VC4A Venture Showcase Africa Brings Together The Best & Brightest Startups From Across Africa Four startups from Nigeria are among the 12 African startups that have been selected to participate in the 2023 VC4A Venture Showcase Africa, according to an announcement by VC4A, a leading startup platform in emerging markets. The lucky Nigerian startups are Vendy, which helps businesses accept payments from customers without internet access; Treepz, a car-sharing platform for Africa that aims to reduce CO2 emissions; Winich Farms, an application that connects food producers to informal food processors and retailers in Africa; and OmniRetail, a B2B e-commerce platform…
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Code Cash Crop Winners received prizes valued at $18,000 in total Winners to scale agriTech solutions in East and West Africa AFEX, Africa’s leading commodities market player, hosted its fourth annual ag-hackathon, Code Cash Crop 4.0, aimed at harnessing the intersection of technology, finance, and agriculture to create a platform for young tech enthusiasts to create viable solutions. This year’s edition drew participation from Kenya, for the first time, following AFEX’s operational expansion into the East African country last year. The grand finale, which was held in Lagos, Nigeria, over the weekend, produced three winners. After a 2-day intensive boot…
NITDA has the vision to create Artificial Intelligence developers across Nigeria The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has said that NITDA has an ambitious vision to produce a thriving community of artificial intelligence (AI) developers in the country. Inuwa revealed this while receiving instructors and some beneficiaries of NITDA AI Developers Training (NAIDT) who were on a thank-you visit to the Agency’s Headquarters in Abuja to present to him an award for his outstanding dedication and immense support for the training project. Organised by NITDA, through National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR), in conjunction…
Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, has pledged to roll out a feast of discounts and best-priced deals tailored to various segments of customers for its Back-to-School promotion which runs from Monday, August 14 to Monday, September 11, 2023. Checks by Digital TimesNG showed that the company is keen to assist parents, students, schools, and other corporates save big in view of economic realities, with thousands of heavily-discounted items expected to go on sale online at www.konga.com and offline in every Konga retail store nationwide, effective from Monday when the campaign kicks off. Riding on the popular #BacktoSchoolwithKonga, the month-long…
Against the backdrop of the rising influx of sub-standard devices in the Nigerian technology market, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has warned traders and other stakeholders about the negative consequences of selling and purchasing phones and telecommunications gadgets that are not type approved by the Commission. The certification of telecom devices used in the telecom sector is one of the mandates of the NCC as enshrined in the Nigerian Communications Act (2003) whose central objective is the “protection of the rights and interests of consumers”. Non-type approved telecom devices are considered to be supplied to the Nigerian market from grey…
The National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) has successfully built the capacity of over 3 million Nigerians, aimed at accomplishing the facilitation of 95 per cent digitally literate population by 2030, the Agency’s Director General, Kashifu Inuwa has disclosed. Speaking at the Council on Global Partner Summit held in Orlando, Florida, United States of America, Inuwa provided a glimpse into Nigeria’s burgeoning digital economy as well as its vision of equipping Nigerians with relevant digital literacy skills. “NITDA has empowered 3.3 million Nigerians with several digital literacy and skills through multi-sectoral capacity-building programmes such as Stem Bootcamp for Kids,…
Dr. Omoniyi Ibietan, the author of the book on ‘Cyber Politics’, has been commended by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta for his uncommon industry, literary efforts, and activism in trying to make the society better through shared knowledge. Recall that the public presentation of the book: “Cyber Politics: Social Media, Social Demography and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria,” was made by Danbatta in Abuja recently where government officials, journalists, friends, and accomplished professionals converged on Abuja for the event. Ibietan is the Head, Media Relations Management at the NCC and Danbatta, had done…
Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, and the Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Dr. Dasuki Arabi have penned a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly work towards accelerating the digitisation reform process in government. Danbatta who spoke at the MoU signing ceremony at the NCC’s Head Office in Abuja recently said collaboration between the two organisations is consistent with NCC’s Strategic Vision Plan (SVP) to partner and collaborate with relevant stakeholders. He noted that the MoU will enhance efficiency and productivity as it adequately captured the roles of enabling policies and implementing…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has engaged relevant stakeholders within the tech ecosystem in a Digital Policy Dialogue with the intent of harnessing ideas for the effective implementation of the Nigeria Startup Act (NSA). The move is part of NITDA’s continued effort at revitalising the nation’s startup ecosystem towards the sustainability of a digitally transformed nation. The Digital Policy Dialogue session, which was held last week Thursday at the Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos is aimed at creating a platform where inclusive and valuable insights are gathered from stakeholders to create a practical framework that will promote…
Prosper Ukachi and Gabriel Portas’ Blue Hub app aims to help people win while reducing water usage and growing water conservation A new app concept from Prosper Ukachi, who hails from Abuja, Nigeria, has been recognised in the Xylem Ignite Global Student Innovation Challenge. As more people understand the value of saving money or planning groceries than conserving water, this new app could change people’s perception about looking after water. Prosper and his team collaborator, Gabriel Portas from Spain, developed a prototype phone app called BlueHub. This innovative application helps people calculate how much water they potentially use, then provides…