The Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said that the protection and empowerment of the over 174.9 million active telecom subscribers in Nigeria remains a priority to the Commission. He said this is in line with the Commission’s belief that the consumer remains the king always and particularly so […]
Read MoreA startup BeepTool that manufactures satellites and sells smartphones that allow rural users to access the web using a mobile application in areas its satellites cover, has raised funding from inventor and entrepreneur Ndubuisi Ekekwe. BeepTool has developed the Oyi-1 affordable smartphone for rural and low-income Nigerians to help them access digital finance, health, education […]
Read MoreA Nigerian utility firm, Arnergy has raised $9 million in a Series A round of funding led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund), EDFI ElectriFI and Shells’ All On. Arnergy is a distributed utility company that provides energy solutions tailored towards emerging markets. Its distributed renewable energy systems harness […]
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 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 MoreFemale Nigerian entrepreneurs have been invited to apply for the latest edition of the SLA Accelerator, which will see the overall winner secure N2 million ($5,500) in funding. The programme, run by social enterprise She Leads Africa (SLA), is a four-month process designed to identify, support and fund the next generation of Nigeria’s brightest female […]
Read MoreGlobal smartphone company, OPPO Mobile has officially announced its presence in Nigeria with the launch of its 2019 flagship devices, the OPPO F11 Pro and the OPPO F11 Pro Avengers limited edition. OPPO is ranked among the top five in the mobile phone brand in the world according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). The […]
Read MoreForty Senegalese startups last November secured a combined total of $2 million in funding from the country’s government via a financing vehicle designed to boost the local tech scene. The Délégation de l’Entrepreneuriat Rapide (DER) was formed early last year, with the goal of helping innovative local tech startups overcome constraints such as the lack […]
Read MoreCcHUB Design Lab Kigali, Rwanda will today launch the CcHUB Design Fellowship, a 6-month paid immersive programme for recent graduates looking to further improve the economic prosperity in Africa through design-inspired innovations. The Fellowship which is expected to span 6 months from July 2019 to December 2019 will feature Courses and Projects aimed at incorporating […]
Read MoreThe Malian government has drafted a document to allow relevant stakeholders to review the frameworks and policies that will make up the country’s first Startup Act. Speaking at the inaugural Francophone Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (FAIS) in Bamako recently, Mali’s minister of digital economy Arouna Modibo Toure said the country was planning to bring […]
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