Crop2Cash, an Agri-Tech startup which connects farmers with capital and markets, has emerged winner of the Nigerian edition of the Global Early-Stage Startup Competition, Seedstars, for 2019. Medical Startup Doctoora, and e-commerce platform, Traders of Africa came second and third place respectively.
Nigerian all-girls team Brain Squad have won the People’s Choice award after making it to the final round of the 2019 Technovation Challenge. After winning the State, Regional & National Level, Brain Squad with their impressive fundraising app called ‘Handsout’ unfortunately lost to junior division teams from India and Cambodia in Asia.
Team AI Squad from Hillside School, Abuja has emerged winner of the FIRST Lego League (FLL) Nigeria National Championship [2019] hosted by Baze University, Abuja. The competition, which hosted 600 pupils of ages nine to 16, had team Federal Government College (FGC), Odogbolu, Ogun State, emerge second place winner, while Team Glistobots, from Glisten International … Continue reading Team AI Squad Wins FIRST Lego League (FLL) Nigeria National Championship [2019]
CoralPay Technology Limited, a payment switching and transaction processing company, has deployed the first interoperable Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) and mobile payment platform to Nigerians desirous of a seamless and secure payment solution.
Team TechVault has emerged overall winner of the Nigerian Inter-bank Settlement System, NIBSS Hackathon Challenge 2018. Team Petram and Team PayBeans emerged second and third positions respectively out of the thirteen groups that participated in the challenge. The grand finale, which held in Lagos had winners receiving ₦1 million, ₦2 million and ₦3 million for … Continue reading Team TechVault Wins NIBSS Hackathon Challenge 2018
Nigerian Team Save-A-Soul have won the 2018 Technovation World Pitch Junior Division. The Nigerian girls won the Junior Division Finalists (App focus) category during the “Global Innovation Celebration” held in the San Jose Theatre, August 9, 2018. The girls, from Regina Abachi secondary school, Onitsa, codenamed Team Save-A-Soul comprising of Promise Nnalue, Jessica Osita, Nwabuaku Ossai, … Continue reading Team Save-A-Soul Wins 2018 Technovation World Pitch Junior Division
Two Nigerian students, Salisu Ali of Bayero University Kano and David Ntekim-Rex of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), have emerged regional winners in the annual Master the Mainframe competition, organised by AngelHack and IBM Z Academic Initiative. A statement by IBM said 21-year-old Salisu Ali, and 19-year-old David Ntekim-Rex, emerged in the first and second … Continue reading Salisu Ali & David Ntekim-Rex Emerge Regional Winners Of The 2018 Master The Mainframe Competition