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
Winners have emerged at the 2017 Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA), held at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos. Winners Of 2017 Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) Nigerian Tribune won four awards Nigerian Tribune won the Prize for Editorial Writing of the Year; Sulaimon Olanrewaju won the Coca-Cola Prize for Brand and Marketing Reporter of the … Continue reading Winners Of 2017 Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA)
Dr. Emmanuel Owobu co-founder of OMOMI and Misan Rewane, CEO of WAVE are among the 16 innovators granted $100,000 each by Expo Dubai 2020 live to participate in the 2020 event. The grant of $100,000 each is to aid the innovators (Dr. Emmanuel Owobu and Misan Rewane) to expand their project and impact the lives … Continue reading Emmanuel Owobu & Misan Rewane granted $100,000 each by Expo Dubai 2020
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has announced its adoption of the innovative global addressing system, what3words. Nigeria is the seventh country to adopt the module globally and third in Africa. The system is already in use for mail delivery in Mongolia, Sint Maarten, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Tonga and Solomon Islands.