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- 23 Nov 2016
Africa Code Week Exceeds Targets, Trains 427,000 Students in a Week
SAP's ambitious goal of equipping 5 million African youth with basic coding skills by 2025 took a bold step forward following the release of the results of this year's Africa Code Week. Almost…
- 21 Aug 2017
Ondo State Partners SAP to Hold Africa Code Week 2017
Africa Code Week (ACW), a continent-wide initiative to spark the interest of African children, teenagers and young adults in software coding, returns for the 2017 edition Africa Code Week is one of…
- 30 Aug 2017
Ondo State Empowers Teachers Ahead SAP Africa Code Week 2017
SAP’s Africa Code Week (ACW) initiative, has received accolades as a critical leverage to bridge the continent-wide digital divide, as well as being a significant launch-pad for youth empowerment in…
- 12 Dec 2017
Africa Code Week trains 1.3m Youth
The 2017 edition of Africa Code Week exceeded expectations by empowering 1.3 million youth across 35 countries with basic coding skills. This number, according to organisers, indicated a 203%…
- 4 Sept 2018
SAP Initiative ‘Africa Code Week’ Trains Over 500 Teachers in Edo State
Organizers of Africa Code Week (ACW) have said that over one thousand teachers will benefit from information and communications technology (ICT) training in Edo and Enugu States in 2018. The…
- 26 Sept 2019
SAP Africa Takes Code Week to Northern Nigeria
SAP Africa Code Week (ACW) has collaborated with Niger and Taraba state government in Northern Nigeria to bring digital skills training to teachers in the region for the first time. According to a…
- 26 Jun 2017
Landrush for .Africa Domains Enters Final Week
The Landrush Phase for the newly launched .africa domain name enters its 4th Phase and final week from 26th June 2017. The Landrush Phase for .africa domain name system offers companies,…
- 18 Dec 2017
Why and How Government Should Encourage Coding Education
Coding education has been identified as critical to prepare young people with requisite skills for future jobs and that is why governments must embrace the programme to reduce unemployment, …
- 12 Sept 2019
DHL Expands Africa eShop to 34 Countries Across Sub Saharan Africa
Since its initial introduction in April of this year, the DHL Africa eShop app has seen its user base grow rapidly, and within the first three months of operation, it had already been rolled out to…
- 9 Feb 2017
Lagos to Train One Million Residents on Computer Coding
Ahead of the much anticipated roll out of CodeLagos, the Lagos State Ministry of Education on Tuesday said the programme would seek to teach at least one million Lagos residents to code by 2019 and…
- 13 Feb 2019
Visa Announces Fintech Fast-Track Program in MEA, Others
Visa has announced it is expanding its Fintech Fast-Track Program in the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) region as part of its efforts in developing the next generation of…
- 29 Sept 2017
Visa Partners Genesis Cinemas for Exclusive Movie Ticket Discounts
Visa has announced an agreement with Genesis Cinemas that gives mVisa customers access to exclusive movie ticket offers. Customers who purchase movie tickets using mVisa on Thursdays will pay as low…
- 1 Mar 2017
Masterpass QR Now Live in 7 Markets in Middle East, Africa
Mastercard has successfully been able to introduce and roll-out Masterpass QR in seven markets in the Middle East and Africa (MEA). This momentum, Mastercard said, is part of the company’s commitment…
- 15 Feb 2017
Lagos to Set Up 500 Training Centres for CodeLagos Project
The Lagos State Government on yesterday revealed plans to set up 500 Coding Centres in public and private schools across the State ahead of the launch of the CodeLagos Initiative in April, 2017. The…
- 13 Jan 2022
Nigerian Businesses Record 2,308 Cyber Attacks Weekly - Report
Worldwide, the number of attacks experienced per business each week is 870 on average – alarmingly, in Nigeria, this weekly figure is 2 308 across all industry sectors collectively. The more-granular…
- 19 Aug 2020
One Year at NITDA; Kashifu as a Vindication of Youth Excellence in Governance
By Hashim Suleiman, Let me refer to my September 16, 2019 article tagged ‘Pantami, Kashifu and the beauty of vision” where I had identified Kashifu Inuwa as an individual who had understood clearly…
- 13 Aug 2017
Lagos to Launch 300 New Coding Centres in September
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the implementation of the second phase of the CodeLagos Project, which will be launched in September 2017. The approval is coming on the heels…
- 23 Jul 2017
Nigeria Ranks 9th on Global Spam Calls
Nigeria has been ranked ninth in the world for spam calls, according Truecaller Insight report released earlier this week, in spite of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) efforts to address spam…
- 23 Jan 2019
UNILAG TV Goes Live
University of Lagos Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, has launched the first campus television station, expected to deepen campus journalism. Its broadcast is not only restricted to Nigeria, but across West…
- 26 May 2022
Nnamani to Chair 2022 DigitalSENSE Forum
Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, president, Medallion Data Centres Limited, has been named the chairman of the twin event of the 2022 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D)…