Nigerian luxury fashion house Ejiro Amos Tafiri threw a bunch of events around Lagos to celebrate hitting 15 years in the game. The week kicked off with a fashion conference where industry heads talked about how the brand pushed African aesthetics into global markets. Over 200 people entered the young designers competition, with six finalists battling for 5 million naira to jumpstart their careers.
The brand set up an exhibition, walking people through garments and archive pieces from 2009 forward, showing how the label evolved across local and international scenes. The whole thing wrapped with a runway show dropping 110 fresh pieces in front of more than a thousand guests. Ejiro Amos Tafiri started back in 2009, mixing traditional...
Kwara State dropped plans for a free AI summit happening at the Ilorin Innovation Hub with backing from the government plus tech partners like Lovable, Pastel, Zoho and UNDP. The event runs tracks on core AI, e-government, agritech and creative economy with workshops, panels and a hackathon aimed at turning the state into an African tech hub instead of leaving everything to Lagos and Abuja.
Temi Kolawole from the hub said Kwara spent years building digital infrastructure and talent pipelines to get ready for this moment. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq gets credit for pushing the tech transformation forward. Registration is open at kwara.ai for anyone wanting to show up and learn about using artificial intelligence across health...
Bella Disu got a standing ovation at TEDx Ikoyi after telling everyone that waiting until you feel ready is basically a scam. Her whole talk centered on how people and companies freeze up exactly when they need to move, pointing to Kodak and Blockbuster as cautionary tales while Apple pushed forward by acting with clarity instead of sitting around.
Disu dropped some personal stuff about hitting 38 and meeting her complete self as a CEO and creator, which happened through choosing to step outside her comfort zone rather than waiting for some magical moment of perfect preparation. Her message about courage being contagious is spreading through leadership circles because when someone jumps first, other people feel less scared to start...
BOZ Diamond threw a low-key private event for their top clients where founder Sherifat Mohammed gathered people like actress Omoni Oboli, Priscilla Ojo and entrepreneur Akin Faminu to celebrate the brand's journey. The whole vibe ditched typical flashy jewelry showcases for something more personal, where guests got champagne and walked through the creative process behind each piece.
Sherifat made it clear that customers are actually part of the brand story instead of just people buying stuff. The night pushed relationships over transactions, with guests leaving feeling like they belonged to something bigger than just another luxury label.
Amma Abena is throwing a private listening party for her second EP called Paddle to Your Resting Place, where guests get headphones and sit through the whole project before watching a short film she produced with director Riley. The film takes one track from the EP and turns it into a visual piece that strips everything back to the emotional core.
After the headphone session wraps, attendees get into discussions about finding your resting place and how you paddle there. The launch kicks off phase two, which drops a documentary acoustic series called Unwatered Flowers Die that pairs five to seven artists for raw performances shot at culturally significant spots. The series hits in early 2026 and travels from Lagos to London bars and...
William Kabogo Gitau flipped the switch on free public wifi at Kabartonjo Market over in Baringo North to get traders connected to online platforms and give students actual internet access for schoolwork. The high-speed service lets people hit up digital government stuff and commercial platforms without burning through mobile data.
Officials sat down with the local post office to figure out how to upgrade digital postal services and make government operations run smoothly for residents. PS ICT John Tanui and Baringo North MP Joseph Makilap showed up to back the connectivity push that aims to drag the region into the digital economy instead of leaving it offline.
Zimbabwe's ICT ministry teamed up with Huawei to roll out DigiTruck, which basically brings digital learning straight to people's doorsteps across the country. The mobile setup teaches students and regular citizens the tech skills they need to stay relevant in the job market and participate in the economy.
The whole thing fits into the government's push to get everyone connected and literate in technology, rather than leaving rural areas behind while cities zoom ahead. Officials want Zimbabweans equipped with the tools to use digital platforms and contribute to growth, rather than just watching from the sidelines.
Senegal threw the African Television Forum, where government spokesperson Marie Rose Khady Fatou Faye and other big shots talked about how terrestrial digital TV helps Africa lock down digital sovereignty and pump up local content production. The gathering pushed TNT as more than just tech gear, saying it drives territorial equity and makes the continent's audiovisual scene more competitive while keeping infrastructure secure.
Side meetings went down between Senegal, Algeria, and Burkina Faso about regulatory teamwork and building sovereign broadcast systems. TDS-SA got props for helping modernize Senegal's broadcasting setup. The whole event backed the country's push to create an African audiovisual sector that actually controls its...
Côte d'Ivoire's Regina Fleur Bessou just became the first African to run the International Telecommunication Union's Telecommunication Development Advisory Group after getting backed through regional consensus. South Korea and the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity threw their support behind the pick, which shows how international telecom groups are actually working together these days.
The appointment puts Africa front and center when it comes to steering global telecom policy and development strategies instead of just sitting on the sidelines watching other regions call the shots.
