Afreximbank provides grant to Grand Africa Initiative to train African youth entrepreneurs on delivering AfCFTA goals
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Afreximbank provides grant to Grand Africa Initiative to train African youth entrepreneurs on delivering AfCFTA goals

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Cairo, 18 July 2022 – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced a grant to Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN) to train two hundred young African entrepreneurs on entrepreneurship and intra-African trade over a three-month period starting July 2022. The GAIN-Afreximbank Masterclass on Entrepreneurship and Intra-African Trade is a three-month programme designed to equip participants from across…

Ransomware Attacks on Education Institutions Increase, Sophos Survey Shows
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Ransomware Attacks on Education Institutions Increase, Sophos Survey Shows

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Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Education 2022. The findings reveal that education institutions – both higher and lower education – are increasingly being hit with ransomware, with 60% suffering attacks in 2021 compared to 44% in 2020. Education institutions faced the highest…

TechBridge Invest signs agreement with Moringa to promote Digital Skills for Tech Ventures in Mombasa
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TechBridge Invest signs agreement with Moringa to promote Digital Skills for Tech Ventures in Mombasa

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MOMBASA, Kenya, July 14th 2022…Moringa is excited to have TechBridge Invest onboard as a partner to facilitate training of students outside Nairobi. This partnership will see students from Mombasa join the 20 week Software Engineering course offered by Moringa as part of the tech institution’s mission to build talent and opportunities through tech based learning….

Response Architects partners with Alibaba under Exclusive Agreement to Launch Livestream Shopping across Africa.
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Response Architects partners with Alibaba under Exclusive Agreement to Launch Livestream Shopping across Africa.

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LAGOS, 11 July 2022 — Response Architects, operators of ShopEX, has teamed up with Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, under an exclusive agreement to launch an African livestream shopping platform, Penda, in major markets including Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya. Leveraging on the successful launch of ShopEX’s teleshopping model, Penda…

Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN) Partners with the Development Bank of Nigeria to Train Nigerian Women in Entrepreneurship
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Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN) Partners with the Development Bank of Nigeria to Train Nigerian Women in Entrepreneurship

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Grand Africa Initiative-GAIN and the Development Bank of Nigeria Plc (DBN) have announced a collaboration to train two hundred young Nigerian Women in an entrepreneurship course titled “GAIN Entrepreneurship Masterclass for Women (Nigeria)”, starting in July 2022. The course is designed to equip selected young women entrepreneurs from across the country with entrepreneurial knowledge and skills…

Eko Innovation Centre, Eko Carbon, and Commodity Launch Ekoclimathon 1.0 in Conjunction with Generation Unlimited 9ja
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Eko Innovation Centre, Eko Carbon, and Commodity Launch Ekoclimathon 1.0 in Conjunction with Generation Unlimited 9ja

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On Friday, July 8th, 2022, Eko Innovation Center, Eko Carbon, and Commodity will be collaborating with Generation Unlimited 9Ja to gather together Nigerian innovators for the first climate mitigation hackathon tagged EkoClimathon 1.0. Eko Innovation Centre is one of the leading tech hubs in Nigeria, curating events like Art of Technology Lagos, and The Lagos…

Africa Data Hub Announces First Cohort of it’s Community Journalism Fellowship
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Africa Data Hub Announces First Cohort of it’s Community Journalism Fellowship

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Africa Data Hub is thrilled to announce recipients of the first cohort of the ADH Community Journalism Fellowship. The Africa Data Hub is a reputable and up-to-date source for COVID-19-related data on the African continent. It supports and promotes quality access to information, and data-driven journalism to facilitate evidence-based decision-making across the continent. The ADH Community…

Cybersecurity skills survey highlights opportunities for diverse talents in South Africa
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Cybersecurity skills survey highlights opportunities for diverse talents in South Africa

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Cape Town, South Africa, 30 June 2022 – More than half of cybersecurity professionals agree that people don’t need a university degree to have a successful career in cybersecurity, despite 85% of those professionals holding degrees related to IT, computer science technology.  Forty-five percent of those surveyed reported working in careers and professions other than cybersecurity in…

Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Organizations Increased 94% in 2021, According to Sophos Global Survey
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Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Organizations Increased 94% in 2021, According to Sophos Global Survey

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Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2022.” The findings reveal a 94% increase in ransomware attacks on the organizations surveyed in this sector. In 2021, 66% of healthcare organizations were hit; 34% were hit the previous year. The silver lining, however, is…

Proven Consult Partners with Leading Insurance Firm in Africa to Provide Intelligent Business Automation
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Proven Consult Partners with Leading Insurance Firm in Africa to Provide Intelligent Business Automation

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Nairobi, Kenya – June 22, 2022 – Proven Consult, a leading automation technology firm, has partnered with a prominent insurance company headquartered in Nairobi, and operating in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. The partnership aims to accelerate digital transformation in the insurance industry in Africa through the implementation of Proven Consult’s latest technologies and marks the…

Microsoft enabling digital transformation in agriculture to solve for food security in Africa
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Microsoft enabling digital transformation in agriculture to solve for food security in Africa

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15 June 2022 Microsoft hosted a virtual roundtable panel discussion about digital transformation in agriculture for food security in Africa. The roundtable explored how accelerating digital transformation in agriculture is leading to agritech developments that have a tangible positive impact on food security in Africa. With agriculture sustaining up to 70% of Africa’s livelihoods, Microsoft is…

Three Things You Can Do To Lead a Productive Tech Team
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Three Things You Can Do To Lead a Productive Tech Team

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Leadership comes with a lot of responsibilities and sometimes sacrifice. As a result-oriented leader, you must be always willing to take responsibility for everything that happens within your department. Since I started leading a team of over twenty (20) developers at my current employment, I can tell for sure that there are a couple of…

The Technology Innovation Agency and the SAB Foundation form a partnership to further support innovation
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The Technology Innovation Agency and the SAB Foundation form a partnership to further support innovation

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(8 June 2022, Johannesburg) The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation, and the SAB Foundation have announced a partnership to promote social entrepreneurship development in South Africa. The SAB Foundation describes social entrepreneurship as business solutions to social problems. The partnership will see TIA and SAB Foundation co-investing…

Attacker Dwell Time Increased by 36%, Sophos’ Active Adversary Playbook 2022 Reveals
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Attacker Dwell Time Increased by 36%, Sophos’ Active Adversary Playbook 2022 Reveals

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OXFORD June 8, 2022 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today released the “Active Adversary Playbook 2022,” detailing attacker behaviors that Sophos’ Rapid Response team saw in the wild in 2021. The findings show a 36% increase in dwell time, with a median intruder dwell time of 15 days in 2021 versus 11 days…

ShopEX Raises $635,000, as it Aims to be the QVC of Africa
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ShopEX Raises $635,000, as it Aims to be the QVC of Africa

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LAGOS, 1 June 2022 — ShopEX, a multi-channel retail business based in Nigeria and exclusive distributors of some of the world’s most successful ‘As Seen On TV’ products has raised a pre seed funding of $400,000 from Cape Town venture capital firm, HAVAÍC. The investment forms part of a US$635,000 convertible notes round alongside existing angel investors,…

Ndukwe Kalu Foundation Calls for Improved Online Protection of Children
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Ndukwe Kalu Foundation Calls for Improved Online Protection of Children

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LAGOS; MAY 27, 2022: Ndukwe Kalu Foundation (NKF), a non-for-profit organization aimed at promoting knowledge in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and proper use of internet among the youth, has called for improved and equal physical and online protection of children. The Foundation, speaking on the occasion of Children’s Day 2022, observes that the exponential…

Sophos Named a Leader in 2022 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Endpoint Protection, Detection and Response
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Sophos Named a Leader in 2022 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Endpoint Protection, Detection and Response

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Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced it has been named a leader in the 2022 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Endpoint Protection, Detection and Response. It is commended as an Overall Leader, sweeping all product, innovation and market leadership ratings. “An increasing number of organizations are being hit with ransomware, and the average ransom payment…

Eko Innovation Centre & Gdm Group to Round Off Markhack 1.0 Hackathon With a Closing Ceremony & Gala Night on 18TH May 2o22
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Eko Innovation Centre & Gdm Group to Round Off Markhack 1.0 Hackathon With a Closing Ceremony & Gala Night on 18TH May 2o22

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Eko Innovation Centre, one of the leading tech hubs in Nigeria, curators of events like Art of Technology Lagos, and The Lagos Smart Meter Hackathon amongst others, together with GDM Group, Nigeria’s leading marketing and innovation company is changing the narrative around innovation in media and marketing. To achieve their goal of creating lasting and innovative solutions…

Orodata Science Launches Vaccine Tracker Towards Equitable Economic Recovery To Improve Access To Data
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Orodata Science Launches Vaccine Tracker Towards Equitable Economic Recovery To Improve Access To Data

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Orodata Science sets another significant milestone with the launch of its vaccine tracker, “Orodata Covid19 Vaccine Tracker” driven towards achieving equitable economic recovery by improving access to data. COVID-19 precipitated a global economic crisis, and even as wealthier nations are bouncing back, it is creating a great divergence between them and the rest of the world….

Have a big idea to disrupt the Marketing and Media in Nigeria? Apply to win upto $20,000 at the MarkHack 1.0.
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Have a big idea to disrupt the Marketing and Media in Nigeria? Apply to win upto $20,000 at the MarkHack 1.0.

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Are you a student, entrepreneur, tech enthusiast, creator, developer, marketing professional, media practitioner, or project manager with a big idea that can disrupt Marketing and Media in Nigeria? You can win up to $20,000 at MarkHack 1.0. We are faced with a fast-changing ecosystem, with new media frontiers, new consumption patterns, and a new way…

Twentyten Daily, a Platform that Provides Access to Data Celebrates Its First Anniversary
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Twentyten Daily, a Platform that Provides Access to Data Celebrates Its First Anniversary

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TwentyTen Daily is celebrating its first anniversary, a milestone marked by many exciting moments with its own fair share of highs and lows. Over the past one year, with its team made up of journalists, data visualization experts and media innovators. It has extensively published in-depth data driven stories and reports under a wide range…