The Standard Chartered Foundation has announced the winners of its Women in Tech Accelerator programme in Nigeria, with five finalists receiving a total of $50,000 in grant funding. The winners emerged from the Standard Chartered Foundation Women in Tech Nigeria Cycle 7 cohort, following a competition in which five of the most promising businesses pitched…
Irabor stated this during an interview on Generation Next: Youth, Power & The Future We Must Build, a live broadcast on Channels Television, held on Thursday to commemorate Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day anniversary. According to the former Chief of Defence Staff, the required infrastructure would help integrate the various technological applications needed to effectively address…
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) System Builder and Automation Specialist, Ms Mary Mmoh, has called for increased government investment in technology education to strengthen Nigeria’s technology sector. Mmoh made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, while reflecting on Nigeria’s progress in the technology sub-sector, 66 years after independence….
The African Space Agency and Agence Spatiale de Côte d’Ivoire (ASCI), in collaboration with CURAT at Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, have organised the first edition of the SpatiELLES Hackathon as part of the African Space Exposition (ASPEX) 2026. The all-women space hackathon was created to showcase African female talent in space science and technology. It brought…
Aiyegbusi made the remarks on Thursday at the FounderConversations event organised by Google, where he said Nigerian tech startups and their counterparts across Africa that have participated in various Google accelerator programmes have attracted about $1.3 billion to the continent. “There are certain numbers that you see as press. You see us talk about the…
Before the 2023 General Election, Nigeria’s election result management system was largely a physical process in which polling unit results were recorded on paper and transmitted through successive collation centres. After voting, the presiding officer counted the ballots and recorded the results on Form EC8A. Party agents and election officials endorsed the form before the…
The BudgIT Foundation has urged the National Assembly to move away from budget insertion and adopt evidence-based scrutiny that connects public spending to development plans, previous performance and citizens’ needs. The call was made by BudgIT Country Director, Vahyala Kwaga, who represented the organisation’s Director, Olusegun Onigbinde, at the 2026 Capacity Building Workshop themed, “Leveraging…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is opening a new investment window for Nigerian startups developing technology-driven solutions to some of the country’s pressing business and social challenges. The agency is inviting investors, venture capital firms and financial institutions to the Digital Nigeria Builders Festival 2026, where emerging businesses will have the opportunity to…
Germany and Nigeria are moving to deepen cooperation in cement, mining, steel and building materials technology as industrial leaders from both countries explore new opportunities for investment, technology transfer and equipment manufacturing. The development followed the German-Nigeria Cement, Building Materials and Mining Technology Conference held in Abuja, which brought together German original equipment manufacturers (OEMs),…
The Kogi Government is exploring digital technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and investment opportunities to transform the state’s tourism sector and maximise its cultural and historical assets. The Kogi Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mrs Fatima Momoh, disclosed this on Sunday in Lokoja during an event to commemorate the 2026 World Tourism Day. World Tourism Day…