News Report shows that African healthcare startups need support to scale their Covid-19 response The report, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and titled, “Innovations in Health Product Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa,” sets out a series of actionable recommendations for global health actors.
covid-19 Facebook and WHO Africa's new campaign tackles Covid-19 misinformation Facebook and WHO Africa have launched the ‘Together Against Covid-19 Misinformation’ campaign. The campaign will promote information about Covid-19 vaccines.
Spotlight Ventures Park and the evolution of co-working spaces in Nigeria Ventures Park is a co-working space in Nigeria. The space affords startups access to work independently, collaborate, network, and build their dreams.
Spotlight Insights on AR/VR Industry in Nigeria; Past, Present, and Future Virtual (VR) and Augmented (AR) reality have been herald as the next big thing since it gained prominence globally in 2016 with the success of VR gears like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Playstation VR and Google's Daydream.
News Insights from Africa’s Largest Career Portals reveal Impact of COVID-19 on Jobs Markets in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya ROAM Africa (Ringier One Africa Media), the leading digital classifieds group in Sub-Saharan Africa, has today released three new labour market reports that shed more light on the effects of the COVID-19 on the African jobs market.
Opinion The role of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in the nation's COVID-19 recovery For Nigeria to recover from the effect of the coronavirus, it has to fast-track its digital transformation championed by the NCC.
News Softcom partners Lagos State and others to crowdfund ₦10 billion for 2 million vulnerable Lagosians HelpNow, an initiative of Softcom supported by MTN, Lagos state government and 12 other companies, is on a mission to crowdsource funds and help those in need.
jobberman Jobberman sees a 183% increase in new job listings for Nigerians through #unityInAdversity campaign Jobberman announces a 183% increase in new job listings for Nigeria, driven by its Coronavirus-inspired campaign, #UnityInAdversity
Opinion Explaining Andela's third round of lay-offs within 9 months In nine months, Andela has rid itself of over 500 employees. Here is their next move.
News NCDC, MTN to work with four finalists of Venture Platform's COVID-19 Innovation Challenge MTN has announced its plan to work with four finalists of Ventures Platform's COVID-19 Innovation Challenge, alongside the NCDC and LASRIC.
News Nigerian Techpreneurs to Support People Affected by COVID-19 Through December A group of Nigerian tech entrepreneurs have come together to crowdsource funds to stimulate the economy. They are providing funds for people affected by COVID-19.
News Nigerian digital media publication and data analytics startup, Stears raises $600,000 in a seed round Stears has closed a $600,000 (₦232 million) seed round to hire more people and build out new media and information products.
Opinion COVID-19 brings opportunities for Nigerian businesses The impact of coronavirus crisis on businesses is devastating. But amidst the ruin abound many opportunities.
News Ventures Platform hosts online Demo Day for COVID19 Innovation Challenge, seven startups to receive $21,000 Ventures Platform hosted the Demo Day for the COVID-19 Innovation Challenge online via Zoom. Each of the seven startups that pitched would receive $3,000
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 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.
covid-19 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.
