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Evolving technologies usually present new ways of doing things. And when this relates to leveraging technology and innovation to enhance the quality, coverage, and potential of education – edtech – Techpoint Africa brings you the latest.
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The Nigerian edition of the Space Apps Challenge kicked off yesterday with a press conference in Lagos. Starting today the participants in Lagos, Calabar and Ilorin will form teams and begin to hack away at solutions to any of NASA’s 40 challenges. In a developing nation like Nigeria still battling with challenges like stable electricity,…
How good are you at calculating math problems without a calculator? A 400 level Computer Engineering student of the University of Lagos, Akinde-Peters Joseph, has developed the WhizApp, to test not only how good, but how fast you can answer math problems. One more question – do you have a disturbing cousin or younger sibling that wants…
Lynda.com, a leading online learning company, has been acquired by Linkedin, the world’s largest professional network on the Internet with more than 300 million members. The online learning company which its mission is to train people in business, software, technology and creative skills has entered the agreement to sell out to Linkedin for $1.5 billion, subject…
Rocket Internet’s Hotel Booking platform, Jovago.com has partnered with the TEDxUnilag team to offer internship opportunities to the students. Jovago with other Africa Internet Holding Ventures, Carmudi and Kaymu, will be providing internship opportunities to deserving students. The TEDxUnilag event themed ‘Breaking Through the Box’ , which held on the 20th of March had hundreds…
With carefully selected speakers that have managed to break through the box in their respective fields, the Unilag independently organized event of the TED conferences, TEDxUnilag will be happening this Friday, the 20th of March, 2015 at the Julius Berger hall, University of Lagos, Akoka Yaba, Lagos. The event, tagged: “Breaking Through the Box,” aims…
Dr. Omobola Johnson, the minister for Communication Technology, announced that about 1.4 million students in 27 federal universities are now connected to internet as a result of the ministry’s efforts; as reported by the media. Connect Nigeria, the initiative through which this was achieved, is a collaborative effort of the Ministry of Communication Technology with…
Audax Studynet, launched in August 2013 as a Code School – situated on the Island – created to offer an in-depth Introduction to Computer Programming in a fun and collaborative environment to primary and secondary school students, has officially announced a three-days training program for Students interested in having their career of Programming shaped at…
CcHUB has launched the Geeks Club, an after-school computing club for secondary school students in Nigeria that provides a co-curricular outlet, engaging students in secondary school giving them a platform to learn new skills, tools and technology. On the 11th of March 2015 (Tomorrow), with the support of Google and the Raspberry Pi Foundation, 150…
MTN South Africa and the University Of Cape Town Graduate School Of Business (UCT GSB), South Africa’s oldest university, have made a $13 million partnership with the aim of making it big in sustainable innovation in Africa. They will combine the research strength of UCT’s GSB with MTN’s technological expertise to help create mobile apps…
BAU Research and Development recently relaunched her online education portal called BAU Online. BAU online is Nigeria’s first online university. The new portal was built from ground up to suit the African target audience. This is reflected in the terminologies, learning methodologies and tailored content for low bandwidth and mobile users. Also, unlike it was in the past,…
I have been following a micro-blog (Humans Of New York) on Instagram and Facebook since 2014, and I love the inspiring photo stories of random people on the street of New York, that they share. Humans of New York was founded by Brandon Stanton, a former bond trader in Chicago. Its explicit goal, at its…
BAU Research and Development, a higher education investment and research company that provides funding, research and advisory services to her network of institutions and universities in Africa has completed an equity investment in Rhema University, a private Christian University in Nigeria established by Living Word Ministries Inc. and licensed by the Federal Government of Nigeria…