The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has donated Digital Divide Bridging Centre and E-Learning facilities to the Nigerian Army University in Biu, Borno state. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution Prof. David Iliya Malgwi received the facilities three days ago. The leader of the delegation Bello Mele while presenting the…
Author: Oluwasegun Olukotun
Microsoft has become the latest American company to suspend business ties with China’s Huawei Technologies. According to reports from the South China Morning Post, Microsoft has discontinued accepting new orders from the Chinese Company for operating systems and other content related services. Also, it was revealed that Microsoft had earlier…
Ghana has emerged the fastest growing economy in the world according to a recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). However, many other African countries did not perform well in the report. The world financial body also projected an 8.8 percent economic growth for the West African country. According…
Rwandan President, Paul Kagame has challenged Africans to take up the responsibility of growing the continent’s digital economy. He gave the charge at a recently concluded summit themed Transform Africa Summit 2019 held in the Rwandan capital city of Kigali. The summit themed ‘’Boosting Africa’s Digital Economy” had a lot…
Registration is currently ongoing for the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) International Conference scheduled to hold in Gombe from July 16 to 19, 2019. The conference will provide opportunities to share important ideas and experiences, showcase initiatives, examine vital issues and proffer solutions that are actionable and sustainable. As the digital…
Egypt has reached an accord with China to collectively manufacture electric cars in the North African country. The pact formed part of the reasons for Al Sisi, the Egyptian President’s visit to China. Egypt had in the latter part of last year held a conference in the Country’s capital where…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has disclosed that the agency is working to boost digital literacy and girl-child inclusion in the new economic era. The Director-General of the agency Dr. Isa Pantami made the disclosure on Thursday in Lagos in his presentation themed: “Expanding Horizons With An ICT-Skilled…
Innovation oriented African engineers are invited to apply for the 2019/2020 African Prize for Innovation. The Africa Prize encourages ambitious and talented sub-Saharan African engineers from all disciplines to apply their skills to develop scalable solutions to local challenges, highlighting the importance of engineering as an enabler of improved quality…
As interest in the African tech ecosystem continues to thicken, Microsoft as one of the major players has launched development centers in Lagos and Nairobi. The launch of the $100 Million Africa Development Centers in Lagos, Nigeria, and Nairobi, Kenya comes after Microsoft recently launched its 1st Azure data centers…
Innovation Corner has officially announced its 6 session Summit ‘Beyond Nigeria’, in collaboration with the UK Government and Aluko & Oyebode. Launched in Nigeria by Tochukwu Egesi, Innovation Corner is a 1-year-old pan-African social innovation center focused on using technology to solve social problems and supporting entrepreneurs through learning and…
Startups offering digital services to the agricultural sector are invited to apply for the Pitch AgriHack 2019. The Pitch AgriHack 2019 is being launched by The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), the OCP Group, GreenTec…
First Bank of Nigeria has announced that its Firstmonie network since its relaunch in 2018 has recorded processed transaction worth a total of N1 trillion. The bank also disclosed it had taken a giant stride and recorded a great feat in the area of financial inclusion as it has attained…
Comscore, an American media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises; media and advertising agencies; and publishers is expanding operations to nine countries in Africa where it will have the privilege to accrue more than 95% of all revenue and admissions. The new development will target…
Top Indie Game startups from emerging markets can apply for the Indie Games Accelerator. The Indie Games Accelerator is a program for top indie game startups from select emerging markets that are looking to supercharge their growth on Android. This is a special edition of the Launchpad Accelerator program, designed…
Saucecode is a project aimed at discovering and celebrating the finest tech talents in Africa starting with Nigeria. it was conceived to challenge the talents in our ecosystem, encourage programming best practise, promote collaboration, make new role models out of the very best and put Nigeria on the map again.…
A digital platform for universal health insurance has launched in Senegal. The platform was developed by L’Agence de Couverture Maladie Universelle du Sénégal (Agency for Universal Health Coverage in Senegal – CMU) with the aim of giving citizens access to health information, medical facilities while empowering them to finance and…
Guardian, an app that protects users against apps that nip their mobile airtime has launched. The app also called “Anti-Virus for airtime” was created by RND Labs, a South African mobile technology and software focused Startup. Currently, the app is available for only Android mobile devices while it has not…
Telecommunications Company MTN has announced the appointment of Thabo Mbeki, former South African President, along with Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Emir of Kano and former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, to their Board of Directors. Also, another prominent appointment is that of South Africa’s former Deputy Finance Minister, Mcebisi Jonas,…
Mastercard has revealed it will be exposing Fintech startups in Nigeria and Kenya to the partnership openings it has available through its Engage programme. According to the global payments processing company, the Engage programme is a global partnership and development programme that aims to build digital payment technology ecosystems. Speaking…
Huawei has provided funds about $173 million for the building of a data center at Kenya’s Konza Technology City, which is about an hour’s drive from the capital city of Nairobi. The funding was announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya during his visit to China. In total, Kenya received…