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New COVID-19 Contact Tracing App Designed “For Nigeria by Nigerians”

Rapid Trace, a new innovative contact tracing mobile app has been developed by Cadnetwork Enterprise, burgeoning Nigerian tech firm. The app is being touted as a key in Nigeria's fight against COVID-19. The Guardian writes that the app is designed...

How Telecoms Can Rebuild Nigeria in the Wake of COVID-19

The COVID-19 worldwide pandemic has had and could continue to have long-lasting devastating effects on all social and economic sectors. For Nigeria, the pandemic can be seen as an eye-opener and a rude awakening to a new normal-knowledge economy. Apart...

Platform Simplifies Access to COVID-19 Interventions in Nigeria

Beating Corona Nigeria, the country's leading virtual intervention database has restructured its model to help disadvantaged Nigerians in need of interventions connect with the relevant non-profits. The platform itself kicked off last month, 9 April, and has recorded a massive...

COVID-19 Exposes Lack of ICT Policy in Nigeria’s Education System

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragile state of Nigeria's education system. A system which the Guardian Nigeria describes as "messy," one that "lacks information and communications technology (ICT) ingredients, leaving the system to churn out half-baked graduates." They write...

Biotech Startup Rolls Out Mobile Lab to Boost COVID-19 Testing in Nigeria

Biotech company 54Gene has increased Nigeria's laboratory testing capacity for COVID-19 with a mobile laboratory in Ogun, a state in the South-West of the country. In addition to its DNA biobank lab in Lagos, the number of molecular laboratories in...

Nigerian Startup Creates 100-Million Naira COVID-19 Payout Fund

Africa focused payment startup PalmPay has waived transfer fees in Nigeria and is offering direct payouts to customers who have contracted COVID-19 in the country, according to Tech Crunch. Launched in 2019, and backed by Chinese mobile-phone manufacturer Transsion, PalmPay...

Nigerian Tech Innovators Establish COVID-19 Crowdfunded Donation Platform

A group of tech innovators have created a crowdfunding platform to receive and distribute relief funds to financially distressed Nigerians. We Are Together is a crowdfunded COVID-19 relief fund for the country. The website was set up in response to...

Nigeria to Use HIV Test Equipment to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) will begin repurposing equipment designed for HIV and tuberculosis tests to accelerate COVID-19 testing, reports Tech Cabal. This is according to Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the NCDC, who relayed the information on an...

Nigerian Government to Support Struggling Startups

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) wants to provide an exemption for startups providing essential services during the lockdown in Nigeria, writes Tech Cabal. In keeping with this, the agency created an online form on 5 April to identify...

Airtel Nigeria Commits $4.9-million to Curb Virus Spread

Telecommunications service provider Airtel Nigeria has announced a commitment of over $4.9-million towards the fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria, reports The Guardian Nigeria. In a breakdown of the pledged sum, Airtel says that about $500-thousand will go towards the provision...
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Safaricom & NGO Launch AI Farming Solutions to Kenyan Agriculture

Safaricom PLC and Opportunity International, a global non-governmental organization, have developed FarmerAI in Kenya, an innovative AI chatbot that...
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