Umbono Archives - Afrinnovator
Gbenga Sesan to host Google Plus hangout with finalists of the 2011 Android Developer Challenge
November 16, 2011 | Will MutuaEarlier this year Google held their Sub-Saharan Africa Android Developer Challenge. Nigerian ICT Advocate, Gbenga Sesan will be holding a live Google Plus hangout session with finalists of this year’s Android Developer Challenge. This year’s challenge winners include Nigeria’s Afrinolly App, Kenya’s Olaleshe and Kenya’s Shoppers’ … Read More
Google Opens Up Umbono, SA Tech Incubator
March 23, 2011 | Will Mutua 1The ‘innovation hub’ model seems to be taking more root in Africa, recently we covered Ghana’s MEST. Google launches a technology innovation and incubation ‘hub’, Umbono, in Cape Town, South Africa. As we wrote recently it appears that Google’s interest in … Read More
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Nigeria Telecommunications, Mobile and Broadband Report
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Tech News (BiztechAfrica.com)
- Zenith Bank, others raise USD1.2bn for Etisalat May 21, 2013Zenith Bank led 12 other banks to pull a USD1.2 billion financing deal for Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited (EMTS). […]
- Signal Alliance partners SAP on asset management solution May 21, 2013Signal Alliance has partnered SAP to offer Business Planning and Execution solutions supporting business strategy, process design and integration, and implementation to government and industries in Nigeria. […]
- Egypt stages youth employment seminar May 21, 2013Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Atef Helmy along with the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr Osama Yassin, this week hosted a high-level Youth Employment Generation in Egypt seminar. […]
- MTN highest ranked African brand May 21, 2013MTN has topped the list as the highest ranked African brand in the prestigious Millward-Brown Brandz Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2013 survey, released today. […]
- MultiChoice Zambia executives killed in road accident May 21, 2013Two senior managers at pay TV MultiChoice Zambia have been killed in a road accident in Chibombo on the Great North Road. […]