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…
Synclie applies sophisticated automatic listening logic to television content recognition, pulls and pushes contextual and actionable content and ad serving through social persona targeting and natural language processing patented AJ technologies that allow brands and their agencies to launch interest and demographically targeted campaigns and get real results to a wider engaged audience….
Nokia recently announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the release of her 3 Android powered smartphones under the Nokia X series. Analysts are beginning to say that this long awaited move might be a comeback for the Nokia brand. It is interesting to note that few years ago especially in emerging markets…
We are pleased to announce that EduNet 2014 will be hosted by the ICT Centre of Obafemi Awolowo University and theInstitute for Entrepreneurship Studies(IFEDS)of Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria in collaboration with Tel Aviv University Entrepreneurship Centre (StarTAU), Israel. Theme: Fostering Technology Entrepreneurship in Nigerian Universities Date: May 20-22, 2014 Venue: Obafemi Awolowo University,…
Erudite scholar and a past president of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Prof. Charles Uwadia has accepted to preside over the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum (NDSF) on Internet Governance for Development 2014. Confirming this to newsmen in Lagos, the Executive Director, Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa Media group, the organizers of the event, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke,…
We got this report from Cyberschuulnews that the University of Lagos has commissioned a high speed internet access infrastructure under a partnership with MainOne Ltd on whose initiative the project was conceived.The infrastructure was commissioned to service on February 1,2014. In less than three years, MainOne has emerged the preferred provider of bandwidth connectivity…
Programos Foundation Nigeria in collaboration with the International Association of African Non-Governmental Organisations with support from the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) India and Public Interest Registry, will host an eNGO workshop for 100 Nigerian based grassroots NGOs. The workshop will focus on training the organisations on capacity building using information and Communications Technologies. The…
Last week we brought you a report on the launch of Lenovo Smartphones in Nigeria, Yesterday in Lagos at a well-attended event, Lenovo launched its smartphone portfolios in Nigeria .Nigerian consumers will be the first in Africa to get their hands on these seven models, including the flagship Vibe X smartphone which will…
Few days ago,Google publicly announced the winners of the 2013 Google Cloud Developers Challenge.As one of the judges for Sub Saharan Africa on the just concluded Cloud Challenge,It is really interesting to have seen the level of ingenuity shown by these young Africans in their applications.This shows that there is a huge opportunity…
The dynamic nature of the modern job market is fueling the need for deeper workforce insight across all levels of a business so that managers can make proactive personnel choices that will positively impact their operations. Today, the foundation for informed decision making lies in the vast amounts of employee data that businesses collect…
It is of interest to know that such project is going on to map the Innovation Clusters in Nigeria.I found this recently and decided to share it here.This is a good step in the right direction for Nigeria and innovation. Executive Summary of the Project Information and communication technology (ICT) is…
JUMIA, one of the leading online retailers in Nigeria announces its new CEOs; Nicolas Martin and Jérémy Doutté. They will replace former Managing Directors, Tunde Kehinde and Raphael Afaedor, who decided to leave JUMIA Nigeria to start their own businesses according to reports from JUMIA Nigeria. The press report made available to…
We just received an invitation of the official Launch and presentation of Lenovo Smart phones in Nigeria for next week. Lenovo being a Multi-billion dollar technology company acquired IBM Computers some years ago. It is planning a great entry into the Nigerian Mobile market. During the event, Lenovo top executives will share Lenovo’s…
News reaching us from the African Press organization says that Heirs Holdings, the pan-African proprietary investment company founded by Tony O. Elumelu, CON, has announced its investment in US start-up Planet Labs’ innovative satellite manufacturing technology. Heirs Holdings is the only African investor in the project, which is based in San Francisco….
The success of any new technology can be measured by its impact on the users of such technologies. Often times because of the digital bridge in Africa it is more difficult to define the socio-economic and cultural implications with new technologies and how they affect the people. This has also made it more…
Today’s brand can be tomorrow’s trivial question.A great brand is built by creating value via the creation of meaningful experiences. These experiences are built or based on perceptions and thus fostered by interaction with the brand. In the world of Beverages, there are few companies that can match the excellent spirit of Chivita let alone…
It is worthy to note that the tri-angle of innovation around the world is held together by the cooperative endeavor of the Government, the Academic Community, and the Technology Industry. A deficiency or disconnect in any of these key drivers of innovation will definitely bring an imbalance in the innovation ecosystem….
Just few days into the 2014 and with our projections in the tech ecosystem in Nigeria, Digital Direct, a fast rising ICT Retailing and Consulting Company, is planning big for 2014. The company that is responsible for revolutionizing ICT retail with an innovative and inspiring contact-based retail model in Lekki Phase 1…
Sometime ago I wrote about the economic importance of Smartphones in Nigeria and the TECNO brand, and right now it is obvious that TECNO has become a top selling phone brand in Nigeria and has also added in no small way to her brand value in the Nigeria mobile devices market. What has helped…
The West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) whose major goal is building a State of the Art Network Infrastructure for Research and Education in the region, will hold its first annual conference on 13 March 2014. Focused on cost-effective access to high-capacity bandwidth, connectivity and services, the conference will bring together…