covid-19 How modern technology is helping in the fight against COVID-19 Technology plays an important role in our lives. Perhaps, much more than we acknowledge. In this article, we share seven ways in which technology has been deployed to combat this global pandemic called Coronavirus disease.
covid-19 LASRIC and Ventures Platform to back seven successful startups from #COVID19InnovationChallenge LASRIC and Ventures Platform to fund and support seven successful startups from the #COVID19InnovationChallenge.
covid-19 Africa Centres for Disease Control partners Co-Creation Hub in the fight against COVID-19 Africa CDC joins forces with CcHUB in seeking out innovative ways to educate and sensitise the continent on dealing with COVID-19. Calls for applications from creative teams in Africa.
News ROAM Africa, the parent company of Jobberman and Cheki, enforces remote work policy ROAM (Ringier One Africa Media) Africa—a leading marketplace company in Africa—has announced the enforcement of a company-wide remote work policy as part of efforts to protect its workforce from COVID-19 virus.
News Nigerians underuse their mobile devices and mobile internet, says report A new report by KaiOS Technologies have found that Nigerians underutilize mobile internet and mobile devices
News Lagos State Government partners Ventures Platform to fight against COVID-19 Ventures Platform and the Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC) have announced their partnership to find tech-enabled solutions addressing the coronavirus pandemic.
News CcHUB, Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council to support COVID-19 projects Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) has announced a partnership with the Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC) to support coronavirus (AKA COVID-19)-related projects.
Spotlight Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak response from Nigeria's Top Tech companies We asked the 10 best tech companies to work for in Nigeria what they were doing to protect employees and customers, in light of this COVID-19 pandemic.
Opinion How to be productive while working from home during COVID-19 pandemic Remote work veterans, with more than 15 years of experience of working from home, share tips on how to effectively work from home during COVID-19 pandemic.
News Five Nigerian startups got into Y Combinator's 2020 winter batch Since Paystack and Flutterwave joned YC in 2016, Nigerian startups have become staple participants in the accelerator programme. This year, five Nigerian startups got into YC winter batch.
News Wimbart launches PR Office Hours for African tech startups Wimbart has launched PR Office Hours for African tech startups. It is designed to equip them with PR tools they need to achieve their business goals.
News These are the top 10 most innovative companies in Africa These are the top 10 most innovative companies in Africa: Twiga, mPedigree, Copia, Piggyvest, MPost, Tizeti, Tongoro, Lumkani, Kobo360, and 54gene.
News FCMB introduces EPIC Pitch, plans to give close to a million naira to startups Application for the maiden edition of EPIC Pitch closes on March 23. Fintechs, healthtechs, edtechs, agritechs, etc. are free to apply.
News Youverify closes $1.5m seed round led by Orange DV and LoftyInc AF Youverify raises $1.5m in a seed round led by Orange Digital Ventures Africa (ODV) and Loftyinc Afropreneurs Fund.
News Nigerian developer sells his educational resource app for ₦22 million On February 28, 2020, ABiT Network acquired Favour Ori's app, College Situation.
Spotlight A chat with Abolore Salami, Founder of Nigeria's foremost digital platform for cooperatives—Riby Finance Riby Finance—the foremost digital platform in Nigeria for cooperatives and trade groups—was created to answer the question: How do you create prosperous communities?
Events Takeaways from the first-ever Open Source Community Africa Festival in Nigeria I had the opportunity of volunteering at the first-ever OSCAFest in Nigeria, these are the takeaways from the Open Source Community Africa Festival
Spotlight 12 Nigerian startups to watch out for A survey and asking a score of techpreneurs, investors, tech analysts and enthusiasts after, these are the Nigerian startups to look out for.
Events #TechMeetsBanking 2020: Rubies to roll out more financial solutions Rubies Bank recently held its inaugural fintech event, where its array of solutions were introduced to stakeholders in the banking and finance sector.
Events Rubies Bank to host the maiden edition of Tech Meets Banking Rubies Bank is set to host the inaugural edition of its fintech event on February 21, 2020, at FreeMe Digital, Lekki, Lagos, 10 AM prompt.
News Carbon launches $100,000 entrepreneurship fund to support African startups Carbon has set up a $100,000 fund to support African startups. The fund will address the lack of funding and support holding back budding tech entrepreneurs on the continent.
News Highlights of the 2020 Innovation Showcase Week Highlights of the 2020 Innovation Showcase Week organised by Facebook in partnership with Co-creation Hub.
Opinion 5 things I learnt from completing #100DaysofCode I learnt some important lessons during my #100DaysOfCode challenge. In this article, I've put them together to perhaps, inspire someone else.
News Hackathon4Justice 2.0 winner is a solution that prevents child abuse Predex—a team of University of Lagos and Covenant University students—has emerged winner of Hackathon4Justice 2.0 organised by Andela in partnership with Facebook and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
News Applications are now open for the Africa4Future Acceleration Programme Startups across Africa can now apply for the 2020 Africa4Future Aerospace Acceleration programme, which is powered by Airbus BizLab and GIZ. Now in its third edition, #Africa4Future is a three-month joint accelerator programme
