Author: Paul Adepoju

A new campaign that provide free training on robotics for 10,000 Nigerian kids has been launched by ACI. Speaking to Innovation Village, the head of the initiative, Olaoluwa Balogun, said the project would be carried out in 200 secondary schools across Nigeria . “#Project10000kids is a new program we just…

Kenyan government has urged investors, especially the business community, to invest in the country’s ICT sector and take advantage of numerous incentives including the favorable business environment in Kenya. Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology Principal Secretary Joseph Tiampati said that the ICT sector has opportunities in agriculture, health, telecommunication,…

Nigeria’s commercial capital city of Lagos over the weekend hosted the country’s first ever e-commerce exhibition and seminar tagged eCEX2015. The seminar was organised by the Ideas Hub and brought together the disruptive thinkers across the information technology and trade sector had participants explore the nation’s internet opportunities as well…

Countries within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) that are yet to carry out digital migration will do so by June 16 2016, according to conclusion reached at the end of a SADC Communications, Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) and Postal Services Ministers meeting was held in Walvis Bay, Namibia.…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it will not be extending tomorrow’s deadline for the registration of bank verification number (BVN). According to the director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Ibrahim Mu’azu, the window was open for one and a half years and customers had ample opportunity to register. He…

Mohammed Rudman, managing director, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), has revealed that about 90% of Nigerian contents are hosted abroad. He said he is worried that only 10 percent of internet traffic from Nigeria are directed at local content while 90 percent goes out of the country. He told…

The first physical Orange Store has been opened today (Thursday) in Cape Town. This is the first Orange Store in South Africa and it is meant to support the online store that sells low cost smartphones. “Orange’s strategy is to be close to its customer base. We believe cross selling…

Nigeria’s largest telecoms company MTN has said it spends about NGN8 billion annually on diesel due to the non-availability of stable electricity supply from the national power company. According to MTN Nigeria’s Corporate Services Executive, Mr Akinwale Goodluck, the sum was incurred  last year as cost of running telecoms installations,…

The Chief Marketing Officer of Smile Communications Nigeria Limited, Alero Ladipo has announced the telecoms company has activated free WiFi in over 200 Metrotaxis in Lagos. The initiative was sequel to the partnership deal signed between Smile Communications and the auto service firm, Metro-taxi. Ladipo said the partnership is in…

Gmail has launched one of the features that a good proportion of Gmail’s over 900 million users have desired for long – the ability to undo send. Interestingly though, Google has been testing this feature for years. The feature delays sending an email for five to 30 seconds in case…

Everjobs today has announced its expansion into East Africa, starting with Uganda, and followed by Tanzania and Ethiopia. Launched in April 2015, Everjobs is currently active in Cameroon, Senegal and Ivory Coast, as well as in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Myanmar in Asia. Everjobs mission is to simplify the…

Nigeria’s movie industry popularly referred to as Nollywood has been named the second largest in the world by Fortune. Here is what Fortune said about Nollywood. Last year, data was released showing that Nollywood is a $3 billion industry. It is bigger than Hollywood by volume, and right behind India’s…

Zimbabwe’s driver’s provisional license test app RoadRules has become the third confirmed startup that would be attending DEMO Africa 2015 in Lagos, ,Nigeria. The other two  are Flippy Campus from Ghana and Shied Finance from Kenya. It outshone the startups that pitched at the DEMO Africa pre-pitch event hosted in…

Nigeria’s Wennovation Hub today announced a partnership with Informa UK Ltd to jointly organize the maiden edition of Entrepreneurs Hub For Startups at the forthcoming NigeriaCom 2015 conference. In a statement, Wennovation Hub said Entrepreneurs Hub will avail 5 startups the opportunity to pitch their ideas to win prizes, while…

Organizers of the #Hack.Jozi challenge announced they received more than 140 applications. These were whittled down to 43 teams and then to 10 finalists. The winning team will receive a R1 million cash prize, while the second and third runners up will each win R350 000. The total prize purse is valued…

Asuqu.com is the first Nigerian marketplace of more than 300 trusted freelancers and businesses offering high quality creative and professional services at an affordable price. Today, the company announced it has joined the Rwanda-based incubation hub think alongside three other startups. They are the four new entrants to think incubator…

A new antimalarial compound may be able to both treat current infections and protect against future ones, according to a study published in Nature. According to SciDev.Net, just one dose of the compound could be used to fight malaria infections in patients and increase their immunity against the parasite, according…

Innovation Edge, South Africa’s new social collaborative fund that supports an early learning hub, has launched a competition that would berth ideas that would positively change early learning and development opportunities for South Africa’s young children aged 0-6 years. The winning idea will receive a R30,000 cash prize at the…

South African press is reporting the story of an unemployed 35-year old man who had a dream of controlling a helicopter and he decided to build one. Originally from Eastern Cape, Vusimuzi Mbatha said he became fascinated with helicopters after seeing one during a strike on the platinum belt in…

Smartphones manufacturing company Tecno has launched a 10-inch tablet that runs on the Windows operating system. The device is called the Tecno Winpad 10. Leaked features of the gadget include WXGA IPS display, quadcore Intel Atom Z3735F processor paired with 2GB of RAM and 32GB space of internal storage. It…