Search results for: Co-Creation Hub

Fri, April 5th 2013, 11:21 · Paul Adepoju

Tecno partners with Co-Creation Hub for Nigerian app development challenge

Mobile manufacturers Tecno Nigeria have teamed up with Co-Creation Hub, a Lagos-based technology development centre, to build apps relevant to the Nigerian market. → Read more
Sat, January 4th 2014, 08:00 · HumanIPO

HumanIPO: Incubator and accelerator hubs 2013

Western Cape minister of finance, economic development and tourism Alan Winde told HumanIPO in September he was looking at a continental rollout for Cape Town’s Bandwidth Barn and was looking at partnerships. → Read more
Thu, June 13th 2013, 09:27 · Paul Adepoju

CcHub partners Microsoft and BlackBerry for Lagos CodeCamp 2013

Microsoft and BlackBerry are among the sponsors of a four-week intensive residential training programme organised for 15 Nigerian students and early-stage software developers. → Read more
Mon, October 13th 2014, 10:49 · Paul Adepoju

MainOne sponsors high-speed internet to Lagos Garage and 440.ng startups Lagos

Mainone, the leading provider of telecom services and network solutions for businesses in West Africa, has signed a deal with Lagos Garage, ensuring that the 440.ng startups will have all the high-speed internet they need to build and ship their products. → Read more
Fri, September 26th 2014, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Microsoft’s 4Afrika launches AfriLabs Collaboration Challenge at DEMO 2014

Microsoft 4Afrika has announced a new Collaboration Challenge with AfriLabs that will increase knowledge sharing across the hub network in Africa and spur innovation. → Read more
Tue, August 26th 2014, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s Truppr fitness app launches

Social network for fitness enthusiasts Truppr has launched in Nigeria, aimed at connecting sports fans across the world, and promoting and facilitating a fit lifestyle. → Read more
Sun, June 1st 2014, 08:00 · Chris Udemans

FEATURE: The week in startups 01/06/2014

Along with events from around the continent, Egyptian startups dominated HumanIPO headlines this week, offering products from photograph verification to online fitness platforms. → Read more
Wed, May 21st 2014, 10:30 · Paul Adepoju

Startups in co-working spaces 4 times more likely to survive – Davies

The chance of a startup surviving quadruples when it operates from a co-working space, according to Nigerian tech innovation expert Tomi Davies. → Read more
Mon, May 12th 2014, 06:00 · Paul Adepoju

Kaymu MD to speak at Mobile West Africa

Nigerian online marketplace Kaymu.com.ng managing director Massimiliano Spalazzi will be speaking at this week’s Mobile West Africa event in Lagos. → Read more
Thu, April 3rd 2014, 18:00 · Tom Jackson

FEATURE: Tech investment focus switches to Nigeria

For the past few years, Kenya has deservedly gained a reputation as a tech startup hub in Africa, receiving the bulk of investment into Sub-Saharan Africa and the majority of interest from investors in Europe and the United States. Suddenly, however, this seems to be changing, as the emerging economic powerhouse of Nigeria begins to become the centre of attention. → Read more
Mon, March 31st 2014, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju

Tomi Ahonen to speak at Mobile West Africa 2014

All Amber, organisers of Mobile West Africa 2014, has revealed the list of speakers for this year’s edition, taking place in Lagos from May 13-16, will include mobile expert Tomi Ahonen. → Read more
Fri, January 10th 2014, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju

Konga.com brings documentary on Alibaba.com to Nigeria

Nigerian e-commerce platform Konga.com today announced it is bringing the documentary on Alibaba.com titled “Crocodile in the Yangtze”; The Alibaba story to a Nigerian cinema next week. → Read more
Tue, October 15th 2013, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria showcases ICT potential at Silicon Valley Investment Forum

The success and potential of Nigeria’s ICT industry is being showcased today (Tuesday) in San Francisco at the Silicon Valley Investment Forum, in a bid to attract further foreign attention. → Read more
Wed, October 9th 2013, 11:20 · Paul Adepoju

5 African startups among VentureOut competition finalists

Startups from Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa have made it to the final of the VentureOut mobile app competition, backed by the World Bank, to compete for US$10,000 in seed funding. → Read more
Thu, September 26th 2013, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju

Q&A: Seun Onigbinde on BudgIT

Seun Onigbinde is the team leader of BudgIT, a CcHUB-incubated startup focused on making the Nigerian budget simpler and more easily accessible to all Nigerians. → Read more
Sun, September 22nd 2013, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher

FEATURE: The week in startups 22/09/2013

VC4Africa demonstrated the continent’s startup scene stretches far beyond the recognised hubs of Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria this week when it announced the ten entrepreneurs that will make up its September cohort. → Read more
Wed, July 24th 2013, 14:44 · Paul Adepoju

Visa sponsors Lagos Financial Literacy Challenge Bootcamp

Co-Creation Hub Nigeria is hosting a Financial Literacy Challenge Bootcamp in Lagos this weekend, sponsored by Visa. → Read more
Fri, February 1st 2013, 07:04 · HumanIPO

Guest post: Power to the People – Tech, Transparency and Transformation

In an exclusive guest post for HumanIPO Loren Treisman, the Executive of grant-making foundation Indigo Trust, writes about the power of technology to transform lives in Africa. Indigo Trust supports technology-driven projects in Africa, with Treisman having expertise in how new technologies can drive social change on the continent. → Read more
Mon, January 14th 2013, 07:24 · Tefo Mohapi

Q&A: Celestine Ezeokoye on Tiketmobile.com and disrupting ticket purchasing in Nigeria

Observers and analysts of the technology startup scene in Africa have often commented it is those that feel the pain of the problems they live with that, equipped with the relevant skills, will develop the solutions. → Read more
Thu, December 6th 2012, 10:19 · Paul Adepoju

Q&A: Oluseun Onigbinde talks BudgIT and access to information

Nigerian Oluseun Onigbinde, the founder of BudgIT, speaks to HumanIPO about how he aims to give citizens easy and accessible statistics on how public authorities spend their money. → Read more