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2016-05-17 20:42
I do not know whether there is something magical about this 140-character limit but Twitter has been on this issue for some time now. Earlier this year, the company considered raising the li… Read More
2016-05-17 16:26
The UEFA Champions League final and the Europa League finals will be streamed live on YouTube.
BT Sport announced last week that it had struck a deal to stream the finals of the Europa… Read More
2016-05-17 16:05
Opening like a Hollywood movie, the new MTN Pulse advert starred popular singer and comedian, Falzthebadhguy, who is a delectable technology security expert contracted by other Nigerian telc… Read More
2016-05-17 15:41
Leading hospitality company Fahrenheit Hospitality Limited (FHL) – the parent company for the prestigious Maison Fahrenheit Hotel and Fahrenheit Loft – has revealed that it… Read More
2016-05-17 15:35
To help reduce challenges with cattle grazing and the judicious use of land across Nigeria, MTN Nigeria has provided a Livestock Tracking Solution (LTS) to assist cattle herdsmen monitor and… Read More
2016-05-17 14:17
Orange Business Services, the B2B division of the Orange Group, is reaffirming its commitment to support enterprises in Africa with the expansion of its Lagos, Nigeria presence. It has estab… Read More
2016-05-17 10:04
Nigeria’s largest online mall, Konga.com, has again won two prestigious Awards from Great Place to Work. The announcement was made at the Great Place to Work Awards ceremony which… Read More
2016-05-17 08:42
Paramount Pictures just announced the title of Transformers 5. It is Transformers: The Last Knight. And it is scheduled for release June 23, 2017.
It will star Mark Wahlberg a… Read More
2016-05-17 05:20
Fresh from launching an app “Gboard” for iPhone last week, Google has now introduced a new app called Spaces. This app lets people get people together instantly to share around a… Read More
2016-05-16 20:28
The Queen of England, Elizabeth who became the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom on 9 September 2015, had her 90th birthday last month. She has had a fairly pea… Read More
2016-05-16 20:02
American business magnate, Warren Buffett has invested 1 billion dollars in technological giant, Apple. The investment was made through Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
This investment bankrolled by… Read More
2016-05-16 18:38
According to reports, video calling on WhatsApp has been in the works for quite some time now and this isn’t just a rumour as it’s been confirmed by leaked images of an iPhone ma… Read More
2016-05-16 18:32
Gbenro Dada, former Co-founder and chief operations officer of online auto insurance marketplace MyAutoGenius.com, has been named the Managing Director of Saltside Technologies&rs&hell…Read More
2016-05-16 18:32
Gbenro Dara, former Co-founder and chief operations officer of online auto insurance marketplace MyAutoGenius.com, has been named the Managing Director of Saltside Technologies&rs&hell…Read More
2016-05-16 17:26
Google just updated its YouTube app for iOS and this update isn’t just a regular bug fixes update, it comes with a new feature which makes finding VR(Virtual reality) content very easy… Read More
2016-05-16 14:01
Yasmin Belo-Osagie is one of the co-founders of She Leads Africa and she has been nominated as one of Fast Company’s most creative people in business for 2016. She joins 99 other peopl… Read More
2016-05-16 10:29
MTN Mobile Money has become the fastest growing method of receiving WorldRemit international money transfers in Ghana, according to the remittance company.
It said the number of transfers re… Read More
2016-05-16 09:10
Dominique Collett, a senior investment executive at Rand Merchant Investment Holdings and head of AlphaCode, a club for fintech entrepreneurs, writes of Africa’s fintech success stori… Read More
2016-05-16 08:46
Vodacom Business Nigeria has trained female students of Clemmy High School, Agodo-Egbe, Lagos, on Internet of Things (IoT) as part of its support for the Girls in ICTprogramme. The students… Read More
2016-05-16 08:09
Mr. Paul Lee, Managing Director, Samsung Electronics West Africa, believes that art and technology are somehow related and linked in someway. According to him, art and technology derive stre… Read More
2016-05-15 16:21
Queen of Katwe is the colourful true story of a young girl selling corn on the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a resu… Read More
2016-05-15 13:32
Imagine a world without language barriers. Introducing the Pilot..
At the convergence of wearable technology + machine translation, the Pilot is the world’s first smart earpiece which… Read More
2016-05-15 06:16
May 15 is the International Day of Families, a day that draws attention to issues that families face and offers opportunities to examine the social and economic factors that affect… Read More
2016-05-14 18:04
Samsung Electronics has announced that the Charm by by Samsung will be select markets very soon. The stylish lifestyle ban was initially launched in Korea, Italy, France and Russia.
The… Read More
2016-05-14 17:19
Two teams from Lagos have today been selected to pilot a unique digital idea they have developed to help the BBC reach young African audiences. The teams – Codulab, a small company… Read More
2016-05-14 13:21
Nigerian Afrobeat artiste Timaya has just dropped the official music video for “Money”, featuring fellow Nigerian artiste Flavour.
If you like afrobeat, you will enjoy it.
O… Read More
2016-05-14 12:57
If you are in Nigeria and you do not know about Tuta Absoluta, then you are not a proper Nigerian.
How can you know about the pest that has led to increase of the price of tomatoes in Nigeri… Read More
2016-05-14 10:20
Singularity Investments has announced an undisclosed investment in Sliide Airtime.
Sliide Airtime is a privately-held technology company with offices in Lagos and London. Its content deliver… Read More
2016-05-14 08:12
MTN Business has launched a new SME-tailored solution called MTN SME Value Pack. This is a complete business-enabling solution that comes with an MTN Business-branded Internet router, an MTN… Read More
2016-05-14 06:31
Traditionally South Africa-based Naspers, a $65B global internet and entertainment group with operations in more than 130 countries, had shied away from developed markets. Its investments ha… Read More
2016-05-13 16:26
The much celebrated “Uber for Private Jets”, BlackJet has ceased operations.
Launched in 2012, Blackjet promised to plug the gap that was absent in the on-demand ecosystem… Read More
2016-05-13 15:11
Mobile Operator, Tigo, has announced that it will be investing over US$ 75 million on the network expansion and quality improvement by scaling up its 4G and 3G sites, fiber network as… Read More
2016-05-13 14:56
Automattic, the company that owns WordPress.com, announced that it has secured rights to oversee and operate the sale and registration of .blog domains.
This means that anyone can use t… Read More
2016-05-13 13:27
Echo House beat 128 other shortlisted startups to emerge the 2016 Startup of the year in the 2016 Ghana Startup Awards. Echo House Ghana, founded by its CEO, Beryl Agyekum, is a 360 degree c… Read More
2016-05-13 13:04
Naspers’ streaming service, Showmax, is now available in 36 new African countries. This comes barely ten months after the launch of the service which now boasts of “approxim… Read More
2016-05-13 11:17
Technology companies are breaking boundaries as they are embarking on projects that will change the world. They are taking on world problems and are finding solutions to them. Leading tech… Read More
2016-05-13 11:04
Tiwa Savage’s revealing interview where she addressed accusations made by her estranged husband Tee Billz is now the most viewed non-music video on YouTube Nigeria. It has been watched… Read More
2016-05-13 07:08
Nigerians were very angry when UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, was caught off record telling the Queen of England that Nigeria and Afghanistan are fantastically corrupt countries. Were the… Read More
2016-05-12 16:36
Google announced it’s new feature-filled keyboard for the iPhone. The app is called Gboard and is an all-in-one Google experience built into the iOS keyboard. The keyboard has a quick… Read More
2016-05-12 07:00
Ethiopia and China on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for their partnership on a project dubbed Africa Information Super Highway, a project for cooperation between China an… Read More
2016-05-12 06:03
Nigerian government is consideration various options for the Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) Limited. According to Minister of Communications, Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu, the… Read More
2016-05-12 04:51
There has been a coup in the Classifieds industry in Zimbabwe. Econet’s Classifieds property, OWNAI, has surpassed the 100 000 listings mark overtaking the incumbent, Classifieds.co.zw… Read More
2016-05-11 21:53
GE and Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship have announced a partnership that focuses on training and mentoring social entrepreneurs working on mater… Read More
2016-05-11 20:44
People know Samsung for gadgets, phones, electronics. And now it has dabbled into the surfing world by creating a digital smart Surfboard.
The Samsung Galaxy Surfboard prototype is powered b… Read More
2016-05-11 15:48
Instagram rolled out a new logo and simpler design for its iOS and Android app today. The company says that its new icon represents a simpler camera, with the rainbow living on in gradient f… Read More
2016-05-11 11:23
Are you tired of holding your smartphone while chatting? And have never used the web browser function? No problem, the team over at WhatsApp just provided a solution to that.
Whatsapp just r… Read More
2016-05-11 07:33
Did David Cameron know his mic was on? Were his comments meant to be heard?
Anyway it was recorded on camera. UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, was overheard telling the Queen that… Read More
2016-05-11 06:44
Google has changed in the last decade but the plain white background, 10 results per page and the blue site links are yet to change.
However, the blue site links may probably be turned to bl… Read More
2016-05-11 06:38
Social media giant Facebook yesterday launched its Free Basics in Nigeria in partnership with Airtel. The service offers the network’s subscribers free access to services available on… Read More
2016-05-10 13:41
Ringier Africa and One Africa Media (OAM) have agreed to merge their pan-African Classifieds assets to create and grow Africa’s largest classifieds group. In the joint venture dea… Read More
2016-05-10 10:39
Mobile accounts for most of the overall growth in travel bookings since 2014, this is according to Criteo, a leading market research firm. The worldwide research, carried between Q2 2014 and… Read More
2016-05-10 10:34
A solar powered computer named The Watly machine is to provide clean water, electricity, and internet in Africa. The machine developed by an Italian-Spanish start-up, Watly&nb&hell…Read More
2016-05-10 09:05
Nigeria’s largest telecoms network MTN will roll out LTE services in Nigeria in July. The service which would be piloted in selected cities will be deployed via the 800MHz frequency MT… Read More
2016-05-10 09:00
Stanford Seed, the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies, has launched its Seed Transformation Progam in East Africa. This builds on the success of the same pro… Read More
2016-05-10 08:44
Vodacom has announced that it will discontinue its M-Pesa mobile payment offering in South Africa at the end of June 2016.
This statement was made by CEO Shameel Joosub yesterday… Read More
2016-05-10 07:08
Applications are being accepted for this year’s edition of the Innovating Justices Challenges competition organised by HiiL Justice Accelerator and Ford Foundation. As usual the compet… Read More
2016-05-09 14:45
The infamous Panama Papers database is scheduled to go on-line today at 6.00p.m. GMT in a searchable form at The Panama Papers · ICIJ. The massive database is expe… Read More
2016-05-09 14:05
Adoption of eHealth private-public partnerships will create more than 700,000 new jobs according to Andrew Kibirige Lutwama, Uganda’s Ministry of Health eHealth Adviser. Speaking at th… Read More
2016-05-09 13:36
It is now possible for telecoms subscribers in Nigeria to stop telecoms operators from calling and sending unsolicited SMS with the decision of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) t… Read More
2016-05-09 09:29
Nigeria’s biggest telecommunication company MTN Nigeria lost 6.5 million data subscribers according to the 2016 first quarter telecoms industry report recently published by the Nigeria… Read More
2016-05-09 08:27
You may think that it is cute as a parent to post your child’s photo running around in a nappy on Facebook or Twitter. However the child may think otherwise when he grows up.
French au… Read More
2016-05-09 07:58
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) today announced the top 10 nominees for its landmark programme, the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA). Now celebrating its 5th year under the the… Read More
2016-05-09 07:03
Innovation Village had a chat with Olayinka Oluwakuse, CEO of Buyoverchat Technologies Limited and Founder, Balogunmarket.ng.
Innovation Village (IV): Tell us about yourself and y… Read More
2016-05-08 11:13
Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will no longer be free to download after July 29th, 2016, exactly one year after it was launched.
Since it’s launch, users with any previous qu… Read More
2016-05-08 11:09
Let’s face it, a phone camera is a key feature some people consider before buying a phone. Reason being that you can easily take quality selfies, post them on Facebook or Instagram an… Read More
2016-05-07 21:01
Vodafone Ghana Music Awards is taking place right now in Accra.
It is being hosted by Chris Attoh, Naa Ashorkor Mensah and DJ Black Africa
Watch it now…
115 total v… Read More
2016-05-07 15:08
Imagine working from the famous UK Telephone boxes.
Well a New York based company that operates a growing chain of co-working spaces is about to transform these iconic red public boxes… Read More
2016-05-07 12:36
Have you seen this new trailer “African Booty Scratcher” uploaded on YouTube by Damilare Sonoiki? It is about a Nigerian immigrant family in America struggling to balance giving… Read More
2016-05-06 13:08
YouTube and the Kenyan government are at crossroads over a Kenyan music video that promotes homosexuality – an act that is outlawed in Kenya. The video was banned by the Kenya Film and… Read More
2016-05-06 07:13
This week, celebrity and billionaire, Donald Trump, emerged the presumptive presidential candidate of the Republican Party sending cold shivers down the spines of many Americans and other ci… Read More
2016-05-05 15:12
The world’s leading remittance company, Western Union, is eyeing the fast growing bitcoin market and seems to be interested in getting a sizeable portion of the bitcoin market as sugge… Read More
2016-05-05 14:40
Nigeria’s commercial capital city of Lagos will next host this year’s edition of the Digital Broadcasting Africa Forum organised by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organizati… Read More
2016-05-05 10:08
One Acre Fund , a nonprofit agriculture organization that supplies smallholder farmers with the financing and training they need to increase their incomes and food security, today announced… Read More
2016-05-05 10:01
The Lagos State Government has partnered with Nigeria’s largest online mall Konga.com to host the first ever Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) fair in Lagos for indigenous and… Read More
2016-05-04 16:29
Adding another first to its growing list of innovations, Terragon Group, Africa’s largest digital media company, recently announced its launch of an Augmented Reality (AR) solution in… Read More
2016-05-04 15:49
Facebook is excited to invite you to participate in a Fire side chat with Ime Archibong, Director of Product Partnerships.
This 3 hour event will also feature tech-talks and networking oppor… Read More
2016-05-04 14:34
Rocket Internet said on Monday two supervisory board members from long-standing investor Kinnevik would step down at its annual shareholder meeting on June 9.
The move follows differences be… Read More
2016-05-04 13:55
Privates, a messaging app now allows you to recall any sent messages as far as the receiver has not opened the message.
After sending a text, picture or video message… Read More
2016-05-04 13:28
Apple has lost a trademark dispute in China following the verdict of a Chinese court which ruled that Xintong Tiandi, a Chinese company that makes leather goods can use iPhone, the bra… Read More
2016-05-04 13:22
Just three weeks left for entrepreneurs to enter the ACF competition which will see developers across the continent compete for funding and expertise
Calling all entrepreneurs and developers… Read More
2016-05-04 13:03
‘I had my ups and downs but I always find the inner strength to pull myself up I was served lemons, but I made lemonades”- Hattie white (Jay Z’s mother)&nbs&helli…Read More
2016-05-04 12:04
Instagram has announced it is introducing a new algorithm which will affect the order in which you see photos and there are concerns that it would have impacts on digital marketers who work… Read More
2016-05-04 11:49
According to Sage, with the threat of cyber-crime and insider fraud on the rise, Kenyan companies should be looking towards cloud applications as one means of improving the security of their… Read More
2016-05-04 05:10
TIME released its list of the 50 most influential gadgets of all time and Apple’s iPhone tops the list with other Apple products also appearing on the list. TIME names the iPhone is th… Read More
2016-05-04 02:23
If you thought you’d never get to see the day when iMessage gets to Android, well, today is that day. An open source project called PieMessage has hit GitHub. PieMessage isn’t an… Read More
2016-05-03 20:49
Facebook has paid $10,000 to a 10 year old Finnish boy for finding a flaw in Instagram. According to Finnish news site Iltalehti, Jani (surname withheld) figured out a way to get i… Read More
2016-05-03 10:29
The top ten of the 2016 #Hack.Jozi Challenge has been announced. The varied ideas include ways for parents to reduce screen time for their children, a free pick up and drop off laundry servi… Read More
2016-05-03 10:16
SimbaPay today announced it is revolutionizing the remittance space through its official announcement of raising the single transaction limit to a whopping $45,000. This is substantially hig… Read More
2016-05-03 08:53
Founded in 2011, BudgIT is a civic organization that applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional improvement, to facilitate societal change. A pioneer in the field… Read More
2016-05-03 05:09
If a business opportunity looks too good to be true, it could be much worse than that!
A friend of mine in South Africa who is into “BEE deals” (as they call them over there, sta… Read More
2016-05-02 21:36
Leicester City is currently trending on Twitter as they win the 2015/16 English Premier League courtesy of a 2-2 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham.
They currently have 77 points with 2 more… Read More
2016-05-02 15:04
Is social entrepreneurship the new face of development? A recent impact report released by Reach for Change suggests it might be.
Social entrepreneurs across Africa are contributing to… Read More
2016-05-02 06:26
Blackberry CEO, John Chen has announced on his Twitter account (@JohnChen) that he will be picking a “Blackberry Fan of The Month” on the first day of every month. He will a… Read More
2016-05-01 06:24
Vodafone M-Pesa now has more than 25 million active customers, marking another year of accelerated growth for the innovative mobile money transfer service, it was announced today.
Across mar… Read More
2016-05-01 04:40
Kenya is currently burning 12 huge ivory towers in a move to discourage the poaching of elephants and rhinos for Ivory.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta set fire to the elephant tusks and rhi… Read More
2016-05-01 03:57
According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, Nigeria’s entertainment and media market is predicted to surpass $8 billion by 2019.
This is the statement made by CNN in a recent CNN Marketplace… Read More
2016-04-30 21:32
This might sound funny but have you ever tried to pluralize the name of any Apple Product? Apple executive ; Phil Schiller has taken the pain to emphasize why we should never… Read More
2016-04-30 15:02
Professor Yemi Oshinbajo shared the Federal Government’s plan for Technology and Innovation in Nigeria today.
He did this in his keynote speech at “The Platform Abuja” powe… Read More
2016-04-30 10:59
The Platform Abuja is currently going on in Abuja, Nigeria.
It is also streaming live on YouTube and also on Channels TV
The speakers are as follows:
Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President… Read More
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