Following anticipations and speculations, the new phone from Gionee was officially unveiled in Nigeria this morning. Despite its initial meeting with its consumers, it was love at first sight. On the various mini stages, the P5 mini in all its colours elicited sparkles of admiration. All wanted a feel of the sleek paragon of technology…
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is the key to improving education and thus boosting growth across Africa – but there is still widespread reluctance among teachers, trainers and managers to abandon traditional methods in favour of new solutions. That is one of the key findings in this year’s eLearning Africa Report, which will was…
The 10th edition of the prestigious *Titans of Tech *conference and exhibition is scheduled to hold July 29 -31, 2015 at the Oriental Hotel,Victoria Island, Lagos. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos weekend, Don Pedro Aganbi, Managing Consultant, Technology Africa, noted that “in today’s modern society,information communication technology (ICT) continues to play an increasingly…
All Amber, the organisers of highly acclaimed technology conferences across Sub-Saharan Africa,have secured a wide-ranging selection of international and local partners for the 5th edition of Mobile West Africa, which is scheduled to take place between 21 and 23 April in Lagos, Nigeria. Organisations confirmed to sponsor and exhibit at the event include MTN Nigeria,…
In a recent press statement from the company,TopCheck, the financial services price comparison platform, which launched in January 2015, has just closed a six digit Euros financing round.The Lagos based company allows users to compare prices of financial products such ascar insurance or health insurance. Users can receive a tailored quote on their desired…
EDITOR’S NOTE; Adebayo Sanni, who is the Country Director Nigeria at Oracle Corporation ,in this article looks at how the cloud debate is set to evolve with a focus on delivering business advantage. To date the real meat and potatoes of the cloud – the transformational cost and performance benefits it brings to…
Over the years following the Technology Trends in Nigeria,of key interest has been the constant development of the Nigeria Startup Ecosystem.So it becomes an exciting news when certain progresses are being made,as we receive this great news that Co-Creation Hub Nigeria(CcHub) is boosting her incubation program with the launch of a $500,000…
In an attempt to deepen the recent announcement of operations in Nigeria of Paypal, First Bank Nigeria Plc. will today launch her partnership with PayPal in Nigeria. The event which will feature top PayPal executives: Malvina Goldfeld, Head of Business Development for Africa at PayPal; and Efi Dahan, the Regional Director, Israel and…
With the happenings in economies around the world, Africa has suddenly become the next frontier of innovation ecosystem to conquer. It becomes important that African nations realize their place and collaborate with one another to build sustainable innovation ecosystems. As Innovation has become a universal language no matter where you come from, we…
With increased number of Technology Hubs and Incubators in several countries in Africa,the continent is no doubt fast becoming the home for Technology start-ups promoting Technology Entrepreneurship in Africa.The latest of such initiative is called think based in Kigali,Rwanda. Think,the newly established tech incubator in Kigali announced recently the call for applications to technology…
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, provides its support to the GSMA Pan-African mHealth Initiative (PAMI), a mobile ecosystem that aims to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa. Acting as one of the first leading partners in this ambitious undertaking, Gemalto is contributing its digital security expertise to…
Orange Telecom recently opened West Africa’s first very large-capacity IP Point of Presence(PoP). The operational launch of this facility, which is located in Abidjan,Côte d’Ivoire, is set to enhance Internet connectivity in the sub-region by offering faster connection speeds and improved reliability for wholesale customers. An IP Point of Presence is part of the technical…
One of the sectors that has been so revolutionised by Technology is the Media. As the media play vital role in setting agenda for the development of any society, it becomes very pertinent that our people begin to realise the strategic role of the media especially in the economic empowerment of our people…
Megan Smith and her team from Google X are visiting Nigeria this week and meeting up with Tech Start -ups at the Idea Hub this Friday to explore opportunities around the ecosystem in Africa. Megan Smith, who is the Vice President at Google X will also use the opportunity to support ideas from…
It is no longer news that the rate of unemployment in Nigeria is alarming, what interests me is to know the several initiatives being taken by private organizations to mitigate this hydra-headed problem of unemployment in our society. And so at a well-attended press event in Lagos last week, Phillips Consulting Limited, a leading…
GSK and Save the Children recently announced the launch of their second annual $1million Healthcare Innovation Award at the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health meeting in South Africa. The award was established to identify and reward innovations in healthcare that have proven successful in reducing child deaths in developing countries. From the 27…
Young Women who are aspiring Entrepreneurs in Africa can leverage the opportunity with the She Leads Africa’s Entrepreneur Showcase.She Leads Africa’s Entrepreneur Showcase is a platform that introduces the continent’s most promising female entrepreneurs to investors, accelerators, and mentors looking to invest in the next generation of African talent.We are looking for early…
WIN $500 a month for one year, one lap top, one intercontinental flight ticket to a destination of your choice and more African Press Organization(APO), the sole press release wire in Africa and the global leader in media relations relating to Africa, announced recently that entry is now open for the 2014 APO Media…
As the impact of technology is becoming very significant and also relevant in different aspects of life in Africa, Nigeria’s foremost technology innovation centre, Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) through their Social Change Lab has launched TechSQUAD. According to the brief made available to us recently, TechSQUAD is a network of highly skilled and professional software developers, designers and…
We just got this interesting report from Africa Press Organisation that Arthur Zang, 26, from Cameroon who has invented what is believed to be Africa’s first medical tablet, that will allow health-care workers in rural areas to send the results of cardiac tests to heart specialists via a mobile-phone connection has won the…
Last week I met the Founder of LEAP Africa,Mrs.Ndidi Nwuneli at the Seed Star World Startup Competition in Lagos,She did encourage the young people at that event to be involved in the LEAP Africa’s social Innvoator’s Award.And am also encouraging you to be part of it. Social Innovators Programme and Awards is an enhancement of LEAP’s…
As a Nigerian living in Lagos, I find it very interesting to read how people from other parts of the world describe their first experience in Lagos. No matter how they feel at first, every one of them will eventually want to revisit Lagos again and again. Nellie’s experience and thoughts about Nigeria and the…
‘Education is the key to everything”-Nelson Mandela Participants at the last eLearning Africa Conference in Kampala,Uganda, were in no doubt, however, that it is the combination of education and information technology that is critical to Africa’s future. Stanley Simataa,Namibia’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology, told a special meeting of ministers of education and…
The Secretary General of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)Council and the Chairman of Africa.com announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a goal of supporting socio-economic development on the African continent. Under the MOU, the two parties will support one another’s efforts in ensuring that Africa’s…
Finally as the ecommerce frenzy in the emerging markets like Nigeria is booming ,PayPal, a leading global payments provider, announced plans to introduce services into 10 new markets including Nigeria. As services go live, the people of Belarus, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Macedonia, Moldova,Monaco, Montenegro, Nigeria, Paraguay, and Zimbabwe will be able to register…
News from WACREN website says that Boubakar Barry has won the 2014 Network Information & Infrastructure (NII) Service Award. Dr Barry who comes from Senegal won the award for his commitment to capacity building and Internet development in Africa including his work in supporting the emergence and the strengthening of several research and education networks in…
Evernote, the company that is helping the world remember everything, is joining forces with the African Technology Foundation (ATF) to find Africa’s hottest homegrown talent in app design and development. Starting today, the ATF and Evernote will kick off their search to find and showcase the top African applications that integrate with the…
I was in a café in Barcelona when I heard the news: Facebook acquires Whatsapp for $19b! The fact that the acquisition story circulated within the same news cycle as the civil unrest in Ukraine was weirdly ironic. Jan Koum, the Ukrainian founder of Whatsapp, had successfully negotiated an acquisition deal with net…
The Middle East and Africa PC market (including Turkey) is tipped to end a dismal run of seven consecutive quarters of year-on-year declines in Q2 2014 by posting long-awaited growth of 3.2%, according to the latest forecasts from research and advisory services firm International Data Corporation (IDC). The recently compiled results for Q1…
After 3 years IBM is delighted to report that their IBM Global Entrepreneurial Initiative has been gaining significant momentum in the region.The goal of the initiative has been to build relationships with quality Startups to help accelerate these partners to market quickly and cost effectively with a sustainable and profitable model. All this success…