Jack Ma, the executive chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, has announced plans to step down in 12 months’ time. According to reports, Ma made his decision known in a letter to Alibaba’s customer, employees, and shareholders while also stating that Daniel Zhang, the current Chief Executive Officer at Alibaba,…
Author: Oluwasegun Olukotun
Early stage startups in the African beauty industry can now apply for the 2018 She Leads Africa Dark and Lovely Beauty Accelerator. The Dark and Lovely x SLA Beauty Accelerator is a 10 week entrepreneurship development program to support early stage entrepreneurs who are building innovative businesses in the beauty…
Registration is on for the British Council and aiivon Digital Marketing training for creative entrepreneurs. This Training is organized in partnership with the British Council West Africa. The purpose of the digital training is to deliver digital skills for Creative entrepreneurs running businesses in film, music, fashion, performing arts, visual…
Are you resident in Benue and between the age of 17-35? Do you have ideas that can take the agricultural sector of Benue State to the next level? If yes, then the Benue Hack 2018 might just be the Programme for you. Application is currently open for the Benue Hack…
Are you are an African fashion designer living in or outside Africa seeking funding and exposure on how to make your fashion dream a reality? If yes, then the Vlisco Fashion Fund is just the right platform for you. The Vlisco Fashion Fund contest is open to emerging African fashion…
Benin has become the latest African country to impose levies on citizens’ access to the internet in a growing trend across the continent. According to Quartz Africa,the government passed a decree in late August taxing its citizens for accessing the internet and social-media apps. The directive, first proposed in July, institutes a…
Registration is on for the .NET Conference 2018 Live at Brainiacs Innovation Hub. The .NET Conf is a FREE, 3 day virtual developer event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft. Over the course of the three days you have a wide selection of live sessions streaming at the event…
Application is currently ongoing for the 2018 National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) scholarship Scheme. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has as its mandate to develop and regulate the Information Technology in Nigeria. Developing and regulating IT will support in transforming Nigeria into an IT driven economy for…
As part of the gains of the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to China, both countries have agreed a $328 million infrastructure deal. President Buhari had during the weekend traveled to China to take part in the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) holding September 3 –…
Crop2cash has emerged winners at the just concluded FCMB-Wennovation Hub Agrictech Incubation Programme Demo day. The Incubation Programme which culminated in a demo day on Monday, August 27 had called for ideas from agrobased startups from the six geopolitical zones in the country. Impressively, 198 applications were received and after…
Application is currently on for the Champions of Science Africa Storytelling Challenge. The Challenge is calling on all scientists and innovators in Africa to showcase their stories by amplifying the stories of scientific innovation taking place across Africa and the impact it is having on families, communities and the world.…
Startups having a working product are invited to apply for the 500 Kobe Accelerator Startup programme scheduled to hold from October 29th to December 7, 2018 in Kobe, Japan. The 6-week program is designed for Japanese and international startup companies that want to learn from 500 Startups’ global team of…
The Tony Elumelu (TEF) Entrepreneurship Forum in its fourth edition is set to host about 5,000 entrepreneurs from across Africa in October. The $100 million TEF entrepreneurship Forum, which is an entrepreneurship support Programme, will take place on October 25, 2018 and it seeks to identify and empower 10,000 African…
Are you a tech enthusiast or a tech startup operating in Northern Nigeria, seeking an avenue to network and gain more knowledge on how you can grow your startup or venture into the tech ecosystem? Then the Startup Arewa Tech and Media Summit 2018 is one you don’t want to…
The Nigerian Tech Startup ecosystem has grown exponentially in recent times covering virtually every facet of human endeavor. Also, aside from the growth in numbers, many have received accolades both locally and internationally. However, there is nothing has important has having a conducive habitat for the conduct of business and…
Early Stage Startups based in West African with innovations to solve real-life problems can apply for the Merck Accelerator’s Satellite Programme in Lagos. The Accelerator, a spawn of the partnership between Seedspace Lagos and Merck Accelerator’s Satellite Programme in Lagos offers startups synergy to explore and validate the potential for…
Application is currently on for the NES#24 Startups pitching event. The Startups Pitching Event at NES #24 on October 21 aims to connect new Nigerian ventures seeking to raise funds with potential investors. Eight selected early-stage startups that are registered in Nigeria and have been doing business for no more…
In a bid to address the rampant problem of livestock theft and attacks, the Osun State Government has marked out plans to employ the use of drones. This was revealed by the state’s Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Technology, Oluremi Omowaiye, during the ICTEL Expo 2018 in Lagos. According to…
LafargeHolcim, in conjunction with CcHUB is running a 2-day Data Hack to explore how to improve the value & experience delivered to its customers & it’s operational efficiency using data. At the data hack, executives of LafargeHolcim from across the world will work together with designers, data scientists and business…
Do you have an innovative idea or technology-driven solution? if your answer is yes, then the Stanbic IBTC Innovation Challenge might just be a platform for you to showcase your idea. The Stanbic IBTC Innovation Challenge is a competition aimed at developing solutions to improve service offerings and delivery through…