Top 3 Predictions for FinTech, Mobile Money and Financial Inclusion in 2016
Editor’s note:This article contributed by Alix Murphy of WorldRemit gives insight into opportunities around Mobile money,FinTech and financial inclusion for…
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TechTrends Top 10 Articles of 2015
As the year 2015 gradually comes to an end we bring you the top 10 articles on our blog.These are…
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Elon Musk,Peter Thiel,Amazon and others Donate $1 Billion for Research on Artificial Intelligence.
Its easy to know where the next big thing in technology is by what people are devoting their time and money…
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Nigeria Becomes African Champions At Global Cyberlympics In Washington DC
Nigerian Team of cyber security professionals “TeamNaija” has been crowned African champions at the just concluded Global Cyberlympics held in…
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Mobility, Cloud, Big Data,IoT drive Nigeria IT spending to $5.3 Billion in 2016
Information Technology spending in Nigeria-the largest economy in Africa- will top $5.3 billion in 2016 as organizations increasingly embrace digital…
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AfricaConnect2:A €26.6m Africa and European Union Internet project to transform African science and education
African research and education network associations WACREN, the UbuntuNet Alliance and ASREN have partnered with their European counterpart GÉANT in…
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Steve Wozniak,Alec Ross,Muhammad Yunus,Jonathan Henning,Chinedu Echeruo at Access Conference Lagos Nigeria
Top experts in Innovation and Transformation around the world gathered today in Lagos,Nigeria at the 2015 Access Conference.The theme of…
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Call for Papers-West Africa Com by Informa
West Africa Com is the annual forum for the region’s digital and ICT sector organised by Informa.The event will return…
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Facebook launches Innovation Challenge in Africa
Facebook is launching the Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa, with the aim of recognising developers and entrepreneurs who are using…
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Deepanker Rustagi,Co-Founder of Vconnect talks about the switch to e-Commerce
My guest this week is the gentle and brilliant Deepanker Rustagi, Cofounder of Vconnect.com, the No. local search engine who…
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British High Commission hosts Future African Leaders
The British High Commission in Nigeria hosted winners and nominees of The Future Awards Africa 2015 to a reception at…
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China Emerges the Fastest Growing Market for Wearables-IDC
Image from FitBit A recent report from International Data Corporation (IDC ) has shown that China has quickly emerged as…
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Signal Alliance subsidiary Sasware invests in Health Technology Startup-Medismarts
According to Nigeria Communications Week,Sasware, the Technology investment subsidiary of Signal Alliance today announced an investment in Medismarts, a health…
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Senate Confirms Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta as Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
We got this news from Nigeria Communications Commission that the Nigerian Senate yesterday confirmed Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta as Executive…
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CradleCount App by Kesandu Nwokolo-An innovative Healthcare App for Pregnant Women in Africa.
CradleCount App by Kesandu Nwokolo is an innovative Health care app for pregnant women in Africa,the app is set to…
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Connecting the next 1 billion:Microsoft Launches Fund to improve Internet Access in Developing Countries.
The need to connect the next 1 billion people to the internet is growing as many organisations like Facebook and…
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Orange announce winners of the 2015 Orange African Social Venture Prize
Orange announced the winners of the 2015 Orange African Social Venture Prize during the AfricaCom Awards ceremony held in Cape Town…
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Chris Kwekowe,A 22 Year Old Nigerian and founder of Slatecube wins Anzisha 2015 Grand Prize for African youth entrepreneurship
The Anzisha Prize is thrilled to announce this year’s winner of the $25,000 Grand Prize in the 5th year of…
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Nigeria Women set for Mamalette Live-A Gathering of Mothers and Mothers-to-be driven by Technology
The role technology plays in every facet of life cannot be over emphasized,for the organizers of Mamalette live, technology has…
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Meet Nigeria’s new Minister of Science and Technology- Dr.Ogbonnaya Onu
The new global economy is one that ranks nations top of the other based on their Science and Technology Development.For…
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Nigeria:President Buhari Swears in Ministers,becomes Minister of Petroleum Resources
President of Nigeria,Muhammadu Buhari today swore in Ministers to help him oversee the affairs of the country.Interestingly the President himself…
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Raising the Next Generation of African Leaders:2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders
The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders which begun in 2014, is the flagship program of President Obama’s Young…
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African Innovators selected for Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation by the Royal Academy of Engineering.
A solar-powered high-tech greenhouse, systems to stop electricity theft, and food supplements made from caterpillars are among twelve innovations shortlisted…
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When Big Data, Cloud and Internet of Things Technologies can enable African Startups become Disruptive.
The new technologies making waves now revolve around Big Data, Cloud and Internet of Things. We are really getting so…
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Leveraging the Growing Digital Opportunities in Nigeria
Image illustration from Bangkokpost Opportunities around digital economy is increasingly growing in most regions of Africa especially in Nigeria.For West African…
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Oracle announces latest products across the 3 Layers of Cloud at the Oracle Open World 2015
As the Oracle Open World 2015 enters into its second day, Oracle has announced several products across the three layers…
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Oracle and Intel team up to Empower Businesses and Enterprises with latest Big Data and Cloud Solutions ahead of IBM.
The whole idea of new technologies and trends like Big Data, Cloud and also internet of things is to…
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Introducing TECNO WinPad 10 Powered by Intel and Microsoft
The Tecno WinPad 10 is the…
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One Year After,Nigerians Celebrate Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh,the courageous doctor who identified and contained the first case of Ebola in Nigeria
Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh was the courageous doctor who identified and contained the first case of Ebola in Nigeria….
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Microsoft appoints Amrote Abdella as Regional Director for Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative
Amrote Abdella has been announced as the new regional director for Microsoft’s 4Afrika Initiative, effective October 2015. Previously the director…
