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October 25, 2018

The Award Ceremony of the ICT Innovative Business ...

The Award Ceremony of the ICT Innovative Business IDEA Competition 2017- 2018 for University Students held on Thursday 25th October 2018 at R. Burenchobay Lecture Theatre, University of Mauritius, Réduit. The Honourable Yogida Sawmynaden, Minister of Technology, Communication and Innovation was the chief guest of the 2017- 2018 edition of the ICT Innovative Business IDEA Competition. His presence to the award ceremony was a clear indication of the Ministry of Technology Communication and Innovation commitment’s towards creating a Techno-entrepreneurship culture in Mauritius as from University level. The Honourable Minister mentioned in his address that he was happy to note that this competition was organised for the University students a ...

January 24, 2018

Launching of the ICT Innovati ...

The Honourable Yogida Sawmynaden, Minister of Technology Communication and Innovation launched the ICT Innovative Business IDEA Competition 2017- 2018 during a press conference held at Sicom Tower, in Ebène. The ICT Innovative Business IDEA Competition 2017- 2018 is in line with the Government’s Vision of instilling a Technopreneurship culture in Mauritius. This Competition aims at p...

January 24, 2018

Registration deadline extende ...

Registration deadline extended for ICT Innovative Business IDEA Competition 2017- 2018

August 08, 2017

Tech-Talk on Proof of Concept ...

13 Start-ups, attended the Tech-Talk organised by the NCB Technopreneurship Unit on the 8th August 2017. The Tech-Talk was held in the Board Room of the National Computer Board, 7th Floor Stratton Court, La Poudriere Street, Port Louis. The theme of the Tech-Talk was the Proof of Concept Scheme. The aim of the Proof of Concept Scheme is to help the innovators in moving ahead with their research ...

May 12, 2017

Technopreneurship Unit at ISI ...

The NCB Technopreneurship Unit at the International SME Innovation and Technology Fair 2017 (ISITF 2017) From the 12th to 14th May 2017, the Swami Vivekananda International Convention Centre, located at Pailles, opened its door to numerous local SMEs and public at large to the International SME Innovation and Technology Fair 2017, organised by the SMEDA. The fair was mainly B2B and att...

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Nov

Start Time:Nov 30, 2016

Award Ceremony of the ICT Innovative Business IDEA Competition

The ICT Innovative Business Idea Competition was a success!! The Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation, The National Computer Board and the State Bank of Mauritius congratulated everyone who participated for this competition. Some 112 participants showed interest for the Competition, Some 41 teams Registration forms were validated and some 34 teams made out for Stage I, 15 teams were selected for Stage II and 10 Teams made it through to the finals. Almost all the ideas received were very innovative as well as impressive. Consequently, this made it really difficult for the jury members to distinguish the winners. After many deliberations from our judges, it was finally able ...

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Jun

Start Time:Jun 06, 2015

ICT Expo 2015

ICT EXPO 2015 The National Computer Board, operating under the aegis of the Ministry of Technology Communication and Innovation, organised the 7th edition of ICT expo on 6th and 7th June 2015 at Kendra Shopping Mall St Pierre. ICT Expo is a regional event which aims at creating more awareness on emerging technologies and bringing ICT closer to the citizens. The NCB Technopreneurship Programme Team was present for the event to inform the public about facilities offered whereas the Technopreneurs: EdUnit; Luz and Aevo were present to demonstrate their innovative products to the member of the public present for the ICT Expo. ...

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May

Start Time:May 21, 2015

IBM BlueMix workshop

IBM BlueMix WorkshopThe National Computer Board, operating under the aegis of the Ministry of Technology Communication and Innovation, with the collaboration of IBM organised a BlueMix Workshop for entrepreneurs at the ICT Academy Ebene on 21st May 2015 from 13:00 pm to 17:00 pm. BlueMix enables everyone from individual developers to large enterprise teams to rapidly build and deploy new applications, embrace continuous delivery, and extend existing IT investments with cloud integration services. With BlueMix, developers have access to a broad portfolio of capabilities. Benn Mann, Program Director, Africa Software Offerings from Kenya was present to update some 15 Technopreneurs about th ...

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Feb

Start Time:Feb 21, 2014

Business Plan Writing Training

A Business Plan Writing Training was organised by National Computer Board in the context of the ICT Business Idea Competition for the selected 33 teams who have advanced to Round II on the 21st and 22nd February 2014. The objectives of the Business Plan Writing Training were to:• Explain the importance of business planning• Define and describe all the components of a business plan including the financial forecasts.• Provide access to sample plans and resources that can help them to develop a very good business plan including its financial forecasts at the end of the session.Participants gave positive feedback about the training:• “It was a good initiative from the NCB to help the selected p ...

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Nov

Start Time:Nov 23, 2013|Category: Public

Infotech 2013 - Conference SM@RT SMe’s- empowering SMe’s through ICT

In the context of Infotech 2013, the National Computer Board operating under the aegis of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, had organised a conference on Friday 22nd November 2013 at the First Floor Kestrel Room, Swami Vivekananda International Convention Centre (SVICC), Pailles with the theme “SMART SME’s: Empowering SME’s through ICT” to trigger the importance of ICT adoption among our non ICT SME’s by creating an online presence; growing their businesses; improving their business processes and becoming more efficient. Hence the conference will increase the demand for broadband and increase the possibility of NCB Technopreneurs to reach new markets. Objec ...

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ICT Innovative Business IDEA Competition 2017- 2018: Registration Deadline to participate EXTENDED to 26th MARCH 2018.

The NCB Technopreneurship Unit was set up to promote Entrepreneurship in the ICT Sector.

The National Computer Board promotes entrepreneurship in the ICT sector since 2003 through the ICT Incubator Centre. The ICT Incubator Centre provided infrastructural facilities, logistics and business support to start ups in the ICT Sector.

The National Computer Board has re-engineered its ICT Incubator Centre to a Technopreneurship Unit to boost Entrepreneurship in the ICT Sector. The NCB provides the following services to Promote Entrepreneurship in ICT Sector: TechIdeaSpace, Business Advice, Guidance, Support, Tech Talks, Training, Workshops/ Conferences and ICT Innovative Business IDEA Competition.

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