Hotels.ng releases its international hotel booking and its flight booking website. In 2013, there were only 300 Nigerian hotels listed online. Mark Essien, CEO of Hotels.ng, saw an opportunity in building an African focused OTA to give hotels in most obscure areas visibility and to help consumers find a place…
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Zimbabwe-born software guru, Dakarai Mshoperi, has launched a new auction web app, named Preloved. The app was launched on the 1st of January in South Africa and users have already started posting items on the site. Preloved is a term used in Southern Africa for used items. According to Dakarai, “people…
The application portal for the annual Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme is now open. The foundation is now accepting applications for business ideas that can transform Africa. This is the fourth (4th) cycle of the programme. TEF Founder, serial entrepreneur and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu, committed to a 10-year, period to make available $100…
Long time executive Chairman of Alphabet, Eric Schmidt, is stepping down from the post of executive chairman of Alphabet’s board of directors. He will become a technical advisor to Alphabet. In a statement, Eric confirmed this stating that “Larry, Sergey, Sundar and I all believe that the time is right in Alphabet’s…
This month of December, we are giving away three (3) units of the XOOPAR (pronounced Super) Boy Mini Speaker with Selfie function. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6ZAlXFLPV8 Here are some of the features of this cute gadget: High Quality Sound: It provides incredible sound quality performance by a speaker driver for rich deep sound and…
ProvidusBank launches the World Elite Mastercard offering in Nigeria, providing affluent consumers and frequent travelers with a range of priceless travel benefits and lifestyle privileges both at home and abroad. This is the first launch of World Elite Mastercard in Sub-Saharan Africa. During an impressive launch ceremony held in Lagos…
When it comes to raising capital for their businesses, it is a mixed picture in Africa. On the one hand, more money is flowing into Africa than ever before. 2016 was a record breaking year with the Venture Capital funding raised by African start-ups totaling $366.8M, according to a study by…
iflix the world’s leading entertainment service for emerging markets, is thrilled to share its latest milestone – 10 billion minutes streamed across its platform in 2017. The achievement, equivalent to more than 19,000 years of content streamed, marks an incredible uptake in user engagement, with cumulative viewing minutes up well over…
Creative Media Works, operating as BBM Messenger, has partnered with Uber, the world’s largest on-demand ride-sharing company, to launch the Uber ride-on-demand service within BBM Messenger. Users around the world will have access to this new service, including Indonesia – BBM’s largest market – Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and…
Following the grand launch of OPPO F5 series last month, OPPO is now unveiling its latest premium device in the series – F5 6GB Christmas Red Edition that comes with more RAM and storage to add more bling on the F5 Youth that goes on sell officially today after a…
Greenlight Planet Inc., a global leader in solar home energy products across rural Africa and Asia, announced the launch of a new line of solar lanterns today: the Sun King Pro 400, Sun King Pro 300, and the Sun King Pico Plus. The new devices are more powerful replacements of…
We reported some days ago about the new wave catching up in the cashback/rewards market. Well Taxify has also caught the bug and partnered with Thank U! InnovationVillage has been privy to the exclusive deal between Taxify the ride hailing app company and Thank U, the cashback and rewards company…
Twitter has now made it easier to thread tweets together. You can create a thread by clicking on the plus button in the composer; so you can connect your thoughts and publish your threaded Tweets all at the same time. You can continue adding more Tweets to your published thread…
Google has revealed the top trending searches in the world, including Nigeria. In Nigeria, Moji Olaiya was the most searched person in 2017. She is a Nollywood actress who died after giving birth to a baby in Canada two months after. In second place was Evans the kidnapper. Adesua Etomi (now Wellington)…
PayU Nigeria has just launched PayU Receive, a secure payment solution that facilitates business-to-business and business-to-consumer payments easily via email or SMS. With this new solution, businesses in Nigeria can securely request and receive payments directly from their customers without any hassles. PayU Receive allows businesses to make use of PayU’s…
Internet services will be more accessible across Lagos Mainland including Ajao Estate, Surulere, Ikeja, Omole, Magodo, Gbagada, Oworonshoki, Bariga, Anthony Village, Ogudu, Ojota, Ketu and Alapere MainOne and Tizeti today announced the completion of a joint development project with Facebook to enable the expansion of internet services in Lagos. This partnership will leverage…
One Thousand & One Voices® (1K1V®), the U.S. private capital fund backed exclusively by leading families, announced that its first portfolio acquisition, Redsun Dried Fruit & Nuts (Pty) Ltd., has concluded an investment in RTE Snacks (Pty) Ltd. (RTE Snacks), a producer of healthy, ready-to-eat trail mix products. Durban, South…
40 finalists from 19 countries will go to a boot camp from 6 – 10 December BMCE Bank of Africa has announced the launch of the final phase of the 3rd African Entrepreneurship Awards. Devised and developed by the Group, the initiative provides support for African entrepreneurs, or entrepreneurs with African…
Facebook is really ensuring it increases its revenue by exploiting video opportunities on its platform. The social media giant has just introduced free Facebook Sound Collection that video creators can use on its platform and Instagram. According to Facebook, “This is part of our broader commitment to providing video creators with the…
Infinix mobility Nigeria is bringing customers the Biggest 1 day celebration this 2017 ‘The Infinix 1212 Celebration’ The ‘Infinix 1212 celebration’ is a yearly event, which takes place on the 12th of December for Infinix fans and customer as a form of appreciation. Last year, Infinix put together a LIT event in…