Nigerian e-health startup WellNewMe has developed a web-based health risk assessment tool specifically designed to act as an early warning system for non-communicable diseases such as cardiac disease, cancer and diabetes. Launched last year, WellNewMe is focused on illnesses affected by lifestyle choices, and has built a tool that can detect and stratify individual health […]
Read MoreThe Ecobank Academy has admitted 332 Graduates for intensive Training in preparation for full employment into Ecobank Nigeria. The programme combines the three categories of Entry Level, Graduate and Management Trainees with a program duration of 2months, 12months and 21months respectively. A statement from the Bank said that Ecobank’s Development Programmes are part of the […]
Read MoreThe number of people using government-issued digital identity credentials will grow by over 150% from an expected 1.7 billion in 2019 to over 5 billion in 2024. A new report from Juniper Research found out that emerging economies in Asia and Africa are some of the biggest markets, as countries leapfrog analogue identities to benefit […]
Read MoreHuawei 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 […]
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