Google has announced the launch of a new five-month training program for game developers in Africa to successfully build, scale, launch, and promote the next generation of great mobile games in collaboration with Maliyo Games, a Nigerian mobile game developer. Accepted applicants will participate in a virtual training program from August
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In the late 1970s, M. Stanley Whittingham was the first to describe the concept of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, an achievement for which he would share the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Yet even he couldn't have anticipated the complex materials science challenges that would arise as these batteries came to
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Just a week after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a notice about cyber threats at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, it appears that the event has been hit by one last week, said a Japanese government official. According to them, the personal data of the event’s ticket holders, as
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More than 20 million young Nigerians will be empowered by 2030 through the newly launched Generation Unlimited (GenU) initiative which provides free access to online education and digital resources. Airtel Nigeria and the United Nations International Children Education Fund (UNICEF), which joined to launch the initiative, said the multi-sector partnership
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Egbin Power Plc, the biggest power station in Nigeria, has said it is owed N388bn by the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc for electricity generated and fed into the national grid. The company disclosed this during an oversight visit by the Senate Committee on Privatisation, led by its Chairman, Senator Theodore
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It was 2015 when Oluwasoga Oni made a decision. While studying for a master’s degree in Systems Engineering and Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he took a class that challenged him – alongside his classmates – to develop a business that could impact a billion lives. Coming from
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“Robot, stand up” – Oscar Constanza, 16, gives the order and slowly but surely a large frame strapped to his body lifts him up and he starts walking. Fastened to his shoulders, chest, waist, knees and feet, the exoskeleton allows Oscar – who has a genetic neurological condition that means his nerves do
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Voltron Capital, an Africa-focused venture capital fund for businesses, has been launched by Olumide Soyombo. Olumide Soyombo is a serial investor in tech firms in Africa, having made investments since 2014. The venture capital firm, which was co-founded with Abe Choi, CEO of Simple Dealer, will invest in up to 30 firms
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Adekunle Kunle-Hassan is a technical business executive, Product Manager and Software Engineer with experience in fast paced start-ups. He is best at building software products with agile methodology in e-commerce, energy, entertainment and medicine. Recently, he built an electronic medical record and hospital management system called Indigo. Kunle-Hassan says he discovers in
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The United Nations (UN) has declared Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade as the Champion of Industrialisation in Nigeria. Speaking at the launch of the state’s Industrial Policy at the Conference Hall of the Governor’s Office in Calabar, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Country Representative, Jean Bakole, hailed the governor
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