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Liquid Telecom, the leading pan-African telecoms group, is proud to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) official partner for the 2019 Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC) in Africa. Since 2016, the MIT’s Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC) has challenged entrepreneurs around the world to re-invent the way technology innovation is harnessed.…

Innovation Village is giving away one (1) Nokia X5 smartphone. Launched in China in 2018, Jumia Nigeria retails this smartphone for N46,600 in Nigeria However this can be yours free of charge if you participate in this giveaway. Key features of smartphone are as follows: Display: 5.86 inch 1520 x 720 pixels screen…

Lifebank, a healthcare technology and logistics company based in Nigeria, has launched a 100 Million Naira fund named BOAT. Blood and Oxygen Access Trust (BOAT) was created to democratize access to blood and oxygen by providing these essential medical products to poor and vulnerable Nigerians at no cost. “LifeBank believes that no Nigerian…

Ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Bezos, will be worth $35 billion dollars after the divorce settlement from the Amazon founder and world richest man. This will make her the third wealthiest woman in the world. Jeff will retain 75% of his shares in Amazon while he transfers 25% to his…

Seedstars has announced that it would launch a $100-million fund to invest in African startups in collaboration with New York based First Growth Ventures. This announcement was made by Seedstars World chief financial officer Charlie Graham-Brown at the Seedstars Summit which is being held today at the SwissTech Convention Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland. According…

Samsung revealed the new Galaxy A Series in Lagos Nigeria today. They were first introduced in India on 28 February 2019. The series include ths Galaxy A30, A50 and A70. Samsung also announced the Galaxy A10, A20 and the Galaxy A2 core. The A series are designed with incredible improvements to…

In the world of E-commerce, finding a niche market is as important as making sure you have a parachute before skydiving… without it, you will plummet to the bottom! You may be experienced in interior design, construction, and cake baking but if you can’t narrow it down, you’ll soon become…

French Group, Thales, has completed the acquisition of Gemalto, creating a global leader in digital identity and security. This acquisition increases Thales’s revenues to €19 billion and self-funded R&D to €1 billion a year, with 80,000 employees in 68 countries. The larger Thales will master all the technologies underpinning the critical decision chain…

Samsung has released a statement and a video that it conducted a rigorous Galaxy Fold’s folding test to make sure that the Galaxy Fold is ready to come to market. This is seemingly to refute an earlier video (see below) that was uploaded by a YouTube user phoneoftime to show a visible…

In line with recent trend with Naspers in the Sub-Saharan market, the e-commerce giant is shutting down aggregator-based news platform Bounce News Nigeria. Bounce was launched without any pomp and pageantry in 2017 with an app and a website. It was branded and marketed as a personal news service – as you…

Global management consulting and professional services firm, Accenture, has restructured its operations in Nigeria. It will now operate under a new name called Verraki. As can be seen from LinkedIn profile of Niyi Yusuf, the former Country Managing Partner, he is now the Managing Partner of Verraki Partners. Accenture, previously known…

Jiji and OLX have entered an agreement to transfer all OLX assets in Sub-Saharan Africa to Jiji. The Ukranian Genesis classified ads company, Jiji, was launched in Nigeria in 2016. In 2018, Naspers closed the OLX local offices in Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana. Since then, OLX Nigeria traffic has been…

The new Access Bank identity and logo was unveiled at an event in Lagos, Nigeria yesterday 31 March 2019. Following the successful merger with Diamond Bank, the new Access Bank boasts of 27,000 staff across 592 branches, spanning three continents, 12 countries and with 29 million customers. Now dubbed the…

A new Angel Investment entity has launched in Senegal to provide funding for early stage companies throughout the WAEMU region and contiguous countries. Named Dakar Network Angels (DNA for short), it has already made its first investment in an Ivorian startup called Coliba. Coliba which uses a mobile app to co-ordinate…

Kenya’s Bwala Africa Group, a rapidly growing last mile logistics marketplace launched early 2018 to bring consistency and reliability to a historically unreliable and highly fragmented freight industry has raised undisclosed funding from well-known Silicon Valley angel investor  Justin Caldbeck and expanded to Kampala, Uganda. Investing in his personal capacity, Justin…

The Federation of Information Technology, Telecommunications and Offshoring (APEBI) and DEMO Africa have today announced a partnership that will see the two organisations co-host and co-locate their events on the 24th and 25th October at the Sofitel Hotel, Rabat. APEBI is known for its flagship event, AITEX, which has been running for…

DECENT, the international blockchain company behind the DCore technology, released the official DECENT Wallet for iOS devices to the public. The iOS wallet marks the third installment in DECENT’s wallet assortment, following the web as well as Android versions released last year. The application can be directly downloaded through the Apple App Store (depending…

Emirates has launched a pan-African brand advertising campaign that celebrates the talent and achievements of young Africans, taking the message of ‘New Africa’ to the world. The campaign also features an original music video produced by Kenyan musician and DJ Blinky Bill, inspired by contemporary African electronic club music. Paying…

Huawei launched its latest flagship yesterday at an event in Paris – the Huawei P30 series – P30 and P30 Pro. Like in 2018, it chose to unveil these gadgets away from the media clutter of the Mobile World Congress. According to the tech giant, “the HUAWEI P30 Series builds…

Bolt, formerly known as Taxify, has announced that it will be venturing into the food delivery service. According to chief executive officer and co-founder of Bolt, Markus Villig in a statement. “Combined with our technology, efficient operations and thousands of drivers in South Africa, we plan to build the best food…