African inventors and entrepreneurs are seeking $49 million from investors at the just concluded Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) to scale up their businesses. This is contained in a statement signed by Mrs Olapeju Ibekwe, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sterling One Foundation, made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
Read MoreThe Nasarawa State Government and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) are set to partner on a lithium processing policy that would ensure that Lithium mined in the State is processed locally instead of exporting it raw. The processing policy is in line with NASENI’s drive to encourage the processing of Strategic […]
Read MoreDr John Warnock, co-founder of computer software company Adobe, passed away on Saturday at the age of 82. He is survived by his wife Marva and three children. Warnock co-founded Adobe in 1982 with Dr Charles Geschke after they met as colleagues at Xerox. In a statement, Adobe says the duo’s first product was Adobe […]
Read MoreAs a key part of the social media experience, photo and video sharing has evolved over the past years. Today, photo and video apps have more users than ever, thanks to hundreds of millions of people willing to spend money on brushing up their digital presence and creating nice pictures. According to data presented by […]
Read MoreA magistrate court in Abuja has convicted and jailed a lawyer for six months over defamatory publication against the Dangote Cement Plc. The convict, Augustine Addeh, of the law firm, Mokidi and Co., had caused the publication of an advert in the Nation Newspapers of Friday November 6, 2015, where he falsely alleged that the […]
Read MoreCisco is pushing further its interest for women-led businesses across Africa, and this around in commemorating Women’s Month, it went into partnership with non-profit organisation WomHub to launch two incubation hubs. The two Cisco EDGE Centres targeting women will be in Johannesburg and Cape Town. In a statement, the companies said the initiative aims to […]
Read MoreIndian-based software firm Zoho plans to double its local workforce within a matter of months, says Hyther Nizam, president for Middle East and Africa (MEA). This comes as the company says it has grown its staff complement by 35% this year. “We just opened our Joburg office and we are on a hiring spree,” said […]
Read MoreAbout 5,000 women and girls in the Kaduna State Government are set to acquire skills in data science, artificial intelligence, and entrepreneurial application of digital technologies through a partnership initiative with Google. The initiative, which is part of a broader skills development program supported by Google.org, aims to empower 20,000 more women and young people […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to showcase achievements so far recorded in the promotion of indigenous content in the telecommunications sector at the second edition of the Nigerian Telecommunications Indigenous Content Expo (NTICE 2023). The event which is coordinated by the Commission’s Nigeria Office for Developing the Indigenous Telecom Sector (NODITS), and has […]
Read MoreMTN Group is on the lookout for additional potential investors interested in acquiring a minority stake in its fintech business. This is according to MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita, speaking at an investor conference call yesterday afternoon, following the release of the firm’s interim financial results for the six-month period that ended in June. The […]
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