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- 21 Jun 2018
CodeLagos : 337 Schools to Participate in Coding Competition
Over 337 schools across the six Educational Districts in Lagos are all but set to slug it out in a four-day Code Week Competition, Special Adviser to the Governor, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh said on…
- 7 Apr 2017
1m Lagosians to Receive Training on Computer Coding Programme
Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Education, has said that the CodeLagos Programme billed to be launched later this month will train one million Lagosians on…
- 30 Aug 2020
Digital Education: FG to Provide affordable Learning Devices for Students
The federal government says it is working with state governments and some development partners to improve the country’s education system by making it more digitally accessible as part of its response…
- 27 Feb 2018
Lagos To Train One Million Residents On Coding By 2030
Lagos State Government said that it would have trained one million residents on coding by 2030 to make them to compete favourable for employments globally. Mr Obafela Bank-Olemoh, Special Advicer to…
- 29 May 2016
Google Partners Lagos on Digital Skill Training
Google is collaborating with Lagos State government to provide digital skills training for 50,000 students of Lagos State tertiary institutions. Mr Obafela Bank-Olemoh, special adviser on…
- 30 Mar 2025
SystemSpecs’s Subsidiary Deelaa Becomes Whatadeal
SystemSpecs Holdings Ltd unveiled at the weekend the rebranding of its subsidiary Deelaa to Whatadeal, launching an ambitious digital commerce platform poised to transform travel, events, and…
- 16 Jun 2017
Lagos Unveils Website for Internship Scheme
The Lagos State Government on Thursday announced the opening of its website to register intending applicants for the 2017 edition of Ready.Set.Work (RSW) scheme which is an entrepreneurship and…
- 4 Apr 2018
Lagos Approves Next Phase of CodeLagos Initiative with 15,000 Trained
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has approved the implementation of the next phase of the CodeLagos initiative, focused on expanding the reach and scope of the project to cater for more Lagos…
- 29 Jun 2018
Winners Emerge in CodeLagos Schools Competition
Six schools have emerged winners out of the 39 schools across the six Educational Districts in Lagos who participated in the four-day CodeLagos Week Competition grand finale. The schools include…
- 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…
- 9 Oct 2018
Ambode Approves Expansion of CodeLagos Initiative
Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode Lagos State Governor, has approved the expansion of the CodeLagos initiative to give more access to Lagos residents. This expansion is targeted at increasing the reach and scope…
- 26 Apr 2018
CodeLagos Programme Expands To 275 Schools, 10 Public Centres
As part of the continued drive of the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to train one million Lagos residents to code through the CodeLagos initiative, the State Government has scaled up its…
- 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…
- 27 Jun 2018
Yabatech Acquires Software for Detecting Plagiarism
The Governing Council of Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) yesterday said it had acquired a world-class security software capable of detecting any act of plagiarism in write-ups submitted by…
- 8 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…
- 29 Nov 2017
Lagos Unveils Coding Centres in Two Schools
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday launched two Coding Centres set up by 9mobile for CodeLagos, an initiative of Lagos State Ministry of Education with a charge on the private sector to key into…
- 7 Dec 2015
FCMB Explains Students’ Centre Donation to Pan-Atlantic University
Mr. Ladi Balogun, group managing director/chief executive, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited, has explained that the decision of the Bank to donate a multi-purpose Students’ Centre to…
- 23 Sept 2016
SAP Africa Code Week Unlocks Africa’s Future
Over the next two weeks Nigeria will play host to a series of official train-the-trainer (TTT) sessions as the country takes on a leading role in the build up to SAP Africa Code Week (ACW) 2016.…
- 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…
- 13 Dec 2016
Glo Partners Lagos State on One Lagos Fiesta
Globacom is partnering with the Lagos State government for the successful hosting of this year’s edition of One Lagos Fiesta, an initiative introduced by the state government to celebrate the end of…
- 25 Apr 2017
Sustaining Project "Code Lagos"
The Lagos State government has announced an ambitious project that will make it the host of the next technological frontier. The project is tagged "Code Lagos" and it aims to train one million…
- 28 Apr 2017
Lagos Unveils Digital Library
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday formally unveiled the State Digital Library, reiterating his administration’s commitment to providing access to education for all. The governor,…
- 10 Apr 2014
Remita Extends e-Payment Frontiers, Sponsors Corporate Football Tournament
Eight corporate organisations would vie for the coveted Remita Corporate Championship trophy in a football tournament in Lagos The electronic payment space has been extended further as Remita, the…
- 1 Dec 2017
9mobile Launches Code Lagos Centre at Rabiatu Thompson Primary School
9mobile, Nigeria’s most innovative and customer-friendly telecommunications company, has launched a coding centre at one of its adopted schools, Rabiatu Thompson Primary School, Surulere, Lagos, as…
- 8 May 2020
Airtel Nigeria Partners FG to Offer Free Online Education
Airtel Nigeria says it is collaborating with the Federal Government to offer free qualitative education for students across the country during the COVID-19 lockdown period. Mr Emeka Oparah, director…
- 10 Jun 2021
SystemSpecs Motivates Students on Tech Skills
SystemSpecs, financial technology provider, has empowered Nigerian children by motivating on ideas on various means to enhance the country’s national security through technology. John Obaro, MD/CEO,…