INNOVATIONS
Nokia to sponsor mobile stream at this year’s Global Forum
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BIH launches First Steps Venture Centre
BOTSWANA
The Botswana Innovation Hub has launched its First Steps Venture Centre (FSVC) to support entrepreneurship and innovation through technology transfer.»TV white spaces project to launch in Tanzania
TANZANIA
Microsoft has partnered with the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology and UhuruOne to bring cutting-edge broadband access, Windows 8 devices and technology skills to local universities.»IBM Innovation Centre Opens in Kenya
KENYA
As part of its ongoing expansion in Africa, IBM has opened its first IBM Innovation Centre in East Africa.»iROKO Partners to pump USD1M into Nigerian tech companies
NIGERIA
Internet entrepreneurs of iROKOtv and Nollywood fame, Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter, have launched a USD1m-backed company to support aspiring Nigerian tech entrepreneurs. »Nigeria’s start-ups jostle for LAN seed funding
NIGERIA
Top Nigerian start-ups are currently jostling for investment support from members of the Lagos Angel Network (LAN). »Orange Uganda seeks local app innovations
UGANDA
Orange Uganda has invited mobile app developers to enter its Orange Community Innovations Awards 2013.»BIH says IP part of its mandate
BOTSWANA
The Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) was a guest of honour at the commemoration of this year’s World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) day celebrations. »Innovation award finalists named
Ten finalists have been named for the Innovation Prize for Africa 2013.»Malaria app wins Makerere team place in Imagine Cup finals
UGANDA
Uganda will be represented in the worldwide Microsoft Imagine Cup competitions finals by a team of three students from Makerere University who developed a mobile application that can diagnose malaria.»IBM collaboration to harness the power of 2,000 suns
IBM and its partners have been awarded a USD2.4 million grant to develop a High Concentration PhotoVoltaic Thermal system able to convert 80% of the collected solar energy.»BIC hosts insurance innovation forum
BOTSWANA
Botswana Insurance Company Limited (BIC) has co-hosted the SSP Africa Users Group Forum for the first time in Botswana.»Nigeria launches first software incubation centre
NIGERIA
After long delays, Nigeria finally launched the first in the series, a software incubation centre in Lagos. »Kenyan university launches data analytics lab
KENYA
KCA University has launched a data analytics and visualisation research lab to aid in analysing complex data.»Startups to pitch for funding
NIGERIA
Seedstars World, with support from CcHUB and OTEKBits, will bring Seedstars to Lagos next week. »Main One partners Microsoft for Imagine Cup 2013
NIGERIA
Main One has emphasized its commitment to the development of innovative, and locally developed software with its partnership with Microsoft on Imagine Cup 2013. »US researchers develop edible electronics
Carnegie Mellon's Christopher Bettinger has developed edible electronics for use by the medical device industry.»FEATURED STORY
A Nairobi based group is equipping high school girls from Nairobi's slums with ICT skills to help them participate meaningfully in building the economy.
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The Microsoft-led 4Afrika TV white spaces project, taking broadband to rural people for as little as a dollar a month, is now expanding in Kenya and launching in Tanzania.
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Connected Services enables SMEs to extend their desktop payroll and HR with an online solution that eases the growing burden of HR managers and payroll administrators.
