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Making money as a Nigerian hardware startup is hard, however, things are changing. While it is now possible to make money, there’s a caveat.
“Focus on the software; we’ll take care of the hardware.” UK-based Rapsberry Pi has unveiled plans to focus its single board computers on the African market. The company has its…
Building a hardware startup is hard, especially in Nigeria. This is probably why most startups build software products, but despite the difficulty, these six Nigerian startups have accepted the challenge.
Teenage tech wiz, Lesley John Jumbo started building gesture-controlled toy cars and smart gloves for the blind just a year after attending a tech boot camp. He hopes to get…
How Olusola Ayoola designed a drone that could potentially discover the hideout of terrorists in Nigeria.
From engaging panel discussions to a bracing tour, the Hardware Convention 2021, held in Aba, Abia State, South-East Nigeria, provided a rare insight into the workings of the ecosystem. Curious?…
The team behind AirSynQ, a Nigerian security startup, believes that securing national assets from vandalism requires more than human monitoring. It wants to help by building long-duration aerial surveillance balloons
In trying to change the cooking fuel culture, this Nigerian hardware startup may also herald good things for the ecosystem
This team of Nigerian students is building a global IoT based hardware company
On the 3rd of March 2016, I covered the regional semi-final of the Microsoft Imagine Cup at the Wennovation Hub, Ibadan for Techpoint. Teams of undergraduate students from different universities…
Humane is virtual sensory software platform that allows visually impaired users to perform tasks on their smartphones which they can’t perform normally. Humane was developed by Victor Shoaga, Ayodele Obasegun,…
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Making money as a Nigerian hardware startup is hard, however, things are changing. While it is now possible to make money, there’s a caveat.
“Focus on the software; we’ll take care of the hardware.” UK-based Rapsberry Pi has unveiled plans to focus its single board computers on the African market. The company has its eye on the healthcare, education, and agricultural sector of the continent.
Building a hardware startup is hard, especially in Nigeria. This is probably why most startups build software products, but despite the difficulty, these six Nigerian startups have accepted the challenge.
Teenage tech wiz, Lesley John Jumbo started building gesture-controlled toy cars and smart gloves for the blind just a year after attending a tech boot camp. He hopes to get more Nigerians interested in hardware.
How Olusola Ayoola designed a drone that could potentially discover the hideout of terrorists in Nigeria.
From engaging panel discussions to a bracing tour, the Hardware Convention 2021, held in Aba, Abia State, South-East Nigeria, provided a rare insight into the workings of the ecosystem. Curious? Then you should read this.
The team behind AirSynQ, a Nigerian security startup, believes that securing national assets from vandalism requires more than human monitoring. It wants to help by building long-duration aerial surveillance balloons
In trying to change the cooking fuel culture, this Nigerian hardware startup may also herald good things for the ecosystem
On the 3rd of March 2016, I covered the regional semi-final of the Microsoft Imagine Cup at the Wennovation Hub, Ibadan for Techpoint. Teams of undergraduate students from different universities in Nigeria vied for first position in the competition. During the pitch sessions, I watched Team Humane — made up of four young adults from…
Humane is virtual sensory software platform that allows visually impaired users to perform tasks on their smartphones which they can’t perform normally. Humane was developed by Victor Shoaga, Ayodele Obasegun, Oyatope Blessing and Otaru Babatunde, all students of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the Obafemi Awolowo University, as a presentation for the 2014 Microsoft Imagine…