Africa-based tech startups have since the beginning of 2021, raised more than $2.9 billion with Nigerian startups which are creating new products, services, and platforms raising $1.7 billion of this total or about 60% of it, a new report has found. According to business consultant and venture capitalist Maxime Bayen’s business database Africa report, otherwise known as the Big Deal, Africa boasts a total of seven tech “unicorns,” or companies valued at over $1 billion. Mary Berth Leonard, the US Ambassador to Nigeria, in her remarks at the 2021 Nigeria Tech Summit organised by US Embassy in Nigeria, Abuja said…
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has partnered with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) to establish an SME Digital Academy. DigitalTimesNG understands that the move is aimed at giving expression to NCC’s faith in the value of strategic partnership and commitment to collaboration. The SME Digital Academy is a public-private partnership initiative being driven by the NCC, SMEDAN, and Sapphital Learning Limited, a leading digital learning platform, essentially to provide micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) owners with digital skills to enhance their entrepreneurial skills. The partnership also aims to equip entrepreneurs and start-ups with the…
Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh has donated the sum of N50m to an Innovation and Development Fund set up by the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS). Ekeh announced the donation on behalf of Zinox during the 2021 National Information Technology Merit Awards (NITMA) at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos on Thursday, November 18, 2021, with the cheque presentation ceremony held recently at the corporate headquarters of Zinox located in Gbagada, Lagos. Ekeh was honoured in 2011 with the pioneer IT Personality award of the association for his incisive entrepreneurship and positive disruption in the tech sector.…
As the attention of domestic, continental and global investors in the Nigerian prime property market is currently trained on Ocean City Lagos, the recently unveiled frontier-pushing location has been tipped by the global real estate giants, Knight Frank, as the world’s next investment destination, as it will combine Lagos’ characteristic vibrancy with island-paradise tranquility. Its lavish promise has led to it being christened “Jewel of the Atlantic,” and seeks, among other things, to remake the Lagos oceanfront into the world’s next 5G-driven living, leisure and business environment, setting it apart from the already crammed Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki Residential…
“Detty December” came early for Party Kings and Queens at the anticipated 2021 Lagos Margarita Festival sponsored by Vbank. Renowned Disk Jockeys: DJ Lambo, DJ Poppaey, DJ Obi and DJ Tgarbs teamed up with Festival Hosts- Sheye Banks and Ada Ohh, taking their Turn Up fans by storm over the weekend in Lagos. While taking shots of premium Margaritas, tequila-based drinks and eating easy finger foods, top celebrities, fans, and guests got to party and play a variety of board and party games. The Vbank funded Festival pulled performances from top artists like Avala, Fave, Ruger and more. Also in…
Three African nations namely, Nigeria, Morocco, and Egypt, each won in first place in the ongoing Africa IoT and AI Challenge 2021 holding in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. This was contained in an announcement by IEEE TEMS and Bunya Group -the official sponsor of the Africa IoT and AI Challenge- which is the leading group in the field of communications infrastructure and digital transformation in Egypt, the Middle East, and the African continent, and the IEEE Africa Council and WAKANDAI. In the graduation projects category as announced by the coalition, Nigeria ranked first, Uganda ranked second, and…
In its attempt to bridge the gender digital divide and promote digital literacy and skills amongst the womenfolk, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has commenced a five-day women training program dubbed “Women ICT Techprenuership.” The training which is an intervention of NITDA to help in the national vision of lifting 100 million Nigerians from the poverty rung has 60 women in attendance and is expected to empower them with the requisite skills needed to make them employers of labour thereby creating jobs and wealth in the country. NITDA’s representative, Mr Segun Folayan, with the e-Government Development and Regulations…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reacted to publications in some online media channels alleging the involvement of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State, in Mafab Communications Limited, one of the winners of the 5G spectrum sold by the Commission in a public auction conducted on Monday, December 13, 2021, at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. The NCC restated in a statement signed by its Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde and made available to DigitalTimesNG that consistent with the Commission’s long-established regulatory culture and tradition, the process leading to the auction of the 5G spectrum was…
The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has said that digital media provides a veritable platform to enhance National Security, and can be used to gather security intelligence, coordinate activities of security agents, promote social interaction amongst citizens and enhance social harmony. Inuwa stated that the importance of digital media to human interaction cannot be overemphasised, considering the huge benefits it had brought to several sectors of the economy, especially with the global impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Represented by the Director IT Infrastructure Solutions, Dr Usman Abdullahi Gambo, Inuwa stated this while delivering a virtual…
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