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How Micdee designed Softcom’s new campus, Eko Novo

In 2017, 12-year-old Nigerian tech company—Softcom consulted innovative architecture and design firm, Micdee Designs to build its new 1768-square-metre tech campus. Here is how Micdee did it.

Startup Grind Lagos

Startup Grind Lagos will be celebrating women entrepreneurs on May 25

Startup Grind Lagos will be celebrating women entrepreneurs and leaders at their meetup on May 25. The meetup is tagged #SGWomen Leaders Month.

News

Microsoft opens Africa Development Centre in Nigeria, Kenya

Microsoft has launched the Africa Development Centre (ADC), with two initial sites in Nairobi, Kenya, and Lagos, Nigeria. The development centre in Kenya was launched on May 14, while the launch event of the Nigerian centre will take place on May 17.

Events

Innovation Corner to host Beyond Nigeria Summit in June and July

Beyond Nigeria Summit convenes young entrepreneurs, investors and stakeholders in the tech ecosystem from across the country to drive conversations around growth and acceleration beyond the shores of Nigeria.

Events

Five Things to expect at Techpoint Inspired

Techpoint Africa is hosting another edition of Techpoint Inspired on Saturday, June 1, 2019, at Pistis Conference Center, Lekki, Lagos. This year's conference will examine three themes: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics and Machine Learning, Blockchain, and the Future of Work.

Spotlight

The growing developer marketplace in Nigeria; how is Yasé.io different?

Dividends of the ongoing “everyone should learn to code” conversation is already evident, as Nigeria continues to export software development expertise.For instance, in September 2018, a former technical team lead at Andela,

News

Tizeti's WifiCall.ng to reduce call cost by 30-50 per cent

Tizeti, a leading internet service provider (ISP) in Nigeria, has launched a voice calling service, WifiCall.ng, that will enable users to make and receive crystal clear, unlimited voice call from and to anywhere in the world.

Opinion

Nigerian Banks and Financial Technology Startups

Banks must partner with fintechs to help preserve their market share, Perhaps, they could forge ahead beyond partnerships and consider acquisitions.

News

Jack Ma's Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) opens for applications

The Jack Ma Foundation’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) has been officially launched and entries can be submitted from now till June 30, 2019.

Ingressive

Recap of "The Economics of Blockchain", an Ingressive Ecosystem Hangout, January 2019 edition

The "Economics of Blockchain – Cryptocurrency, Fintech, and the Entrepreneur", was the theme of the first Ingressive Ecosystem Hangout in 2019.

Ingressive

How to build a sustainable business model—an empowerment workshop for women

In partnership with EDG Africa and Ingressive, Fempower Africa will be holding a workshop on how to design a sustainable business model using the BMC.

Clickatell

Count your blessings: Clickatell scoops 4 awards in 2018

Clickatell's successful roll-out of chat banking solutions to legacy African institutions like UBA, and GTB has earned it four awards this year.

Ingressive

Recap: "Finance and Regulatory Techniques to Accelerate Startups and Businesses" brought to you by Ingressive

The November edition of the Ecosystem Hangout by Ingressive addressed the knowledge gap in the areas of Finance and Regulatory Techniques to Accelerate Startups and Businesses.

Google

How tech giants—Google and Microsoft are driving a digital inclusion future for all #IDPD

"We hope more technology companies would think accessibility-first the way they think mobile-first when building digital products".

Events

Full recap of TechCabal's FinTech 2.0 Town hall [with HD pictures!]

With over 120 people in attendance, here is everything that went down at the TechCabal FinTech townhall sponsored by Softcom Limited, makers of Eyowo.

Google

GIC: Google does not believe the winner should take all

The maxim, everyone is a winner, has never been more true with the first Google Impact Challenge in Africa - Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria. 12 Nigerian social impact startups will share up to $1.75 million.

News

Per Blockchain in Nigeria, Innovation comes before regulation as Interswitch announces Microsoft partnership

Interswitch, Nigeria’s most prominent switching company and payment processor is on a mission to create solutions that enable individuals and communities prosper across Africa. In accordance with this mission, they recently launched

FirstBank

Everything that happened at FirstBank's Fintech 2.0 Summit

Everything that happened at the Firstbank Nigeria Limited Fintech 2.0 Summit held at Oriental Hotel on October 17, 2018.

Opinion

Commentary on the 3 winning solutions from FirstBank Nigeria's Hackathon

In a two-day hackathon, FirstBank Nigeria through her Digital Innovation Lab hosted a competition to find intelligent solutions to the challenges of the financial services industry. The hackathon was organised to coincide with

Opinion

From Nigerian prince scam to Nigerian startup funding

Nigeria has been designated as the hub of Internet fraud and scam. But, the exploits of some netpreneurs are obnubilating the "Nigerian Prince Scam" narrative. These startup founders and developers have caught investors’ interest.

Twitter

Twitter goes back in time to the (reverse) chronological feed

Twitter users are tired of seeing tweets from people they do not follow. Also, they do not want to see old tweets first. On September 18, Twitter made a commitment to provide its users with an easy way to switch between latest tweets first or best tweets first. Here is what you need to know.

Events

What to expect at the 2018 Lagos Startup Week

Besides hosting the opening ceremony on Monday, Landmark Towers will host the closing party on Friday, too. Zone Tech Park will host the sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday.

Events

"Get Started" at the 2018 Lagos Startup Week

With three successful editions held, this year's Lagos Startup Week would focus on getting started as an entrepreneur in tech. This follows last year's Visionary theme that talked about how startups can challenge the status-quo, and how innovators can shape the future.

Google

Everything Google for Nigeria plus what the media won't tell you

On July 27 and 28, 2017, Google held its first Google for Nigeria event. It was a time of many firsts, as the CEO, Sundar Pichai, would be visiting Nigeria for the first

Google

Can Osinbajo's visit to Google be tied to the launch of Google Station in the country?

No doubt, the launch of Google Station, their public WiFi service was a major highlight at the just concluded Google for Nigeria event. This makes Nigeria the first country on the continent and

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