MCM – SILAS ADEKUNLE

Our MCM this week is a 27-year old CEO and cofounder who built the world’s first gaming robot. Born in Nigeria, Silas Adekunle moved to the UK when he was 11 years old, and he took his childhood obsession in science and technology with him. As a young child in Nigeria, he spent a lot […]

BEST TOOLS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING

As a social media manager you need to be conversant with some tools that can make you efficient with better results in your work. In choosing a good social media tool you need to be sure that these tools are the best fit for the tasks. Be sure that whatever tool you choose to use […]

BENEFITS OF HAVING A DIGITAL SKILL

The world is going digital and almost everything is done with a click. Businesses have embraced internet banking, digital sales, and marketing. Even those who run a small business have started to engage online and have no doubt been able to make sales and reach thousands of people outside their physical locality. Non-profit Organizations and […]

Business Spotlight: HELIUM HEALTH

Taking the lead in a groundbreaking innovation, Helium Health is bringing digital technology to the African healthcare system. Founded in 2006 by Nigerian Entrepreneurs, Adegoke Olubisi, Tito Ovia, and Dimeji Sofowora, this healthcare technology company has been using their flagship Electronic Medical Records/Hospital Management Information System (EMR/HMIS) product to strengthen healthcare systems in Africa –from […]

BREAKTHROUGH JUNIOR CHALLENGE

SCIENCE IS HUMANITY’S SUPERPOWER WELCOME TO THIS YEAR’SBREAKTHROUGH JUNIOR CHALLENGE Explain a big scientific idea in Physics, Life Sciences or Mathematics with a short video. You will have until June 25, 2020 at 11:59 PM PDT to submit your video (3:00 minutes max). Take the breakthrough junior challenge. Make a 3-minute video explaining a big idea in […]

UNIVERSITY STARTUP WORLD CUP

The goal with University Startup World Cup is to feature the best university startups from around the world and give them a network which will help them grow – both businesswise and personally. The best university startups from around the world come together to network, exhibit and pitch for a chance of becoming the world’s best university […]

Google Africa Developer Scholarship 2020

Registration is now open for the Google Africa Developer Scholarship program supported by Grow with Google, Andela, and Pluralsight. Software engineers (and aspiring software engineers) looking to build their competency in Android, Google Cloud, and Mobile Web (MWS) are encouraged to apply to the program. The aim of this program is to continuously engage with […]

Nigeriahacks COVID19

NigeriahacksCOVID19 is an initiative of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) aimed at identifying and showcasing innovative technology that will contain the pandemic, cushion the effects of the pandemic, create awareness on measures to prevent the spread, engage stakeholders in discussion as well as point Nigerians to educative tools to engage with during the […]

Global Peace Photo Award 2020

Call for entries The Alfred Fried Photography Award will be held under the new name Global Peace Photo Award, inspired by 1911 Nobel Peace Laureates Alfred Fried and Tobias Asser. Read more… The Global Peace Photo Award recognizes and promotes photographers from all over the world whose pictures capture human efforts towards a peaceful world and the quest for beauty and goodness in our […]

Remote-Working: Top 10 tools

The 14 days lockdown initiated as a preventive measure against the further spread of the coronavirus in Nigeria (Lagos, Abuja and Ogun especially) has given rise to the need for most business owners, team leaders and their employees to work from home (WFH). To maintain productivity and functioning of teams during this period, we have […]