NEWS

The Small Business Export Network

SMALL BUSINESS EXPORT NETWORK (SBEN), a collaboration between The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and the Gidigba Social Network Services.  Is Nigeria's first ever and only online network of small business exporters who deal with tangible non-oil products and are willing to explore global market opportunities with business. (more…)

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Ventures Africa’s 2016 List of African Innovators To Watch

Our 2016 list showcases African innovators who are bridging the inclusivity gap in the African innovation space and advancing the continent. The 2016 edition of the African Innovators to Watch recognizes 42 individuals and teams of innovators in the fields of arts, fashion, music, agriculture, business, science, technology, health, television and movies, education, law, and comedy who are committed to improving their communities and countries, thereby advancing the status of the African continent on a global scale with their innovations. (more…)

TECH

This college has been using a robot as a teaching assistant for months – and no one noticed

In the lengthy list of jobs that robots might take off our hands, teaching assistants (TAs) aren't often mentioned, but an AI-powered TA called Jill Watson has been helping out students at the Georgia Institute of Technology for months... in secret. Jill's real identity has only recently been revealed, which has come as a big surprise to most of the 300+ students in the course. (more…)

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Students are using ‘smart’ spy technology to cheat in exams

Students at a medical college in Thailand have been caught using spy cameras linked to smartwatches to cheat during exams. They used wireless spycams in eyeglasses to capture exam questions, transmit them to associates elsewhere and receive responses through linked smartwatches. But the entrance exam in question was cancelled after the plot was discovered and Arthit Ourairat, the rector of Rangsit University, posted pictures of the high-tech cheating equipment on his Facebook page. (more…)