Development

Ooni of Ife signs MOU with SpringPort Technology to build $1.4bn tech, media & agric hub 0
- Development
- July 19, 2016
The Ooni of Ife, His Royal Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi‎ (Ojaja II) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a U.S. based company SpringPort Technology Group to build a Technology, Media City and Agriculture Incubation Hub in Ile-Ife, Osun State. SpringPort Technology Group is said to consist of Nigerians in diaspora looking to change the landscape
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32 awarded Ashoka, Mastercard Foundation Changemaker Scholars 0
- Development
- July 14, 2016
32 Ashoka Scholars were honoured on Saturday, July 2nd at NECA House, Ikeja Lagos State following their completion of the youth employability innovation course, Future Forward. Future Forward course, an initiative by Ashoka in partnership with MasterCard foundation, is targeted to recognise, educate, equip and empower young individuals in Africa who have exhibited leadership qualities
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Social entrepreneur trains Nigerian youths to grow asset value 0
- Development
- July 13, 2016
The development of youths in the country to enable them identify and maximise their assets base has received a boost from the African Resources Development Initiative (AFREDI) a non-governmental organisation through its maiden edition of “Sweat Your Asset Programme” (SYAP). The intervention programme is aimed at improving the well-being of youths in Nigeria, in order
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YouWIN will be continued by the Buhari Administration: Kemi Adeosun 0
- Development
- July 1, 2016
The President Jonathan-led Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria (YouWIN) initiative is going to receive a new lease of life according to reports from the ministry of finance. We had initially reported that YouWIN had a 5-year program plan and was to be discontinued last year but the Minister of Finance Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has
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Skool Media: How Moses Imayi is changing Education with Technology 3
- Development
- May 12, 2016
It is always exciting to speak with entrepreneurs using technology to change Africa. We caught up with Moses Imayi, Project Director, Skool Media on how his organisation building the 21st Century School. Here are five lessons budding entrepreneurs can learn from the Skool Media journey. Lesson One: Start Small Start small, no matter how small.
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Google to train 400,000 Nigerians, 200,000 Kenyans by 2017 0
- Development, Technology
- April 12, 2016
In a bid to mop up alarming rate of youth unemployment in Africa, Google Inc. has announced plans to empower one million Africans with digital skills by the end of 2017. The search engine juggernaut plans to give free digital training to 400,000 Nigerians and 200,000 Kenyans and 300,000 people in South Africa. The remaining
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