Africa’s First Online University, Beni American Universty Is Now Publicly Available
Africa’s first online only university, the Beni American University is now publicly available to applicants after weeks of running in BETA. Courses are available in undergraduate for secondary school graduates and graduate categories for degree holders. Only two undergraduate courses are currently available – Associate Degree in Business Management and Associate Degree... Read More
Unilag Website Hacked, Replaced With Porn
Early today, Hackers got into the official website of the University Of Lagos at http://unilag.edu.ng and replaced the website with pornographic pictures. This is what it looked like[the blank part had pornographic images] Seems like a prank by some students. The website is now back up in its original form. Thanks @Mowahlay and @TheRollngstoner Image: @AbiolaAllison BinjoBinjo... Read More
Nairaland Founder Launches Developer Competition For JAMB Result Website
Nairaland founder, Seun Osewa has announced via his Facebook page, a website development competition for a website that can check JAMB results without crashing. The winner will get N150,000. The idea is to solve the crash problem the JAMB website has every year. Here’s the release from Seun Osewa “The JAMB website goes down every year when results are released. It’s... Read More
Nigerian Entrepreneur Plans To Launch Online University For Africans
Students Circle Network, founded by Gossy Ukanwoke, is an academic social network. Ukanwoke’s next startup is the Beni American Univeristy , an online university for African students. Beni American University hopes to bring quality education to Africans who can’t afford fees of foreign universities. Students who enroll in Beni American University will receive a PC... Read More
iPad vs Textbooks[INFOGRAPHIC]
Last month, Apple launched iBooks 2. The upgrade to iBooks introduced iTextbooks – a platform that allows publishers embed rich and interactive media into digital books. This infographic takes a look at the advantages and disadvantages of the iPad and Textbooks, as well as the cost of purchasing and maintaining both options. What do you think? Source: Daily Infographic via... Read More
Hangout On Google Summer Of Code To Air On February 24
Google recently began accepting applications for its Summer of Code 2012. On Friday, February 24th, there’ll be a special Google+ Hangout by Googlers, specially to inform Sub-Saharan Africa students about its Summer of Code program. To watch the hangout, you need to be a Google+ user, and you need to have added Carol Smith to your circles so you can watch the Hangout on her... Read More
Google Opens Applications To Google Summer Of Code 2012
Since its inception in 2005, Google’s Summer of Code has brought together over 5,500 students and over 3,000 mentors across 100 countries – for the love of code. Throughout the summer, accepted students will be paired with a project mentor or mentors participating in the project. This helps students get exposed to real-world software development scenarios. It also... Read More
Winners Emerge From Co-Creation Hub’s Tech-In-Ed Hackathon
AFter 3 days of brainstorming and hacking out, winners emerged from the Tech-In-Education Hackathon. The hackathon is an initiative of CC-Hub to bring people with ideas together with programmers and other stakeholders to solve educational challenges Nigerians face. The Winner got funding of $3,000 from Co-Creation hub, while the 1st and 2nd runners-up got $2000 and $1500 respectively.... Read More
Google To Host G-Nigeria And G-Ghana In March
Google has released dates and agenda for this year’s G-Nigeria and G-Ghana day. This year’s G-Days will be the third for both countries so the event’s agenda will be slightly different and more extended than usual. Google is expanding the program to cover topics for all different levels and savviness of developers, webmasters, business professionals and marketers. G-Nigeria... Read More
6 Ideas Get Listed For CC-Hub’s Tech-In-Ed Hackathon
A few weeks ago, Co-Creation Hub called for submission of ideas for its Tech-in-Education Hackathon beginning with a pre-hackathon event on Friday. The numerous number of ideas have been brought down to six. All six ideas will be worked on during the two-day hackathon ending on Sunday. Below is a list of the ideas and a short explanation for each of them. Genius Quiz Game Genius... Read More
