A few months ago, I had the opportunity to interview Jason Njoku, CEO of iRokoTV when he joined us for the MEST Guest Lectures. I remember very well that he was challenged to begin a MEST-like initiative in Nigeria. It is impressive to know how immediate entrepreneurs are when it comes to execution. Just two … Continue Reading
Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects. The program works with many open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund projects over a three month period. Since its inception in 2005, the program has brought together nearly … Continue Reading
A few weeks ago in March, the annual Game Developer Conference was held in San Francisco, California. This is the largest gathering of professional gamers, bringing together the game makers, critics, etc. And why do I bring you such news? For the first time in the history of the event, there was an appearance from … Continue Reading
Last Saturday was yet another historic day for bloggers in Ghana. The recognized body for bloggers in Ghana, BloggingGhana organized BlogCamp13, titled “Content is King”. The all-day event took off at 9am, running all through till about 8pm. This year’s event sponsored by tiGo, Intel, Google and Samsung, supported by the US Embassy Accra was … Continue Reading
“Failure is failure is failure”, Jason Njoku says. If you’re in a startup, this is the last statement you want to hear. However, if you have failed in 10 startups before a current international breakthrough, failure no longer scares you. It rather spurs you on and even challenges you to take greater risks. This is … Continue Reading
Barely 3 months ago, at yet another Startup Weekend Accra event, a new startup was born. This time, it was a crowdfunding service for startups in Africa. What a brilliant idea! It won the hearts of the judges, but now it has won more hearts, at the Apps4Africa challenge. SliceBiz has gone ahead to win … Continue Reading
The Google Online Marketing Challenge(GOMC) is a global competition opened to students where they create online marketing campaigns and experience online marketing using Google Adwords and Google+. Previous years have had patronage from over 50,000 students from almost 100 countries. In 2012, my team had the opportunity to take part in the Google Online Marketing … Continue Reading
Dropifi is at it again! The multi-award winning startup has launched its long-awaited extension on the popular Magento e-commerce platform. The launch, together with their partnership with Magento, was announced on their corporate blog a week ago. This is definitely good news for the shop owners on Magento who will immensely benefit from the great … Continue Reading
Health is wealth, it is said. Many times, more often than not, we have come face to face with health issues. As techies, we may just think about our coke and code. But sooner or later, we face the reality, health is wealth. So today I would like to talk about some tech startups and/or … Continue Reading
Hckventure is organizing a competition dubbed Code it! for top developers. HckVenture, in partnership with Startup Foundation, is doing this by organizing a competition dubbed Code it! In this competition, the top developer will have the unique opportunity of becoming a holder of the Codility Golden Certificate. The top developer will also enjoy a fully-funded travel … Continue Reading
