Five African initiatives that support women in Tech #IWD2019
Are you a woman? Are you in the tech industry? Or are you an aspirant? These are five women-focused tech communities that you probably didn't know about:
Why we need more Product Management meetups—🔍 of Product School Lagos meetup
Though nascent, Product Managers across the world are about the highest-paid tech employees. Africa's youth can reap huge dividends from this Product Management rave, if only they knew more about it.
HP counters counterfeit product supply, without addressing the demand
HP’s Anti Counterfeiting and Fraud (ACF) programme might be focusing too much on the supply of fake products while doing little to address the demand.
How tech giants—Google and Microsoft are driving a digital inclusion future for all #IDPD
"We hope more technology companies would think accessibility-first the way they think mobile-first when building digital products".
GIC: Google does not believe the winner should take all
The maxim, everyone is a winner, has never been more true with the first Google Impact Challenge in Africa - Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria. 12 Nigerian social impact startups will share up to $1.75 million.
Unifying the Unifier: CBN's move to extend NUBAN to 16 digits
Eight months ago, I wrote an article about the flaws of the NUBAN account system implementation in Nigeria. Two weeks ago, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released a draft proposal to review NUBAN implementation in line with the recommendations from my article, taking it a bit further.
How to get out of the Banking Industry in Nigeria
Do you feel stuck working for a commercial bank in Nigeria? Would you like to switch careers but the prospects are looking bleak? I wrote this with you in mind.