The Mastercard Foundation presented its third annual Clients at the Centre Prize to Jumo. The US$150,000 prize recognizes the innovative work of the South African-based company as a large-scale, low-cost financial services marketplace that serves poor people. The Prize highlights best practices in financial services where client satisfaction is a…
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Uber and NASA have partnered so as to work on flying cars which they aim to launch in Los Angeles in 2020. This means LA will join Dallas-Fort Worth and Dubai as cities to be working with Uber on the programme. The announcement with NASA was made in a speech delivered by…
Tizeti today announced a partnership to expand Express Wi-Fi by Facebook in Nigeria, with plans to roll out hundreds of hotspots over the coming months. Announced at AfricaCom 2017, this initiative supports Facebook’s and Tizeti’s shared goal of connecting more people to the internet in a cost-efficient way. A fast and…
Smartphones with a good camera and the ability to record high definition videos are no longer difficult to find because you do not have to break the bank to get one. So, anyone can record videos. However, the question now is if you are shooting or recording your video the…
A few days ago, Apple claimed a victory over Samsung to the count of $120 million. They are probably yet to finish celebrating the fact that they got one over their archrival-Samsung-before they were slammed with another lawsuit Israeli firm, Corephotonics. It is accusing Apple of infringing on its patented…
Advancio Interactive was recently named the overall winner of Startup Istanbul. The Fintech Startup defeated 100 other startups from 62 countries from different parts of the world. Fisayo Oludare, the founder of Advancio Interactive represented his company at the event. Oludare tells Innovation Village about his experience at Startup Istanbul and much…
Are you tired of visiting motor parks and being ruffled by the overtly aggressive bus conductors? Frustrated with the not very good services of these popular transporters and are you in search of distinct, comfortable and quality intercity transport services at very affordable rates? If yes is your answer, then you need…
Applications have now open for the Startup of the Year Africa 2018, an international innovation competition for startups created by Bonjour idée. The competition is meant to add value to the partner’s’ actions at the heart of the entrepreneurial ecosystem of innovation and startups and put them in contact with innovative startups. Main…
Telecommunication giant, MTN has announced that it will issue an Initial Public Offering of its Nigerian business and should complete the process in the next 6 months. If the IPO is successful, it means MTN will be the first telecommunication company in Nigeria to be listed on the Nigerian Stock…
The CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos has sold over $1 billion worth of his Amazon shares according to U.S. securities filing. The sale represented 1.3 percent of his holding. He now has 16.4 percent stake in Amazon which he founded in 1994. This means that Bezos let go of one million shares…
Do you have $999 (N359,500.14)? If yes, what are you waiting for? iPhone X, Apple’s newest smartphone started going on sale in stores around the world November 3. The sale drew crowds and long lines as Apple fans patiently waited to get their hands on the very best iPhone money can buy. But…
Truecaller is gradually making inroads into Africa specifically Nigeria. Recently, it announced that it will set up shop in either Nigeria or South Africa. Now, it has unveiled its developer programme and mobile identity solution tagged Truecaller SDK in Nigeria. TrueSDK, for any app developer that wants to minimize the friction…
What will you do on your last day of work? ? Well, a Twitter employee did what Twitter has refused to do for months which is to deactivate the Twitter account of President Donald Trump-@realdonaldtrump. The action was clearly deliberate. The account was down for 11 minutes. This led to speculation that Twitter…
This is part 2 of our interview with Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji, Founder of Passnownow. Click here for part 1 of this interview Reception of Passnownow by Nigerians The results and comments from our users keep us going. They’ve been very helpful with word of mouth marketing and they have proved extremely powerful in…
You can share a post on Instagram in over 25 languages but they have all been left-to-right languages. This is no longer the case as the video and photo sharing platform has now announced that it has added Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi languages, all of which read right to left.…
Samsung Electronics CEO Kwon Oh-Hyun unexpectedly announced his plans to resign in early October citing the need for new leadership. The electronics giant has now appointed three new CEOs for the next phase of its growth. Presidents Kinam Kim, Hyunsuk (HS) Kim, and Dongjin (DJ) Koh will succeed Vice Chairman…
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The application for 2018 Village Capital Fintech Africa Programme in partnership with PayPal has been opened. The programme is aimed at supporting African startups focused on health, agriculture, energy, and education. Selected startups will work through a specific curriculum over a three-month period during which time they will have the chance to interact…
Kenya’s Direct Pay Online Group plans to expand to Nigeria, Ghana, DRC and Mozambique after raising $5 million from the UK-based private equity fund, Apis Partners. This investment will be used to expand across Africa, strengthening the group’s position through mergers and acquisitions, integrating the systems of all companies under the group, developing…
Being an Apple employee is a job you will definitely treasure and of course, you will do everything to keep it. However, for an Apple employee who was recently relieved of his job, he would wish what led to his sack at Apple never occurred. His daughter, Brooke Peterson uploaded a…