Tech incubator think Rwanda recently announced four new entrants to its incubator as part of a new think Accelerated program. In addition to think’s signature 6-month “core” program, the company has developed a high-intensity 3-month offering. This new track will allow more opportunities for pan-African start-ups to benefit from a faster, more immersive course in…
Personal information can be defined as any piece of information that can be used to identify an individual. This not only constitutes obvious identifiers such as name, address , date of birth, credit card, national identity card number, it also includes health information, sexual preference, online activity, IP address, GPS location (The list goes on…..)….
– $5 million committed by African Governments and ‘Africa Business Champions for Science’ during launch hosted by HE President Macky Sall of Senegal -Will award grants for 10,000 PhD scholarships in Africa over ten years, as part of the World Bank ‘Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET)’ programme -Declaration of the founding countries (Ethiopia, Rwanda and…
Oracle will host its annual Oracle Partner Network global kickoff event on June 23, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. PT. The live,online event will provide partners with the strategies and information they need to embrace the cloud and profit with Oracle. Partners can register to participate in the webcast here. For more than a decade, Oracle…
The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has announced that Dr. Ernest Ndukwe will serve as the National Coordinator of the A4AI Nigeria Coalition. Dr. Ndukwe is the former CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and chaired the Presidential Committee that produced Nigeria’s National Broadband Plan. As National Coordinator, Dr.Ndukwe will work with the A4AI Nigeria…
As eCommerce is gaining more acceptance in Africa,more organisations are beginning to explore several ways to tackle one of the biggest challenges of eCommerce in the region which is online payment.Am excited as more progresses are made in this regard in Nigeria. Konga,a leading eCommerce portal in Nigeria is trying their hands on their own…
In this latest Report and insight from The Economist titled:Enabling a more Productive Nigeria:Powering SMEs.I find this a great insight and a road map of a great future for Nigeria as an Emerging economy in the world.The report points out clearly that Nigeria’s future can be redefined by tackling the challenges and embracing several opportunities. The…
I would like to share with you the recent report from the Internet Society which points to rapid internet growth in Africa and also outlines the path to explore more opportunities for Africans. The summary of the report states that the global Internet continues to grow at an exponential rate, bringing with it new ways of…
As a part of the country’s efforts to increase IT exports and achieve ambitious economic goals, Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) helped setting out a number of partnership protocols and concluding business agreements between Egyptian companies and 17 leading African telecom companies, financial institutions and ICT enterprises, in 6 different African countries, in…
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 Africa Business Champions for Science is a new group of influential figures from industry with a passion for science, technology and innovation on the continent.Alongside Dr Álvaro Sobrinho of Angola, Lionel Zinsou of Benin (CEO and Chairman of PAI Partners) and Justin Chinyanta of Zambia (CEO and Chairman of Loita Capital Partners), have…
Seedstar’s Start-up pitch will be coming to 12 cities in Africa this May 26th 2015 till November 27th 2015. If your Start-up is in Africa you can apply on their website here. If you win then you stand a chance of competing for the $1.5 million dollars in equity at the Seedstars World competition. The 12…
Konga.com the largest online mall in Nigeria is now selling Dangote cement online. It was reported by techpoint.ng this morning that the CEO of Konga, Sim Shagaya tweeted the listing of Dangote Cement on its website for a whooping price of 1.935 million Naira. This is somehow a signal of the growth of E-commerce websites…
The $100 Million Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme – an annual programme of training, funding and mentoring, designed to empower the next generation of African entrepreneurs – is now open for entries through its application portal The flagship entrepreneurship programme from the Tony Elumelu Foundation opens its application portal for entries at 12:01am WAT on…
Today’s youth will be responsible for delivering the post-2015 development agenda, also known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) when they expire at the end of 2015. The SDGs will be more ambitious than the MDGs, covering a broad range of interconnected issues, from sustainable economic…
By Mark Walker, Regional Director: Sub-Saharan Africa, IDC It’s April 7, 1964, and while the Beatles are telling the world that ‘Money Can’t Buy Me Love’, IBM is attempting to convince the business community that it can at least buy you a decent mainframe. The IBM System/360 – touted as the Big Blue’s most…
As the Ebola crisis continues to hit hard in West Africa, Inveneo recently launched its Ebola Response Connectivity Initiative (ERCI)to bring Internet connectivity to doctors, nurses, and others working at medical centers located in Sierra Leone. On Wednesday December 10th, several of the team’s engineers, contractors, and few employees gathered together in San Francisco for…
Watch the launch here The Tony Elumelu Foundation has announced the launch of a $100m Pan-African entrepreneurship initiative – The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme – a multi-year programme of training, funding, and mentoring, designed to empower the next generation of African entrepreneurs. The programme is the first initiative of its kind to…
With the right mix of innovation, business focus, accountability and ambition, women entrepreneurs can spear-head the on-going evolution of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry in the 21st century and relegate their male counterparts to the back seat. This bold assertion came from Chairman of Zinox Group, Mr. Leo Stan Ekeh, who was…
President Goodluck Jonathan had on August 28, 2014, heralded the official launch of the eID card pilot scheme. As part of the pilot phase, the Nigeria Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has started to issue identity cards with MasterCards’s electronic functionality to 13 million Nigerians. This initiative is the largest rollout of a biometric-based verification card…
Facebook has joined several organisations that have been fighting Ebola.After Mark Zuckerberg donated $25 Million to help fight ebola See his latest effort in mobilizing the world to support this cause,in his words: I want to make sure Facebook does its part to help fight Ebola. So today, we’re announcing three things: – We’re…
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has opened its annual call for fellowship applications. This opportunity is for those who wish to spend the 2015-2016 academic year in residence in Cambridge, MA as part of Berkman’s community of pioneers, and who seek to deeply engage in…
The Telecommunications/ICT4D Laboratory (T/ICT4D) of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Trieste, Italy) is organizing a Workshop on Scientific Applications for the Internet of Things (IoT) to be held at the ICTP, Trieste, Italy, from 16 to 27 March 2015. This Workshop is co-sponsored by the International Telecommunications Union, Telecommunication Development…
Samsung still leads with 45% of the Smartphone Market share in Middle East and Africa The Middle East and Africa (MEA) handset market grew to its largest size in ten quarters in Q2 2014, expanding 27% year on year to total 64 million units. The latest insights from global advisory and consulting services firm…
Few months ago we reported of the newly opened incubator in Rwanda called think.Today think announced its first group of companies selected for support. The four selected teams represent innovative, digital, private sector solutions that demonstrate the potential to scale across Africa.They were chosen from more than 150 applications from across the…
International Telecommunications Union(ITU) in partnership with the IEEE Internet of Things(IoT) Initiative through the Young Innovators Challenge 2014,are looking for the best ideas for new businesses and innovations that can take advantage of the potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) to be used for social good and thus improve lives of people…
Are you leading a project or an enterprise that is benefiting developing communities? Are you passionate about making the world a better place? Do you have the ambition to make your project/enterprise financially sustainable? Take the next step by applying to the SE Outreach Accelerator! The SE Outreach Accelerator is an exciting 8 week…
Washington, D.C ‘s 1776, the global incubator and investment fund, recently announced Challenge Cup 2015, an annual world-wide competition that spans 16 cities in 11 countries to identify the most promising startups with the best ideas to solve the world’s biggest challenges. The competition kicks off in two U.S. cities — Washington, D.C., on October 21…
Spurred by increased infrastructural investments, improved connectivity and affordability, positive government interventions, and the spread of mobility, the African digital media landscape is rapidly evolving, according to global IT market intelligence firm International Data Corporation (IDC). Referencing its ‘Assessment and Outlook of the Digital Media Ecosystem in Africa’ report, IDC today said the future…
Cloud computing is an umbrella term used to describe a group of technologies. Unlike previous computer technologies that relied on decentralized, essentially independent computers and software, cloud computing unifies resources through web-based applications and tools, storing data and software alike in a remote server. Cloud computing potentially allows computers or smartphones to be…