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- 16 Dec 2013
MTN Presents Prizes to Winners of App Developer Challenge
Following the successful completion of the MTN App Developer Challenge, MTN Nigeria, leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Company, has presented prizes to the winners in all the…
- 25 Jul 2013
MTN Launches App Developer Challenge
MTN, Nigeria’s leading Information Communications Technology Company, has flagged off a competition for mobile application developers. The competition, MTN App Developer Challenge, is focused on…
- 1 May 2019
BOWEN University Students Develops App To Solve Security Challenge
Bowen University of the Nigerian Baptist Convention radically challenged the status-quo recently when it formally launched its specialized Innovation and Entrepreneurship Revolution Hub, at a…
- 13 Mar 2015
Nigeria Apps Developers Individually Motivated, Economically Starving
Mobile Apps are really changing the way people communicate, work and play. At the global level, app development has grown into a massive, profitable industry estimated to be worth over 120 billion…
- 2 Nov 2020
FG Rewards 12 Winners of 60-Day App Challenge
Federal government has rewarded 12 youths who won the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development 60-day App Challenge. Sunday Dare, minister of Youth and Sports Development 10 of the youths…
- 29 Jul 2013
Nearly 80% of Manufacturers to Develop Mobile Apps in 2013, Study Shows
The International Data Corporation (IDC) Manufacturing Insights has announced the availability of a new report, “Business Strategy: Looking Forward to the Corporate Application Store”. The report…
- 29 Jul 2013
Winners Emerge in VISA/Cc-Hub Financial Literacy Apps Challenge
“Money TALKS”, a financial platform where users can get audio tutorials in multiple languages on specific financial issues that Nigerians face was declared the finest app by judges at financial…
- 18 May 2017
Facebook Selects 60 Finalists in Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge
Facebook has selected 60 finalists from the hundreds of entries it received from across the Middle East and Africa for the Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge. The Bots for Messenger Challenge is…
- 28 Jan 2013
WITIN Opens Mobile Apps Challenge for Girls in Nigeria
Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN) in line with ITU's Girls in ICT project & Tech Needs Girls campaign, brings Technovation Challenge to Nigeria. The Mobile App Challenge was opened last week…
- 22 Oct 2020
Sports Ministry Shortlists 500 Youngsters in App Development Pitch
Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has shortlisted 500 young people for the next stage of its AppChallenge. Sunday Dare, minister of Youth and Sports Development The initiative according to a…
- 18 Jul 2013
Visa Supports Financial Literacy with Apps Dev. Challenge
Visa, a global payments technology company, has announced a mobile application development challenge, geared at stimulating the development of innovative web and mobile applications and games, to…
- 29 Jan 2026
Local App Developers Rake $1m in Sales in 2025- NOTAP
National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has said Nigerian software developers have reached significant milestones with locally made applications generating over one million…
- 26 Nov 2014
Folorunso, Nigerian Develops New App, Zion Quest to Help Users Memorize Scripture
Femi Folorunso, a Nigerian native and Computer Science graduate of Adekunle Ajasin University, has developed a new smartphone app called Zion Quest, a Christian adventure game intended to win…
- 17 Mar 2021
Pantami Directs NITDA to Support Indigenous Startup that Developed Sexual Abuse Reporting App
Mallam Kashifu InuwaAbdullahi, director general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has assured that victims of sexual abuse in Nigeria through ICT will have the…
- 8 May 2015
MTN Opens Nigerian Apps Free Downloads Gateway to 61m Subscribers
Truly, the world is changing faster than we ever imagined some decades ago, this MTN Nigeria calls the era of APPtitude! The increased penetration of technology across the globe especially…
- 29 Mar 2022
Tingo Mobile Develops Multiple Payment Financial App for SMEs
A financial technology company, Tingo Mobile Plc, has unveiled a multiple payment financial application for Small and Medium Enterprises and other customers of Deposit Money Banks. Speaking at the…
- 15 Aug 2014
Visa Supports Mobile Apps to Promote Financial Literacy in Nigeria
Visa Inc., the global leader in payments, today supported the launch of three locally-developed mobile apps to promote financial literacy in Nigeria. The apps were conceptualized and developed by…
- 14 Feb 2012
Nokia Drives Locally Relevant Apps on Nokia Store
Mr. Olumide Balogun, Nokia’s Services Manager for Ecosystem Developer Experience (EDX) has said that there are over 177 publishers of applications on Nokia Store with more than one million downloads…
- 25 May 2023
Blakskill App: A Bridge to Solve the Challenges Organisations Face in Sourcing Verified Talents across all Sectors of the Economy - Olugbenga Omojola, CEO
Blakskill limited an indigenous talent organization has developed an app designed to give organisations global access to verified talents while also giving talents (job seekers) a platform to…
- 12 Dec 2013
Nokia Extends Developers Rewards Program to Nigeria, Ghana
Nokia, global phone manufacturer, has extended its rewards program for developers, DVLUP, to Nigeria and Ghana. DVLUP is a rewards program for Windows Phone developers across the globe which enables…
- 20 Dec 2013
Kia Rio Winner Emerges in Microsoft 9japps Challenge
Microsoft Nigeria has announced the winner of the grand prize of a Kia Rio car in the Windows 8 category of the 9japps competition, a local app development contest aimed at empowering local app…
- 3 Dec 2014
Airtel Unveils 'Catapult-a-Startup', Entrepreneurship Initiative
Airtel Nigeria, leading telecoms operator, has launched an entrepreneurial initiative tagged ‘Catapult-a-Startup,’ a platform which aims to inspire innovation and assist start up mobile…
- 17 Jul 2015
Airtel Africa Partners Samsung, Singtel on Continental Application Challenge
Bharti Airtel, the world’s third largest telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Africa and Asia has launched an application challenge for startup developers as it…
- 6 Nov 2012
Conducive Ecosystem can Create Local Apps HoneyPot -Bolade
Bolade Oyekanmi is the digital and content analyst, Samsung West Africa who believes Nigerian local (application) developers can perform better with the availability of friendly ecosystem. He also…
- 12 Oct 2013
Winners Emerge in Microsoft's 9japps Challenge
Microsoft Nigeria has announced winners in the Windows Phone category of the inaugural 9japps Competition, a local app development contest for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 applications. The…
- 1 Apr 2013
Microsoft Nigeria, Nokia Collaborate to Launch 9jApps Contest
Microsoft Nigeria in partnership with Nokia Nigeria, today has formally declared open its 9jApps contest, a challenge designed to empower local developers to take advantage of Microsoft’s new tools…
- 6 Nov 2012
2go Heads for smartphones After Cracking Feature Phone Challenge
2go, mobile social network is extending its successful feature phone app to smartphones, while growing its team of software developers and support staff. The mobile social network currently…
- 4 Oct 2021
The Future of IT: Democratising Application Development with Low-code Platforms
By Hyther Nizam, President - MEA, Zoho Corp. With COVID-19 accelerating the digital transformation of businesses, many organisations were forced to adopt a work-from-home strategy, and customers…
- 9 Mar 2023
AppsFlyer Reveals Gaming App Install Ad Spend Reaches $26.7B Globally Despite Slowing Growth in Installs
AppsFlyer has released its State of Gaming App Marketing for 2023, an in-depth report on key gaming trends for app developers, marketers and game studios to utilize as they navigate through a year of…
- 7 Sept 2018
FG Celebrates Winners of Silicon Valley Contest, Promises Support
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the federal government will support the “FD-Detector,” a mobile application (app) developed by five Nigerian girls. In August, the five girls from Anambra…