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Dr.Bennet Omalu A movie called Concussion,in honour of the Nigerian Forensic Neuropathologist Dr Bennet Omalu, will be released internationally by Sony on December 25,2015.The movie is about Dr Omalu’s discovery of a disease called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE) which affects American Football(NFL) players.At first, Dr Omalu’s work was discredited by the NFL.Watch this detailed Interview of…

Image credit to CNN African Startup Successful Start-ups and Companies are celebrated no matter their country of origin, from Waze to Google to Alibaba and many others. They end up becoming international brands but their countries pride.For Africa her future will largely depend on the growth of entrepreneurship and the building of companies by African young…

PICS (L-R): Kabelo Makwane, Managing Director, Microsoft Nigeria; Funke Opeke, CEO, MainOne; Rob Lever, Business Development Executive, MDX-i Data Center & Cloud Services and Oluwawemimo Adeniyi, Small Medium and Business Partners’ Director, Microsoft Nigeria, at the MainOne/Microsoft Cloud Press Conference in Lagos MainOne’s Data Center subsidiary , MDX-I, recently announced the launch of its new…

Twitter yesterday announced that it has expanded her Twitter advertisement for Small and Medium scale businesses to over 200 countries and territories around the world.The blog post from Twitter reads: Today, we’re excited to expand our self-service ads platform from 33 countries to over 200 countries and territories. Now, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) from…

Dr. Omobola Johnson The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has today announced that Dr. Omobola Johnson, the immediate past Minister ofCommunication Technology of Nigeria, has joined A4AI as its Honorary Chairperson. Drawing on her 30 years of experience, Dr. Johnson will provide A4AI with strategic policy guidance and will lead high level international advocacy efforts,…

The utility value of mobile technology is almost second to none. In sub-Sahara Africa, the mobile phone has proven to be an innovative and transformative tool for positive social and economic change, empowering individuals, communities and organizations in a variety of ways. One key area where mobile is transforming realities and becoming positively disruptive is…

The Forbes Under 30 $1 Million Change the World Competition is the largest ever for young social entrepreneurs.Six finalists, selected from the complete pool of competitors, will receive a cash award of $100,000 USD. They will then compete on-stage at the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Philadelphia on October 6, 2015 in front of 2,000 world-class mentors and…

PIC(l-r):Chidinma Iwe, Chief Information Security Officer, MainOne; Lynda Madu, General Manager, Corporate Services & Development, MainOne; Adedoyin Odunfa, MD/CEO, Digital Jewels and Akintunde Adekoya, Information Security Management Systems Manager, MainOne during the presentation of ISO 27001 and PCI DSS certificates to MainOne’s Data Center subsidiary, MDX-I   MainOne’s  premier Tier III Data Center, MDX-I, has…

Barclays Africa Group has launched an innovation challenge for youth entrepreneurs that will see the winner receive a Sh1 million cash prize and potential funding opportunity from investors. Barclays Africa Chief Executive of Corporate and Investment Banking Stephen van Coller said challenge will help transform the supply chain transparency and lower the cost of doing…

Thank you so much, President Kenyatta, for your timely remarks, your warm welcome, and the great work that has gone into hosting this summit. It is wonderful to be back in Kenya. (Applause.) Niaje wasee! (Applause.) Hawayuni! (Applause and laughter.) I’m proud to be the first U.S. President to visit Kenya. (Applause.) And Obama, this…

The World Bank Group is launching a recruitment drive aimed at increasing the number of Sub Saharan Africans in its work force. This commitment to hire Sub Saharan Africans reflects the Bank Group’s senior leadership commitment for a diverse workforce in which African nationals can play a key role in fighting poverty and increasing shared…

Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK ) and Save the Children today announced the launch of their third annual $1 million Healthcare Innovation Award that rewards innovations in healthcare that have helped to reduce child deaths in developing countries. From the 15 July – 7 September 2015, organisations from across developing countries can nominate examples of innovative…

  Online shopping community Kaymu Nigeria has stressed the need for women to occupy leadership positions in the new era of technology and innovation. Speaking at the Women of West Africa Entrepreneurship Festival (WOWE) 2015 held recently at the Landmark Event Centre in Oniru Lagos, the Managing Director of Kaymu Nigeria, Evangeline Wiles, represented by…

Orange, together with the other members of the ACE consortium, announces the launch of the ACE cable in Cotonou, Benin and Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The connection of these two stations is part of the second phase of deployment of the ACE submarine cable, which now serves 18 countries: France, Portugal,the Canary Islands (Spain), Mauritania,…