The Republic of Benin (Benin) has become the 17th Member State of Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), Africa’s premier infrastructure development finance institution. Hon. Romuald Wadagni, Minister of Economy & Finance, formally acceded to AFC membership by signing the Letter of Adherence on 7 November, 2017. Benin, therefore, joins the list of Francophone African States that…
More than 100 senior executives, entrepreneurs and thought-leaders from media, tech, business and civil society will gather in Accra from Sunday 12 to Tuesday 14 November, for the annual Africa Business Media Innovators summit (ABMI), to discuss the changing face of media and new hybrid models. Convened by Bloomberg Philanthropies in partnership with the Ford Foundation, Africa…
Africa-ASEAN Business Expo & Forum in Johannesburg,South Africa is designed to be the strategic platform that links businesses between ASEAN and the African Union.Investors, manufacturers, importers and distributors will meet their counterparts from ten South East Asian (ASEAN) nations at the inaugural Africa-ASEAN Business Expo (AABE) and Forum. DATE: 6 to 8 November 2017 TIME: All day VENUE: Sandton Convention Centre…
The Mastercard Foundation recently announced that its fifth annual Symposium on Financial Inclusion (SoFI) will take place in Accra, Ghana, on November 7 – 9, 2017. The Symposium champions the idea that, to achieve greater financial inclusion, financial service providers in developing countries must do more to meet the needs and expectations of people living…
Times of Israel reports recently that Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is launching a global research project with ambitious goals – and an Israeli research hub.The Alibaba Group announced on Wednesday the creation of a global “Academy” dedicated to innovation and technological collaboration. The program – which Alibaba says will see $15 billion in R&D investment over…
Digital Lab Africa call for projects is open to any professional or individual in multimedia creation: artists, producers, start-up, SMEs, collectives, students or entrepreneurs from Sub-Saharan Africa. The applicants have to be based in this region or being nationals of one of the Sub-Saharan African countries, provided the project development is mostly implemented locally. Digital Lab Africa is looking for projects at…
DFS Lab, a fintech accelerator funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, recently announced they were accepting applications for their third fintech bootcamp, which will be held Dec. 3-9,2017 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Lab seeks to identify promising entrepreneurs and invest in companies that focus specifically on consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa and…
Access to legal knowledge and services in Nigeria is a big challenge for individuals,businesses and organisations.This is why we are excited at how technology can be used to solve this problem and Enyioma Madubuike and his team has set out to provide legal services and acess to Nigerians through Legitng.com Legitng an online legal content and referral…
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has announced the seventh edition of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) themed “investing in inclusive innovation ecosystems” thereby inviting submissions to reward the best home-grown innovations on the continent. The annual Award seeks to celebrate outstanding breakthroughs that deliver practical, and commercially viable African solutions that are innovative and sustainable. Affirming AIF’s purpose to catalyse the innovation…
The 2017 edition of the Nigeria Innovation Summit with the theme: ‘Transforming Nigeria’s Economy through Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship’, organized by Emerging Media, held at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos on September 7, 2017 was successfully concluded with the participation of over 350 delegates and stakeholders. The delegates cut across Federal and State government, International…
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The Nigeria Innovation Summit is an 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 as we work together to bridge the digital divide.This summit helps Nigeria embrace innovation and move in the direction of digital transformation through the use of…
The Nigeria Innovation Summit (NIS), an international annual event that promotes innovation in Nigeria is set to once again gather stakeholders across all sectors of Nigeria’s economy to share ideas, trends, and opportunities around technology, innovation and entrepreneurship development. The Summit scheduled to hold on September 7, 2017 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, with the…
Dubai Future Accelerators is an intensive 9-week program pairing the world’s most exciting technology companies with leading government organizations to create transformational solutions. The organizers said” For our 3rd cohort starting on October 1st, we are working with 12 government partners from Dubai, including Dubai Police, Road and Transport Authority, Emirates Airline as well the…
The Federal Ministry of Communications Nigeria has developed a 3 year ICT Roadmap for Nigeria.According to the ministry,the National ICT Road map thus sets out the intent and commitment of the Government to continue the development of the ICT Sector and to implement the Sector policies and plans in an integrated, focused and innovative manner that…
The challenges Africa face can only be solved by Africans. Every continent faces one challenge or the other but the difference between Africa and other continents is that Africa is yet to identify her strength, yet to create a strategy as to take up the responsibility of building her future rather than the over dependence…
The 2017 African Economic Conference (AEC) will be held from 4-6 December in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the theme, ‘Governance for Structural Transformation.’ AEC will among other things, foster dialogue that promotes the exchange of ideas and innovative thinking among researchers, development practitioners and African policymakers. The 12th edition of the Conference series will offer…
Ten teams of 21 budding African social entrepreneurs have been selected as winners of the Resolution Social Venture Challenge at the Baobab Summit in Johannesburg. Winning teams earn a fellowship that includes seed funding, mentorship and access to a network of young global changemakers to pursue impactful projects in their communities. A collaboration between the…
The energy sector of sub-Saharan Africa is not yet able to meet the needs and aspirations of its citizens, with almost 600 million people lacking access to electricity. Only seven countries — Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa — have electricity access rates exceeding 50 percent. The rest of the region…
Jack Ma the CEO/Founder of Alibaba Announces 4 Projects To Support African Youths Youth connekt summit in Kigali, Rwanda. The billionaire arrived with a delegation aboard three planes that landed at Kigali international airport to attend the summit also attended by Rwanda President Paul Kagame. Under project number one – Jack Ma has invited 200…
HUB8, a global provider of web hosting, domain services has launched its Nigerian-focused website, HUB8.NG with a promise to help Nigerian brands, businesses and organisations succeed online through its wide range of web services. The web hosting company which is poised to help Nigerians kick-start their online adventure as a ‘Growth Partner’ is offering free…
Israel as a Startup Nation is doing well for itself in bringing out great innovations from Israel to the world.The Tel Aviv Startup ecosystem which is ranked the 3rd in the world is a major contributor to Israel being a leading innovation ecosystem. There is so much African Startups can gain from the Israel Innovation…
Nigeria Innovation Summit 2017 will focus on Technology,Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Nigeria.The summit will hold on September 7-8,2017 at Sheraton Hotels,Ikeja lagos. The Nigeria Innovation Summit is an 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 as we work together to…
PayU has rolled out strategies to intensify efforts to connect businesses to Nigeria’s online payment market. Annual online payments in Nigeria is estimated to surpass N200 billion this year from N167 billion in 2016. Country Manager of PayU Nigeria, Ms Juliet Nwanguma, says, “In order to pursue PayU’s aggressive expansion in the online payment market…
The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in partnership with Robert Bosch Stiftung, today announces the launch of NEF Africa Science Week in 13 African countries throughout June 2017. NEF Ambassadors, local science and technology champions, together with support of local academic, public and private sector stakeholders…
Organisations across the world are investing in the digital transformation to remain relevant to their customers and survive disruption. The Internet of Things (IoT) is one element in this transformation journey and has the potential to transform every industry, even traditional ones. According to Dr Muneer Zuhdi, Director of Solution Line Management in the Global…
Roman Oseghale, an Architect, Business Analyst and CEO. of IntelServe Inc. a Canadian Business Analytical Services company, has identified human capital development as the key to developing sustainable economic growth for Nigeria. Speaking at The Platform recently, Mr. Oseghale argued that Africa which is one of the 6 continents is the richest in Mineral Resources but the…
With new-generation services starting today in Benin, Cameroon, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Uganda, Konnect Africa (www.Konnect-Africa.com) is confirming its bold ambitions for Sub-Saharan Africa. The company’s innovative service offerings and products, included packaged offers inspired by ‘pay as you go’ models and Wi-Fi hotspots schemes, have already convinced a number of…
West Africa’s premier Connectivity and Data Center Solutions Company, MainOne has reinforced its commitment to building out West Africa’s Data Center capacity at the Data Center Africa Summit taking place at the DataCloud Europe 2017 conference in Monaco this week. During the event, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Funke Opeke was nominated as one…
South Africa, Mauritius, Kenya lead Innovation in sub Saharan Africa in the recently released Global Innovation Index for 2017. Each year, the Global Innovation Index( GII ) surveys some 130 economies using dozens of metrics, from patent filings to education spending providing decision makers a high-level look at the innovative activity that increasingly drives economic…