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- 12 Jul 2021
TED Partners Clubhouse on Global Exclusive Social Audio Lineup
Clubhouse, the social audio platform, and TED, the preeminent organization for ideas worth spreading, are collaborating on an exclusive lineup of programming. This partnership will bring thought…
- 30 Sept 2025
NITDA DG Reaffirms Commitment to Green Tech and Innovation @TED 2025
Kashifu Inuwa, Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has reaffirmed the agency’s unwavering focus on advancing Nigeria’s digital economy through crucial…
- 7 Nov 2016
20 Innovators Invited to TEDGlobal 2017
The TED Fellows team will soon be closing its application process for the 2017 TEDGlobal Fellowship programme which seeks out emerging talent committed to making positive change around the world and…
- 16 Feb 2017
Halogen Partners TEDx to Showcase Brilliant Ideas at TedLagos2017
Foremost Nigerian Security and Logistics Company, Halogen Security recently partnered with TEDx to unveil several life-changing ideas at TED Lagos 2017 idea search. The two-day event held at Café Neo…
- 27 Oct 2013
Cruz Recants “419” Comments, But Not Sorry
Ted Cruz, US Senator who accused Nigerians of being scammers; has made a half hearted apology to Nigeria but did not recant his stand that Nigerians are scammers. Instead he said his spokesman said…
- 23 Oct 2013
US Senator Labels Nigerians 419s
Ted Cruz, a junior United States Senator for the state of Texas since 2013, has labeled every Nigerian a fraudster responsible for the technical glitches that have prevented users from registering…
- 10 Jan 2017
RFI Opens Entries in Its Teens Enterprise Development Fellowship
Royal Foundation International (RFI) is a youth-led organization, established in October 2013 with a commitment to grow the economy while reducing the scourge of unemployment and poverty in West…
- 4 Nov 2020
CARMA Begins Early-stage Venture Funding in Nigeria
CARMA, a tech-startup filling the credit-data gap in sub-Saharan Africa, has announced that it will begin an early-stage venture funding round, which will be used to expand its operations across the…
- 15 Sept 2022
Insurtech Firm Secures $10M Series A Round Fundraise
Turaco, the leading insurtech driving mass market insurance adoption, has announced the close of a $10 million Series A equity round led by AfricInvest, via the Cathay Africinvest Innovation Fund,…
- 5 Aug 2018
Union Bank Announces Partnership with TEDxLagos
Union Bank has announced its partnership with TEDxLagos for the upcoming TEDxLagos event scheduled for Saturday, August 18, 2018. This is part of the bank’s efforts to leverage partnerships and…
- 22 Nov 2024
TEDxPAU 2024: Exploring New Possibilities and Shaping Tomorrow
TEDxPAU 2024 brought together some of the brightest minds and boldest voices on November 16th at the Honeywell Auditorium, Lagos Business School. With over 500 attendees eager to explore new…
- 13 Aug 2016
Airtel Adjudged Most Outstanding Customer-Centric Telecoms Brand
Airtel Nigeria, has been adjudged the ‘Most Outstanding Customer-Centric Telecoms Brand of the Year’ at the Marketing Edge 2016 Brands & Advertising Excellence Award & Annual Summit. Enitan…
- 18 Aug 2016
US to Hand over Power of the Internet's Naming System
The US government's 20-year role in governing a crucial part of the internet is about to end. Starting October 1, the US will no longer have power over the domain naming system (DNS), the US…
- 29 Sept 2016
PFS CEO, SystemSpecs ED, Others Speak at TEDxIkeja 2016
Following up with the TEDxIkeja 2015 when Mo Abudu, CEO of EbonyLife TV led other A-list personalities to speak, the 2016 edition would parade another set of extra-ordinary minds, as the CEO of…
- 2 Oct 2016
US Hands Internet Control to ICANN
Capping a highly politicized debate, the US government on Saturday let go of its remaining grip on the internet, handing control of the net's address book to a nonprofit. Saying free speech in the…
- 16 Feb 2017
UBA Wins Most Innovative Bank of the Year
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Pan African banking and financial services group, has added yet another award to its growing list of laurels as it emerged Most Innovative Bank of the Year at the…
- 29 Aug 2017
Nigerian Invents Computer Chip that Smells Explosives
Oshiorenoya Agabi, a Silicon Valley-based inventor, has developed a computer that can recognise the smell of explosives and aid in bomb detection. He unveiled modem-sized technology at the TEDGlobal…
- 9 Oct 2017
TEDxIkeja Offers Panacea To Troubled World With Native Intelligence
By Ugo Onwuaso Thought leaders from different spheres of life who are adept at applying native intelligence to solve problems would meet at the 2017 edition of TEDxIkeja to offer panacea to a world…
- 12 Oct 2017
TEDxIkeja: Adeti, Inlaks CEO Shows How to Achieve Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
By peter oluka How the army of unbanked Nigerians could come into the formal financial space would be the subject of discussion when the CEO of Inlaks, Femi Adeoti, speaks at the 2017 edition of…
- 4 Mar 2019
Unstoppable You: Towards Gender Equality
By Austin Okere In commemoration of this year’s International Women’s Day, I would like to honor our womenfolk by sharing the essence of my keynote at the last annual WIMBIZ conference at the Eko…
- 6 Mar 2019
StarTimes Launches Next-Gen TV
StarTimes says it is unveiling its latest product, the newest generation of television set, StarTimes Smart TV. Available in 2 sizes, 50 and 55 inches, StarTimes Smart TV offers the highest…
- 28 Jun 2020
Re-imagining the Business School Model
By Austin Okere This pandemic has uncovered the soft underbelly of our unwillingness to think beyond the present and anticipate future eventualities. There have been various experiences and…
- 27 Jan 2021
Osinbajo to Attend The Guardian Book Launch
Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has accepted the invitation to attend the launch of the epochal book on The Guardian. The event, billed to hold in Lagos on…
- 31 Mar 2021
WizKid, Burna Boy the Most Streamed Artists on Spotify in Nigeria
On February 23rd, more than 70 million songs, 2.2 million podcast titles, and over 4 billion playlists became officially available to Spotify listeners in Nigeria for free. Spotify launched with a…
- 20 Sept 2021
Endeavor Nigeria Reveals Speakers for Catalysing Conversations 2021
Endeavor Nigeria, the leading community of high-impact entrepreneurs in Nigeria, has announced that its 3rd annual scaleup entrepreneurship summit, Catalysing Conversations, will be held on Thursday,…
- 15 Oct 2021
Netflix, UNESCO Launch Groundbreaking Competition in Sub-Saharan Africa
Netflix and UNESCO have partnered to launch an innovative short film competition on ‘African Folktales, Reimagined’ across Sub-Saharan Africa. Winners of the competition will be trained and mentored…
- 21 Feb 2022
Flutterwave Re-brands, Goes Beyond Payments
Flutterwave, the leading technology company, has unveiled a significant re-brand and identity at Flutterwave 3.0, a virtual event held last Friday. Following the announcement of a $250M Series D…
- 20 Jan 2023
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings Steps Down as Company CEO
Netflix co-founder, Reed Hastings announced he is stepping down as co-chief executive of the company on Thursday, Jan. 19. Hastings, 62, who co-founded the company in 1997 when Netflix delivered its…
- 19 Jun 2023
Insurtech Firm Celebrates Insuring Over 1,000,000 People Across Africa
Turaco, African insuretech distributing affordable insurance, is proud to announce it has surpassed 1,000,000 lives insured. Turaco raised a $10m Series A in September 2022, and is using that…
- 7 Nov 2023
Carl Cruz says Telecom is Integral to Every Facet of Business and Life
Carl Cruz, the Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Nigeria, has described telecom the New Economy Industry, as the sector transforms business and lifestyle through connectivity. Mr. Cruz made this…