In a drive to discover emerging filmmaking talents, Netflix and UNESCO have partnered to launch a creative short film competition. Focused on a common goal, Netflix and UNESCO believe in the importance of promoting diverse local stories and bringing them to the world. Through this competition, both organisations seek to ensure the African tradition is…
DATE: October 29, 2021 (10am – 12pm EST) LOCATION: Virtual THEME: Global Health and Mental Wellness in a Post Pandemic World? What’s Next?” MEMO: An initiative hosted by the Global Startup Ecosystem in partnership with Google Cloud, AWS, IBM Cloud, Hubspot, Sendgrid, & More with 10 Global Speakers and 3,000 Digital Delegates for the day…
Africa-focused venture capital firm TLcom Capital will host the third edition of the Africa Tech Female Founder Summit virtually tomorrow (Wednesday, October 13). Themed “Board and C-Suite Matters – Counsel, Coach and Collaborate”, the third Female Founder Summit will deliver expert insights on how to build and leverage a senior team and board to drive…
Zoho Corporation has been named the lead sponsors of Africa Tech Alliance Forum 2021 (#AfriTECH2021), by the organisers. The hybride event (both online and physical) will take place on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at Oriental Hotel, Lekki Lagos by 10:00am with Olatomiwa Williams, Country Manager of Microsoft Nigeria presenting the keynote address. Andrew Bourne, Regional Manager (Africa), Zoho Corporation will lead a…
Africa’s biggest digital skills initiative, SAP Africa Code Week (ACW), officially launched yesterday with a strong focus on virtual learning as the continent struggles to recover after COVID-19 disruption. The launch coincided with World Teacher’s Day, which focuses this year on “teachers at the heart of education recovery”. Speaking at a virtual event to mark both World Teacher’s…
Welcoming investors to join the 8th edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit #AESIS2021 online and offline on 4 – 5 November 2021. VC4A and the African Business Angel Network (ABAN) are pleased to announce the 8th edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (#AESIS2021) which will take place online and offline from…
Deadline: 11 October, 2021 The University of Cape Town (UCT) Graduate School of Business (GSB) Solution Space, in partnership with Ayoba, has opened applications for the Cohort Five of the E-Track Programme. The programme serves as a platform for corporate partners to engage and collaborate on specific research and development agendas. Designed to support individuals…
The Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa (HISA) returns on the 17 and 18 November 2021. There is simply no other event in Africa like HISA2021 – this virtual congress seeks to join the dots between innovation and practicality, presenting the latest healthcare technologies and showcasing their practical application and integration into existing healthcare infrastructure. Join IT News Africa at this year’s summit…
The ninth edition of the Angel Fair Africa event will take place in Mauritius in November, with Dr James Mwangi and Esther Dyson as keynote speakers. The annual Angel Fair Africa is an event that brings together accelerators, incubators and emerging businesses from across the African continent and investors to do deals. This year’s edition takes place…
LAGOS; September 30, 2021: The Nigeria Innovation Summit (NIS) 2021, the virtual edition, scheduled for Tuesday, October 5 and Wednesday, October 6 2021, has received the support of critical industry stakeholders. Nigeria Innovation Summit in its 6th year is an annual event that brings together stakeholders from different sectors of Nigeria’s economy to share ideas, trends,…
Africa Tech Alliance Forum 2021 (#AfriTECH) has received support from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), African ICT Foundation (AfictF) and InnovationBed.Africa. The Forum sponsored by Zoho (Platinum sponsor), Rack Centre, CloudFlex Computing Limited Digital Encode, Galaxy Backbone Limited, Notion Technologies, NewWave Ecosystems Limited (Konn3ct.com) and Zinochrome International Nigeria Limited, also enjoys…
The third edition of the Cyberchain Conference, which is a two-day event, will kick off on the 19th of November at the Lagos Oriental Hotel. With the theme for this year unveiled, the conference will revolve around “Enabling The Digital Economy.” The Cyberchain convener, Jude Ozinegbe, made it clear during a media parley that the…
LinkedIn earlier this month unveiled a new push around creators to bring more original content (and engagement) to its platform, but that’s not the only effort they are making to bring more activity to its networking site. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that LinkedIn is also running a test around events — specifically, paid events. We were…
In a bid to encourage innovation, develop the entrepreneurship mindset and deepen technical expertise among youths in Nigeria, the Nigeria Fintech Week has announced it will be holding a National Innovation Challenge alongside the 2021 edition of the conference. The National Innovation Challenge, which is open to tertiary institutions across the country, is aimed at…
Nigerian startups have been invited to apply to pitch for share of a US$30,000 pre-seed equity funding pool provided by SSE Angel Network at the upcoming StartupSouth event. Disrupt Africa reported earlier this month the Southeast Nigerian city of Enugu will host the sixth edition of the StartupSouth conference, the biggest startup and innovation-focused event in…
Enugu to host Nigeria’s latest StartupSouth conference Written by TOM JACKSON The Southeast Nigerian city of Enugu will host the sixth edition of the StartupSouth conference, the biggest startup and innovation-focused event in the South-South/South-East of Nigeria, in October. StartupSouth attracts founders, investors, public officials and top technology brands from across the region and beyond,…
Meet the Top 14 Finalists of the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize 2021 Written by Jane Machigere Meet the 14 young Agripreneurs competing for this year’s prestigious GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize. These finalists shall be facing a team of experienced judges during the Cheetah’s Chase session at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) on Wednesday, 8th September at 2…
Ride-hailing startup Kai Senegal raises seed funding round Written by TOM JACKSON Ride-hailing service Kai Senegal has raised a round of seed funding from Mobility 54, the corporate venture capital arm of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, to help it scale. Founded in 2018, Kai Senegal is a technology-driven ride-hailing platform that connects customers to drivers via…
Konga co-CEO speaks on e-Commerce in Africa at Global Conference Written by Yinka Okeowo Prince Nnamdi Ekeh, co-CEO of Nigeria’s leading e-commerce giant, Konga Group and Founder, Yudala.com, has been solely selected to speak on a global conversation on e-commerce in Africa. The session holds today, Friday, August 27, 2021 by 5pm. Specifically, the conference which…
Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH2021), has offered stakeholders in the telecommunications and ICT sector the platform to showcase solutions to drive digital transformation on the continent. The TechEconomy.ng’s annual event formerly known as Mobile & Disruptive Technology Forum (MoDiTECH) has been scheduled to take place on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 by 10:00am (WAT). The hydride event with…
Wazo Challenge East Africa is open for applications for tech entrepreneurs across Eastern Africa Hindsight Ventures, Africa focussed vertical of Startup Réseau, has announced Wazo Challenge East Africa as its latest program catering to tech entrepreneurs in the region. The India-headquartered emerging markets focussed startup accelerator has been ramping its program operations in East Africa…
Innovation Summit Organisers unveil agenda for 7th Nigeria Innovation Summit InnovationHub Africa has announced the top agenda for Nigeria Innovation Summit (NIS) 2021. The Summit in the past six years has attracted over 5,000 delegates, 100 speakers and panellists, 50 tertiary institutions and research centres and 25 government ministries and agencies, delegates from 27 states…
Nigeria Innovation Summit 2021 (Virtual Edition) to Discuss Charting a New Economic Path Through Technology, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Nigeria Innovation Summit in its 6th year is an annual event that brings together stakeholders from different sectors of Nigeria’s economy to share ideas, trends, opportunities around technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship development in Nigeria. Through previous editions in…
Preamble: The 2020 Virtual Edition of the Nigeria Innovation Summit with the theme: ‘Innovating In Critical Times, organized by InnovationHub Africa, and held on October 6-8, 2020 was successfully concluded with the participation of a good number of delegates and stakeholders who connected via Zoom, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The Summit in its 5th year…
Nigeria Innovation Week, a one-week long event that brings together stakeholders from different sectors of Nigeria’s economy, is set to hold from Tuesday, October 6, 2020 to Thursday October 8, 2020 with a focus on ‘Innovating in Critical Times’. The week is packed with several activities like innovation exhibitions, Nigeria Innovation Summit, Nigeria Innovation Awards,…
Nigeria Innovation Summit Calls for Collaborative Partnerships to Growing the Nigeria Innovation Ecosystem The 2019 edition of the Nigeria Innovation Summit with the theme: ‘Accelerating Nigeria’s Economic Growth Through Innovation’, organized by Emerging Media, held at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos on August 20-21, 2019 was successfully concluded with the participation of over 500 delegates and…
On May 21st & 22nd, a new edition of ICT Spring brought together more than 150 experts who shared their knowledge and discussed the latest FinTech and Digital trends. ICT Spring, a two-day event created in 2007 aims at facilitating the meeting of minds, encouraging emulation and networking with industry leaders, took place at the…
The 4th edition of the Nigeria Innovation Summit 2019 will focus on the theme: Accelerating Nigeria’s Economic Growth Through Innovation. The summit which will hold on August 20-21,2019 at Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria is an annual event that promotes the need for businesses, organizations, entrepreneurs and government in Nigeria to become more innovative and…
Nigeria Innovation Summit in its 4th year has become the leading annual event that focuses on the need for the country, businesses, organisations, entrepreneurs in Nigeria to become more innovative, and apply innovation to drive sustainable development. This Summit helps Nigeria embrace innovation like never before through the use of Emerging Technologies and Trends, Research,…
A new edition of ICT Spring Europe 2019 in Luxembourg will be held on May 21st & 22nd, with more than 100 experts sharing their knowledge and discussing the latest Digital, FinTech and Space trends. ICT Spring, a two-day event created in 2007 aims at facilitating the meeting of minds,encouraging emulation and networking with industry…