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Apply:200,000 Euro Award for Technology Innovations by Siemens
This Technology Innovation Awards by Siemens aim to identify simple technological innovations with business potential to empower people around the world! Take part ...
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Be Part of the Health Hackathon on Risk Communication for West Africa-Nigeria Edition.
The efforts to stem the 2013-2015 Ebola epidemic revealed fundamental deficits in the health policies and strategies of the afflicted West African countries ...
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Nigeria Innovation Summit 2018 Communiqué
Theme: Building a Culture of Innovation in Nigeria for Sustainable Economic Growth. The 2018 edition of the Nigeria Innovation Summit with the theme: ...
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UNDP,UNIDO,NITDA,NCC,DFID Bosses To Speak at Nigeria Innovation Summit 2018
The organisers of the Nigeria Innovation Summit recently announced its first line up of speakers for the 2018 summit which will take place on ...
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Nigeria Innovation Summit 2018 Theme, Date announced
The Nigeria Innovation Summit in its 3rd year will focus on the theme: “Building a Culture of Innovation in Nigeria for Sustainable Economic ...
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African Development Bank 2018 Annual Meeting to Focus on Accelerating Africa’s Industrialization
Final preparations are underway for the 2018 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group on May 21-25, 2018, in Busan, Korea, addressing “Accelerating Africa’s ...
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Agriculture’s potential to power economic growth highlighted in African Transformation Report
A major study by the Africa Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) has highlighted how transforming agriculture can become a stimulus for economic development ...
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UN Economic Commission for Africa to Drive African Continental Free Trade Area
The potential for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to become a powerful tool for driving industrialisation, economic diversification and development has ...
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Nigeria Innovation Summit 2018 Call for Papers
The 2018 Nigeria Innovation Summit announces its call for papers.Nigeria Innovation Summit is the leading annual event that focuses on the need for ...
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Orange Digital Ventures invests in Africa’s Talking,A leading distributor of Mobile Communication and Payment APIs
Orange Digital Ventures Africa, the Orange investment fund’s new initiative for Africa launched last June, is proud to announce its first investment, helping Africa’s ...
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MainOne Secures Licence to Expand Connectivity Services in Cote d’Ivoire
As part of its West Africa expansion, connectivity and data centre solutions operator MainOne has secured a license to expand national and international ...
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Ecobank launches 2018 Fintech Challenge Competition for African Start-Ups
Ecobank , a leading pan-African banking group, is inviting African fintech entrepreneurs to enter for its Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2018. Now in its second ...
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Applications open for the third cycle of Innovate Ventures Accelerator in Somaliland
Innovate Ventures pioneer in the Somali start-up space, has just opened applications for the next round of its Hargeisa-based tech accelerator. To date, ...
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Enter for the 2018 African Entrepreneurship Award and Share in the $1 Million Prize
African Entrepreneurs are encouraged to enter for the 2018 African Entrepreneurship Award and Shared in the $1 Million Prize money if you have a ...
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African Food Security Prize Launched to Stop Devastating Crop Pest
Feed the Future, supported by Land O’Lakes International Development and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, has opened its call for applications ...
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Attend African Women Summit For Peace and Development
Registration is now open for the African Women Summit For Peace & Development in Africa organised by COWAP.It provides is an opportunity to network, cross ...
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FinTech Startups:Apply for the MasterCard StartPath Programme
Mastercard is calling for applications from Nigerian fintech startups for its Start Path 2018 programme, the company’s initiative that supports innovative later-stage start-ups ...
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Next Einstein Forum launches Scientific African, an open access multi-disciplinary Journal to boost Global reach of research from Africa
A unique partnership between the Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), and Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science ...
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Tony Elumelu Foundation Selects 1000 Entrepreneurs for the 2018 Entrepreneurship Program with Red Cross, UNDP & Indorama Supporting additional 250 Entrepreneurs from Africa
More than 150,000 Africans from 114 countries worldwide applied to join the 4th cycle of The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s (TEF) 10-year, $100 million TEF Entrepreneurship ...
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Nigerian Startup Lifebank Selected at Merck Accelerator and moves to Germany
The technology and science company Merck recently, announces its ten new startups taking part in the Merck Accelerator. The teams are operating in the ...
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How Fintech providers are enabling financial institutions in Rwanda to accelerate their digital transformation
Speakers at the International Conference on Responsible and Inclusive Finance (ICRIF) (http://www.amir.org.rw) held in Kigali on 21 March urged Rwandan microfinance institutions (MFIs) to ...
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Next Einstein Forum(NEF) Global Gathering 2018 Holds in Rwanda
Africa’s scientists and innovators descend on Kigali, Rwanda, for the Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering 2018 set to be held on 26 – ...
Gadgets/Apps
Samsung Introduces Galaxy S9 and S9+ Smartphones into Nigerian Market
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. introduces the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+, the smartphones that reimagine the way people communicate, share and experience the ...
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Republic of Malawi Joins Africa Finance Corporation
The Republic of Malawi (“Malawi”) has become the second Southern African member country of Africa Finance Corporation (“AFC” or “the Corporation”), Africa’s leading ...
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FinTech in Africa Will Grow to US$ 3 Billion by 2020-Ecobank
Millions more people in Africa now have access to financial systems thanks to cashless systems using digital technology, and more and more people ...
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International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2018 will Hold in South Africa
ITU Telecom World 2018, will take place in Durban, South Africa, from 10 to 13 September, at the Durban International Convention Center (ICC).Organized ...
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Innovation Accelerator Startupbootcamp Hosts FastTracks to Source Top Startup Talent Across the Globe – Applications Now Open!
Startupbootcamp (SBC), a global family of industry-focused accelerators, last year launched its first-ever Africa-based programme. Building on the success of its inaugural 2017 ...
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Nigerian Startup- Publiseer Becomes A Finalist At The 2018 Harvard New Venture Competition
Nigeria's digital publisher, Publiseer, has been announced as one of the 14 finalists of the 2018 Harvard Business School's New Venture Competition,taking place ...
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Enter for Facebook Community Leadership Program for a grant of up to $1,000,000 USD
Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. An important part of this is ...
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Apply for the U.S. African Development Foundation Grant to African Enterprises, Cooperatives, and Producer groups
The U.S. African Development Foundation invites proposals for grant financing and local support, from African enterprises, cooperatives, and producer groups with innovative solutions ...