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- 31 Jan 2014
Nigerian Wins Nkrumah Prize for Scientific Innovation
Prof. Kayode Adebowale, Nigerian scientist, has been awarded the 2014 Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Prize in the field of basic science, technology and innovation. Adebowale was conferred with the award…
- 11 Aug 2016
Islamic Bank Dangles $450,000 in Science & Tech, Women Prizes
Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has announced the call for nominations for prizes in Science and Technology and Women Contribution to Development. Winners of the prizes for 2017 will receive cash…
- 14 Jul 2025
FirstBank, NLNG, Shell back QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit
Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, First Bank of Nigeria, has joined forces with Mighty Media Plus Network Limited for the maiden edition of the QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit. Also supporting the…
- 14 May 2026
The Nigeria Prize for Science & Innovation Records New Height as 2026 Edition Attracts 237 Entries
For the first time since it was established in 2004, the 2026 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Science and Innovation has recorded an historic milestone, attracting a record-breaking 237 entries. The…
- 23 May 2013
Intels Takes Nigerian Students to Science and Engineering Fair in US
Intel Corporation, renowned chip makers has sponsored nine Nigerian secondary school students to represent Nigeria with their urine-powered generator which at the 2013 international leg of the Intel…
- 17 Nov 2019
Giwa-Tubosun, Nigerian Wins $250K Jack Ma Grant
Temie Giwa-Tubosun, CEO of LifeBank, has won $250,000 grant from the Jack Ma Foundation, at the foundation’s maiden Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) ,which held in Accra, Ghana, at the…
- 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…
- 2 Jul 2017
AIF Announces 10 Nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2017
African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has announced the top 10 nominees who will be contending for the 2017 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA), to be awarded in Accra, Ghana on 18th July 2017.…
- 9 Jan 2018
9mobile Fights Illiteracy with ‘CLOSED’, a Short Film
In furtherance of its commitment to promoting education and raising the level of literacy across the nation, 9mobile has gone one step further, with the production of a short film titled ‘Closed’.…
- 10 Nov 2009
Pendulum Clock, Antique tech items Trigger Mercury Rush
Ridiculous as it sounds, the pendulum clock, a clock built some 365 years ago has triggered a new get rich syndrome with some Nigerians combing through archives and rarely used places for the old…
- 5 May 2009
Students Compete for U.S. $4 Million Intel Isef Prizes
1, 600 exceptional high-school science students from more than 50 countries of the world, including Nigeria, will converge on 'the biggest little city in the world', Reno, Nevada USA, for the Intel…
- 9 Dec 2025
COUCH 2025 Grand Finale Highlights Student Breakthroughs, Secures Government Pledge for University Research Commercialization
Coderina Education and Technology Foundation , in partnership with the National Universities Commission (NUC) , successfully hosted the Grand Finale of the Coderina University Challenge (COUCH) 2025…
- 24 Jan 2014
Nutrition Society Lauds Nutricima Consumer Enriching Products
Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN) has commended Nutricima Limited, makers of Coast, Nunu, Olympic milk and other nutritious food drinks, for enriching lives of consumers through its products as well…
- 7 Dec 2017
Nigerian Scoop Top Prize for Labour Market Research @ UN-ECA
A Nigerian economist has emerged at the top from a selection of 36 academic papers presented at the 12th African Economic Conference for proposing reforms, including the de-regulation of the labour…
- 6 Sept 2016
ITU Partners IBM Watson’s XPRIZE to Promote AI Innovation
Data volumes are soaring to previously unimaginable heights. More data has been created in the past two years than in the entire history of humanity. 2.5 quintillion (that is, one-billion billion)…
- 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…
- 26 Feb 2014
Winners Emerge in 2014 National Science Fair Competition
The sponsors of 2014 National School Science Fair has announced its winners as it brings to a close the week-long science competition. This year’s competition showcased intellectual exchange…
- 24 Jun 2014
DStv Eutelsat Star Awards Competition 2014 Begins
The 2014 edition of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards has commenced and the entries are for all learners between the ages of 14 - 19 to write an essay or design a poster on the topic “Imagine you are a…
- 14 Jul 2015
Dstv Eutelsat Star Awards 2015 Competition Now Open
The 2015 edition of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards is now open. The Organisers are now calling all learners between the ages of 14 - 19 to write an essay or design a poster on how satellites…
- 9 Feb 2009
Intel Nigeria, ISED Sponsor Science Students to Global Competition
Intel Nigeria, the world’s biggest chip maker has partnered with the Initiative for Sustainable Educational Development (ISED) to bankroll the finals of the Nigeria Science fair. Bunmi…
- 26 Mar 2020
COVID-19: Group Urges Employers To Prioritise Welfare Of Journalists
With the world losing over 15, 000 to death due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the number of people infected rising, an advocacy group under the aegis of Times Journalism Alumni…
- 4 Jun 2020
11 Interesting Things You Should Know About Africa
Africa Day was celebrated on 25 May, and YouTube and ViacomCBS Networks Africa organized the “Africa Day Benefit Concert At Home”, which was streamed on the MTV Base Africa YouTube channel . …
- 22 Jun 2022
Salubata Technologies, Nigerian Start-up Wins $10,000 at CYF in Kigali
Salubata Technologies, a Nigerian start-up has emerged as one of the top four winners of Kigali Startup Festival 2022 at the Commonwealth Youth Forum (CYF) in Kigali, Rwanda. Yewande Adebowale, the…
- 5 Jul 2022
Ericsson Invites Participants to its ‘Together Apart Hackathon’ to Boost Innovation in Nigeria
Ericsson announces the launch of its Together Apart Hackathon in Nigeria. The Hackathon’s objective is to identify innovative solutions using technology and connectivity creating tomorrow’s solutions…