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- 21 Jan 2015
World Bank Group to Help Develop Innovative Index-Insurance Solutions Globally
The Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF), an innovative program managed by the World Bank Group, has launched indexinsuranceforum.org, an online knowledge platform for index-insurance practitioners…
- 15 Oct 2015
ITU Telecom World 2015 Shines Spotlight on Global Innovation
In an action-packed programme of workshops, pitching sessions and collaborations, ITU Telecom World 2015 Young Innovators Competition winners networked, shared ideas and benefited from expert…
- 14 Sept 2021
GIIG Launches $100m Innovation Fund to Invest in African Start-ups
The Global Innovation Initiative Group (GIIG), an investment vehicle for early-stage tech start-ups, has established a new fund to invest in early-stage tech innovation start-ups across Africa. The…
- 24 Oct 2023
Aleph Launches One Brand Initiative to Unify its Global Brands
Aleph Group, Inc., an ecosystem of local digital experts and technology-driven solutions, launches its ‘One Brand’ initiative, uniting its unique range of brands – including Ad Dynamo by Aleph in…
- 15 Jun 2022
Honeywell Group Partners Lagos Innovates to Upskill Young Tech Entrepreneurs
Honeywell Group (HGL), leading Nigerian investment holding company, has partnered with the Lagos State Government and Lagos Innovates, the tech arm of Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) to…
- 23 Dec 2025
AfDB Group Mobilises Global Private Capital to Close Africa’s Financing Gap
Building on the successful conclusion of the 17th replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF-17), which mobilised $11 billion for Africa’s most vulnerable countries, the African Development…
- 22 Feb 2016
Vodafone Group Selects Ericsson For Global Customer Experience Management
Ericsson Expert Analytics has been selected by Vodafone Group as a strategic solution for Customer Experience Management (CEM) across 22 countries. Ericsson Expert Analytics is a real-time,…
- 7 Nov 2024
Treepz Drives Innovation, Wins Top Honors at African Union Event
Treepz, Africa’s leading corporate mobility startup, has been awarded the Best Startup Pitch in Africa at the 15th Annual African Union Private Sector High-Level Conference, held in Lusaka, Zambia on…
- 21 Feb 2021
Fintechs to Compete for $125, 000 in 2021 Edition of Visa Everywhere Initiative
Visa has announced the 2021 edition of the Everywhere Initiative – a global innovation program and competition for fintechs. This year, the focus is on expansion and accessibility, with Visa offering…
- 25 May 2017
Microsoft Announces Imagine Cup MEA Champions, Six Teams Emerge
Microsoft and the U.S. Department of State’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative announced the six winning teams of the Imagine Cup 2017 Middle East and Africa (MEA)…
- 18 Jul 2017
Cisco Partners University of Jos on African Academy Safari
Global tech group, Cisco, has reaffirmed its commitment to technological advancement, innovation and human capital development initiatives in Nigeria at the just concluded annual African Academy…
- 7 Nov 2016
Google Supports DS Open Innovation Hackathon 2016
Google (West Africa) has offered a significant CSR model to power the Delta State Innovation Hub initiative. To this end, Google is deploying expert group of developers in her arsenal to deliver a…
- 3 Dec 2017
Nigeria, Others to Account for Half of 115m new Subscribers by 2020 - de Morais
Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais is an entrepreneur and innovation specialist with a deep interest in African socio-economic development. In 2007, He founded Quantum Global Group, an international group…
- 19 Apr 2017
World Bank, GSMA Collaborate on Universal Financial Access Initiative
The World Bank Group has welcomed the GSMA, the global body representing nearly 800 mobile operators and 300 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, to its coalition of partners committed to…
- 1 Oct 2017
Shell Launches NXplorers Education Initiative in Nigeria
Shell has launched its global education initiative, NXplorers, in Nigeria, in the latest effort to inspire young people to find solutions to the global challenges of food, water and energy in the…
- 25 Feb 2026
Sophos Report: Identity Attacks Drive 67% of Cyber Incidents as Threat Groups Surge in 2025
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today released the 2026 Sophos Active Adversary Report. John Shier It reveals that 67% of all incidents…
- 15 Jul 2015
“Convergence” Financing Initiative Gets Partners’ Approval
A new global initiative called Convergence was announced on Wednesday, which has the backing of a range of public, private, and philanthropic actors and the potential to unlock billions of dollars…
- 23 May 2021
NITDA Boss Woos Venture Garden Group To Join Bridge to MassChallenge Nigeria
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information Development Agency (NITDA), has urged a leading provider of innovative, data-driven solutions, Venture Garden Group, to join the…
- 27 Jan 2022
#YouTube Black Voices Fund Initiative: 26 African Creators Selected to Join Global Cohort of 135 Creators
YouTube on Thursday revealed the names of African creators who have been selected to join a global cohort of 135 from around the world, in its flagship #YouTubeBlack Voices Fund initiative. The fund…
- 15 Mar 2019
Sign Digital Rights Bill Now, Paradigm Initiative Tells Buhari
Paradigm Initiative, an advocacy group, is currently mobilising Nigerians to mount pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, sign the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill into law…
- 22 Apr 2016
Can FIRS Learn from Ingenico’s Cashless Revenue Collection Solution?
Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, deployed, jointly with its local partner Tracom, a Revenue Collection solution in the County of Nyeri in Kenya. This initiative was sponsored by…
- 20 Jul 2023
NITDA, U.S. Consulate General Collaborate to Launch Global Tech Africa
Global Tech Africa (GTA), an initiative of the Future Map Foundation designed and implemented by Ascend Studios Foundation; and in partnership with the National Information Technology Development…
- 1 Aug 2017
Path Solutions Bags Global Award for Quality & Ideal Performance
Mohammed Kateeb, Group Chairman & CEO of Path Solutions received ‘The Global Award for Perfection, Quality & Ideal Performance in 2017’ by the France-based Otherways Management &…
- 10 Mar 2025
MTN Commits $2Bn to ITU’s Partner2Connect Initiative
MTN Group has committed $2 billion to the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Partner2Connect initiative, bringing the total funds pledged to $73 billion. The announcement was made during…
- 22 Sept 2017
UNGA: Dangote Targets 1m Nigerian Women Via Biometric Data, Mobile Banking
Michael Bloomberg has inaugurated its first Global Business Forum with an astounding line up of global innovators, including Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, Nigerian industrialist. Meanwhile,…
- 13 Jan 2022
Nokia Reveals Accelerated Plans to Use Renewable Electricity
Nokia is looking to reduce emissions from its own operations by moving to 100% renewable electricity in the next three years. The company revealed the ambitious transition target yesterday, when it…
- 18 Oct 2016
$250,000 At Stake: Mozilla Launches Equal Rating Innovation Challenge
Mozilla has announced the launch of its global Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, a competition which invites contributions on ways to provide unfettered access to the open Internet for anyone across…
- 5 Jun 2024
Nigerian Tech Entrepreneur, Mitchell Elegbe Joins Global Jury for Prestigious EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in Monaco
Mitchell Elegbe, the Founder and Group Managing Director of Interswitch Group has been appointed into the global jury of the Ernst & Young (EY) World Entrepreneur of The Year Awards, which takes…
- 10 May 2024
Dr. Adesina, AfDB Group President Calls for Media Transformation to Uplift Africa’s Global Narrative
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank Group, delivered an impassioned plea for more balanced media coverage of Africa and its development, noting it was critical for…
- 13 Dec 2021
Mohammed Kateeb Named Co-Chair of CIBAFI’s ITWG
Azentio Software has selected Mohammed Kateeb as a co-chair of the CIBAFI’s Innovation and Technology Working Group (ITWG) for the year 2021-2022 during the Group’s kick-off meeting held on Monday 6…