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YOUWIN: Nigerian Government shortlists 6,000 applicants out of over 24,000 applicants

CP-Africa.com — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:48:11 +0000

Over 500 applications were received from Nigerians in the Diaspora among the 24,000 who applied to participate in the Federal Government youth entrepreneurship programme, YOUWIN. Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala disclosed this at an agreement signing ceremony between the Federal Ministry of Finance, Youth Development and ICT and participating banks, in Abuja, on [...]

Mobile Money West Africa Summit 2012 – Executives from Ecobank, Citibank, MTN others to speak

CP-Africa.com — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:28:35 +0000

First round speakers announcement for MobileMoney West Africa Summit, Lagos – Nigeria MobileMoneyAfrica, Africa’s leading resource for mobile financial inclusion today announced that executives from EcoBank International, Africa centre for mobile financial inclusion, citi Bank, PayG Solutions, Mfino, Comviva, Finsol –Kenya, MobileMoney Consulting –UK, Oceanic Bank International, MTN GHANA, Fortis MobileMoney, NIPOST, comnavig, Netsignature, Microensure, Experian MicroAnalytics are among [...]

Tech-in-Education: Co-Creation Hub invites Nigerians to send in ideas to improve education using technology

CP-Africa.com — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:25:14 +0000

Call for Ideas for Tech-In Education You know how people keep saying that education in Nigeria is now in tatters? In 2012, Co-Creation Hub Nigeria (www.cchubnigeria.com) is offering Nigerians an opportunity to do something about this while potentially starting a profitable venture of their own. Co-Creation Hub is inviting all Nigerians to send in ideas [...]

Nigeria’s Bez features on 106 & Park; premieres video to his single, “That Stupid Song”

CP-Africa.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:42:00 +0000

Fast rising Nigerian neo soul singer, Bez recently featured on the number-one U.S. video countdown show on television, 106&Park. The singer who is signed to Cobhams Asuquo Music Productions (CAMP) has increasingly captured the world’s attention since the launch of his debut album, “Super Sun” See The Boston Globe lists Bez’ Super Sun as one [...]

African Digital Schools: Microsoft partners with British Council to launch the African Digital Schools Project

CP-Africa.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:24:01 +0000

Microsoft recently partnered with the British Council to launch the “African Digital Schools project,” a project aimed at helping bridge the digital divide in about six African countries. Dubbed “Badiliko” in Swahili, the project will empower African schools using Microsoft technology with the British Council and Microsoft contributing $1 million each to the project. About [...]

UTC opens N100 million food court in Victoria Island, Lagos

CP-Africa.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:07:05 +0000

UTC Nigeria Plc recently opened an ultra modern food court in Victoria Island, Lagos, its second so far in Lagos. According to the organization’s corporate affairs manager, “the idea is to have the total lifestyle and entertainment under one roof and meant for a discerning clientele that focuses on quality, and healthy foods.” The food court [...]

Cross River State to create technology “knowledge city”

CP-Africa.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:47:26 +0000

Cross River State, Nigeria is gearing up to set up a technology “knowledge city.” The knowledge city will be home to an ICT incubation center and will be located at the Tinapa Business and leisure resort in Calabar. According to Nigeria’s ICT Minister, Ms. Omobola Johnson, it is “expected to incubate and foster spin off and [...]

Nigerian Government to invest about N1 billion in creating ICT incubators

CP-Africa.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:19:58 +0000

The Nigerian Government is set to invest up to N1 billion in the creation of incubation centers that would develop and churn out the next generation of Nigerian ICT entrepreneurs. This was revealed by the Nigerian Minister for Information and Communications technology, Ms. Omobola Johnson at an ICT empowerment workshop for Nigerian youths organized by [...]

Survey on Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria

CP-Africa.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:51:32 +0000

ThistlePraxis Consulting Limited is pleased to announce a survey designed to determine the status of Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria. No doubt, companies are increasingly recognizing the strategic importance of building business practices that create sustainable economies, environments and societies. In the business world, Corporate Social Responsibility is an indispensable tool for corporate legitimacy and competitive advantage. For that purpose companies [...]

Africa needs enterprise and mobile technology as much as it needs aid, says South Africa’s Microsoft chief, Mteto Nyati

CP-Africa.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:31:56 +0000

Microsoft’s Mteto Nyati tells Karen Bartlett how phones like the Nokia Lumia could transform a continent Originally published by Karen Bartlett on Conversations by Nokia GLOBAL – Africa needs enterprise and mobile technology as much as it needs aid, said South Africa’s Microsoft chief, Mteto Nyati. Nyati, who has been Managing Director of the software giant [...]

Climate Analogue Location in Eastern and Southern Africa (CALESA) project help small-scale farmers in Kenya and Zimbabwe adapt to climatic changes

CP-Africa.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:55:59 +0000

By Geoffrey Kamadi A project to help smallscale farmers adapt to likely climatic changes long before they take place has just begun in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Known as the Climate Analogue Location in Eastern and Southern Africa (CALESA) project, it will help farmers evaluate agricultural adaptation strategies to climate change, through the use of ‘analogue [...]

RIM Launches BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365

CP-Africa.com — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:58:36 +0000

Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) today announced general availability of BlackBerry® Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 – a new service for business and government organizations that extends Microsoft Exchange Online to BlackBerry® smartphones and allows customers to manage their BlackBerry deployments in the cloud. The service is available at no additional [...]

Video: Interview with Christian Purefoy, Founder, Battabox and Former CNN West Africa Correspondent

CP-Africa.com — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:23:26 +0000

CP-Africa recently interviewed Christian Purefoy, Founder of Battabox.com and Former CNN West Africa Correspondent. During the just concluded fuel subsidy protests, Battabox was the only media outlet that was live streaming the protests from Ojota. The website launched during the week of the protest and has grown in leaps and bounds ever since. As at [...]

How Africa Tweets: South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and Morocco lead tweeting on the continent

CP-Africa.com — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:05:29 +0000

Nairobi, 26 January 2012 – Young people Tweeting from mobile devices are driving the growth of Twitter in Africa, according to How Africa Tweets, new research launched in Nairobi today. In the first ever attempt to comprehensively map the use of Twitter in Africa, Portland Communications and Tweetminster analysed over 11.5 million geo-located Tweets originating on the continent during [...]

Introducing Walka: DStv Nigeria launches “Walka” mobile TV device

CP-Africa.com — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:08:11 +0000

DStv Nigeria recently launched the “Walka” mobile TV device. With Walka, DStv subscribers will be able to watch cable television on the go with access to about 15 channels on the DStv Mobile DVB-H network. Speaking about the device, Mayo Okunola, DStv Nigeria’s General Manager for Digital Mobilek Television said “existing DStv subscribers who are currently on [...]

2.4 million blackberry users in Nigeria says Business Day

CP-Africa.com — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:02:42 +0000

Nigerian business news publication, Business Day recently revealed that there are about 2.4 million blackberry users in Nigeria. This is a 140% increase from the 1 million user number reported by industry analysts last year. Despite slumping sales in North America, RIM has faced growing sales in emerging market regions such as Africa and has [...]