StartUps

Nigerian Lawmakers Promise Tax Holiday for Tech Start-ups

NIGERIAN lawmakers who are taking part at this year’s Gulf Information Technology Exhibition going on at the Dubai World Trade Centre, United Arabs Emirates (UAE) has promised to ensure tax holiday for tech start-ups in the country. And also in the spirit of ensuring patronage for ICT products and services, the Director-General of the National […]

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Technology

Fresh Partnership on Innovation Targets Health, Educatun

AFRICAN technology hubs network AfriLabs has partnered the pan-African ICT 4 Social Innovation Network, founded by SPIDER and iHub, to unite key sectors for digitally advancing development in health, education and rights across the continent. The partnership between AfriLabs, which has more than 50 members across 20 African countries, and the ICT 4 Social Innovation […]

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Technology

Digital IQ for African Companies Drags, Says PwC Report

DESPITE 10 years of continued investment and commitment from top executives, PwC’s Global Digital IQ results showed enterprises struggling to return value, overlooking fundamental integration of technology with the human experience The 10th edition of PwC’s Global Digital IQ survey, with a focus on Africa showed that most organisations around the world have not done […]

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Stakeholders Lash NITDA over Poor Local Content Policy Implementation

STAKEHOLDERS in the Nigerian Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry have lashed the Local Content Office under the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Federal Ministry of Communications Technology for poor implementation of the local content policy in the country. They also bemoaned the seeming confusion which the several ICT strategy documents, roadmaps, […]

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