COVID-19
Health Social Media

Facebook Launches New ‘Facts about COVID-19’ on its Information Centre and Expands Face Cover Reminders to Nigeria

Having connected over two billion people to resources from health authorities through its COVID-19 Information Centre, and seeing over 350

NFF
Press Release Sports

Covid-19: NFF adopts PPG, sets new league season tentatively to start September/October              

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has adopted PPG and also said the new league season will tentatively start in September/October.

NINJA
Africa Competition Health

Apply: NINJA Business Plan Competition in Response to COVID-19

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has announced the launch of the NINJA (Next Innovation with Japan) Business Plan Competition

COVID-19
Business Job Startup

Tech Startups Laid Off 69,000 Employees Amid COVID-19 Outbreak-Report

The COVID-19 outbreak has caused job losses to escalate, with nearly half of the global workforce at risk of losing

NCC
Hackathon Health

N3m Up For Grabs in NCC Virtual Hackathon For Digital Solutions to Contain Impact of Pandemic

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the Regulator of the telecommunications industry in Nigeria, supports amongst other things, the development of

COVID-19
Entrepreneurship Health

3 Nigerian Startups, 5 Others Receive £5,000 For Their COVID-19 Projects From Royal Academy of Engineering

8 African startups have been selected to receive £5,000 from the Royal Academy of Engineering through its Project CARE (COVID-19 Africa

Coca-Cola
Africa Funding

Coca-Cola Commits Approximately $17m Across Africa in Response to COVID-19

Coca-Cola in Africa, and its bottling partners (the “Coca-Cola System”) and The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF), have committed $17 million in

UNIDO
Entrepreneurship Health

Apply: UNIDO Innovative Ideas and Technologies vs. COVID-19 and Beyond

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has launched a global call aimed at identifying “Innovative Ideas and Technologies vs. COVID-19

UK-Nigeria Tech Hub
Health Innovation Hub

COVID-19: UK-Nigeria Tech Hub to Launch Intervention Programmes for Startups

The UK-Nigeria Tech Hub has disclosed that it soon launch intervention programmes to support the Nigerian tech community following the

COVID-19
Funding Health

LASRIC & CcHub Support Four Startups For Their Innovative COVID-19 Solutions

Lagos State Science, Research, and Innovation Council (LASRIC) in partnership with CcHub, has announced four startups that will receive $1,000 and