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Read the Part 1 of this article here A disruptive innovation is an innovation that creates a new market frontiers and value network. It eventually unsettles an existing market and value network, displacing established market leaders and alliances, and overturns the traditional business methods and practices. No one can deny the fact that we are…

Today, emerging technological innovations are changing every aspect of businesses. The best way to describe these radical changes is disruption! Disruption is said to have occurred when a product or service fits a new or emerging market segment that is not served by existing incumbents in the industry, and it usually ride on the wings…

The maiden edition of the Nigeria Innovation Summit with the Theme: ‘Innovation – A Key Driver of Economic Growth and Sustainable Development’, organized by Emerging Media, concluded successfully with the participation of more than 300 delegates with Diplomats, government representatives, academia, business leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, students and journalists from within and outside Nigeria in attendance.The…

As 2017 unfolds with great opportunities around the world especially through technology and innovation,Nigeria will do well to really embrace technology and innovation.Promoting and growing Nigerian Innovation in 2017 should be a key focus of the government.In November 2016 we held the Nigerian Innovation Summit the leading annual event in Nigeria that focuses on the need…

Johnson & Johnson is introducing the Africa Innovation Challenge to encourage entrepreneurial thinking in Africa and the creation of consumer healthcare solutions that address the critical unmet needs of the continent. Throughout Africa, Johnson & Johnson is looking to drive entrepreneurship and help advance promising consumer healthcare solutions. Chosen applicants will receive a combination of…

The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) will host what is being billed as the continent’s most critical summit on African infrastructure in Abuja, Nigeria, on 27-28 March 2017.AFC Live 2017, to be opened by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, is a global event that will bring together financiers, developers and policy makers to discuss how to increase…

The Tel Aviv University Entrepreneurship Center(StarTAU) in partnership with key players from the Israeli start-up ecosystem opens application to International Startups to learn and grow their business from the Israel startup ecosystem through the TLV Global Launchpad programme. International  startups will be immersed into the the Israeli startups scene for an exclusive one-month Launchpad in…

This is a note from Mark Zuckerberg on how he built Jarvis My personal challenge for 2016 was to build a simple AI to run my home – like Jarvis in Iron Man. My goal was to learn about the state of artificial intelligence – where we’re further along than peo- ple realize, where we’re…

The realities and opportunities been created by technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI),Virtual realities(VR) and  Internet of Things(IoT) give machines great intelligence and cognitive abilities,one I find very fascinating. Mark Zuckerberg the founder of Facebook is one guy set to expand the scope of what is possible and push these realities we have today like…

Novartis announced recently the launch of an innovative technology-based healthcare program called SMS for Life 2.0 in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The program aims to increase the availability of essential medicines and improve care for patients across the region by using simple,available, and affordable technology. SMS for Life 2.0 is a joint public-private partnership led by…

A new fellowship which supports the research of young academics in the region focusing on women, technology and entrepreneurship The West African Research Association at the Boston University in Massachusetts,US and The Master Card Foundation  are pleased to announce the recipients of the Ideas Matter Fellowship Program, a new fellowship which supports the research of young…

Private sector participation needs to be viewed as not only valuable to education and skills development but as integral to it. At a national level, the private sector should be considered an essential partner in education planning and as advisors to Ministries of Education.This important change of perspective should also see private companies recognise the…

On January 1, 2017, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) will begin accepting applications for the third round of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The Programme is the Foundation’s 10-year, US$100 million commitment to training, mentoring and funding 10,000 African entrepreneurs. The application portal will be open until midnight (WAT), March 1, 2017. Entrepreneurs must complete the…

African Innovation and Entrepreneurship Academy is an Innovation Accelerator for African Small businesses and Startups.The academy supports  African Entrepreneurs and Innovators with a focus on both  on corporate Innovation as well as Startup Innovations through the following: -Training Programs and Courses -Workshops and Seminars -Innovation Management -Investments -International Opportunities -Research and Development -Events See more…

The inventors of an all-terrain ‘smart wheelchair’, a solar-water heating appliance that slashes energy use by 90% and a pneumonia-diagnosing biomedical jacket are among African innovators recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering as the continent’s future technology pioneers. Tackling global challenges as diverse as climate change, childhood disease, and access to renewable energy, 16…

With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, AESA will commit US$ 7 Million in innovation grants to catalyse pioneering research to achieve health and development outcomes. The African Academy of Sciences and the NEPAD Agency’s Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) is committing US$7 million to fund innovative ideas and…