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…

Samsung has officially released the Galaxy S10 lineup, which includes the Galaxy S10, S10+ and S10e - all running on the One UI software. You never know what the Tech Ecosystem has in store for us, until boom! We hear rumours or there is a major announcement and we are all over it. If you…

A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oye Ibidapo-Obe, has advised tech startups to emulate the new Konga. He gave this charge at the weekend in Lagos, during an engagement with budding entrepreneurs, business owners and other Ph.D. students in Lagos. According to Ibidapo-Obe, Konga has sprung a surprise in the last six…

Andela, the company building distributed engineering teams with Africa’s top software developers, today announced the completion of a $100M Series D funding. The round was led by Generation Investment Management with participation from existing investors including Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, GV, Spark Capital, and CRE Venture Capital. The most recent financing brings Andela’s total venture funding…

As the New Year dawned, conveying with it promise of new things to come, an unprecedented new wave of internet shutdowns hit Africa. On the 21st December 2018, the Sudanese government ordered for restricted access to social media sites in an effort to prevent the free flow of information and communication. This was during countrywide…

For the first time, the summit featured a panel of private sector leaders alongside a panel of ministers, sparking an open and useful exchange of ideas and opinions on how to channel private capital into innovative tourism technologies. This meant that tourism ministers and high-level representatives from countries including Bahrain, Bulgaria, Egypt, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico,…

Mr. Adedokun Oduyemi is the Managing Director Forte Systems limited, master franchise partners to Nigerian Institute of Information Technology in Nigeria. He doubles as the head of the institute in Nigeria. Recently, over 85, 000 students sat for the aptitude tests, to get an opportunity for the part-sponsored NIIT programme. Oduyemi spoke to IJEOMA THOMAS-ODIA…

Durotoye, a political scientist turned financial expert, aims to build world class, women-led technology companies by equipping entrepreneurs with the skills, resources and support needed to rapidly grow and scale their companies in emerging African markets.

Khadijat Abdulkadir is the founder of Digital African Woman (DAW), a social enterprise that develops and supports female-led tech start-ups across Africa and the diaspora. A social entrepreneur and passionate about technology and access for developing markets, especially for women in Africa, Khadijat holds a double Masters in Business Engineering and Management Science from the…

Chief Executive Officer, SystemSpecs, John Obaro has encouraged young tech experts to develop and implement ideas that can enhance economic development as the future of Nigeria fiscal growth is technology dependent. He stressed that they should not be deterred by challenges, which in the end leads to bigger ideas that proffer solutions to issues affecting…

As part of its ongoing commitment and investment in growing the tech ecosystem, and driving innovation across Nigeria, Facebook has announced a university wide roadshow across the country. Following the recent announcement at its new NG_Hub space in Lagos, the new FB Start Accelerator programme, a deep-tech focused research and mentorship-driven initiative, will be the focus of…

I did a Twitter survey recently to find out if people would invest in a farmer or a tech startup founder? A majority of people opted for the farmer. I was not surprised; I wanted to gauge the sentiment of people towards early-stage investment in the tech sector. People believe it is easier to understand…