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ECOWAS to offer $65,000 in Cash Prizes to African Startups — How to apply
The Economic Community of West African States has opened applications for the second edition of its Startup Awards, offering cash prizes totaling $65,000 to startups from across the region, including Nigeria. Photo Credit: ECOWAS
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Google says Tech Startups part of reasons Nigeria is attracting huge Foreign investment
Google released a statement saying Nigeria’s Tech Startups are part of the reason the country is drawing in huge number of foreign investors. Photo Credit: Getty Images/GOOGLE
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Enugu State Government and ITF Set to establish AI Digital Fabrication Centre
Enugu State Government and the Industrial Training Fund have partnered together, to establish a State of Art World Class AI enabled Digital Fabrication Centre in Enugu State Nigeria. Photo Credit: Enugu State Governor Dr. Peter Mbah – Fidelis Tortya
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What to Expect at GITEX 2026 AI and Tech Expo Nigeria
GITEX Nigeria returns from 31 August to 3 September 2026 as West Africa’s largest technology and startup event, spanning Abuja and Lagos. Organised under the global GITEX brand and themed around “Forging the Rise of Digital Nigeria,” GITEX 2026 positions the country as a hub for AI, digital transformation, and the future economy. The dual-city…
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LinkedIn No Longer wants ‘AI Slop’ Here’s Why
LinkedIn recently introduced a ‘seems like AI slop’ button for users who encounter suspiciously generic content. Photo Credit: Getty Images
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Applications Open for Pave HER Way Women’s Grant Programs 2026 (Up to $90,000 in Funding)
Pave HER Way exists to empower courageous women to make the world more equitable for all women and girls. Founded by CEO Irene Shih along with co-founders Jamie Mohn and Joe Blackstone, the organization goes beyond one-time grants. It aims to remove systemic barriers by combining financial support with sustained mentorship, network access, and community.
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AI offers ‘Lifeline’ for Emerging Economies, says World Bank
FILE PHOTO: AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot hand miniature in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Elon Musk says Neuralink will restore Vision for people “100% Blind From Birth”
Elon Musk announces on X saying “Even if you’re 100% blind from birth, with Neuralink, we’re going to write directly to your visual cortex… and you’re going to see.” Photo Credit: Getty Images
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Nigeria’s Grocery-Tech Startup GoLemon Shutdown Operations further Mounting Pressure on Nigeria’s Food-Tech Sector
Golemon shutdown comes shortly after cloud-kitchen startup FoodCourt paused its operations in March. Photo Credit: GoLemon
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HoverAir Launch Versa a pocket Gimbal Camera and Self-Flying Drone perfect for Vloggers, Content Creators and Filmmakers
This hybrid device could be a game-changer for Vloggers, Content Creators, Solo Filmmakers, Travelers, and anyone who wants professional-looking footage without hauling multiple devices or learning to pilot a drone. Photo Credit: HOVERAIR
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ROBOT PHONE Pre-order hits over 200,000 units under 48hours
Honor has officially announced that pre-order units of its flagship ROBOT PHONE, have surpassed 200,000 units in a short time frame of 48hours. Photo Credit: Honor
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Applications Open for Africa Youths in Digital Health Network (YiDHN)
YiDHN is a collaborative platform that empowers, connects, and supports young professionals, innovators, and advocates in digital health across Africa. Launched by Africa CDC (in collaboration with partners including the GIZ-AU office), it aims to ensure African youth actively shape digitally enabled, equitable, and resilient healthcare systems on the continent.
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Google Rolls back new Satellite image AI Tool after Serious Backlash
Google Rolled Back it’s new Satellite Image AI Tool after researchers warned that it could enable bad actors to misuse Google Earth – a key resource for fact-checking and verification to create realistic geospatial fakes. Photo Credit: I-Stock Photos
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Nigerian Government Kick-Off AI Training For 11,700 Unity School Teachers
Federal Government of Nigeria has begun a nationwide Artificial Intelligence training programme aimed at teachers in federal unity colleges, targeting about 11,700 educators across the country. Photo Credit: Clearview Pictures
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Young Kenyan Engineer Elizabeth Gakinya Develops AI Tool to Help Fish Farmers Cut Losses
Elizabeth Gakinya an aquaculture expert and founder of Trident Analytics, posing for a picture. Photo Credit: Gakinya
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Nigerian Engineer Builds a Medical AI Robot for Jaw, Bone Surgery
Mr Kenechukwu Nwajiaku, alongside his research team, have developed an intelligent robotic control system that bends and twists skeletal fixation plates to fit patients’ jaws or bones precisely thereby bridging a huge gap in Fracture and Bone Surgery. Photo Credit: Punchng
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Applications Open for Africa Deep Tech Challenge 2026: Win Up to $8,000 Building On-Device AI for Africa’s Real Hardware
The Africa Deep Tech Challenge (ADTC) 2026 is live, and early-stage builders across the continent have a clear opportunity to turn constrained hardware into a competitive advantage. Themed “The Laptop LLM Challenge,”
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Call for Applications: Smart Africa & FAO Innovate Africa Challenge 2026 (3rd Edition) – Up to US$50,000
Under the theme “From Ideation to Deployment”, this edition focuses on moving proven AI solutions beyond prototypes and pilots into real-world use with farmers. The selected solution will receive US$50,000 to support deployment, validation, and scaling in collaboration with governments, FAO country offices, and the Smart Africa Secretariat.
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China Unveil ‘MAHAKBOT’ a Six Arm Robot that can carry out Welding on Vertical Walls
The MAHAKBOT, is a hexa-armed embodied-intelligence robot developed by Shanghai-based iSAGEBOT. Guided by what the company calls a process-aware brain, it allocates its six arms according to the production line it serves, simultaneously handling loading and unloading, cable plugging and screw assembly with extremely fine precision. Photo Credit: I-Sage Photos
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Applications Open for TechUp Africa 2026 with Free Data Camp Tech Skills Scholarship
Gain free access to 450+ DataCamp courses covering Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Python, SQL, Power BI, and other high-demand technologies. Photo Credit: TechUp
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