UBA unveils Innovation Hub, Business Office at UNILAG – P.M. News

Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has deepened its longstanding relationship with the academic community and reaffirmed its commitment to innovation, youth empowerment, and nation-building by commissioning the UBA Innovation Hub and Business Office at the University of Lagos (UNILAG). The landmark facility was commissioned by the Group Chairman, UBA, Tony Elumelu,…

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Dangote Says Nigeria Can Become A Refining Hub – Independent Newspaper Nigeria

…To Save Africa’s $17bn Petrol Products Imports Nigeria must enhance its crude oil production capacity and effectively manage its crude supply to ensure adequate feedstock for domestic re­fineries, in order to transit from a net importer to a net exporter of petroleum products. Chairman of Dangote Refin­ery and Petrochemicals Compa­ny Limited, Aliko Dangote, made this…

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Diocese of Nnewi sets up AI, Robotics digital innovation hub — Sunday Magazine — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

The Diocese of Nnewi Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has set up the first Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics Hub in Nnewi, Anambra State, where the church recorded the first of its kind service in the country and, perhaps, in Africa. At a ceremony to commission the hub at Bishop Uzodike Memorial Seminary, the elated…

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Israeli startup CytoReason raises $80M to expand AI model, open hub in Massachusetts

Israeli startup CytoReason, maker of a computation model to map and compare treatments, announced it secured $80 million in funding.  Pfizer, OurCrowd, NVIDIA and Thermo Fisher Scientific participated in the round.  WHAT IT DOES CytoReason offers life sciences companies AI-enabled tools to gather data-driven and molecular-level insights to improve phase 2 success in clinical trials…

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Australia’s MinRes to develop a lithium processing hub in Goldfields region By Reuters

© Reuters. By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australia’s Mineral Resources said on Monday it intends to develop a lithium processing hub in the Goldfields region of Western Australia after its buyout of Poseidon Nickel’s Lake Johnston nickel concentrator plant and mining rights. Billionaire Chris Ellison who leads the diversified miner has been vocal about his…

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Education minister, TETFund boss tour Innov8 Hub | The Guardian Nigeria News

The boundless opportunities in Nigeria’s start-up firms occupied the front burner this week when the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman and the Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, made a tour of Innov8 Hub, an innovation start-up driven organisation in the nation’s capital, Abuja. From fintech, e-commerce to agritech and healthtech,…

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