To build the country of our dreams, to make Nigeria a truly great nation,we must embrace science and technology. The socio-economic challenges we are facing in the country is as a result of inadequate…
How to stop electricity ‘piggybacking’
Ever been a victim of electricity ‘piggybacking’ in your area? You pay for the usage of power and your neighbour or someone from another compound illegally connects to your power source wi…
Startup Profile: Xpressteachers — find teaching jobs all across Nigeria
Xpressteachers is a job posting board solely dedicated to the recruitment of educational personnel, allowing users to freely post vacancies and CV’s…
Startup Profile: SchoolMate — combine social interaction with learning within tertiary institutions
SchoolMate is a customizable student utility mobile application developed to ensure optimal student satisfaction and impact within the tertiary institution.…
Startup Profile: Wattclass — learn any new skill online
By its model, Wattclass is not so different from established platforms like, but boasts of an approach to learning from an African perspective,…
2 startups looking to revolutionanlise the Nigerian education sector
We often remind ourselves that there aren’t enough players within the technology space to pioneer the revolutionary change Nigerians crave. Yet again, we contradict this by our apparent bemuseme…
ScholarX makes it easy for Nigerian students to find scholarships
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela Nigerians are world-renowned for placing utmost value on education. However, there are many …
How to make money as a student
For an average Nigerian youth, admission into a higher institution is the ultimate educational aspiration. However, most freshmen set out for life on campus thinking it would be glitz and glamour all …
Unigram aims to tackle corruption in Nigerian universities
The menace of corruption plaguing the Nigerian polity has slowly, but steadily permeated the university system. As a result, corrupt practices of diverse forms are now perpetrated by university lectur…
Is Nigeria ready for a smartphone-based degree programme?
Daystar University in Kenya has announced its partnership with OneUni to launch what is presumably the first smartphone based degree programmes in Africa. The programme will reportedly allow prospecti…
Klipboard is an Anambra-based startup playing in the EduTech space
There is a growing debate over how the entire startup ecosystem is centralised in Lagos. But in spite of the opinions of the sections involved, it is true that Nigeria as a whole is beginning to come …
The internet and the future of education in Nigeria
“Education is a bubble in a classic sense. To call something a bubble, it must be overpriced and there must be an intense belief in it. Housing was a classic bubble, as were tech stocks in the ’90s be…
A pure Science and Technology private secondary school in Enugu is hiring
Apparently, I do not know whether to be excited that there is a pure science and tech secondary school in Nigeria or that they are currently hiring. Both news is good. Shalom Science and Technology Ac…
How Skool Media is creating the ideal 21st Century Nigerian classroom
Over the years, the educational system in Nigeria has looked like a disaster as it is fraught with many lapses ranging from students absconding from seemingly difficult classes to even circumstances b…
TotalPrep is an online platform democratizing the way we teach and learn
If not for anything, my meeting with the Co-founder/CEO of TotalPrep – Tosin Okojie — reminded me that life itself is an everyday ground for learning. In the course of the interview with Okojie …
ACI will train 10,000 Nigerian kids in Robotics for free. But they need your help
ACI was founded by Olaoluwa Balogun, an OAU alumnus that wants to turn around the education system in Nigeria by empowering kids and youths to build useful technology. ACI provides in-depth technology…
Solar Powered Kiosks: How ICT is Helping Improve Education in Nigeria
Today in Nigeria, constant power supply remains an issue affecting an array of sectors in the country, one of which is the ICT sector. And in a bid to tackle this, a non-governmental organization know…