The Sony Xperia ZR is a slight variant of the popular Xperia Z. It is the newest of the waterproof rugged phones from Sony, so you can dunk the Sony Xperia ZR in your bath if you feel like it and be sure that it will probably come out looking fresh and clean, and still function fine.   Does the phone live up to the buzz that it has generated? Here’s a quick review of [...]

ZALORA, South-East Asia’s fastest-growing fashion & beauty online store, has secured a USD100 million (SGD124 million) round of funding through its German holding company, from investors Summit Partners, Investment AB Kinnevik, Verlinvest and Tengelmann Group.   This new round of financing represents one of the largest e-commerce investments in the emerging market space and comes just two months after Tengelmann’s initial ground-breaking investment in ZALORA, signaling investors’ confidence in the online retailer after months of [...]

Equipping your laptop with accessories is the best way to get the most out of your investment. It also helps you personalize it, and not to mention customize it to your needs. In some cases, accessories can help you get the most out of your laptop, such as speakers or an additional hard drive. Some accessories such as a carrying case can protect the integrity of your laptop. And sometimes, accessories merely add an aesthetic [...]

Email or call us now to schedule your training. Each course costs N59,000 and lasts for one week.   Embedded Systems – FPGA using Altera technologies. Fasmicro is Alteradesign services and training partner. Visit our Altera page here. Embedded Systems – Microcontroller using Microchip technologies.Fasmicro is Microchip authorized 3rd party technical training partner. Visit our Microchip page here. Matlab Training - we train on Matlab (the language of technical computing). Please click here for more. Email us for regular or custom trainings on embedded systems and [...]

Nigeria’s commercial nerve center, Lagos is set to become the continent’s 13th biggest economy, similar to the size of West African nation, Ghana, investment research and advisory firm, Renaissance Capital has revealed. In its latest report titled, “Nigeria Unveiled: Thirty Six Shades of Nigeria,” the company stated that with a per capita income of about $2,900 which is currently double amount of the national average of $1,700, Lagos is at par with countries such as [...]

The Georgia Institute of Technology plans to offer a $7,000 online master’s  degree to 10,000 new students over the next three years without hiring much more  than a handful of new instructors.   Georgia Tech will work with AT&T and Udacity, the 15-month-old Silicon  Valley-based company, to offer a new  online master’s degree in computer science to students across the world at a  sixth of the price of its current degree. The deal, announced Tuesday, [...]

Ghanaian startup, Dropifi  has been  selected to be part of the latest batch of 500 Startups backed companies.  Dropifi is an intelligent replacement for mail-tos and contact forms that aims to make customer support more effective, increase lead generation and generate valuable business insights. The startup notably acquired about 5,000 users in over 29 countries in less than 6 months without any marketing.   Founded in 2007 by former Mint.com executive, Dave McClure, 500 startups is [...]

Kumasi Center and First Atlantic Semiconductors and Microelectronics-FASMICRO are organizing the second in the series of embedded systems training 2.0 at mFriday Tech Hub at KNUST-Kumasi from the 26th August- 8th September 2013. Last year, the partners organized a similar training program to deepen understanding of embedded systems and microelectronics technology in Ghana and Africa.     This year, we are targeting entrepreneurs, students and faculty staff and with limited seating of 50 people, we encourage interested participants to book a [...]

The Innovation Awards at the Connected Kenya Summit have continuously provided a platform to showcase Kenyan companies that are contributing to improving productivity and efficiency in the country through ICT innovation. The Innovation Pavilion and Awards will this year be sponsored by Google.   In addition to the awards, this year will include an innovation pavilion where innovators can exhibit their creative and life changing innovations.   The selected finalists will both exhibit and receive [...]

88mph, an early stage startup fund and 3 month accelerator program has opened applications for Nairobi. The program assists start-ups by giving them investment of up to a 100k, access to business networks and the know how to quickly grow their businesses. 88mph’s strategy in Africa is to fund strong teams and web-mobile ideas that have the ability to scale across English speaking Africa. Last year 88mph invested in 6 web-mobile startups in Nairobi. The [...]