In a few hours, BlackBerry Messenger (better known as BBM), one of the very first instant messaging (IM) platforms that arrived on mobile devices in 2005 will be finally rested.
Month: May 2019
Call for application: Female Reporters’ Leadership Fellowship
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) invites applications for the for the 2019 Female Reporters’ Leadership Fellowship. The female Nigerian professional journalists (fulltime or freelancer) must demonstrate a passion for ethical journalism and be committed to excellent professional media practice. She must also possess great ideas to lead dynamic improvements on the practice of journalism and have at least three years’ experience in the newsroom.
Google Arts & Culture and Google AI support contemporary artists
THE PROGRAM As part of Google’s ongoing commitment to support ambitious computer science research and the arts, Google Arts & Culture, in collaboration with Google AI, invite proposals from contemporary artists working with machine learning in their art practices.
Elon Musk Upgrading Tesla to a Gaming Machine
Elon Musk, the technology enterpreneur and CEO of Tesla has expressed his continued plan to get the millennials fully in on Tesla through the his idea to make the car more of an entertainment machine. A major graphics upgrade could make the car your gaming controller.
Microsoft flags off Lagos Development Centre
Lagos Development Centre, an initiative of Microsoft Corporation has officially been launched in Lagos. Ten young Nigerian software developers were selected to be a part of this program with a focused on “developing Mixed Reality Services”, a system that makes Microsoft devices connect to “intelligent cloud”.
GAC Motors Supports Nigeria’s Creative Industry
The On-going Del-York Creative Academy presents the school’s faculty and sponsors to the members of the press in an event that clearly pushes forward the vision and plans of the academy.
Enter Africa Lagos Game Play Rounds Off Goethe Institut’s Politics and Games Interactive Exhibition
The Goethe Institut Lagos’ interactive exhibition, Games and Politics, which saw the public display of explicitly political games created since 2004 by the ZKM (Zentrum Fur Kunst und Medien) came to a close yesterday with the Enter Africa Lagos open play day. While welcoming participants to the event, the Director of Goethe-Institute Nigeria, Friederike Möschel, explained that the creation of local content in the game design space is the motivation behind the project.
Del-York Creative Academy 2019 Welcomes Faculty Members
-York Creative Academy 2019, a session of the institute accredited by the National board for Technical Education (NBTE), and focused on building capacity in the films and television industry, has recieved the complement of faculty members for the most anticipated training session.
Facebook, CCHub to mentor 12 startups in Nigeria, Ghana
Facebook says it is collaborating with Co-Creation Hub (CCHub) to mentor and empower 12 startups in the ”Season 2 FbStart Accelerator Programme.”
Nigeria’s Publiseer selected as finalist for Halcyon Incubator Fellowship in Washington
Nigerian digital content distribution platform, Publiseer, founded by computer programmers and Internet entrepreneurs, Chidi Nwaogu and Chika Nwaogu, has been selected as a finalist for the Halcyon Incubator’s Fall 2019 Fellowship.