Huawei aims to spend 3 billion zlotys ($793 million) in Poland in the next five years, although whether the Chinese firm has a role in the 5G rollout may affect the scale of investment, an official at the group’s Polish unit said. The United States has raised concerns about the security of Huawei technology and […]
Read MoreOn-demand, last-mile, crowdsourced delivery service kwik has launched in Lagos, Nigeria, after raising seed funding in March, with the goal of expanding to other large metropolitan areas across Sub-Saharan Africa. kwik, which will initially focus on deliveries via motorbike, was formed in July 2018 by two Frenchmen and two Nigerians, and has just launched its […]
Read MoreHuawei Technologies Company Nigeria Limited has held an award ceremony to celebrate the achievement of some Nigerian students for their remarkable performance at the Huawei Global ICT Competition held in China. An MoU was also launched and signed (between Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria Limited and National Information Technology Development Agency) for the 2019/2020 next edition […]
Read MoreThe U.S. government filed a motion asking for the dismissal of a lawsuit by Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd that claimed the United States had acted illegally when it blacklisted Huawei’s products. Huawei sued the U.S. government in early March, in a complaint filed in federal court in Texas, saying that a law […]
Read MoreA performance measurement framework for improved performance and efficiency of service delivery by SERVICOM at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is expected to be release soon as the members of the SERVICOM Nodal Committee at the NCC are presently at a five workshop designed for that purpose at Mararaba in Nasarawa State. The Commission is […]
Read MoreA developmental programme that aims to help digital nomads build impactful solutions has been launched in Kenya. Impact Nomads, launched in June, is a programme for remote workers who would like to unleash their full potential and co-create innovative, impactful solutions. The organisation aims to build a community of people who work remotely, and will […]
Read MoreIn his book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval Noah Harari pertinently and repeatedly gives us a wakeup call on the daunting challenges posed by the fourth industrial revolution. “It is undoubtedly, however, that the technological revolutions will gather momentum in the next few decades, and will confront humankind with the hardest trials we […]
Read MoreFacebook and Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) have started accepting applications for Season 2 of the FbStart Accelerator and have opened the program to Nigeria and Ghanian innovators as well. If you’re building a solution that leverages advanced technologies (AI, IoT, Data Science & Extended Reality) in Nigeria and Ghana, the accelerator is designed to help you […]
Read MoreExperts at the ‘Africa Panel Session’ of the 2019 International Telecoms Week (ITW), held recently in Atlanta, USA, and ended last week stressed the importance of broadband infrastructure investment in facilitating the growth of Africa’s digital economy. Speaking on the theme “Enabling Africa’s Digital Economy”, Principal Analyst at TeleGeography, Patrick Christian, evaluated the African digital […]
Read MoreSix Nigerian fintech startups have each received N3 million ($8,300) in equity-free funding after taking part in the ARM Labs corporate acceleration programme. The ARM Labs accelerator, managed by Ventures Platform, was designed to help idea and growth stage fintech companies commercialise and distribute their innovations. Startups were provided with co-working space and hands-on mentoring, […]
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