The 2016 IoT Hack Jos hackathon is currently going on in Plateau State, Nigeria. It is said to be one of the most innovative tech empowering movement going on in Nigeria, and Africa as a whole. The four day long event kicked off today with registration of the hack participants taking place at the hotel, where they will be provided with accommodation and refreshments throughout their stay for the competition. (more…)
Twitter is officially killing Vine. According to a blog post on Medium, the microblogging company will be discontinuing the massively popular short video app within the coming months. The announcement comes hot on the heels of Twitter announcing massive layoffs across the board, with plans of cutting almost nine percent of its workforce (or roughly 350 people). (more…)
Logical Address is an addressing system that solves two humans most fundamental problems. 4 billion people in the world are without an address and 7.4 billion people (the population of the world) are nomadic. Today we live in Abuja, tomorrow we are in Cairo and this goes on and on for various reasons ranging from better jobs, better life, greener pastures, crises and war, hunger etc. (more…)
Mark Zuckerberg with kids at the ‘Summer of Code Camp’ Earlier this evening, we brought you the report that Facebook‘s Founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg is in Nigeria. This is Zuckerberg’s first visit to Africa, and his first stop was at Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) in Yaba, Lagos. He’s also billed to meet with developers and partners, as well as explore Nollywood. (more…)
https://youtu.be/plu2Lc4-k3Q Tech is coming to Jos and it is been done in a big way by NHub, the only tech hub in the whole northern Nigeria. They were the first to hold the prestigious NASA Space Apps in Jos, Plateau State. To show you how big their influence is a friend of mine, Joseph John is already travelling due to the benefits of Nhub! NHub is currently the place to be right now and if you are a tech head, fashion head, music head you are all welcome to come to NHub and make your dreams a reality!
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