Infrastructures are currently being put in place for autonomous flying car taxi service in Nairobi, Kenya. The McFly project while disclosing the project revealed that Nairobi will be part of the 23 cities around the world where the Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) urban flying taxis service is hoping to…
Author: Oluwasegun Olukotun
The days of candidates leaving the comfort of their homes to travel for entry examinations into tertiary institution in Nigeria might just have been numbered. The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has hinted plans towards sit-home entry examinations into tertiary institutions for its candidates. This was disclosed by the…
As part of plans to comply with the Federal Government’s Executive Order on ease of doing business in Nigeria, the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has revealed plans to further incorporate technology into its processes to expedite the registration of businesses in the country. Statutorily, business registration takes close to 24…
The inaugural edition of the Afrikonnect Summit schedule to hold from March 22 to 23, 2018 will take place in Casablanca, the capital city of Morocco. The event is aimed at bringing together startups, investors and corporate bodies from Africa and the Middle East. Also, Afrikonnect is an exclusive platform…
Applications are open for the Innovating Justice Challenge 2018 to be hosted, by The Hague Institute for Innovation of law (HiiL). The Challenge seeks products and ideas that improve accessibility to justice for people globally. The HiiL Innovating Justice Challenge which is in its seventh year is open to justice…
Do you have an innovative idea to increase the funds raised for good causes in Nigeria? If yes then this might the opportunity you have you have been waiting for. Applications are currently open for the Co-Creation Hub’s (Cc Hub) Giving for Good Challenge (G4g). The Giving4Good challenge is being…
The members of the newly inaugurated National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)’s governing board had their first meeting yesterday at the Agency’s corporate base in Abuja. The chairman of the board, Prof. Adeolu Akande in his remarks urged the board members to to develop a good synergy in pursuit of…
In its bid to eliminate call masking and refilling, the Nigerian Communications Commissions (NCC) may disconnect more numbers from the national network. Recently, the NCC dispensed with some operators and banned 750,000 numbers in the campaign against these unethical and objectionable practices. It has been discovered that certain operators in…
Female entrepreneurs based in Cape Town are invited to apply for the Top Tech Tools for Women In Business (TTTWIB) programme. The programme is jointly organized by the Cape IT Initiative (CiTi) and the City of Cape Town. The programme gives female entrepreneurs access to workshops, mentorship sessions and medium…
Applications are currently open for the Lagos Angel Network (LAN)’s 1st DealDay event for 2018. Founded in 2014, the Lagos Angel Network is the premier angel network in Nigeria and one of the most active in Africa. The Lagos Angel Network runs the Lagos Startup DealDay with the aim of …
A little bit of relief as the internet has been restored to the English speaking regions of Cameroon, though still slow and inaccessible to many as observed by digital rights groups. For some time now, the Access Now, a global advocacy group has been at the fore front of the…
First Bank has launched a website uniquely created to build a virtual community of like-minded women for the purpose of fostering exchange of ideas among them, with premium placed on vital areas of interest; their goals, passions and life aspirations. Discussions on the platform will be ‘No Holds Barred’ and…
Cape Verde in collaboration with Makeblock has introduced robotics education into the country’s curriculum. According to the government of Cape Verde, the move aims at bridging the Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics (STEAM) chasm on the Island. The mission will be carried out through a project in the Cape Verde…
Two African Startups have been called up to take part in the second edition of the Katapault Accelerator schedule to hold in Norway. The two startups (among the 12 selected companies), Nigerian Fintech startup SimbaPay and Kenyan e-health startup ConnectMed stand the chance of benefiting from three months of training,…
Are you an emerging, small, fast-growing fintech startup that aims to meet a marketplace need by developing a viable business model around an innovative product, service, process or a platform? Are you ready to take your business to the next level? Then this information might just be what you need.…
As part of efforts to lower its carbon footprint, Egypt has commissioned its first electric car charging station in the capital city of Cairo. Developed by Revolta, the electric charging stations will be built across Egypt with the hope of expanding across North Africa. While speaking to the media at…
The third edition of the Tech in Ghana Conference (TGIC) has been scheduled to take place from Monday 26 to Tuesday 27, 2018 in London. The Tech in Ghana Conference which was launched in the UK in February 2017 had a second event in November 2017 in Ghana. The TIGC…
Africa is set to host her first ever event devoted to Artificial Intelligence; AI EXPO 2018. The event which is scheduled to place in Cape Town, South Africa between September 9 and 11 at Century Conference Centre will play host to startups and investors. AI Expo Africa 2018 is focusing…
Accelerate Labs incubation programme is currently open for registration. The programme which is a product of the partnership between Microsoft and The Future project Africa seeks to create a medium where entrepreneurs can sell their ideas, learn on how to grow their businesses and get funding for business expansion from…
Registration is currently on for the Bayelsa Ignition week scheduled to hold from Thursday, March 1st to Saturday 3rd, 2018 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. Bayelsa Ignition Week 2018 is a Boot-camp event to kick-start the Bayelsa technology Forum and will focus on software/mobile application competition designed to foster interest among young…