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The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation, today announced the launch of the 2018 edition of the Zambezi Prize for Innovation in Financial Inclusion. The prestigious competition, awarding a total of $200,000 in prizes, was established to discover Africa’s most promising…

Innovation Village is giving away one (1) Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A Prime smartphone. Launched in 2017 in Asia, Jumia officially made this phone available in Nigeria this month along three other phones – Redmi Note 5a, Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 plus. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A Prime is powered…

Google is celebrating this year’s International Women’s Day by introducing a new feature that would enable people identify businesses owned, led, or founded by women. This will be done by enabling the women-led attribute from their Google My Business dashboard. Attributes will appear on a business’s Google listing on Maps and Search…

Startup Grind Lagos is set to host the Founder of Bella Naija, Uche Eze Pedro later this month. Founded in 2006, Bella Naija is not only one of the most widely read blogs in West Africa but has won several awards including the “Outstanding Contribution to Fashion Communication Award” in…

Today is March 8 and the world is celebrating women or womanhood. To celebrate this, fast food giant, Mcdonalds is flipping its iconic logo golden arches. It is flipping its “M” to become a “W”. According to Wendy Lewis, McDonald’s Chief Diversity Officer, in a statement reported by CNBC, “For the first…

Being inspired can go a long way. It can give you the drive to get out there and become your own success, because someone just like you managed to achieve their dreams too. Be inspired, and learn. Learn what made your predecessors successful, learn where they made mistakes. Take what…

Foremost African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, is set to hold the maiden edition of the GTCrea8 Convention for Undergraduates, on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the University of Lagos, Akoka. The one day convention, which is free to attend, will bring together undergraduates from universities across Nigeria who are passionate…

Swedish based networking and telecommunications, Ericsson, has announced that it plans to create a series of new innovation hubs serving Middle East and Africa markets following the same global concept of Ericsson Garage. Ericsson Garage is an open innovation platform, inspired by lean startup methodology. Ericsson Garage teams work with short…

Mastercard has completed its acquisition of mobile payments technology company Oltio from Standard Bank Group. The acquisition builds on Mastercard’s longstanding relationship with Oltio, a startup that pioneered and patented several mobile payments and banking solutions, including an authentication technology. Today, that technology enables consumers to authenticate Masterpass digital wallet…

40 year old Nigerian, Olubayode Treasures Olawunmi, is bidding for a Guinness World Record after reading aloud for 122 hours at a Read Aloud Marathon Session organized by the YouREAD Initiative, a CSR initiative of Guaranty Trust Bank which seeks to reignite the interest in reading across Nigeria and beyond.…

Christened Dangote Business School, the business mogul disclosed that talks are on to affiliate the school with the popular Harvard Business School, in the United States of America The business educational development of Northern Nigeria took a new turn at the weekend when the renowned businessman, Aliko Dangote donated a…

East Africa Data Centre (EADC) in Kenya has announced that it will be partnership with Econet Wireless’ renewable power company, Distributed Power Africa (DPA) to install solar panels on its premises. This development is set to save EADC an estimated KES 4.5 million ($44, 500)per annum once implemented. This is in line…

African based Telecoms tower operator, Helios Towers, plans to list on the London Stock Exchange in early April 2018. According to a Reuters report, this statement was made on Friday last week and it is with an expected valuation of about 2 billion pounds ($2.75 billion) This is the third mobile…

The Nokia 3 giveaway closed on Wednesday 28th of February, 2018. We had 6,537 entries and after the Rafflecopter draw, the lucky person drawn is …Damilola Adewunmi We have contacted her and she will be receiving the Nokia 3 very soon. Congratulations ? To all those who entered the draw, better luck next…

Uber has just launched a new service called Uber Health. Uber says it is partnering with healthcare organizations to provide reliable, comfortable transportation for patients. According to Chris Weber of Uber Health in a blog post, “Every year, 3.6 million Americans miss doctor appointments due to a lack of reliable transportation.…

As part of the Lagos State Government’s strategic vision to embrace a digital future through the adoption of innovative technology and processes across all spheres of governance and public-sector service delivery, His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Lagos State Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode announced on Monday, February 19 that effective from…

At Mobile World Congress , Mastercard today announced that it will use Facebook Messenger to provide technology to small businesses in Africa and Asia to drive affordable acceptance of electronic and mobile payments. Access to digital payments will help these businesses expand to new markets, and unlock financial services and…

Facebook has extended its job feature to 40 more countries. The job features allows job seekers find hiring managers directly on the social networking platform. Last year, the social media giant launched the service in US and Canada. However this feature is only available in one African country – South…

Truecaller announced today a partnership with VConnect, Nigeria’s leading business discovery and engagement platform, where Truecaller has integrated VConnect’s Business directory to its app. This allows users to efficiently identify VConnect’s service providers. Last year Truecaller and VConnect launched Truecaller Priority in Nigeria enabling businesses on VConnect to quickly identify…

Truecaller has announced the appointment of ex-Efritin boss, Zakaria Hersi as its Director of Partnerships for Africa. Operating from its African headquarters, Nairobi Kenya, Zakaria will be spearheading Truecaller’s expansion in the region where he forges partnerships with various eco-system players. Zakaria has a background of launching marketplaces around the world,  and…