Innovation

Three scientists won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday (October 9) for developing and refining rechargeable lithium-ion batteries which made the global information technology, mobile and fossil-fuel-free revolutions possible. “I think the significance is in our everyday applications that we are going to mobile technologies and we are also moving away from...

Rwanda continues to impress Africa and possibly the world with its exceptional innovations and development. just recently Mara Group opened its first factory in Rwanda as the company hopes to pioneer a brand of African made smartphones and now the country makes history with news that it will launch a model of electric motorbikes and bicycles...

Ukpor is the headquarters of Nnewi South Local Government Area in Anambra State, South-East Nigeria. Ukpor an idyllic town set on the hills, as with most contemporary Igbo towns is home to very successful and influential people cutting across various works of life, we have scanned through to bring you 7 (seven) of the most influential Ukpor...

Facebook in partnership with Teleperformance has announced the opening of its first Small Business Group (SBG) Operations Centre in Lagos, Nigeria, which will provide outsourced support to all English speaking advertisers across Sub-Saharan Africa.Basically, the centre will support advertisers across the region through its Advocacy, Community & Education (ACE) programme, which aims to build engaged communities who...

A big boost to the African Tech Industry as Mara Phone, a smartphone by the pan-African conglomerate Mara Group, has opened its first factory in Rwanda as the company hopes to pioneer a brand of African made smartphones. This indeed is the first of its kind on the continent. Located in Kigali’s special economic zone,...

The essence of tech hubs is to provide the necessary mentorship including facilities to nurture startups into becoming a global phenomenon. Most importantly, tech hubs as resource centres are fashioned towards increasing the productivity of tech-oriented minds. In Nigeria today, there is an encouraging growth rate of technopreneurs who are driven by the motivation to achieve their...

Currently, the Nigerian tech space is witnessing the engagement of different technopreneurs who are keen on changing the narrative of the African continent; thus beaming a global spotlight on Africa as ideas are transformed into problem-solving mechanisms to make lives better. The list of the top ten includes; Dr Arinze Madueke

A recently developed Nigerian fintech start-up publicly declares it's successful ability to raise over a $1.1M seed Fundraise to kick start its online savings platform popularly known as Piggybank.ng.With a powerful combination of business-minded people like  Somto Ifezue, Odunayo Eweniyi and Joshua Chibueze Piggybank.ng came to. They came up with a way of tackling a problem...

Kenyan e-Logistics company, Lori, has officially announced its expansion to Nigeria in a bid to cement its footprint across Africa. The company, which is the largest e-logistics service provider in East Africa, launched in Kenya in 2016 to seamlessly connect cargo owners to transport in frontier markets. Over the past 10 months, Lori has...

If there is one thing we know to be constant with life it is ‘Change’. The constant need to upscale ourselves professionally in recent times could be linked to the nonstop fast evolution of technology. Technology sort after more creative ways to solve compelling problems with Products, software and services. Best Inventions from past years have included...