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The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in partnership with the Robert Bosch Stiftung, today announces the top 16 finalists for its second edition of the Challenge of Invention to Innovation (Ci2i) innovation competition to be held at the NEF Global Gathering…

Over 10,000 Smartphones bought Within 1-hour of Launch Xiaomi Redmi 5A Prime Gold Remains Highest Selling Smartphone 1 Million Deals Available All Week Long Over 200,000 Vouchers Available on Wheel of Fortune Payment on Delivery on Orders Below N200,000 Barely an hour after Jumia.com.ng launched its biggest phone sale of the year…

Always focus on doing the right thing and cutting out the Noise! Watch Uche Pedro’s Interview with Peace Hyde on Forbes Woman Africa Against The Odds As one of the pioneers of the new media movement, Uche Pedro has always been a strong advocator of the tech sector in Nigeria…

Paystack has partnered with Truecaller to allow more merchants across Africa accept payments online in a frictionless and secure manner by leveraging Truecaller’s mobile identity product, Truecaller SDK. The partnership will also provide powerful tools that businesses and startups across Africa can use to verify the mobile identity of their customers, and…

As part of the Google Developers Launchpad kick-off early in the week, Google announced a partnership with Andela & Udacity to provide 15,000 ‘single-course’ scholarships and 500 nanodegree scholarships to aspiring developers in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa! This is an encouraging sign that Google is committed to the development…

Marvel has released a new trailer for the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War. So awesome to see so many superheroes in one movie…against the Almighty Thanos. It is the culmination of all the single superhero movies across the 18-film franchise that began 10 years ago with the release of Iron Man in 2008.…

Fitbit has introduced a new female health tracking feature to help women track their menstrual cycle, view holistic health data in one place, and better understand connections to their overall health. Fitbit says “According to a recent Fitbit survey, 80% of women did not know how many phases are in…

Diamond Bank – Nigeria’s fastest growing retail bank – has launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbot, leveraging pioneering technology to reach more customers with an enhanced service in Nigeria. The Chatbot named ‘Ada’ uses AI technology to provide a human-like interaction and personalized experience for Diamond Bank customers. As Ada…

Kenyan based Off-grid energy provider, M-KOPA, has received new funds – $10 million from FinDev Canada, Canada’s newly launched development finance institution. “M-KOPA is about upgrading our customers’ lives with high-quality and affordable energy solutions,” said Jesse Moore, chief executive of M-KOPA. “This investment will help us to bring power to another one million…

Google Maps was built to help people navigate and explore the world, providing  directions, worldwide, to people traveling by car, bicycle or on foot. But in city centers, buses and trains are often the best way to get around, which presents a challenge for people who use wheelchairs or with…

Standard Chartered Bank today announced the official launch of its digital bank in Côte d’Ivoire. This marks the Bank’s first digital bank in Africa and the first-of-its-kind to open in Côte d’Ivoire. Mr. Bruno Nabagné KONE, Minister of Information technologies and communication of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, was the guest…

We reported yesterday that the founder of Sahara Reporters had opened a GoFundMe account to raise $2million for his 2019 Nigeria presidential campaign. In an interesting twist, GoFundMe has taken down the page and suspended the account. This was made known by Omoyele Sowore himself in a Facebook post and…

AfriLabs; the largest pan-African network of over 80 technology and innovation centers across 27 African countries has partnered with Jumia Travel, the online travel agency arm of the biggest pan-African e-commerce business Jumia. The partnership is aimed at ensuring that the stakeholders of the 3rd edition of its Annual Gathering…

Lagos-based innovation centre, Co-creation Hub, has kicked off a programme aimed at accelerating African Universities’ contribution to knowledge application for a better society. The programme, called African Universities Innovation Accelerator (AUIA), is a strategic development programme that will enhance the impact of academic research in Africa by building the capacity of African…

Omoyele Sowore, Founder of online newspaper Sahara Reporters, has set up a GoFundMe account to raise $2 million for his campaign to be the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2019 The GoFundMe page titled “Take Back Nigeria Movement!” gives the reasons for the fundraising initiative. “For…

Raspberry Pi Foundation has introduced a new improved product – the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ These are the features A 1.4GHz 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU Dual-band 802.11ac wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.2 Faster Ethernet (Gigabit Ethernet over USB 2.0) Power-over-Ethernet support (with separate PoE HAT) Improved PXE network and USB mass-storage booting Improved thermal…

Renowned English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has died peacefully at his home in Cambridge at the age of 76. The announcement was made by his family in the early hours of Wednesday. Professor Hawking was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of…

Trevor Kimenye is the CEO of Ongair, a web based social CRM tool that enables businesses to interact and communicate with their customers on popular Instant messaging platforms from a single dashboard. This  is a global solution built in Africa. Businesses, regardless of where they are stationed need to communicate…

Green start-ups from all over the world can now sign up for the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge. The competition has expanded to become one of the largest annual sustainability competitions in the world. There is a total of €1 million in combined prize money for the five best start-ups, of…

Tenth Code Media, the parent body of Innovation Village blog, is organising a 2 day workshop on New Product Development and Product management to equip Product Managers in their everyday activities. Companies develop new products on a daily basis to compete in the marketplace. Those who have not bothered about…