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8 Twitter Users You Should Follow If You Live In Lagos

May 3, 2018 by Culture Custodian

If you live in Lagos, These are 8 Twitter users you should be following: 1. @AkinwunmiAmboode The official account for Governor Ambode. I urge our newly sworn-in judges to be

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From Chibok to Coding School Courtesy of GirlsCoding

October 17, 2017 by Tomi

Socialization in many African states typically pushes girls away from exploring passions and domesticates them. As Chimamanda Adichie put it on a Ted Talk a couple of years ago, “We

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University of Nsukka Launches Laptop Assembly Center

October 12, 2017 by Tomi

Dependence on the West has revealed itself in different ways. Typically, it comes in the form of seeking Western understanding of our way of life and demanding that we are

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The Ghanian Student Coming after YouTube’s Money

August 16, 2017 by Assumpta Audu

Gabriel Opare is a 19-year-old student at the University of Ghana who is definitely going to give YouTube a run for their money. Gabriel is a 300-level student of sociology.

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Redeemers University Develop Ebola and Lassa Fever Detecting Kits

June 6, 2017 by Editorial Team

It’s always great seeing Nigerians taking steps in the right direction across the worlds of science and technology. It’s also great to see past struggles inspiring inventions which guarantee that

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Meet the 10 African TEDGlobal 2017 Fellows

May 26, 2017 by Culture Custodian

It’s always interesting seeing Africans appreciated for their efforts and if anything has given a platform to people of the continent to better articulate their stories, TED is it. This

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Nigerian tutoring app, Tuteria bags UK Royal Academy of Engineering Award

May 25, 2017 by Editorial Team

Tuteria an app developed by 27 year old Nigerian developer, Godwin Benson, continued to wave Nigeria’s flag far and wide when it recently won an engineering award given by the UK’s Royal

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How An App Is Connecting Nigeria’s Low-Income Families To Affordable Products.

May 10, 2017 by Editorial Team

Different businesses commit themselves to different courses, while profits drive some, humanity inspires others. Oscar Ekponimo, founder of Chowberry, is one of those who has ensured his commitment to humanity

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Tomi Ogunnubi, the 12 year old Nigerian girl who developed an Android tracking app

April 19, 2017 by Editorial Team

Tomi Ogunnubi is a 12 year old Vivian Fowler student who also happens to be the inventor of an app named My Locator which aims to help young kids who may

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Meet Kehinde Durojaiye, the Nigerian building a flying jet car

April 19, 2017 by Editorial Team

Anyone who has lived in Lagos understands the struggles with traffic and wishes there was a way out. This Nigerian man named Kehinde Durojaiye has rather than complaining, taken his

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Orji Sunday is why Nigeria needs forums like PsyndUp

March 21, 2017 by Tomi

For a country with such a large population, I’ve always found it worrying that there’s next to no commentary about mental health and wellbeing in Nigeria. It’s like all those

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Stephen Hawking’s headed to Space

March 20, 2017 by Editorial Team

Professor Stephen Hawking is hoping to travel into space aboard Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spacecraft. Speaking on Good Morning Britain, the 75 year old cosmologist said “I can tell you what

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You could get .africa domain names for $18 from July 2017

March 14, 2017 by Tomi

Last Friday the African Union announced that .africa domain names are being launched with Africans who desire to register websites under the new domain name having to put in an application

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A Nigerian Engineer Wrote A Written Test Before Entering The US

March 2, 2017 by Editorial Team

According to LinkedIn, a Nigerian software engineer, Celestine Omin claims he was handed a written test by a US border officer at New York’s JFK airport to prove his tech credentials

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The End of Twitter Eggs Is Here

March 2, 2017 by Editorial Team

In a continuing effort to crack down on abusive users and harassment on the site, Twitter will now let you mute all users who don’t have avatars or you may