The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isa Pantami has notified all Information Technology (IT) contractors, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), other government establishments, the organized private sector and the general public that measures have been put in place to register and license all Information…
Author: Oluwasegun Olukotun
Whatsapp is currently testing a digital payment option. The latest beta version of the messaging app has in display an in-chat UPI (Unified Payments Interface) payment option. According to media reports, the feature is only available to beta users for now. However, the Facebook-owned chat app is currently giving a…
Applications are currently on for the for the French-German incubation program for West Africa. The 12 month programme organized by the Goethe Institut and the Institut Français offers selected companies access to workshops, mentorship and networking trips to Europe. The programme consists of local and regional workshops, mentoring by some…
Financial discipline can be a big challenge in a bid to save towards planned goals. For impulse buyers it is near impossible to save towards a target goal. However, mobile and web application, KoloPay has launched to enable financial discipline over a period of time towards achieving set goals at…
SlideSafe is a public health innovation that was founded to get more people conscious of their sexual safety without the fear of shame and stigmatization associated with such in the society. The Nigerian health startup aims to increase the use of contraceptives and also to get more people to screen…
I’M IN Accelerator has disclosed it would be running an all-women cohort this year as reported by Ventureburn. The I’M IN seed accelerator which is currently opened for application launches black owned, high growth tech startups into the South African ICT sector by providing opportunities to technically apt entrepreneurs with…
Applications are currently opened for The African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative (AWEC) ‘s inaugural entrepreneur training programme. The African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative (AWEC), a flagship initiative of US non-profit the Centre for Global Enterprise (CGE) opened applications for the programme last month and will close on 14 February. The 12 month programme which…
The MTN Solution Space — an initiative of UCT’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) and MTN — is seeking Africa’s next Africa innovative tech startup, as applications are opened for its 2018 Venture Incubation Programme (VIP). Since its launch in 2016, VIP has assisted 30 startups. These include eating out…
Tech Startups and Companies can now apply for the Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA), an intensive 9-week program pairing the world’s most exciting technology companies with leading government organizations to create transformational solutions. Applications for the next cohort starting March 18th 2018 are now open! The Dubai Future Accelerators was launched…
Startups can now apply for the revamped CcHub 2018/19 Incubator programme scheduled to start first week in April. CcHUB is an innovation centre dedicated to accelerating the application of social capital and technology for economic prosperity. For 7 years, CcHUB has supported the growth of a community that is passionate…
Following disruption of internet services in Anglophone regions in Cameroon, two international digital advocacy groups have joined the increasing outcry against the country’s government. A consortium of local and regional civil society organizations had previously sued the government for blocking access to the internet in the South West and North…
Nigerian Startup Rensource Energy, a distributed energy provider, has raised $3.5 million USD in bridge financing to expand its power-as-a-service renewable energy business according to reports by VC4A. Consequently, the funds raised will be channelled towards growing the Rensource team, expanding operations in Nigeria into Kano and Abuja, and widening…
Are you from Southern Africa? If yes, do you have a biotech startup, research idea, concept or prototype and you want to pitch to regional and international stakeholders in the bio-sciences sector? Then you might want to register to pitch at the SANBio annual event. The event is organized by…
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Isa Ali-Pantami, on Monday, notified the populace over the likelihood of cyber attacks this year. The Agency’s Computer Emergency Readiness and Response Team (CERRT), in collaboration with other industry stakeholders have intercepted some signals of potential cyber-attacks targeting key…
Nigerian Online Startup EMBiNIX Automation has launched to design, develop and produce automation products for homes and businesses to make life easier, faster and safer. The smart consumer electronics production company which was launched in February 2016 by Charles Adure creates smart consumer electronics that are designed to enable users live…
Android app marketplace, Google Play hits an all time high record of just over 19 billion downloads in the last quarter of 2017. The new record according to a report from App Annie represents a lead of a massive 145 percent over Apple’s App Store. It is generally believed that…
Nigerian Startup Wigxel Corp has launched, offering training in Software Development and Graphics Design with professionals and experts in the field of Web Software and Android Development. Innovation Village recently caught up Dokubo Nwenendah, a co-founder of Wigxel Corp who in this interview gave us an indepth analysis on what…
Martins Fidelis is the Co-Founder/CEO of DoLessons, a Nigerian edu-startup that connects academically distressed students in Nigeria to verified expert tutors for after school academic drills for more effective learning and better academic performance. In this Interview with Innovation Village, Martins tells us more about Dolessons; its unique offerings plus…
English Football team Arsenal has signed a deal the US cryptocurrency firm CashBet, which will see the Premier League club promote the company’s opening coin offering at the 60,000-seat Emirates stadium. The deal, with value undisclosed, entered into with a cryptocurrency firm, is the first of its kind for a…
Tony Elumelu, the Chief Executive Officer of Tony Elumelu Foundation disclosed on Tuesday that the Foundation has plans in place to create over a million jobs across Africa in the next decade through its famed entrepreneurship Programme. The Chief Officer made this known through a tele-conference coordinated at the Business…