Spotlight This FBStart startup is using IoT and Cold Chain tech to solve healthcare problems in Nigeria At Gricd, we build autonomous, affordable smart cold chain systems for storage and transportation of temperature sensitive medication thus making them available even at the last mile.
Opinion Either of these 7 Nigerian tech entrepreneurs could replace the current ICT Minister Either of these seven (7) Nigerian tech entrepreneurs would do a better job than the current ICT Minister for Nigeria, Adebayo Shittu.
CyberSecurity Avoid getting hacked 102: A guide to securing mobile devices Editor's note: This post is a continuation of our series on how to "avoid getting hacked". Read the first part about secure passwords.Smartphones like other computing devices contain a lot of important
Opinion Avoid getting hacked 101: A guide to secure passwords To create more secure logins, it's advisable not to use a password that contains publicly available details. Always ensure your passwords contain a random series of text and symbols.
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.
Fintech PiggyVest needs their investment product—Investify—more than you, a subscriber Sequel to its recent name change, online savings and investment platform—PiggyVest—has announced its investment feature—Investify. Investify is PiggyVest's way of helping her near 250,000 subscribers grow their wealth. Founded
Opinion 7 ways to protect yourself from ransomware attacks on your Spectranet and Smile mobile hotspots Here is how it applies to you and how you can limit the risk of a future occurrence while protecting your home/ or office mobile hotspots.
Opinion Top 5 VPNs to use in 2019 These five carefully-selected Virtual Private Networks (VPN) will not leak your activity data to third-parties because they do not store it.
Opinion How to price your product in a B2B marketplace Investor Olu Oyinsan advises startups on how to price their B2B product leveraging his experience on both sides of the trading table, buyer and seller.
Opinion Making “remote working” work for you Remote working is in vogue, here is our recommendation on how to spend your money right in creating the perfect home office.
Kenya How to join the Kenyan Startup ecosystem as an Angel investor In 3 steps, former CNN Africa Startup Producer, Ibrahim Ahmed, based in Kenya shares best practices on becoming an Angel investor in the country.
Tech Five African initiatives that support women in Tech #IWD2019 Are you a woman? Are you in the tech industry? Or are you an aspirant? These are five women-focused tech communities that you probably didn't know about:
Opinion Why we need more Product Management meetups—🔍 of Product School Lagos meetup Though nascent, Product Managers across the world are about the highest-paid tech employees. Africa's youth can reap huge dividends from this Product Management rave, if only they knew more about it.
Opinion HP counters counterfeit product supply, without addressing the demand HP’s Anti Counterfeiting and Fraud (ACF) programme might be focusing too much on the supply of fake products while doing little to address the demand.
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".
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.
Financial Services Unifying the Unifier: CBN's move to extend NUBAN to 16 digits Eight months ago, I wrote an article about the flaws of the NUBAN account system implementation in Nigeria. Two weeks ago, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released a draft proposal to review NUBAN implementation in line with the recommendations from my article, taking it a bit further.
Opinion How to get out of the Banking Industry in Nigeria Do you feel stuck working for a commercial bank in Nigeria? Would you like to switch careers but the prospects are looking bleak? I wrote this with you in mind.
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.
Opinion Affordable housing in Lagos; the battle is not for startups like Fibre Hunting for suitable accommodation in Nigeria can be likened to an extreme sport. In the process, there's the risk of getting scammed, the reality of spending numerous hours on futile attempts, and the
Opinion Blockchain; a dark Horse in Nigeria's Economy Addressing the age-long problems of elections, healthcare and identity management with traditional instruments have proven ineffective. How about we try something fairly new - the Blockchain technology
Opinion EdTech in Nigeria is not sexy, but it is necessary The pieces Nigerian EdTech startups are yet to fixThe number of educational technology (EdTech) solutions leveraging the internet are on the rise.EdTech startups spring up every now and then; each one of
Learning to code Why we should all learn to code. "Brilliance is evenly distributed; opportunity is not". This is a saying made popular by global technology company – Andela. The quote is not only inscribed on the walls of the hearts of Andelans, but
