“We have to find the business that is simple, that has impact and that is profitable,” – Jack Ma
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Jack Ma, co-founder and former chairman of Alibaba Group, speaks at Nigeria’s first Digital Economy Summit
Jack Ma, the co-founder and former chairman of Alibaba Group (the renowned e-commerce and tech firm), has arrived in Nigeria for the first Digital Economy Summit holding at the State House, Abuja.
Union Bank’s Edu360 Announces the Winners of the 2019 EdTech Challenge
Edubox, a tech startup by the duo of Olalekan Ademola Adeeko and Ayodele Azeez Odeogbola, has emerged the winner of Union Bank’s Edtech Challenge 2019. The idea that leverages on delivering open sourced learning contents to underserved students without the bottleneck of internet access wins the admiration of the judges in this year’s edition.
Facebook Releases 2019 State of Disruption Annual Report
Disruption is one of the most overused buzzwords in business. Actually being disruptive means solving age old problems in new and exciting ways that make old approaches obsolete.
Fintechs and Industry Practitioners Gear-up for Fintech Week 2019
The 2019 Fintech Week opens on the 28th of October till the 1st of November, at the Landmark Events Centre with the Theme: Surviving with Fintech Innovation, What are the Sustaining Factors?
University Launches Center for Social Media and Politics
The New York University (NYU) has received approximately $12 million in funding to establish a new Center for Social Media and Politics, which will research topics like how social media affects political participation and the spread of disinformation.
Del-York Creative Academy Makes USA Debut At The Warner Bros Studios
Del-York Creative Academy will have the honor of being hosted at one of the world’s largest landmark entertainment studios, Warner Bros. Studios.
Del York Creative Academy Opens Session in Ghana
Del-York Creative Academy, the highly anticipated filmmaking and media training program, has announced the dates for the next module of the programme. The 2020 edition of this programme, which holds in Ghana, is slated for March 2nd – April 4th, 2020.
LAGOS FilmLab – Call for Application
The 2019 call for application for the LAGOS filmLAB opens on Thursday, 22 August 2019 and the submission process will close on Wednesday18 September 2019 9:00GMT+1.
VAN Lagos Pushes for more Adoption of Augmented Reality (AR) in the Arts.
In an event hosted by the Alliance Française Lagos at the Mike Adenuga Centre last weekend, Video Art Network Lagos (VAN Lagos) hosted artists and the general public to a workshop and a panel discussion on the new uses for AR in our digital social spaces and exploring new uses for the technology.