innovation

Developers, Tech October 5, 2012

Growth Academy’s Search For Skilled Developers Continues

The Growth Academy program is in for a disappointing start so far; it seems there are no developers with product ideas good enough to…

Developers, Events, Mobile, News, Tech, Web October 5, 2012

Apps4Africa 2012 To Help Scale Up Innovation And Source For Funding

Apps4Africa recently announced on Twitter that the 2012 edition of their annual competition program focused on supporting African social entrepreneurs who use technology to solve…

Opinion, Tech October 4, 2012

Start-ups On Decision: Just do it or just don’t do it – it’s that simple right?

Editor’s Note: Celestine Ezeokoye co-founded and currently runs Tiketmobile, an application looking to disrupt transportation in Africa, allowing travellers easily find, compare prices and…

Mobile, News, Opinion, Tech October 4, 2012

Toxic Chemicals in Mobile Phones – Are We Safe?

It has always been known since inception that cell phones in addition to emitting radiations which may be harmful, also contain as part of…

Mobile, News, Tech October 2, 2012

South Africa’s FNB Joins Force With Mxit To Provide Higher Value For Users

Mxit, the largest mobile social network in Africa, has gone into partnership with First National Bank (FNB) in South Africa to provide more options…

Events, News, Tech October 2, 2012

40 Finalists Emerge in $1 Million African News Innovation Challenge

Forty (40) pioneering digital journalism projects have been short listed as finalists in the inaugural $1 million African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC). The initiative is the largest…

News, Press Release, Products, Tech September 30, 2012

Microsoft Mobilizes To Create Opportunities for 300 Million Youth

Microsoft YouthSpark is a new company-wide initiative to create opportunities for 300 million youth through a range of global programs, delivered in partnership with…

Events, News, Tech September 29, 2012

NigeriaCom And APPGIG: The Recap

Here are some tweets from @OTEKBITS and other folks at the just concluded #AppGig, #NigeriaCom

Events, Press Release, Tech September 27, 2012

Africa’s Best Tech Ready To Launch With 40 Start-Ups At DEMO 2012

After more than four months of work including the just concluded investors meeting in Lagos, Nigeria, the DEMO Team has now released the 40…

Developers, Tech, Training September 26, 2012

Apply Now For Nokia And CcHub’s Growth Academy: Accelerating Next Gen Tech Start-ups

Leading phone manufacturing company, Nokia in partnership with foremost social innovation centre in Nigeria, Co-creation Hub (CcHUB) has embarked on the second edition of…