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STEMCafe Partners ENYO Retail & Supply to give Kids IT Skills

STEMCafe, in partnership with ENYO Retail and Supply, will today officially launch its first Kids Creativity Play Space in Lagos, a non-linear learning centre for kids and young adults between the ages of 5 -18 years old can experience the amazing world of STEM in a fun and interactive way. The STEMCafe, a brainchild of […]

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Facebook Targets 100% Renewable Energy Use

Facebook has said that it is developing six solar plants to power its data centres. In a Facebook post, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said: “For Earth Day, we’re announcing six new solar projects to support Facebook data centres. “Our data centres are already some of the most energy-efficient in the world, and last year we set […]

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Nigerian Government to Empower South-West Startups

The Nigerian government has launched the Premier Hub programme in the South-West region, designed to help young people turn innovative ideas into sustainable solutions. The Premier Hub Innovation Centre, located in Ondo state, aims to create an enabling environment for young people, providing them with training, incubation and acceleration programmes. “Our aim is to impact […]

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Nigeria’s iDHS Seeks to Boost Healthcare Services Across Africa

Nigerian e-health startup iDHS is seeking funding to help it succeed in its goal of increasing access to various healthcare services across a host of African countries. Launched in 2016, iDHS has rolled out HealthWise, an integrated digital healthcare platform that is feature-rich and interactive, and helps people manage their health. The web-based app aims […]

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Huawei Promises OpenLab for Nigeria, Kenya

Huawei’s OpenLab innovation facility will soon be in Nigeria, Kenya and some other African countries, said Corrine Lin, president of the Global OpenLab Programme. Lin was responding to a question during a media session at the 2019 Huawei Global Analyst Summit about plans to open more of these innovation-led labs in Africa. Although she would […]

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Terragon Pledges Support for Africa’s Data Challenges

Terragon Group said it is ready to solve Africa’s data problems, provide robust customer software and rich data analytics capabilities with innovations that have the African mobile user in mind. The Chief Executive Officer of Terragon Group, Elo Umeh in a statement said: “Terragon is committed to achieving its strategic objectives of using data to […]

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Data Hosting Company, Rack Center Makes Final List for UK Award

Rack Centre, a data centre, has made the final list for the third year in a row in the United Kingdom(UK) Data Centre Solutions Award. Rack Centre is shortlisted in three categories for Excellence in Data Centre Services Award; Data Centre Hosting/Colocation Supplier of the Year and Sunday Opadijo, Rack Centre Senior Manager as the […]

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Nigeria’s e-Payment Firm Upperlink to Provide TSA Solutions

The Upperlink Limited, an electronic payment service provider, has reiterated its readiness to provide state governments with an improved Treasury Single Account (TSA) solutions. This is just as the company recently won the 2019 edition of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Electronic Payment Incentive Scheme (EPIS) Efficiency Awards. A statement signed by the Managing Director/CEO […]

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Rapid Urbanisation Cost Put at $300b, as Vehicle Population Climbs to 1.3b

Rapid urbanisation, vehicle density, aging infrastructure, and transportation related emissions are increasingly stressing the urban mobility ecosystem. One in twelve people in the world lives in the cities, and they account for nearly 15 percent of the total global vehicle population of 1.3 billion. This results in a cost burden of more than $300 billion […]

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AfricaOnline Ghana Launches Ka-Band Broadband Satellite

AfricaOnline, one of Ghana’s oldest ISPs and a Gondwana International Networks (GIN) subsidiary, has launched its new JOLA service, a high-speed broadband satellite service powered by Avanti’s HYLAS4 satellite that offers 100% coverage of Ghana through multiple spot beams. Making the announcement to business leaders and media at a launch event in Accra on 9 […]

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