Techpoint Innovation Tour
Our mission at Techpoint Africa has always been to take tech mainstream. The purpose of the Techpoint Innovation Tour initiative is to scout for tech innovations and organise local events to understand the challenges innovators are facing in the various regions.
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Kaduna’s first innovation hub and co-working space, CoLab opened its doors on the 4th October, 2016. The institution aims to provide an enabling environment for entrepreneurs and innovators in the Northern part of Nigeria. “The purpose of Colab’s creation is to create an environment that allows your natural curiosity foster learning, and inspire creativity and…
The Techpoint Innovation Tour (Northern Nigeria Edition) is made possible by our primary sponsors — iROKOtv.com and GIGM.com, location partners Ventures Platform Abuja, CoLab Kaduna and nHub Jos, and coverage partners — xteamstudios and Shutterbug Creative Media. Day 7 of the Techpoint Innovation Tour was loaded with activities in the city of Jos as the team embarked…
The Techpoint Innovation Tour (Northern Nigeria Edition) is made possible by our primary sponsors — iROKOtv.com and GIGM.com, location partners Ventures Platform Abuja, CoLab Kaduna and nHub Jos, and coverage partners — xteamstudios and Shutterbug Creative Media. On Saturday 12th of November, the Techpoint team set out for the day’s work at CoLab bearing in mind a…
The Techpoint Innovation Tour (Northern Nigeria Edition) is made possible by our primary sponsors — iROKOtv.com and GIGM.com, location partners Ventures Platform Abuja, CoLab Kaduna and nHub Jos, and coverage partners — xteamstudios and Shutterbug Creative Media. We arrived Jos from Kaduna three hours later than the original schedule, thanks to Adewale’s topographical disorientation. Before we left…
The Abuja leg of the Techpoint Innovation Tour of Northern Nigeria ended last Wednesday and as the roundup has shown, as expected there was loads of exiting innovations, businesses, startups and people to meet. As the tour is still underway, we decided to take a train ride from Abuja to Kaduna to continue the other…
The Techpoint Innovation Tour (Northern Nigeria Edition) is made possible by our primary sponsors — iROKOtv.com and GIGM.com, location partners Ventures Platform Abuja, CoLab Kaduna and nHub Jos, and coverage partners — xteamstudios and Shutterbug Creative Media. On Day 4, the meeting at the Kaduna state house with Hafiz Bayero was a very enlightening experience, but it didn’t…
In recent times there has been a strong interest in technological innovation arising from the Northern part of Nigeria. This has triggered the rise of a number of incubation hubs and a handful of individuals all playing in the space. Despite this, however, the opportunity to grow beyond the present level remains quite limited as it…
The Techpoint Innovation Tour (Northern Nigeria Edition) is made possible by our primary sponsors — iROKOtv.com and GIGM.com, location partners Ventures Platform Abuja, CoLab Kaduna and nHub Jos, and coverage partners — xteamstudios and Shutterbug Creative Media. On Wednesday morning, we woke up to the news that Donald Trump has been elected as the president of the…
The Techpoint Innovation Tour (Northern Nigeria Edition) is made possible by our primary sponsors — iROKOtv.com and GIGM.com, location partners Ventures Platform Abuja, CoLab Kaduna and nHub Jos, and coverage partners — xteamstudios and Shutterbug Creative Media. Thursday, 10th of November, saw the Techpoint Innovation Tour take a further exciting turn as the team began the day…
The Techpoint Innovation Tour (Northern Nigeria Edition) is made possible by our primary sponsors — iROKOtv.com and GIGM.com, location partners Ventures Platform Abuja, CoLab Kaduna and nHub Jos, and coverage partners — xteamstudios and Shutterbug Creative Media.
The Techpoint Innovation Tour (Northern Nigeria Edition) is made possible by our primary sponsors — iROKOtv.com and GIGM.com, location partners Ventures Platform Abuja, CoLab Kaduna and nHub Jos, and coverage partners — xteamstudios and Shutterbug Creative Media. Remember we said we were moving office to the North? The Techpoint Innovation Tour of Northern Nigeria kicked…
Our mission at Techpoint has always been to bring technology closer to every class of Nigerians. So for two weeks, starting November 7, we are moving the entire Techpoint.ng team to Northern Nigeria in search of innovations. Through the Techpoint Innovation Tour, we look to gain insight on the challenges of running a tech business in Abuja, Kaduna and Jos while…
Yaba, Lagos (the movement, not necessarily the physical location) is the widely acclaimed technology hub of Nigeria and it’s not difficult to see why. At the heart of the ‘Yaba Movement‘ sits the Co-Creation Hub (CcHub). Founded by Bosun Tijani and Femi Longe in 2011, the CcHub is where many of the more notable industry personalities cut their…