INNOVATIONS

The Federal government of Nigeria has unveilled plans to install internet connections in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions across the country by 2025. As part of the plans, a major hospital per local government area as well as federal medical...

Lagos state has issued a statement to ban the use of motorcycles, popularly known as okada, and tricycles, popularly known as keke on all highways and bridges across the state with effect from February 1, 2020. The action was taken...

Let's discuss digital assets and why owning a website is one important asset to consider in 2020. Until you begin to approach the online /digital terrain as offline, you'd be missing out on a ton of opportunities. Mr. John Obidi, a...

China is not relenting on censoring what its citizens consume on the internet as well as upload to the internet. It recently made a rule with effect from January 1, 2020, on banning "fake news" created with technologies such...

Africa is obviously an emerging market for innovative explorations in the world, as Lime, is set to become the first major micromobility operator to launch electric scooters in Africa, in the coming year. Lime said that it's going to commence...

Google on Thursday announced its array of offerings: –Offering of $1 million to anyone who can deploy a unique hack into its pixel 3 and 4 phones. –Offering up to $1.5 million for exploits found on developer preview versions of Android. –Rewards...

Data Science Nigeria (DSN) has taken the bull by the horn as it launches first Artificial Intelligence (AI) book in both primary and secondary schools in Nigeria. The book launch which brought together education and technology enthusiasts in Lagos,...

OPay, also known as Operapay, has launched OCar as part of its app services in Lagos. https://twitter.com/getoride/status/1196736697356181504?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E3 This is following a Series B raise of $120 million led by existing investors Meituan-Dianping, Source Code Capital, IDG Capital, Sequoia China and GSR...

Africa-focused e-commerce company JUMIA has reportedly shutdown its operations in Cameroon five years after inception. The e-commerce Group CEO & co-founder, Jeremy Hodara told TechCabal the commerce platform "as it is run today is not suitable to the current context...

The Nigeria's civic-tech organization BudgIT is looking to tackle corruption in the grassroots –local government areas of the country with the "LET'S TACKLE LG CORRUPTION" movement. https://twitter.com/BudgITng/status/1191418409533222912?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E3 As part of its objectives of "Raising the standards of transparency, citizen engagement and...