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- 6 Aug 2026
STEM Africa Fest 2026 Equips 3,800 Children with Hands-on STEM Skills
More than 3,800 children, parents, teachers and STEM enthusiasts participated in the 2026 edition of STEM Africa Fest, an initiative aimed at promoting practical learning in Science, Technology,…
- 20 Jul 2026
STEM Africa Fest to Nurture Nigeria’s Future Innovators
STEM Africa Fest, an annual science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education event designed to expose children to hands-on learning, returned to Lagos, with organisers urging greater…
- 8 Nov 2022
Intelsat Begins Application Process for STEM Program in Africa
Intelsat, operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), is accepting applications to its Space STEM (science,…
- 28 Jul 2023
Intelsat, MaxIQ Space Complete Another Year of STEM-Ed in Africa
Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC) and MaxIQ Space, a pioneer in space-focused STEM…
- 17 May 2018
Interswitch Partners Slum2School Africa to Improve Qualitative Education & Build Skills Around STEM
Interswitch Limited, an integrated digital payment, and commerce company, who is pursuing an ambitious but achievable goal to grow the standard of STEM education in Africa, has partnered Slum2School,…
- 6 May 2022
International Girls in ICT Day 2022: Microsoft Africa Development Center Inspires Schoolgirls on STEM Education
The International Girls in ICT Day was celebrated globally on April 28th, 2022, and the team at the Microsoft Africa Development Center (ADC), West Africa, celebrated the day at an intimate event…
- 13 Oct 2020
Intelsat Partners XinaBox to Launch Careers in Africa’s Satellite Tech Space
Intelsat has entered into a partnership with XinaBox, a provider of modular electronics for learners and professionals, to deliver space-focused STEM learning tools to teenagers across Africa.…
- 10 May 2023
Interswitch Reaffirms Commitment to Encouraging STEM Education, Kicks-off InterswitchSPAK 5.0
Interswitch has expressed its commitment to encouraging Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in Nigeria with the commencement of 5 th edition of InterswitchSPAK National…
- 27 Sept 2012
Altech Sells 75% of Nigerian Operation, AWA
South Africa's Allied Technologies said on Wednesday it had agreed to sell 75 percent stake in its money-losing Altech West Africa (AWA) operations in attempt to stem losses from outside its home…
- 14 Jul 2017
TechQuest Summer Camps 2017 Receives Access Bank, Others’ Support
Access Bank, ColdStone Creamery and BH Stripes have join the growing list of partners for Africa’s foremost STEM training organization TechQuest. TechQuest is pleased to announce the opening of its…
- 30 Sept 2019
Adejoke Adekunle to Represent Nigeria at the TechWomen Programme in America
Adejoke Adekunle, marketing and media Entrepreneur has been invited to participate in the US-government sponsored TechWomen Programme. She was shortlisted as one of the 2019 emerging leaders…
- 2 Jun 2017
U.S. Embassy Honours Five Nigerian TechWomen
The United States have selected five Nigerian women in the technology space for honours. The Embassy through TechWomen, an initiative empowering and connecting the next generation of women leaders in…
- 16 Jun 2022
TechQuest STEM Academy, Partners Hosts Early-Stage Angel Investment Gathering in Lekki
TechQuest STEM Academy, and its Partners have rallied Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists and other stakeholders to an Early-Stage investor’s mixer at Lekki, Lagos. L-R: Founder, TechQuest STEM…
- 10 Mar 2023
Lagos Govt, GetBundi Partner to Facilitate STEM Learning Across Schools
The Lagos State Government and GetBundi Education Technology Company on Thursday commissioned a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) laboratory at Wesley Girls Senior Secondary…
- 7 Apr 2024
WIOCC, Open Access Data Centres Drive STEM Inspiration at Sammy Bright School in Lagos
WIOCC Group, the parent company of WIOCC, Africa’s digital backbone; and Open Access Data Centres (OADC), Africa’s fastest-growing data centre company; elevated their Corporate Social Responsibility…
- 10 Mar 2025
Intelsat, MaxIQ Space Expand STEM Learning to Educators in Multiple African Countries
Intelsat operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and educational resource provider MaxIQ Space, are expanding efforts to deliver Intelsat’s Africa Space…
- 12 Apr 2021
Appzone Secures $10mn Series A Funding
Appzone, the Pan-African fintech software provider building proprietary solutions for the continent’s banking and payments industries, has today announced the close of its $10mn Series A round. Led…
- 23 Dec 2015
AfDB Commits $1Bn in Power, Infrastructure in Africa
The Bank Group has devoted approximately $1 billion to supporting power and infrastructure in Africa in 2015, which the Private Sector Department (OPSD) experts describe as “an unprecedented record…
- 26 May 2020
Global Leaders @ 2nd UBA Africa Day Conversations Urge Government, Private Sector Collaboration
United Bank for Africa (UBA) celebrated Africa Day 2020, by bringing together global leaders at the 2nd UBA Africa Day Conversations, screened live across the continent. UBA helps set the debate…
- 28 Nov 2012
Shanduka Group, SA Firm Buys into MTN Nigeria
Shanduka Group, the South African black-run investment holdings group has bought into MTN Nigeria in deal reportedly worth $335 million but questions about corporate governance and a potential…
- 18 Oct 2016
Oando Foundation, Theirworld Partner, Teach Young Nigerian Girls Coding
Theirworld, a global children’s charity organisation and Oando Foundation, an independent charity with a mission to radically improve the quality of teaching and learning in Nigerian schools have…
- 21 Jan 2024
Exness Opens Portal for its Fintech Scholarship Program
Exness, multi-asset broker has announced that it's now accepting applications for its Fintech Scholarships program from exceptional South African students. This marks the second consecutive year of…
- 3 Jan 2014
Illicit Financial Flows from Africa - Track It, Stop It, Get It
Illicit money outflows are draining Africa's domestic resources, depriving it of crucial investment funds The figures are staggering: between $1.2 trillion and $1.4 trillion has left Africa in…
- 26 Apr 2019
STEMCafe Partners ENYO Retail & Supply to Launch Presence in Nigeria
STEMCafe, in partnership with ENYO Retail and Supply, will today officially launch its first Kids Creativity Play Space in Lagos, a non-linear learning centre for kids and young adults between the…
- 6 Mar 2019
Interswitch Set to Reward Excellence in STEM with InterswitchSPAK 2.0
Interswitch Group, a leading Nigerian Pan-African digital payment and commerce solutions company, is once again set to reward excellence in STEM subjects among secondary school students in the second…
- 11 Feb 2021
Interswitch: Improving Women, Girls Participation in STEM
Across the globe, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic has changed how we live our lives and has caused a profound shift in human interactions with technology. Technology has come to the rescue as…
- 30 Jul 2018
Exploring the Potential of Digital Transformation on the Nigerian Economy
The concept of a digital economy is essentially a new economy stream that brings with it new momentum. As ICT technologies develop rapidly and become integrated into more and more verticals,…
- 6 Jul 2026
Airtel Africa Cuts Diesel Dependence by 9.1m Litres
Airtel Africa, a telecommunications and mobile money services provider across 14 African countries, saved 9.1 million litres of diesel during its just ended 2025/2026 financial year, as part of…
- 28 Apr 2015
Huawei, Lenovo Top 83% MEA Smartphone Market Growth in 2014
Smartphone shipments to the Middle East and Africa saw unprecedented year-on-year growth of 83% in 2014, as Huawei and Lenovo made significant improvements during the time, according to - Q4 2014…
- 10 Sept 2021
Chris Uwaje WIN STEM Empowers 3 Girls for their Contributions in the Technology Sector
Chris Uwaje WIN STEM Awards has recognised three Nigerian girls, who had performed creditably well in various endeavours in the technology ecosystem in Nigeria. Dr Chris Uwaje, founder, Chris Uwaje…