According to social media network Facebook, it celebrated the creativity and excellence of young African creatives at The Loerie Awards for 2016. In addition to sponsoring The Loerie Student Awards for 2016, Facebook hosted a range of events aimed at young creatives in support of Loeries Creative Week (15-21 August, Durban). Facebook announced that it will work with the Loeries …

Four social entrepreneurs have been selected to take part in the four-month iAccelerator programme in Nairobi, focused on promoting youth sexual reproductive health and rights. Disrupt Africa reported in June Nairobi-based incubator Nailab had partnered the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to launch the iAccelerator, which will pair the startups with expert mentors, enroll them in business management and development …

These new initiatives across the continent are replicating successful models from abroad, such as the US knowledge regions of Route 128 – which developed around MIT – and the renowned Silicon Valley, which developed around Stanford University. University incubators and initiatives have can have enormous benefits for a startup – just ask G-J van Rooyen, chief executive officer (CEO) of …

RLabs, born in Bridgetown, Cape Town and now active in 22 countries, and the Bertha Centre have partnered for with UCT’s Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (UCT CILT) to launch the free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), entitled Becoming a changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation. The six-week course was co-created by the Bertha Centre and RLabs, and is …

Cyber crime is becoming more of hobby to the tech culture, from small gadgets to servers, smart cars and drones. The governments and even the daily average tech user none is being spared. According to ITnewsafrica, South african Health care systems are facing threats of attacks. Ransomware is a prevalent threat for all organisations and the Healthcare sector is no …

Earlier last month we had Algeria block the social media due to examination leakage, This issue is becoming more rampant of late and more of a crucial issue that the government decides to block this useful tools that are being used in many ways not only by students. information sources from Tesfanews state that the government spokesperson said the ban …

Credits Techmoran Kenya is set to host the Innovation Africa 2016 summit which will see a gathering of ministers and government officials drawn from over 30 Africa countries engage leaders and investors in the industry. The  annual education and ICT forum will take place from 20th to 22nd September 2016 at the Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya and so far Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, …

Africa is a hub for development in all areas, we have the man power, the brains and the unity, this is evident after a Nigerian Startup LLH : “Live.Learn.Have fun”  launched their first learning social platfom GENIUSES,  reports from Disrupt Africa say that the platform is  aimed at improving the quality and accessibility to learning while promoting collaboration. GENIUSES went …

Basing on ITnewsafrica learning seems to be taking another curve, going virtual, africa is slowly learning and accepting technology at a quick rate which has had a lot of great impact to the continent as a whole EON Reality, a Virtual Reality based knowledge transfer for industry, education, and edutainment, in partnership with the city of Tshwane announced the inauguration of …