebrate and reward innovation and entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa. The Africa Prize encourages ambitious and talented sub-Saharan African engineers from…
With the introduction of GSM in Nigeria few years ago, the use of Mobile phones quickly became very big in the country. Its socio-economic impact on the lives of Nigerians has been very significant. As this growth continues exponentially, trends around mobiles began to emerge. Mobile Web is getting so big in the…
Recently I met some young guys-Steve and Kennedy who are a part of a team doing everything possible to connect Nigerian Computer Scientists online. Their passion in doing this is commendable. Another key ingredient I noticed about them is a great team they’ve got. About six of them working on this project, I…
As preparations for the 2014 EduNet Conference is going great.With the theme of the conference: FOSTERING TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES. Here are what the media are saying about the conference which will be hosted by Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife in partnership with Tel Aviv University Entrepreneurship Centre Israel. See the links below,…
Supermart, an online grocery delivery service that allows customers shop for groceries from leading supermarkets, recently launched in Lagos. Customers can buy grocery items from various supermarkets all from the Supermart website. The fact that customers are shopping from recognized supermarkets gives them an assurance about the source of what they are buying….
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF)announced the finalists of the prestigious Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2014.Ten African innovators have created practical solutions to some of the continent’s most intractable problems, from a domestic waste biogas system to a wafer matrix for paediatric antiretroviral (ARV) drug treatment. Chosen from almost 700 applications from 42 countries, the finalists…
The Founder/CEO Computer Warehouse Group Plc, and Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR), Columbia Business School (CBS), New York, Austin Okere, will be presenting a workshop titled:From Cradle to listing in an Emerging Economy, the CWG Experience on April 15th at Columbia Business School,New York. Learn about the opportunities and challenges of crafting a coherent long-term…
Twenty-four people who designed and advanced the Internet as the global, world-changing platform that it is today will be inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame. The Internet Hall of Fame was launched in 2012 by the Internet Society and this year’s ceremony will be held in Hong Kong today 8 April. Representing 13 countries,…
Ericsson recently announced the semi-finalists for the annual Ericsson Application Awards with Team SOP from Nigeria and Team WorkMode from South Africa named as semi-finalists in the company category and the student category respectively. Team SOP developed an application that allows users to receive push notifications on availability and analytics on electricity in their area….
GSF Global Accelerator a leading tech Accelerator based in India is extending her program from April to include African Start-ups. This is a 13 week program to foster innovation in the fast growing global digital economy. It aims to provide select start-ups with unparalleled access to venture and business networks, personalized & intensive…
Innovation forum 2014 is set to provide answers as to how ICT-Led Innovation can drive competitiveness and growth in Agriculture, Education, Employment and Job creation in Nigeria. In line with the overall vision to foster innovation in Nigeria, the Cross River State Government in partnership with leading tech organizations-Microsoft and Nokia in collaboration…
In an unstructured Technology market like Nigeria,we are seeing several businesses coming out very successful in distribution and sales of tech products.One of such success stories is from Slot Systems limited popularly called Slot, a leading company in the distribution and sale of original mobile Phones and devices in Nigeria who celebrated her 15…
I am of the opinion that perhaps the ugly, unfortunate and regrettable incident where many young Nigerians lost their lives in a stampede during the Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment exercise could have been avoided if the government had taken youth unemployment a bit more seriously and as a top priority over the years….
Mr. Olusegun Aganga, Nigeria’s Federal Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment will keynote the inaugural Angel Fair West Africa (AFWA) which is bringing together entrepreneurial businesses and active investors from across Africa to “do deals” at the Intercontinental Hotel, Lagos on Sunday 30th and Monday 31st March 2014. “To have the Minister Aganga keynote…
• The Philips Africa Innovation Hub in Kenya will be the center for developing innovations “in Africa-for Africa” in the areas of healthcare, lighting and healthy living • Hub underlines Philips’ commitment to invest in Africa and provide Africa-relevant innovations to address key challenges facing the continent We got this interesting news…
How big data is being used in the fight against card fraud Financial institutions have been working hard to implement technologies which better protect them and their customers. Innovations such as chip and PIN have made cards more secure, while the introduction of two-factor authentication has also greatly helped. However, none of these systems…
Technology and innovation are driving many economies in no small measure. According to the Journal for Sustainable Development (vol. 4 no. 6, December 2011) entrepreneurship generally and technological entrepreneurship in particular are now considered as the engine for economic development. Most developed and emerging economies and developing countries have adopted Technology Business Incubation to…
“For developing countries in Africa like Nigeria, not only our mobile phones should be Smart, our cities ought to be smart too, for me this is the challenge of the government at different levels” While many cities are becoming ‘smart’ enabling development that makes life easy for her people to move around from…
By VARAIDZO AUDREY MURERIWA Editor’s note: This post by Varaidzo Audrey Mureriwa first appeared as part of the “Technology in Africa – 2014 Digest”It is available as a FREE eBook for download here The story of Africa’s booming economic growth has dominated the press for a while. Africa is the fastest growing…
More than ever before, Africans are turning to ICT-supported learning to grow their economies. In 2013, the eLearning Africa Report found that 40% of African technology-assisted learning professionals were using ICTs specifically for skills training, up from 18% the previous year. The benefit of ICT-supported learning is that it allows employers to provide…
As the demand from Sub-Saharan African countries for online training steadily grows, the number of online courses has increased by 390% over the past 5 years,The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has just launched the 2014 edition of the online training courses in financial management,international trade and intellectual property. These courses…
Over the years,the Nigerian electoral processes have been marred with several irregularities that make for very undemocratic nature of electing her rulers.The people’s choices are in most cases not reflected in the results announced at the end of elections in Nigeria.Just as the 2015 elections are close,it becomes very important that ways are…
Often times this group of professionals are less honoured, remunerated and rewarded in the society despite the fact that their role in the society is very key. The journalists play very vital part in the growth and development of every nation. We see in western world they are feared, revered, well respected and are…
Nigeria no doubt is in dire need of medical interventions. From the colleague who died of the simplest medical condition, to the random accident victim who didn’t even make it to the hospital before they gave up, everyone has directly or indirectly experienced poor medical attention.Today we see new technologies and the mobile devices…
WELCOME ADDRESS BY CHRIS UWAJE (FNCS) PRESIDENT, INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE PRACTITIONERS OF NIGERIA (ISPON) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESIDENT DINNER 2014. VENUE: SHERATON HOTEL & TOWERS, IKEJA, LAGOS. FEB. 28, 2014 Theme: “Software: As Sustainable Intellectual Property for the Development of Nigeria” FOCUS: Software Nigeria: Innovate or Perish? It is my pleasure to welcome you all to our President…
We bring to you this exciting report that MTN Nigeria,a leading Telecommunications company in Nigeria is set to bring Steve Wozniak,who co-founded Apple, the most valuable company in the world with late Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne. Steve Woznaik will be speaking at the MTN Leadership Seminar in Nigeria between March 4 and 5…
Entries to the 2014 African Blogger Awards, the continent’s very first awards programme that measures online and social influencers’ reach and influence through data analysis, are open to bloggers, Instagrammers, Tweeters and YouTubers across Africa. The Awards have been divided into 36 categories, providing the opportunity for influencers on these platforms to…