“If you educate a man, you simply educate an individual,but, if you educate a woman you educate a nation.”  Those were famous words by Dr James Emmanuel Kwegyir Aggrey as he was speaking on the girl-child education and how much of an improvement is required in Africa for  a brighter future. In Abuja, Nigeria a non-profit  foundation by the name …

If you look at the state of education as a whole in Africa it has one serious challenge of not being able to deliver training programs with both soft and technical skills so as to offer quality education for their graduates hence leading to a high rate of unemployment because organizations are looking to recruit the best and they get …

“Sote” which in Swahili means “everybody” is the idea around which the Sote Hub was formed. Back in 2010, in Voi,Taita Taveta,  an idea was born from the SOTE ICT Project. The hub is mainly focusing on being a business incubator for graduates, exposing them to mentorship, training, and networking opportunities over a 12-month period while changing the norm where …

This is one of the unique  Applications I’ve seen all round since I started watching the venture world and Startups, by unique I mean it just covers one of the things I never thought of, the high school prodigies generation (14-18 yrs). I4A  is a competition that’s held every year for students and young professionals (18-35 yrs) from around the world to …

Kenya’s largest mobile communication network has opened its doors to 63 university students around Kenya giving them a chance to be part of the 2017 SAFARICOM TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY. The target for this years program is at least 40 female interns, four positions will be dedicated for persons living with disabilities, while the remaining 19 positions will be open to male …

Another coding challenge dubbed “GAME OF CODES” has been launched by Nigeria’s largest online shopping mall Konga ,which aims to target the university and tertiary students with coding ability and outstanding team work abilities. The challenge is a great opportunity for the students as it promotes team work which is very essential in terms of coding and building systems. Interested …

The Cameroonian government had all the bad intentions to block some regions considered to be English speaking from accessing the Internet, the affected areas as are in the Northwest and southern regions of the country. Details start to emerge indicating that the government indeed put some pressure on telecommunication firms to stop their services in the regions believed to be …

A large number of Africans are goint to benefir ftom the IBM programme thats going to be offfered virtually on a cloud plartform from Basic IT skills to advanced IT skills and inclusive of social engagement, digital privacy, and cyber protection. IBM said the initiative aims to increase the overall digital literacy level, increase the number of skilled developers able to tap …

There is no limit in Education and nothing is for the young only, The older generation also need to fitted in the gap, the digital gap to be specific,   Our African parents mostly say “ah ah technology is killing our young generation” what if we teach them to embrace what we have ?, what technology has to offer ? …

Nigerian teenagers have been invited to apply for a fellowship offered by Royal Foundation International, a 12 week course aimed at assisting young people in building successful businesses. Launched in 2013, Royal Foundation International (RFI) aims to reduce unemployment and poverty in West Africa by promoting individual effectiveness and wealth creation. It has previously hosted business and leadership summits, as …