Following a meeting presided by Vice President Prof. Yomi Osinbajo on March 25th 2019, it turns out Nigeria has a National Research and Innovation Council. Find out what it is about…
How CIOs can drive growth and innovation in West Africa
Executive Vice President for Sage, Africa & Middle East, Pieter Bensch discusses 4 ways strategic Chief Information Officers (CIOs) can fuel growth and innovation within their organisations, espe…
Innovation and the future of Africa: A tale of two countries
Too many times, when we speak about the future of Africa or the future of technology in Africa, we do so with an air of ignorant homogeneity.…
Dutch Nigeria Student Business Challenge: Boosting the entrepreneurial capacity of student innovators
The grand finale of the Dutch Nigeria Student Business Challenge (DNSBC) which held at the Faculty of Science building, the University of Lagos, on the 27th of October, 2017 brought together students …
HiiL offers up to 20,000 EUR plus business support for justice innovators
Innovators working on justice and legal issues worldwide can apply for up to 20,000 EUR in equity-free grant money as part of the HiiL Justice Accelerator’s Innovating Justice Challenge. The Call for …
What do successful Nigerian entrepreneurs think about startups at pre-incubation stage?
Leaving everything behind just to build a startup means investing resources into an idea that potentially could scale fast. However, depending on “many key factors”, the reality is that th…
A call to Innovation in Nigerian Universities
“In the meantime, I’m excited to see what Nigerians will build next” — Mark Zuckerberg link Can young Nigerians be really and truly innovative in such a way that society is improved and millions of do…
INEC to leverage on new technology for electoral processes
If you were impressed by the use of PVCs and provision of Smart Card Readers that ensured fake or cloned cards were detected and double voting in the last general elections, then get ready to be awe…
Nigeria to invest more in Science, Technology and Innovation in 2016
At the first meeting of the National Research and Innocation Council, (NIRC) headed by the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria would have to i…
Katanka Automobiles launches Made in Ghana cars
Innovation in the African automobile space is taking a new turn as the Katanka Group is set to storm the market with the first ever made in Ghana cars. The Katanka Group of companies is no new comer t…
Introducing LiFi, a technology 100 times faster than WiFi
In recent years, speed has become an integral part of the internet and computing; faster processors, 5G internet connectivity and now LiFi — which is a short form for light fidelity — has …
Nigeria’s Ogbonnaya Bassey wins ITU’s Young Innovators Competition
ITU Telecom World is a global event which brings together policy makers, regulators, industry leaders, SMEs and entrepreneurs to explore accelerating ICT innovations for social and economic developmen…
Nigerian Student Wins Microsoft Youthspark Challenge for Change Contest
A Nigerian student, Saviour Okusenogu, is among 10 winners of the recently concluded Microsoft Youthspark Challenge for Change competition. The Microsoft Youth Spark Challenge for Change is a contest …