Fri, March 14th 2014, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Four students from Kenya and South Africa have been chosen as the overall winners of the African leg of IBM’s Master the Mainframe contest that has students take charge of world-class zEnterprise computing platforms and showcase their talents while learning sought-after enterprise computing skills. → Read more
Sun, February 23rd 2014, 08:00 · Chris Udemans
From online learning platforms to youth empowerment schemes, this week African startups have tackled challenges inherent to African education and unemployment, hoping to secure the continent’s economic future. → Read more
Thu, February 13th 2014, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
TechCabal has announced the seven finalists for its Battlefield startup competition, which will be held next week at Social Media Week (SMW) Lagos and see the startups competing to win US$20,000. → Read more
Wed, January 29th 2014, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Fora.co is a platform that works with Africa’s leading universities, organisations and governments to provide young Africans with affordable access to the best educational content online, offline and on mobile. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, chief executive officer (CEO), spoke to HumanIPO about the startup and e-learning in Nigeria. → Read more
Tue, January 28th 2014, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s market is ready for e-learning, according to Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, chief executive officer (CEO) at Fora.co, a platform that works with universities, organisations and governments to provide young Africans with affordable access to the best educational content online, offline and on mobile. → Read more
Fri, January 24th 2014, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
TechCabal this week announced its Battlefield startup competition, taking place at next month’s Social Media Week (SMW) Lagos, Nigeria. Bankole Oluwafemi, editor of TechCabal, spoke to HumanIPO on the challenges facing startups in Africa, the uniqueness of the Nigerian market and what the judges will be looking for in the startups that participate in the challenge. → Read more
Tue, October 29th 2013, 17:30 · Kamau Mbote
Sixteen startups from across Africa are set to receive funding from Nokia as part of its AppCampus programme. → Read more
Tue, September 10th 2013, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
Attention will soon shift away from Lagos to other Nigerian cities because there are aspects of the commercial capital that do not support innovation and creativity, Ademola Morebise, a Nigerian innovator and entrepreneur, has told HumanIPO. → Read more
Tue, August 20th 2013, 16:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
An anticipated partnership between the City of Cape Town and African internet project Project Isizwe will enable free Wi-Fi access to impoverished areas in Cape Town. → Read more
Sun, August 18th 2013, 08:00 · Richard Cutcher
Africa’s tech startup, accelerator and investor scene continues to see rapid growth, with the last seven days seeing more exciting developments on the continent. → Read more
Wed, July 24th 2013, 07:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
South African e-learning academy The Training Room Online is considering partnership with Batswana role players to develop its programme outside of the country. → Read more
Wed, June 26th 2013, 12:31 · Nanine Steenkamp
The digitisation of processes across Africa should not be driven by financial gains, but promote employment on the continent, Nigeria-based Anabel Leadership Academy believes. → Read more
Wed, May 29th 2013, 14:05 · Paul Adepoju
Mayowa Owolabi, co-founder of Mobile Monday Nigeria, says the initiative, begun in October 2010, has been recording steady growth and is the nexus for the country’s mobile ecosystem. → Read more
Thu, May 16th 2013, 13:21 · Paul Adepoju
Etisalat Nigeria today announced it has established an MSc in telecoms engineering at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. → Read more
Mon, April 8th 2013, 14:16 · Paul Adepoju
The news of the death of Britain’s first and only female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, has been met with a massive response across Africa. → Read more
Fri, January 25th 2013, 15:54 · Nanine Steenkamp
South African Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs) has given 800 scholarships with the collective value of almost R3 million (US$255,329), targeting youth, females and unemployed Capetonians. → Read more
Tue, August 7th 2012, 06:00 · Gythan Munga
When it comes to starting up a business, factors that include connecting to the right people in your industry need to be considered. And, where you can find such connections easily are in tech events and co-working spaces. Here are the upcoming technology events in Kenya and South Africa for the next two weeks. → Read more
Mon, March 26th 2012, 08:27 · Vincent Matinde
Over 80 applicants came together at the Ignite Hackathon in Nairobi and spent over 36 hours developing their next best app. But only one app amazed the judges. → Read more
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