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Post the thumping success of the Global Innovation Summit in 2014, 2015 & 2016 and the recently concluded SME World summit 2016, We are proud to announce the 5th edition of Global Innovation Summit 2017. With over 2000+ high profile delegates including entrepreneurs,C-level executives, government dignitaries and influencers, the event offers a perfect platform to showcase Etisalat Innovations . Why Global Innovation Summit? There are several reasons why the generation of new ideas can be critical to your business's success. Although every organisation will have its own priorities and sector-specific issues to balance, businesses that fail to innovate run the risk of losing ground to competitors , losing key staff , or simply operating inefficiently . Innovation can be a key differentiator between market leaders and their rivals . Global Innovation Summit is an ultimate thought leadership platform for fostering innovation in the region. Held at a 5-star venue,...

Tom Jackson,Disrupt Africa Nigeria’s Union Bank and the Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) have partnered to launch the Centenary Innovation Challenge, which marks the bank’s 100th anniversary and is aimed at providing support to tech startups. The challenge is aimed at businesses and ideas in the areas of financial inclusion, education and agriculture, with applications open until May 19. A total of 10 startups will be selected to take part in an intensive bootcamp aimed at helping them develop their ideas. The startups will then pitch to a panel of experts, with three winning companies sharing a total of NGN4.5 million (US$15,000) in prize money. “As an institution we are taking the lead in tackling social problems in communities where we do business in a sustainable way. Last year, we kicked off our first ever internal innovation challenge in the bank, and we are currently working on implementing the transformational ideas that came through that would al...

Creativity in its simplest meaning is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things. Creativity is tapping the resources of your subconscious. Ideas come to the spirit (through imagination) before it gets to your soul. Ideas come to the mind as hunch. Imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by God. The creative imagination works automatically. This faculty functions when the conscious mind is working at an exceeding rapid rate. The creative faculty becomes more alert in proportion to its development through use. Your mind is like a gold mine and it can bring you great riches if you would only harness it. Once the mind is well disciplined, it has the capability of constantly producing ideas. Researchers say over 2000 ideas a day pass through your mind. Most of the great inventions came from the mind. The ideas that come to the mind most times need refinement for there to be a final product. Disciplining of the mind exposes the mind to ...