About 25 years after the establishment of the Technology Incubation programme in Nigeria, government-owned Technology Incubation Centres across the country are still struggling to serve their purpose.…
How Nigerian banks are innovating with ‘WhatsApp Banking’
In August, four Nigerian banks unveiled WhatsApp Banking as an extension of the already existing Chat Banking powered by Facebook Messenger. Here’s what it is really about and how it works.…
Social Media Roundup: A Covenant University scandal
This week on social media; scandal in Covenant University, Kofi Annan laid to rest and more stories.…
Why Paga’s technology is built and managed in Ethiopia
Since Nigerian mobile payments company, Paga was founded in 2009, its technology has been managed and supported in Ethiopia. We reached out to Paga to find out why, here’s what they had to say.…
Social Media Roundup: Nigeria as a major exporter of marijuana
This week on social media, presidential aspirant Omoyele Sowore promises to export marijuana if he wins in 2019, Abuja residents are experiencing earth tremors and more stories.…
Estate Intel is helping the commercial property industry in Africa make data-driven decisions
Estate Intel is a Nigerian-based startup that provides data on commercial properties across Africa, to enable market participants make data-driven decisions.…
TStv’s supposed comeback does not evoke much optimism among Nigerians
About a year ago in September 2017, Nigerians were introduced to the indigenous pay-TV service, TStv. Up until now, its decoders are still unavailable and even though the company just recently announc…
Social Media Roundup: Everybody’s favourite youth corper
This week on social media; popular Nigerian artist Davido is now a youth corper, British Prime Minister Theresa May visits Africa and more stories.…
2 years after Mark Zuckerberg came to Nigeria …
Thursday, August 30, 2018 made it exactly 2 years since Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg visited Nigeria. Following his visit in 2016, here are the initiatives Facebook has launched to help solve some ch…
From sec. school desk to lead dev: A self-taught programmer’s remarkable journey into tech
When Tunde Yusuf was in Senior Secondary School 1 (SS 1), he got introduced into the tech world. These days, despite having not graduated from the university, he’s the Lead Back-end Developer at…
Social Media Roundup: The 800-metre fitness walk
This week on social media, President Buhari walks 800 metres, Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat dies at 80 and other stories.…
Here’s what we know about the ₦13,000 smartphone Google announced in 2017
During the Google for Nigeria event in 2017, Google announced the Freetel ICE 2, a ₦13,000 smartphone later launched in partnership with MTN and TD Mobile. It’s been one year, here’s what …
Social Media Round: Overhaul SARS
This week on social media, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo called for the overhaul of SARS, is Duncan Mighty a Nigerian music legend and more stories.…
We may never get an ICT University of Nigeria after all
Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu revealed that the ICT University of Nigeria would commence operations by September 2017. Almost one year after, we have reasons to believe that it may never …
Social Media Roundup: Masked men at the National Assembly
This week on social media, Officers of the DSS barricade the entrance of the National Assembly Complex, Krispy Kreme in Victoria Island shut down and more stories…
What African millennials will be ‘old fashioned’ about in 2030
African millennials will be parents to teenagers and young children by 2030. Here are some of the things we’d be amusing the young ones with in the next 12 years.…
Social Media Roundup: We should all be feminists
This week on social media, presidential aspirant Eunice Atuejide riled Nigerians up with feminism tweets, Wizkid vs Duncan Mighty and more stories…
Inside Vibranium Valley, VGG’s 2600 square-metre tech campus
We took a tour of Vibranium Valley, the Venture Garden Group’s new 2600 square-metre tech campus. Join us as we look into the space through our camera lens.…
Ethiopia now has a 3D runner game and this team made it happen
In April 2018, Qene Technologies released Kukulu, Ethiopia’s first 3D runner game. Here’s a story of how the company has managed to scale despite many challenges.…
Social Media Roundup: House of Cards
This week on social media, Bukola Saraki escapes siege by the Nigerian police and he has become a legend for it, where’s Dino Melaye and more stories.…