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Nigeria To Introduce First $9m Seed Funding For Software Development.
Nigeria is set to roll out its first seed funding for local software development, the country’s Minister of Communication Technology, Omobola Johnson has revealed.
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Mobile
5 Reasons The New Blackberry Passport May Not Sell In Africa.
In July, Blackberry’s sub-Saharan Africa Chief Charles Asinugo affirmed to me that the struggling company looked to Africa to save it; with the new Blackberry Passport Africa may decline to do so, and it would...
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Innovation & Science
Recruitment Challenges: And Technology Tools to Make Things Easier.
Like many other administrative functions within a company, technology is making recruiting and hiring staff easier.
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Innovation & Science
Increased Internet Penetration Will Raise Media Earnings in Kenya, Nigeria.
Many research institutes and consultancies have established a direct link between enhanced internet penetration and economic prosperity in multiple sectors; the latest in these series comes from PricewaterhouseCoopers, suggesting that revenues from the entertainment and...
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Mobile
Aflix Extended To 30 African Countries.
Mobile online video streaming app, Aflix, which launched in Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana last month has expanded its operations by unveiling the Hollywood mobile streaming service in thirty other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Innovation & Science
From Disaster Recovery To Disaster Resilience: The Next Step In Business Continuity.
Investment in disaster recovery and business continuity services has traditionally been a grudge purchase, says Brian Timperley of Turrito Networks — but with advances in virtualisation and cloud-based application and data delivery, it’s now possible...
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Innovation & Science
Beachhead Launches In South Africa As Businesses Prepare For Information Protection Act.
VENTURES AFRICA – Beachhead Solutions, provider of cloud-managed mobile device security and data access control for businesses of all sizes, today announced its expansion into the South African region, along with the appointment of Amit Parbhucharan...
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Innovation & Science
Intel’s Latest Campaign To Halve African Technology Gender Gap.
Intel has launched a new digital literacy campaign under its “She Will Connect” initiative to reach 5 million African women and therefore halve the gender gap in technology in the sub-Saharan African region by 2016.
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Innovation & Science
12 Africans Shortlisted For UK Engineering Innovation Awards.
Twelve Africans have been shortlisted for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation organised by the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng). The shortlisted persons developed engineering innovations in areas such as agriculture, nanotechnology, sanitation, security and mobile applications.
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Innovation & Science
eTranzact Turns To Nigeria’s Second Largest Commercial Hub For Ecommerce Project.
Launched in collaboration with eTranzact International PLC, Africa’s leading provider of mobile banking and payments services, and Bizi Mobile, the Kano State eCommerce business improvement and empowerment project is a dream of the present administration...