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- 7 Jul 2026
KPMG Urges Africa’s Most Innovative Tech Entrepreneurs to Enter the Global Tech Innovator 2026 Competition
KPMG Private Enterprise is inviting Africa's most promising technology companies to apply for the KPMG Private Enterprise Global Tech Innovator 2026 competition. This competition offers innovators…
- 30 Apr 2025
GBB Reaffirms Commitment to Driving Public Sector Innovation @ the 5th Public Service Innovation Competition Awards
Galaxy Backbone (GBB), Nigeria’s digital infrastructure and shared services provider, joined other key government institutions at the 5th Public Service Innovation Competition Award Ceremony,…
- 10 Jan 2023
NCC Opens Portal for Annual ICT Innovation Competition
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has invited Startups, Tech Hubs, Investors and the ICT ecosystem to the Commission’s Annual ICT Innovation Competition. A statement issued and signed by…
- 3 Jun 2015
Etisalat Announces 2015 Prize for Innovation Competition
Etisalat, Nigeria’s fastest growing and most innovative telecommunications company,has announced its call for entries for the 2015 edition of the ‘Etisalat Prize for Innovation’. This competition was…
- 28 Aug 2014
ITU Telecom Young Innovators Competition Seeks Solutions to Climate Change
ITU Telecom World Young Innovators Competition has launched a Challenge on Smart Cities and Climate Change in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), seeking innovative ideas on how…
- 26 Nov 2014
Eight Start-ups Win ITU Telecom 2014 Young Innovators Competition
ITU Telecom has announced the emergence of eight start-ups as winners of its fourth annual Young Innovators’ Competition. Open to young social entrepreneurs between ages 18 and 30 from around the…
- 9 Jul 2015
Winners Emerged in ITU Telecom World 2015 Young Innovators Competition
ITU has announced the two winners of the second ITU Telecom World Young Innovators Competition challenge, the Conflict Challenge. They will take part in ITU Telecom World 2015, taking place 12-15…
- 4 Nov 2015
DigitalBack Books, Others Emerge Finalists for Etisalat Prize for Innovation Competition
Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunications operator, Etisalat, today announced finalists for the 2015 Prize for innovation, an initiative aimed at discovering and growing young Nigerians with…
- 7 Jan 2026
NASENI Launches Inter-Agency Innovation Competition for MDAs
National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has announced the launch of an Inter-Agency Innovation Competition and Awards to stimulate creativity and technological advancement…
- 19 Feb 2023
Nairaxi Emerges Winner in NCC's Young Innovators Competition
Nairaxi, a mobile ridesharing mobile app that enables users to request taxi and bus rides tagged, has emerged over all winner at the young innovators' competition organized by the Nigerian…
- 12 Jul 2018
Nigerian Wins Ericsson’s Girls Who Innovate Competition
Ericsson through its ninth annual participation in the ’Girls in ICT Day’ across the Middle East and Africa recently hosted the second edition of the annual ‘Girls Who Innovate Competition’ under the…
- 15 Jun 2009
Microsoft /SchoolNet Innovative Teachers’ Competition Rewards Winners
Some teachers who found innovative ways to introduce information and communications technology (ICT) into the classroom as a learning aid were recently honoured in Abuja at the 2nd Nigerian Microsoft…
- 11 Feb 2014
Ericsson Unleashing Application Competition to Support Local Innovations
Mobile application development has become a priority for the business sector and daily living. According to the Information Week 2013 Mobile Application Development survey, 41 percent of the 688…
- 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…
- 9 Apr 2014
ITU Partners Ooredoo for Development of Local Digital Content
ITU has launched the fourth edition of its popular ‘Young Innovators’ competition, seeking out talented young thinkers and social technopreneurs across the globe, and encouraging them to showcase…
- 8 Nov 2018
Johnson & Johnson Launches Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0
Johnson & Johnson has launched the Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0, the second continent-wide competition calling on African innovators to submit ideas for innovative…
- 31 Aug 2020
ATU Launches Africa Innovations Challenge 2020
The Africa Telecommunication Union (ATU) has launched the ATU Africa Innovations Challenge 2020; a competition designed to identify and support young African innovators who have developed mobile…
- 26 Jan 2009
GSMA Announces Finalists for the 14th Global Mobile Awards
The GSMA has announced the finalists for the 14th Annual Global Mobile Awards, as well as the competitors for the EMEA leg of the annual Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition. The overall…
- 12 Oct 2015
Ericsson Opens Registration for Innovation Awards 2016
Ericsson has opened registration for the Ericsson Innovation Awards (EIA) 2016, a global competition that gives students the opportunity to develop innovative ideas in collaboration with Ericsson…
- 8 Sept 2020
Ericsson Innovation Awards 2020: Taking on Climate Change
Ericsson is officially launching its annual Ericsson Innovation Awards (EIA) 2020, a global competition that offers university students around the world the chance to develop new, innovative ideas…
- 2 Aug 2026
NASENI to Showcase Nigeria's Finest Homegrown Innovations at Final Pitching Exercise
National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) will, on Wednesday, 5th August 2026, host the Final Pitching Exercise of the NASENI Innovation Assessment & Awards Programme…
- 26 Sept 2014
ITU Launches New Challenge on Internet of Things for Social Good
ITU Telecom Young Innovators Competition has launched its fourth challenge in the 2014 edition. It calls for young people aged between 18 and 30 from around the world to submit ideas for…
- 24 Mar 2022
Nigeria’s Global Competitiveness Ranking Improves
Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, has said that Nigeria’s global competitiveness ranking has improved from the Position of 124 out of 140 countries by 2015/2016 to a…
- 11 Oct 2022
GITEX 2022: Nigerian Startups Qualify for Semi-Final Pitch Competition in Dubai
Nine Nigerian technology innovators and startups have booked their spots in the semi final of the Supernova Challenge Pitch Competition organised by North Star Dubai, at the Gulf Information…
- 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…
- 8 Sept 2019
Two Nigerian Businesses Shortlisted for Shell Global Innovation Prize
Two Nigerian entrepreneurs have been shortlisted among 21 finalists for the Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators Awards, a global competition which highlights and rewards businesses that demonstrate…
- 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…
- 28 Dec 2022
Team Schrodinger Energy Wins Third Place in Ericsson Innovation Awards 2022
Team Schrodinger Energy from Bayero University Kano, Nigeria have won third place in the Ericsson Innovation Awards (EIA) 2022 competition. The team was recognized for their development of REINLIGHT,…
- 24 Oct 2017
Ericsson Stakes €25,000, Other Incentives for Innovation Award 2018
By peter oluka Ericsson has recently announced that it's 2018 Ericsson Innovation Awards competition is now open until November 15th, 2017, for students worldwide. This year’s theme is ‘The Future of…
- 4 Aug 2020
SystemSpecs Presents Prizes to Children’s Day Essay Competition Winners
SystemSpecs, Africa’s leading provider of innovative financial and human capital management solutions, recently presented prizes to winners of its first Children’s Day Essay Competition, themed, “…