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Entrepreneurs Plastic Innovation Challenge (EPIC) is an innovation challenge aimed at identifying solutions to eliminate plastic waste in Nigeria by sourcing sustainable solutions with the purpose of identifying, developing and scaling potential circular innovations from entrepreneurs, wherever they may be. According to the Worldwatch Institute, an estimated 299 million tons of plastics…

Gtbank is known to be one of the banks associated with innovation in banking and they are also not afraid to delve into non-banking arenas. The bank is into e-commerce, fashion and now it seems they want to go into online music and more. The bank is about to launch…

YouTube is now showing free Hollywood movies supported by Ads. According to an AdAge report, YouTube started showing the movies for the first time last month. Hitherto, YouTube was selling movies and shows. Consumers were able to buy the latest movies and prime-TV programs and there was never a free…

OyaPay, an offline payment and checkout company, which lets users pay merchants with their smartphone by scanning a QR code, has released a timely update to its mobile application. This time, adding one very important feature. The feature, “Order ahead” allows users and business owners to order, receive orders and…

Users can buy virtual phone numbers from the store, and start using them immediately, while operators can leverage this distribution platform to find new customers. In response to increasing demand from African people traveling abroad, businesses wanting to have local numbers for overseas customers, and operators looking for new avenues…

A new ride-hailing company from Russia has joined the growing number of similar companies to compete for the average African’s buck. This new company is from Russia and is called inDriver. inDriver’s first market is Arusha, Tanzania. According to the story on the website, inDriver was founded in Yakutsk, Siberia.…

It’s been over seven years since the untimely death of Apple Inc. co-founder, chairman, and CEO Steve Jobs. Recognized as a pioneer of product development in the digital age, Jobs was as much a visionary as he was a difficult man to work for, demanding a standard of perfection among…

Pan-African multi-sector business services company Mara Group announced the production of the Maraphone – the first made-in-Africa, full-scale smartphone, soon to be manufactured in plants across Africa. According to Ashish​ Thakkar, founder of Mara Group, Maraphone is Africa’s phone, referring to Huawei’s Xiaomi for China and Apple’s iPhone for the…

Facebook has started rolling out its “Unsend” feature on Messenger. This has started in Messenger’s Android and iOS apps in Bolivia, Colombia, Lithuania and Poland. However it will be available in other countries as soon as possible. With the “Unsend” feature, a person can retract a sent message within 10 minutes…

MTN has partnered with China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., chipset maker UNISOC and KaiOS technology to launch first smart feature 3G device in Africa. This announcement was made by the partners at the ongoing AfricaCom event in Cape Town, South Africa. This new mobile device is a feature phone with fast, 3G…

Africa’s leading telecoms company MTN has announced its acquisition of music streaming business, Simfy. This announcement was made by Group CEO and president Rob Shuter at the AfricaCom event currently taking place in Cape Town, South Africa. Calling Simfy  “Africa’s leading music-streaming business”, he said “It has a fantastic catalogue of music,…

Teleology has been given the approval to take over 9mobile eight months after it made the initial $50 million non refundable deposit for its acquisition. This follows the issuance of the final approval of no objection by the Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission. In a statement signed by the…

There are few things that come close to the independence afforded to the modern nomad. Close your eyes for a second and imagine having the ability to travel wherever you want, whenever you want. No home, working from anywhere, being your own boss. This notion may seem too good to…

FreeConferenceCall.com, the most recognized conferencing and collaboration brand on the planet, announced today that it has launched free conference calling in Uganda. Uganda joins Algeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and South Africa on a growing list of countries that can use conference calling services at no cost. The country has instant…

Nigerian data analytics firm Terragon has announced its acquisition of SIngaporean based mobile marketing company, Bizense. Bizense has core expertise in mobile advertising and targeting technologies with operations in key Asian markets including India, Singapore and Indonesia. It specializes in “mobile ad platforms for Telco’s, large publishers, and [e-commerce] ad…

Those looking to start their own company should seriously consider e-commerce as this continues to rise in popularity thanks to the variety and convenience for the consumer. This does mean that it can be a highly competitive arena and somewhere that can be hard to stand out from the crowd.…

A Nigerian startup, Landhouse has launched to help reduce the cost of owning homes in Nigeria. In a country with about 18-21 million housing deficit, which is growing at about 6% per annum due to high population growth, increased rural-urban migration and a rapidly growing middle class, housing crisis is expected…

Mobile payments company, Paga, has recorded its 10 millionth user. This is announced by the CEO and Founder, Tayo Oviosu in a blog post last week. It took only 79 days to add a million to reach 10 million whereas it took 989 days to its first 1 million users. Tayo…

South African based e-commerce giant, Naspers, is planning to invest over $335 million (R4.9bn) in South African technology companies. The announcement was made at the inaugural South Africa Investment Conference 2018 in Johannesburg last week. Out of the $335 million, it will allocate $219 million (R3.2bn) to the development of its existing…

After you have developed a product, service, or idea, you may be excited about launching it online. However, before you rush out and get online with it, there are certain processes and foundational issues that should already be established. For swift launching an internet startup, you must have some of…