Africa's contribution to the creative industry is significant when looking at it through the lens of cultural expansion and recent global adoption. However, although we are rich in talent, we are poor in infrastructure. The continent is booming with a deep pool of young creative talent, who are without the capacity to showcase their skills…

Payment solution company, Mastercard, is expanding its Engage programme in sub-Saharan Africa, with the events in Nigeria, and Kenya, to introduce local fintech innovators to its broad partnership opportunities.   Mastercard Engage, launched to fintechs in Nairobi, and Lagos, is a global partnership and development programme that builds digital payment technology ecosystems and enhances speed…

Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu has stressed the need for Japan and Nigeria to boost their diplomatic relations, especially in Science and Technology. Onu made the call when he received the Japanese Ambassador, Yukata Kikuta, at his office yesterday in Abuja. While commending Japan for its assistance to Nigeria, Onu noted that Japan…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has tasked stakeholders in the finance industry to scale up their capacity to innovate by developing products that would meet customers’ needs and enhance their capacity in handling transactions.    This charge was made by the Governor, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, represented by Deputy Governor, Financial Systems Stability, Aishah Ahmad,…

African Alliance Insurance Plc, has disclosed its plan to drive growth in the insurance industry and deepen insurance penetration through the launch of innovative products and the use of technology. According to the company, there was need for it to redress innovation and drive its products with emerging technology, while building effective communication to serve…

Skool Media, an education technology infrastructure company, said its recently unveiled technology experience centre in some schools in Lagos, will help to drive adoption and improve capacity of youths for innovation and productivity. According to the firm, the idea of making schools in Nigeria go digital will redefine the goals of education, to transform how…

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is the fourth major industrial era since the initial Industrial Revolution of the 18th century. It is characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres, collectively referred to as cyber-physical systems. Nigeria must narrow the gap between the technological potential…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has expressed its readiness to support the academia in the pursuit of research and innovation that are ICT inclined, and has channelled funds to universities to encourage advanced innovation in the country.   The Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said this in Lagos, during the Second Roundtable with…

Scientists are unanimous that deploying innovation and technology into the country’s food industry will not only avert the predicted food crisis but boost productivity and sufficiency. Some food safety experts who raised the alarm listed the country’s rising population amid huge technology gaps, lack of enabling environment for researchers, inadequate funding for research, high processing…

Professor Neal Hartman is the Head of a division at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He has consulted for hundreds of public and private sector organisations on innovation, strategy, leadership and public administration in North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. Neal is a visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge. He speaks about the…

To accelerate Nigeria’s development, experts have called for the optimisation of existing information and communication technology (ICT) clusters’ through partnership between the private and public sectors. According to them, digital technology through such initiatives would drive economic transformation of the country. Overtime, the use of digital technology to create new solutions for economic growth has…

Founder of cMapIT Nigeria, Niyi Abiri, is passionate about using open mobile mapping technology to capture citizen-related concerns about government and governance, infrastructure projects, and areas vulnerable to conflict in Nigeria. His company, cMapIT has received global recognition and awards from institutions like MongoDB and Open Data Institute. The AWP Network connects with Abiri to…