2016-06-02 07:17
Taxi-hailing giant, Uber announced that it has raised $3.5 billion from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
The deal marks the closing of Uber’s Series G investment round, whi… Read More
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2016-06-01 22:45
The Gates Foundation is funding an approach to stop the Zika virus with a Sexually Transmitted Disease. The Zika virus disease is a disease caused by the Zika virus, which is sprea… Read More
2016-06-01 22:21
Internet aficionados look out for the Mary Meeker report every year. And she released the 2016 report at tech blog Recode’s Code conference in California today. The Internet… Read More
2016-06-01 15:57
Standard Chartered is set to launch a mobile and an online banking platform in Africa. According to the bank’s consumer banking chief for the region, Jaydeep Gupta, the lender seeks to… Read More
2016-06-01 15:11
Microsoft Corp. and Xiaomi Inc. have expanded their global partnership to provide innovative user experiences on mobile devices. As part of the agreement, Xiaomi will ship Microsoft Office a… Read More
2016-06-01 15:02
Celebrations are still ongoing in Abidjan, Capital of Ivory Coast as the Abidjan Ramblers defeated Lagos Warriors on Saturday, 29th of May, in an exciting battle to become the Champions of t… Read More
2016-06-01 13:36
Agility, a major integrated logistics company, today launched its Africa 2016 Photo Competition, an effort to inspire and showcase images that illustrate the breathtaking pace of change acro… Read More
2016-06-01 11:04
TEKNOHUB SOLUTIONS MANAGEMENT, a leading tech consulting firm unveiled innovative solutions designed for the Nigerian Pension industry on Tuesday May 24, 2016 in partnership with Microsoft N… Read More
2016-06-01 09:44
After saving for a whole year or more to buy a car, it is finally delivered and you take it for a ride on Lagos Island when the traffic is still light or along Abuja highway. While enjoying… Read More
2016-05-31 21:58
A super high-end Android smartphone called Solarin was officially launched at an event in London today by Stealth Israeli startup Sirin Labs. Kazakh entrepreneur Kenges Rakishev, Israel… Read More
2016-05-31 21:10
Instagram Business Profiles has finally arrived with tools to help measure engagement and post promotion. Business account owners with the help of the Insight Tool can see their followe… Read More
2016-05-31 14:58
Intel announced today its first 10-core CPU the Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition at Computex in Taiwan. This is a powerful desktop processor which runs at 3GHz and can boost up to 3.5… Read More
2016-05-31 12:43
Arguably the greatest footballer yet in history, Edson Arantes do Nascimento popularly called Pele will be selling off his football memorabilia that he garnered in the last 60 years.The memo… Read More
2016-05-31 11:51
In a bid to expand its online ad reach, Facebook will now display web ads to non users of its social platform. Facebook will be using cookies, “like” buttons, and other… Read More
2016-05-31 11:51
Agriculture is currently standing on the edge of a second green revolution. This revolution will entail fundamental shifts in how the agricultural sector utilises and implements innovative t… Read More
2016-05-31 11:36
Nigerian Adebayo Alonge and his partner, Ankur Kapadia, want to create a secure drug pipeline in Africa with a new startup, called RxAll.
According to Adebayo, his encounter with fake d… Read More
2016-05-31 11:15
WhatsApp? What is That?
A couple of years ago, one of our Managing Consultants was in South Africa. She had decided to buy a local SIM instead to save cost on roaming. I needed to reach her… Read More
2016-05-31 11:10
Over the past couple of years, only just a few TV series stood out with very interesting story lines – yet I can’t still think of any of the currently running ones that are as ad… Read More
2016-05-31 09:30
These French guys have all the fun. This is a country where employees have 30 days off a year, 16 weeks of full-paid family leave and even a 35 hour work week.
Now a new… Read More
2016-05-31 06:39
Google gave a glimpse of the next version of its mobile operating system, Android N, with features like a quick settings button and split-screen multitasking. Now, the company has not only i… Read More
2016-05-31 05:52
Asus has a just introduced a friendly robot called Zenbo. Zenbo is a capable home robot designed to provide assistance, entertainment, and companionship to families and meant to address… Read More
2016-05-31 05:42
Social networking platforms like Facebook can not only get you more likes, it can also influence the price of your home if you intend to sell one, say researchers.
House prices rise can spre… Read More
2016-05-30 16:32
Samsung’s latest smartphones, which launched in China on Thursday, look a lot like Apple’s latest flagship iPhones. We all know Apple has sued Samsung numerous times but that cle… Read More
2016-05-30 15:26
Scripture 4 Millennials is an Emoji Bible for iPhone and iPad as an Ebook and offers a 3,330-word translation of the King James Bible for $2.99.
The creator, who is anonymous claimed the ide… Read More
2016-05-30 15:01
The quest to find the 2016 App of the Year has begun. This will be the fifth consecutive edition of the award. It is the premier app development event in South Africa.
The App of the ye… Read More
2016-05-30 10:17
Micro-blogging website Twitter has paid $322,420 to researchers and bug hunters who, under its bug bounty “HackerOne” program, have disclosed vulnerabilities in the last two year… Read More
2016-05-30 09:35
A first ever study conducted in South Korea noted that 52 percent women in the survey used their smartphones for four hours a day or longer, far higher than the comparable ratio of… Read More
2016-05-28 09:21
Application for Lagos Startup DealDay Q2 2016 opened yesterday, May 27, 2016.
Lagos Startup DealDay is quarterly investment process run by the Lagos Angel Network (LAN). It b… Read More
2016-05-28 08:07
Lagos Angel Network, organisers of the Lagos StartUp DealDay have announced the two recipients of N50 million from the first edition of the event. They are Cafe Neo and Big Cabal Media.
Thou… Read More
2016-05-27 13:08
EBSCOHost, a multinational Information Communication Technology (ICT) firm, has donated four million dollar worth of e-content to Nigerian universities.
Prof. Julius Okojie, the Ex… Read More
2016-05-27 12:43
As promised in an earlier post, Xiaomi launched its Mi Drone yesterday.
Xiaomi’s Mi Drone is a quadcopter with a three-axis gimbal, 4K camera, and a remote control that uses your Mi sm… Read More
2016-05-27 12:41
Once in a while you see some things that just don’t add up and when they occur in isolation, you cannot but fight the urge to bring them together. Two of such largely isolated incidenc… Read More
2016-05-27 09:06
#WelcomeJose has been trending on Twitter as Manchester United officially unveils Jose Mourinho as the new Manager.
Here is the statement below:
José Mourinho will take over as manage… Read More
2016-05-27 08:52
A new Chinese detergent Ad has just just been published and it is being condemned for its racist connotations. The name of the detergent is Qiaobi (俏比).
Now this is what h… Read More
2016-05-27 08:20
Microsoft and Facebook have announced that they will be building an undersea cable from the east coast of the US to Spain to help speed up their global internet services.
The cable,&nbs&hell…Read More
2016-05-27 07:53
In its bid to enhance the income generating capacity of indigenous women in Lagos state, Dangote Foundation is disbursing micro grants of N10,000 and mobile phones to 40, 000 indigent w… Read More
2016-05-27 07:39
Lawyer for Mexican Drug Lord ,Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera popularly known as El Chapo Guzmán has threatened to sue Netflix and Univision if they… Read More
2016-05-27 07:21
MTN Nigeria has started the pilot run of its TV service in Jos, Plateau State. MTN was awarded a digital broadcast license for N34 billion by Nigerian Broadcasting Service in September 2015… Read More
2016-05-27 07:11
Suburban FiberCo Limited has launched Legend.ng, a product suite that delivers premium content, TV, internet and voice services – all over a high-speed fiber optic data connection in N… Read More
2016-05-26 19:25
Do you know that you can now redeem you MyAds points for more than just airtime credits? MyAds Global, the company behind the app that beautifies your caller screen and pays you for rec… Read More
2016-05-26 16:38
General Electric (GE) is partnering with Mara Group and Atlas Merchant capital to create a joint venture dedicated to investing in the highly underdeveloped African infrastructure secto… Read More
2016-05-26 16:38
Apple might re-invent the Walkie-Talkie with a new document outlining a “Point-to-point ad hoc voice communication”, which when taken into consideration the diagrams, s… Read More
2016-05-26 16:24
Snapchat has raised $1.8 billion in new funding. The funding round was disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The app, known for disappearing messages, is sa… Read More
2016-05-26 16:06
While tech experts will be excited with this piece of news, 60,000 former employees of FoxConn will be lamenting how they have been replaced by Robots. Yes, Robots!
According to a report in… Read More
2016-05-26 10:21
MTN Business, in partnership with online accounting tool SMEasy, today announced the launch of an agile, fit for purpose business management and easy accounting solution for small business o… Read More
2016-05-26 10:18
Facebook for professionals, LinkedIn, has come open with information on data breach affecting some of its users. In a statement aimed at allaying the fears of its users, LinkedIn said it bec… Read More
2016-05-26 08:57
China is doing everything possible to be the leader in technology. The country has gone as far as committing industrial espionage in order to get exclusive information that will not be readi… Read More
2016-05-25 22:32
FedEx Corporation (FedEx), FedEx Acquisition B.V. (the Offeror) and TNT Express N.V. (TNT Express) jointly announce that FedEx has acquired TNT Express. The €4.4 billion acquisition com… Read More
2016-05-25 18:24
South African Standard Bank has been hit by an international Credit Card fraud of 300 million Rand.
The bank said the crime “involved the withdrawal of cash using a small number o… Read More
2016-05-25 18:02
Lagos, Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Cape Town and Paynesville are part of the 37 countries that form the last cohort to join the 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) Network.
Pioneered by the Rockefeller F… Read More
2016-05-25 16:06
Interswitch Transnational, Africa’s leading digital payments and commerce provider is set to spark off transformation of Nigeria’s health sector with the launch of Interswitch Ho… Read More
2016-05-25 15:57
As reported in an earlier post on Innovation Village, Twitter has finally announced that it is relaxing the 140 character limit for tweets and making some changes.
According to Twitter in a… Read More
2016-05-25 15:26
NuRan Wireless has announced the opening of its first African office with the appointment of Bradley Shaw as its regional Manager for Middle East and Africa.
NuRAN Wireless is a leading supp… Read More
2016-05-25 14:36
In response to the recent innovations in advertising and marketing through videos by video technology companies like Google (through YouTube), Facebook has made two major additions to its cu… Read More
2016-05-25 09:51
Uber and Sidian Bank announced today that they have partnered to launch an innovative Uber Vehicle Solutions Programme that will give driver-partners and business investors convenient a… Read More
2016-05-25 09:33
UberEATS, Uber’s food delivery service, launched today in Singapore, its first Asian market. With this launch, Singaporeans can now download the standalone app, and order foo… Read More
2016-05-25 07:57
Telecoms company Tigo has affirmed that music streaming is growing globally and has become the second most popular mobile phone feature in Sub-Saharan Africa.
In Tanzania, the company said t… Read More
2016-05-25 06:53
To celebrate the forthcoming Democracy Day, Konga is holding a 5 day sales themed “Naija No Dey Carry Last.” This democracy season, Konga is celebrating Nigerians with exci… Read More
2016-05-25 06:34
Within this new era of knowledge economies, where the internet has flattened the world and digital entrepreneurs are building companies on the backs of binary codes and software modules, mem… Read More
2016-05-25 06:03
The city of Kigali has been rolling out smart busses that offer Wi-Fi and a cashless payment system. CNN’s Eleni Giokos went there to test them out.
Not only do you get Wi-Fi, it is ap… Read More
2016-05-24 17:08
News of a potential revival on a Motorola’s Razr flip phone hit the internet recently on YouTube and Twitter feeds has created a buzz, giving hope to those that have always longed to h… Read More
2016-05-24 16:17
Ekovolt and 11 other entrepreneurial businesses have been awarded Affordable Access Initiative grants to help scale their solutions and business models to increase affordable Inter… Read More
2016-05-24 11:32
Uber has figured out something quite interesting with the way commuters use the taxi app. The company monitors its users’ smartphone batteries to see when they are running low and acco… Read More
2016-05-24 10:29
You have heard of Silicon Valley. For individuals who do not know, Silicon Valley is home to many of the world’s largest high-tech corporations in the world as well as thousands of Sta… Read More
2016-05-24 10:17
Chinese Mobile phone manufacturer is expected to launch its first drone tomorrow, the 25th of May 2016.
According to Bloomberg, the drone, made by FIMI Technology, will record high-resolutio… Read More
2016-05-24 10:03
Guaranty Trust Bank Kenya has launched an upgraded version of the Bank’s mobile App introducing fingerprint recognition, a first in the market. With this new capability, customers wil… Read More
2016-05-24 08:38
A new venture capital fund has launched with the aim of taking tech startups in Africa to the global market, it is the Niveus Ventures. The entrepreneur-led fund has the support of Niveus In… Read More
2016-05-24 07:33
This is an interesting video posted by Amanda Cerny on Facebook. Even though some people may think this is extreme, it is close to the truth for some people.
For all it is worth, be careful… Read More
2016-05-23 14:56
Samsung has done it again with its extraordinary and stunning ads with the largest Samsung Galaxy S7 edge billboard on earth. You might be wondering how large. It is large enough for mi… Read More
2016-05-23 14:17
Pinnacle Communications Limited is highly confident that Nigeria will meet the June 2017 digital switchover deadline. It said it can achieve it in conjunction with its partners.
The chairman… Read More
2016-05-23 12:55
Samsung is offering a free $20 gift card to those who make their first Samsung Pay purchase within two weeks from now till precisely June 6. According to the source link… Read More
2016-05-23 11:00
Recently Lagos Business School discussed with Konga.com CEO Shola Adekoya about the role digital marketing plays in his organisation.
He was a guest on Lagos Business Insights series… Read More
2016-05-23 10:29
The West Africa edition of the DEMO Africa Innovation tour is holding this week in Nigeria’s commercial capital city of Lagos, specifically iDEA Hub on 26th May 2016 fro… Read More
2016-05-23 06:51
Jobberman’s Opeyemi Awoyemi and Olufunbi Falayi have set up a Student innovation Fund to to support innovation and the innovators in schools.
The fund, known as, FastForward… Read More
2016-05-23 04:30
The Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (DRASA) Health Trust in partnership with Unilever Nigeria PLC recently distributed more than 58,000 bars of soap, 2,800 tubes of lotion, and 3,000 roll on deodo… Read More
2016-05-22 08:42
Google has come up with a concept of a modular phone, named Ara, where a smartphone is seen as a compilation of modular blocks. This means that the camera, speaker, battery are parts that ca… Read More
2016-05-21 19:10
A new trailer for Star Trek Beyond hit the Internet yesterday.
It shows Idris Elba or not. I wonder why a prominent actor like Idris is layered under a disguise that hides him. They cou… Read More
2016-05-21 13:17
The internet can make or mar you. However, if properly deployed, you can become an instant internet sensation. Interestingly, it social media that is driving this new found conferm… Read More
2016-05-21 12:17
It is old news that the current world Scrabble champion is a Nigerian, Wellington Jighere. He defeated Britain’s Lewis Mackay, last November, in the final of Scrabble’s 32-r… Read More
2016-05-21 09:43
Gone are the days when America and Russia used to battle it out for supremacy in space ; trying to put the first man in space, landing a man on the moon and bringing him back safely. Nowaday… Read More
2016-05-21 09:17
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), parent company of the Ecobank Group, and Old Mutual Emerging Markets (OMEM), a part of the Old Mutual Group, today announced an enhanced strategic a… Read More
2016-05-20 14:21
Is this another Olajumoke Orisaguna story – the bread seller turned model?
Abdulahi Olatoyan was on his daily job of cleaning windows when a photographer Daniel Sync decided to ta… Read More
2016-05-20 12:53
I hear Uber is testing self-driving cars. Now I don’t want to panic but what does this mean?
Does it mean when I request for an Uber car, I will get one that arrives at my doorstep wit… Read More
2016-05-20 10:14
Online supermarket and grocery delivery service, today announced its second anniversary of the company and the launch of a local recipe database.
Supermart.ng allows customers shop for groce… Read More
2016-05-20 09:59
The Harmony of the Seas is the largest cruise ship in the world. It cost $1 billion (£700 million) and is larger than the Eiffel Tower.
It is 1,187 feet long (362 meters) and is operat… Read More
2016-05-20 09:37
Egyptian national airline, EgyptAir, has turned its social media accounts black to mourn the victims of the MS804 plane crash.
Its Instagram, Twitter, Facebook accounts now carry a black and… Read More
2016-05-20 09:21
It would seem the prestige of the English Premiership is strong enough to pull foreign investors to come into England. And the success of Leicester City in winning the Premiership is like ad… Read More
2016-05-19 09:33
Nigeria’s ecommerce giant Konga.com this morning denied rumors that it planned to shut down its website for five days in order to test its mobile capabilities. In a statement made avai… Read More
2016-05-19 09:22
Yesterday, a new report was released by the United Nations in which it revealed that by using digital payments to pay Ebola response workers, Sierra Leone was able to massively cut payment t… Read More
2016-05-19 04:56
Uber has just announced the introduction of a feature, Trip Tracker, that provides automatic notifications and the ability to follow along on the map whenever someone is riding under yo… Read More
2016-05-18 21:31
Google introduced two new apps at the Google I/O event today: a smart messaging app called Allo and a video calling app called Duo
Allo is a smart messaging app that makes your convers… Read More
2016-05-18 20:33
Along with Google Assistant, Google introduced a hardware device that will work with it – Google Home. This is Google’s entry into the voice-activated home device marke… Read More
2016-05-18 20:08
The Google I/O took place today and Google introduced its own voice-based digital assistant: Google Assistant.
The assistant is an ambient experience that will work seamlessly across de… Read More
2016-05-18 15:24
Google’s biggest event of the year is about to get under way.
If you can’t make it to Google I/O, we’ve got you covered. You can enjoy the event from the comfort of your ho… Read More
2016-05-18 12:19
Orange is launching a call for candidates for the 2016 Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East. The Orange Social Venture Prize, which aims to encourage start-ups that use… Read More
2016-05-18 11:47
The Nelson Mandela Foundation in association with the University of Pretoria, today announced that Bill Gates will deliver the 14th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on 17 July 2016, the eve of… Read More
2016-05-18 09:14
The dwindling fortune of the Lumia brand may have compelled Microsoft to sell its feature phone business it acquired from Nokia in 2013. Microsoft back then announced it will purchase substa… Read More
2016-05-18 08:54
A new General Manager has been appointed for Etihad Airways in Nigeria, he is George Mawadri and is now tasked with the responsibility of growing Etihad Airways’ relationships with it… Read More
2016-05-18 08:36
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is planning to spend $80 million over the next three years to close gender data gaps and help accelerate progress for women and girls around the world… Read More
2016-05-18 05:20
Indigo Trust has taken over the management of a joint hub fund initiative it had with Hivos and Foundation DOEN. It had been part of this group for over two years.
This year the fund ha… Read More
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