17 August 2011 0 Comments

MainOne to provide free broadband internet access to Co-creation hub

MainOne, a leading Nigerian internet backbone service provider has signed up to provide free internet service to Co-creation Hub. Remember, Co-creation hub is an open living lab for co-working and idea launch pad for aspiring innovators.The hub will be opened this month end. Read details in our recent coverage here. With this support, MainOne has [...]

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27 July 2011 1 Comment

[Pictures] Co-Creation Hub, Canvas set, launch in sight

Last Thursday we were at Co-creation hub to observe the progress thus far and also to add to the design structure. Progress on the site is quite impressive and next month’s launch is right on track. About 10 of us attended, Myself, Yomi Adegboye of Mobility Nigeria, Jesse Oguntemehin, Emmanuel Oluwatosin, Mayowa Owolabi, Bosun Tijani, [...]

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30 December 2010 0 Comments

Social Innovation Camp Picks Top 6 Ideas!!!

We wrote a post about the Social Innovation Camp that was to hold for the very first time in Nigeria a while back, you can find the post here. It is an event that seeks to fun innovative ideas. The cool part is no demo or working application was needed. Only Ideas were requested. After [...]

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29 November 2010 0 Comments

Open Innovation Africa Summit Live notes

Nokia sponsored Open Innovation Africa Summit is currently holding in Nairobi Kenya. Thought leaders in Africa’s Mobile and technology space gather under the same room to discuss what impact open innovation will have on Africa growing technology space. We are currently following the tweets and picking highlights of the events. Ellen from the World Bank [...]

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15 October 2010 4 Comments

Kenyan built an Airplane, prepares to take on Boeing?

It is no news that Kenyan technology industry is on the rise and getting worldwide attention. Gabriel Nderitu an I.T. specialist in Kenya, has been spending his building an airplane, from scratch, in his backyard. The airplane is expect to fly in the coming days; if successful this will make him first Kenya to build [...]

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20 August 2010 5 Comments

When the funding comes, what innovation do you have?

Watching this industry grow in bits over the years, I must say we are indeed getting the world attention and right now, investors are only waiting for an interesting startup they can invest in Nigeria. 43million is not small number. South Africa has less than 6million internet users but the value of internet investment made [...]

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