Nigerian startup Slatecube, a cloud-based recruitment platform powering the upskilling and integration of the continent’s brightest young talent, is to launch in South Africa. Slatecube support businesses in integrating top entry-level talent into the workforce, with two independent solutions. Slatecube Workforce is a cloud-based recruiting service that helps businesses build talent pipelines, while Slatecube Accelerate […]
Read MoreSmart home revenues will exceed $57 million by 2024, up from $18 million in 2019; driven by smart security solutions. Data from Juniper’s new research, Smart Homes: Strategic Opportunities, Business Models & Competitive Landscape 2019-2024, found the ‘Do It For Me’ model, with vendors offering advice, installation, maintenance and cloud storage on monthly/yearly subscriptions, is […]
Read MoreThe acting Director-General, Security and Exchange Commission, Mary Uduk, has said that the commission is committed to boosting financial inclusion in the sector, by investing in technology that will make it easier for people to invest in the sector. She said this during the 19th annual conference of the Risk Managers Association of Nigeria with […]
Read MoreEthiopia has been advised to learn from Nigeria as it moves ahead to liberalise its telecommunications industry for private sector investment. Non-Executive Chair of the Commonwealth ITU Group (CIG) and the former Commissioner of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Bashir Gwandu stated this while delivering his lead keynote speech at the opening of the […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has concluded plans to launch a number of Emergency Communications Centres (ECC) across the country. This is part of its mandate to “Promote and enhance public safety through the use of a particular number which shall be designated as the Universal Safety and Emergency Assistance Number for telephone services generally.” […]
Read MoreDigital transformation company, Globacom, has introduced the Glo Daily Data Splash, which offers subscribers attractive rate in the country’s telecoms market. The new plan takes care of heavy data users by offering them a whopping 1GB of data for just N300 and 2GB for N500. It also addresses the concerns of subscribers who desire access […]
Read MoreIn the celebration of the global blood donation day, Google Nigeria has brought the effort of an organisation making donation easy unto the spotlight. The company is LifeBank, and they are using technology to make it easy to deliver blood to the where it is needed right on time. at an event In Lagos, South […]
Read MoreIn a move geared at providing car dealers with best-in-class services and empowering them to have as many avenues as possible to buy and sell inventory, Nigeria’s technology-driven automotive platform, Cars45, has set up the Daily Dealer Live Auctions (DDLA) through its retail partner, Carsbazr. This initiative will ensure that dealers have offline access to […]
Read MoreIt is only 100 days since I took up the post of VP for Africa at Oracle, but already it is clear why the continent is such a priority for the company, and why it is considered a land of opportunity in the tech space. Consolidation of Modernisation Africa is seeing huge population growth, and […]
Read MoreLagos base ed-Tech Simbi has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot that uses interactive tools to help students learn and evaluate themselves. The multi-subject SimbiBot aims to make learning fun, personalised and convenient, and does this using an interactive question and answer format. Co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) AbdulAzeez Ogunjobi told Disrupt Africa even […]
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