The UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking to make up to 100K equity-free investments to provide early stage (seed) finance to for-profit technology start-ups that have the potential to benefit humanity. Specifically, the Fund is targeting companies or start-ups that are using data science , machine learning, artificial intelligence or similar…
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Nigerian Startup Formplus is a cloud-based, enterprise-focused online form building solution that helps SMEs, Educators, Nonprofits, Recruiters, among others, efficiently collect, manage, and store data using multiple endpoints, including their cloud storage service. In an interview with Innovation Village, Communications Team Lead, Jadesola Odujole expounds on Formplus and also perspectively…
Theodore Longji has been appointed as the new CEO of Jos based tech innovation hub nHub. This follows the recent appointment of the former Chief Operating Officer David Daser as the first Director General of the recently announced Plateau Information Communication and Technology Development Agency (PICTDA). According to ITedgenews, before…
Nigerian Online Platform Termii is a startup that helps teams build and sustain solid customer base by securing repeat customers through personalized messages sent via email, SMS, and WhatsApp. In this interview with Innovation Village, the CEO of Termii, Gbolabo Emmanuel gives an insight on what Termii has to offer,…
Startups from around Africa are invited to apply to pitch live at the Africa Startup Summit in Kigali on February 13th to 15th 2019. Ten startups will be given the chance to take to the stage before an audience of over 400 investors, corporate partners, accelerators and media. The Africa Startup…
Nigerian agro focused crowdfunding online platform Birdpreneur provides investors with direct access to agriculture investment in poultry production. In a recent interview with Innovation Village, Co-Founder, Michael Iyanro tells us how Birdpreneur is connecting investors with farmers seeking funding and how far Birdpreneur has fared in its mission in contributing…
Proville is a Nigerian company based in Lagos that provides technology solutions for businesses in Nigeria with the goal of helping to curb unemployment and underemployment across Nigeria and Africa. In this interview with Innovation Village, the Chief Operations Officer (COO), Adeshina Adewunmi, tells us more about Proville, its aims…
Nigerian programmer Karounwi Anuoluwapo has created a programming language, Yorlang which enables programmers to code in the native Nigerian Yoruba Language. Karounwi, a computer science graduate from the Federal University of Abeokuta (FUNAAB) delved into programming in 2012 and currently works as a software engineer with E-commerce giant Konga. Yorlang,…
Fourteen Nigerian start-ups participated in the just concluded African Summit 2018 held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from the 7th-9th of December 2018. The Africa 2018 Forum was organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation (MIIC) and COMESA Regional Investment Agency with support from the IFC (International…
Nigerian aerial logistics startup Arone Delivery has launched to provide on-demand delivery services of medical supplies to primary healthcare centers (PHC) with the use of drones. Launched in March 2018 by Emmanuel Ezenwere, an AI engineer with background in applied mathematics, Arone operates a drone delivery service to deliver medical…
The Nigerian economy recorded a boost of over $101 million in the third quarter of 2018 through Information Technology (IT) startups in the country. This was disclosed by the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, during the “Start-ups Friday” programme in…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has earmarked a sum of $120 million to boost agricultural technology among rural African farmers on the continent. The fund aimed at reaching 40 million farmers across the continent will be disbursed in three divisions between 2018-2021, through the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT)…
Nigerian online platform Off-k.com has launched to enable students access accommodation off campus with ease. Founded in 2017 by Aliyu Bello Aliyu and the trio of Abubakar Muhammad Hassan, Zayyad Abdulrahman, and Stephen Laban; all graduates of pharmacy from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, off-k.com helps to alleviate the plight of…
In its bid to encourage and support learning, skill acquisition and research in the area of Information Technology, the National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) has agreed to endow UNIJOS with a virtual library. The move by the agency is to help the school community overcome its challenges as it…
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Kenya’s early stage social enterprise FreshBox has launched to chart the course for solar-powered refrigeration in East African produce markets to prevent fruits and vegetable spoilage. Founded by CEO, John Mbindyo and Co-Founders, Thomas Schmedding, Daniel Anastos, and Forest Redlin, Freshbox’s flagship unit is a solar-powered, walk-in cold room that…
Asset and Resource Management (ARM) Holding Company in partnership with Pan-African venture capital firm Ventures Platform has launched a corporate fintech accelerator, Labs by ARM, a 12-week intensive program designed to help early and growth stage Nigerian fintech startups. As part of the partnership, The ARM Labs accelerator will be…
Zambia based BongoHive as the name reflects is a platform for fostering technology and innovative activities ranging from tech programmes, events, and other tech-focused activities. Also, it is Zambia’s first technology and innovation hub. The African tech ecosystem is on the rise and it is soothing to see many African…
AirBank has launched in Nigeria to deliver on-demand emergency medical oxygen product in the quickest, most convenient and most cost-effective way. Launched on November 21, 2018, by the CEO of LifeBank, Temie Giwa-Tubosun, Airbank seeks to combat the near non-existence of oxygen equipment plaguing Nigerian health facilities. The launch of…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to institute the Master of Laws in Information and Communication Technology (LLM in ICT). In order to facilitate the objective, NITDA at the weekend in Lagos, signed a five-year Memorandum of…