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Top Story: Exclusive: How LAUTECH’s Solar-Powered CEST Co-Working Space Is Driving Practical Tech Education in Nigeria
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has opened a new solar-powered co-working space aimed at equipping students and researchers with practical, industry-relevant skills in emerging technologies.
The facility, housed within the Seyi Makinde Innovation and Technology Hub (SMITH) on the university campus, forms part of the operations of the Centre for Emerging Skills and Technology (CEST). The development follows the completion of a 50 kVA solar power system donated by Mar & Mor Engineering Services Limited, providing uninterrupted electricity to the hub’s workspaces, laboratories and training facilities.
Speaking exclusively to Techparley, Professor Tesleem Babatunde Asafa, Director of CEST and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at LAUTECH, said the centre was created to address structural gaps in Nigeria’s innovation and skills development ecosystem.
“The Centre for Emerging Skills and Technologies (CEST) at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) was established in 2019 to develop skills and build capacity in emerging technologies within the university,” he told Techparley. “To realize this vision, Oyo State Government donated the Seyi Makinde Innovation and Technology Hub (SMITH) as a cornerstone facility for the Centre’s operations.”
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On Startup Spotlight:
Singapore Startup, Zeya Health, Raises $575,000 to Build AI Infrastructure for Clinics Across Asia-Pacific
Zeya Health, a Singapore-based healthcare technology startup building artificial intelligence (AI)-native infrastructure for clinical providers, has raised US$575,000 in pre-seed funding from global early-stage investor Antler and a group of strategic angel investors.
The company said the funding will be used to accelerate product development and scale deployments across private healthcare providers in Singapore and the wider Asia-Pacific region, as demand rises for tools that help clinics manage growing patient volumes without expanding already stretched administrative teams.
Founded by former digital health operators Agastya Samat and Pasindu Wijesena, Zeya Health positions itself as a foundational AI layer for healthcare organisations, automating operational workflows while integrating directly into existing electronic medical record (EMR) systems and patient communication channels such as WhatsApp.
“We’ve both seen firsthand how care teams end up spending more time fighting systems than caring for patients. Whether it was deploying digital health systems at scale or watching clinics struggle with growing patient loads, the same issue kept coming up. We started Zeya to remove that bottleneck, so providers can grow without burning out their teams,” said Agastya Samat, Zeya Health’s Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer.
Quadri Adejumo brings you all the details. Read here.
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Nigerian Startup MAX Secures $24 Million to Power Electric Mobility Revolution Across Africa. Yakub Abdulrasheed brings us the details, here.
Quote of the Day:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke.
Thank you for joining me yet again this evening. Stay safe, and see you tomorrow for the next tech newsletter.
Best, Quadri
