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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…

The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation, today announced the launch of the 2018 edition of the Zambezi Prize for Innovation in Financial Inclusion. The prestigious competition, awarding a total of $200,000 in prizes, was established to discover Africa’s most promising…

Innovation Village is giving away one (1) Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A Prime smartphone. Launched in 2017 in Asia, Jumia officially made this phone available in Nigeria this month along three other phones – Redmi Note 5a, Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 plus. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A Prime is powered…

Google is celebrating this year’s International Women’s Day by introducing a new feature that would enable people identify businesses owned, led, or founded by women. This will be done by enabling the women-led attribute from their Google My Business dashboard. Attributes will appear on a business’s Google listing on Maps and Search…

Startup Grind Lagos is set to host the Founder of Bella Naija, Uche Eze Pedro later this month. Founded in 2006, Bella Naija is not only one of the most widely read blogs in West Africa but has won several awards including the “Outstanding Contribution to Fashion Communication Award” in…

Today is March 8 and the world is celebrating women or womanhood. To celebrate this, fast food giant, Mcdonalds is flipping its iconic logo golden arches. It is flipping its “M” to become a “W”. According to Wendy Lewis, McDonald’s Chief Diversity Officer, in a statement reported by CNBC, “For the first…

Being inspired can go a long way. It can give you the drive to get out there and become your own success, because someone just like you managed to achieve their dreams too. Be inspired, and learn. Learn what made your predecessors successful, learn where they made mistakes. Take what…

Foremost African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, is set to hold the maiden edition of the GTCrea8 Convention for Undergraduates, on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the University of Lagos, Akoka. The one day convention, which is free to attend, will bring together undergraduates from universities across Nigeria who are passionate…

Swedish based networking and telecommunications, Ericsson, has announced that it plans to create a series of new innovation hubs serving Middle East and Africa markets following the same global concept of Ericsson Garage. Ericsson Garage is an open innovation platform, inspired by lean startup methodology. Ericsson Garage teams work with short…

Mastercard has completed its acquisition of mobile payments technology company Oltio from Standard Bank Group. The acquisition builds on Mastercard’s longstanding relationship with Oltio, a startup that pioneered and patented several mobile payments and banking solutions, including an authentication technology. Today, that technology enables consumers to authenticate Masterpass digital wallet…