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…
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…
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…
Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (NAE), on behalf of the NNPC/NAE/OANDO PSC, is committed to the training and development of manpower as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme.In pursuance of this, NAE invites applications from suitably qualified and interested Nigerian graduates for the 2014/2015 Post Graduate Scholarship Award Scheme. The award is in…
Ericsson, a world leader in communications technology and services, has today revealed the scale of the region’s ongoing data revolution with traffic growth doubling the past year. The June 2014 Sub-Saharan Africa Ericsson Mobility Report shows that in 2014 phone users accessed 76,000 TB (terabyte) of data per month, double the 2013 figure…
Intel Corporation has restated commitment to modern teaching and learning techniques with investment in electronic educational resources to encourage the youths get access to quality education in a pleasant manner. The company announced this at the 4th Edition of the Education Network Conference 2014 (EduNet) tagged “Fostering Technology Entrepreneurship in Nigerian Universities, “held at the…
Watching the rate of growth, adoption and competition of Internet business and ecommerce in Nigeria and in Africa, it really leaves one with keen interest embedded with huge opportunities that can transform the economic development in the region. The success stories of Internet companies under the Africa Internet Holding is one worthy of…
The list of notable speakers for the 2014 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable have continued to increase with the latest being the co-chairman, Nigeria National Broadband Council, Dr. Ernest Ndukwe. Just as the Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson has accepted to declare the event…
Intent on providing cutting edge banking services to its customers round the clock, leading retail bank, Diamond Bank PLC has announced the upgrade of its mobile-based banking application –the Diamond Mobile app. With this upgrade, subscribers of the mobile app can carry out more banking transactions beyond funds transfers and bills payment…
The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) plc, Mr. Austin Okere has been named as the chairman of the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) 2014. Confirming this development, the chairperson of the Local Multi-stakeholders Advisory Group (LMAG) of the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum, Mrs. Mary Uduma, said that Mr….
With the introduction of GSM in Nigeria few years ago, the use of Mobile phones quickly became very big in the country. Its socio-economic impact on the lives of Nigerians has been very significant. As this growth continues exponentially, trends around mobiles began to emerge. Mobile Web is getting so big in the…
• The Philips Africa Innovation Hub in Kenya will be the center for developing innovations “in Africa-for Africa” in the areas of healthcare, lighting and healthy living • Hub underlines Philips’ commitment to invest in Africa and provide Africa-relevant innovations to address key challenges facing the continent We got this interesting news…
As the demand from Sub-Saharan African countries for online training steadily grows, the number of online courses has increased by 390% over the past 5 years,The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has just launched the 2014 edition of the online training courses in financial management,international trade and intellectual property. These courses…
We are pleased to announce that EduNet 2014 will be hosted by the ICT Centre of Obafemi Awolowo University and theInstitute for Entrepreneurship Studies(IFEDS)of Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria in collaboration with Tel Aviv University Entrepreneurship Centre (StarTAU), Israel. Theme: Fostering Technology Entrepreneurship in Nigerian Universities Date: May 20-22, 2014 Venue: Obafemi Awolowo University,…
The success of any new technology can be measured by its impact on the users of such technologies. Often times because of the digital bridge in Africa it is more difficult to define the socio-economic and cultural implications with new technologies and how they affect the people. This has also made it more…
As 2013 winds up, this is the time to take stock of what has happened in the technology ecosystem in Nigeria and how they have affected the industry over the last 12 months. I would say that the year started on a very high note and we anticipated that it would be a…
Few months ago President Barack Obama during his visit to Africa announced the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the new flagship program of the President’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). Beginning in 2014, the program will bring more than 500 young African leaders to the United States each year for leadership training and…
TECNO Mobile recently released a set of smart hi-tech devices popularly known as the Smart Family. The Smart family members include the amazing Phantom AIII, the portable Phantom Pad mini, the unique M7, the solid P5, the beautiful M5, and the super-fast Phantom A+. These devices are the latest in town…
The Internet Society announced few days ago the appointment of Kathryn C. Brown as its new Chief Executive Officer effective 1 January 2014. Ms. Brown brings more than 30 years of experience to her new role having most recently served as a Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group, an international consulting firm, and…
Nelson Mandela stood for an equal African society where people will have the freedom of speech, freedom of association, rule of law and total emancipation from racism and all the characteristics of the apartheid era. It is very significant to recall that his struggle for an egalitarian African nation took over 27 years…
Few days ago i was called upon to be one of the judges for the 2013 Google Cloud Developer Challenge in Sub Saharan Africa.For me this is a humble call to duty and something i accepted because of the passion i have for Technology Development in Africa.This is the same passion that drives what…
There is really more to desire in the Online retail business of technology products in Nigeria as big names like the Zinox Group with long term experience and proficiency are getting to play it huge. In a press statement made available to us, the Board of Task Systems,a division of the Zinox Group, has…
Smallholder farming, which is the backbone of many African economies, is set to be transformed by a combination of investment and increasing access to information and communication technologies(ICTs), particularly mobile phones. The claim was made on Tuesday by Michael Hailu, Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) at ICT4Ag,…
Africa Internet Summit (AIS) Secretariat announces the Program of Africa Network Operators’ Group at the Africa Internet Summit 2014 scheduled to be held in Djibouti from 25 May to 6 June 2014. The Theme for AIS 2014 is “Beyond connection : Internetworking for African Development”. AIS is the pinnacle multi-stakeholder event combining,…
It feels very exciting when contacted this morning by Dillon Mann on behalf of the World Wide Web Foundation with this great news that Nnenna Nwakanma has joined the World Wide Web Foundation’s growing international network.This is actually coming when Africa is becoming very relevant in the Internet space following the increased penetration…
“Companies who implement Big data strategies are seen to perform 20% better”-Regina Casonato, the Managing Vice President at Gartner. For big data, a new set of skills and competences are required. New set of strategies are developed, you now see information being measured in terms of volume, velocity and variety; new professionals like…
Make plans to attend TEDxLagos which holds on Friday the 27th of September, 2013 at the Lagos Oriental Hotel. The event will run from 10:00AM. Created in the spirit of the TED mission, “ideas worth spreading.” The program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals for and in Nigeria the opportunity to…
As Nigeria despite her several daunting challenges continuously prove to be a digital hub in Africa attracting investments and opportunities, for the 4th year running, the NigeriaCom Conference-a leading Digital Technology focused event in Africa is taking place at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, in Nigeria on 17-18 of September 2013. The theme for 2013…
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) recently announced the call for entries for the 2014 Innovation Prize for Africa(IPA). The prestigious Prize aims at encouraging innovations that contribute to sustainable development in Africa. The winning submission will be awarded a prize of USD 100’000, with two additional USD 25 000, one for the runner up…
Earlier in the year, i did write on Why 2013 could be a defining year for Nigeria in terms of Information and Communications Technology Development. With the Communications Ministry leading the development through relevant ICT policies and plans, Nigeria might be ready to galvanise and articulate her priorities right to explore opportunities in…