Tue, January 13th, 13:21 · Paul Adepoju
Senegal's capital city of Dakar will on January 14 and 15 host the third edition of #HackAgainstEbola, organized by Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), the Union for Francophone Press (UPF), Code for Africa and the Global Editors Network. The event is supported by Google. → Read more
Fri, December 19th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
The Ghanaian government has announced plans to upgrade current biometric passports being issued by the passport office to chip embedded passports to allow for easy transmission of data from the passport onto a computer for verification. → Read more
Wed, December 10th, 06:26 · Paul Adepoju
With the first 440.ng accelerator programme fast running to an end, the startups under the programme will today pitch to potential investors for follow-on funding at 440.ng's Investor Day holding at the Lagos Garage. → Read more
Tue, December 9th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Lagos-based Co-Creation Hub has announced it would be hosting hackers from within and around Lagos at the city's first Raspberry Jam. → Read more
Mon, December 8th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
AMPION has announced participants on the Tunisian Venture Bus will be encouraged to work on solutions to use the power of mobile technology and ICT to improve the legitimacy of public governance and to strengthen public participation in policy-making processes on the African continent. → Read more
Mon, December 8th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Organisers of eCommerce Africa Conference 2015 have announced members of the conference's advisory panel. They are Nigeria's Supermart.ng, South Africa-based Bidorbuy.co.za and ecommerce platform Yuppiechef.com → Read more
Fri, December 5th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria's communication technology minister Omobola Johnson is expected to deliver the keynote address at the forthcoming West African Conference on EMF Exposure and Health to be hosted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). → Read more
Fri, December 5th, 10:03 · Paul Adepoju
Startup Weekend, Nairobi kicks off today at the Nairobi Garage and organizers are calling all entrepreneurs, budding business men and women, operators and innovators to turn their business ideas into action by participating in the event that runs from 6pm today till 8pm Sunday at Nairobi Garage. → Read more
Thu, December 4th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
BrighterMonday’s Marketing Manager Emmanuel Mutuma has said free access to the internet could go a long way in ensuring more qualified personnel get to see advertised jobs, apply and in the end ensure employers get the best human resource. → Read more
Tue, December 2nd, 14:01 · Paul Adepoju
The next edition of eCommerce Africa Conference & Exhibition is set to hold from 3 - 4 February 2015 at the CTICC in Cape Town, South Africa. In a statement, organisers said for the continent's leading ecommerce event for 2015, leaders in the industry have been consulted to tailor an agenda that is both current and topical. → Read more
Tue, December 2nd, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
One of Nigeria's ecommerce platforms Konga.com has announced it recorded 1440% year on year increase in online revenue during its Black Friday sales tagged Yakata which started on Thursday and ended by midnight on Black Friday giving shoppers more time to shop. → Read more
Mon, December 1st, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Automated contribution and settlement system SmartAjo has emerged overall winner of Startups Weekend Lagos, the startup is imilar to local cooperative and Ajo system. → Read more
Fri, November 28th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Namibia has adopted electronic voting system for today's general elections. Procured from an Indian company, the electronic voting machines (EVMs), they are reportedly backed by technology that eliminates flaws. → Read more
Wed, November 26th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
The president of Nigeria Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has announced the creation of the Office of Nigerian Content Development in ICT. He made the announcement at the recently held eNigeria conference. → Read more
Fri, November 21st, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Omobola Johnson, Nigeria's minister of communication technology Omobola Johnson has predicted ICT would be the highest contributor to Nigeria's GDP by 2020. She said this at the just concluded eNigeria 2014. → Read more
Mon, November 17th, 22:30 · Paul Adepoju
Smartphones manufacturing company Tecno has announced the official kickoff of its #TecnoCamContest promo through which users of can win prizes from the company. → Read more
Mon, November 17th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has warned that continual reliance on the internet poses great threat to scholarship. He said this while delivering the 3rd annual Zik Lecture at Nigeria's Nnamdi Azikiwe University. → Read more
Thu, November 13th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Organisers have announced the second edition of Startup Weekend, a 54-hour entrepreneurial boot camp initiative, will hold from November 21 - 23 in Nigeria's commercial capital city of Lagos. → Read more
Wed, November 12th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
International non-governmental organisation (NGO) The Planet Earth Institute (PEI) today announced it would be hosting Africa Data Challenge on November 18 as part of their #ScienceAfrica UnConference, held at Impact HUB, Westminster. → Read more
Wed, November 12th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Rwanda has become the latest African country to join the 4G LTE network following the launch of the service in Kigali the country's capital. → Read more
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