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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…

It seems this dinosaur franchise still has some life and can still be mined. The first trailer of the sequel to the 2015 Jurassic World, has been released by Universal Studios. It is Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. It retains some of the old cast such as Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce…

The growth of the world’s number one virtual currency by value, Bitcoin, seems unstoppable. It is now currently trending above $15,000. Two weeks ago it was $8,000. The price is currently trading at $15,201 on Bitfinex and $17,857 on Quione. How high can it go? Not many people seem to know.…

Series C funding round brings the total amount raised to $220m Leading digital money transfer service WorldRemit has raised $40m to drive its next phase of global growth, aiming to serve 10 million customers connected to emerging markets. Half of these customers will be in Africa. As part of the expansion, WorldRemit…

WaraCake.com which is arguably Nigeria’s premier 4-5-hour cake delivery service just launched a new service called WaraGifts.com.  WaraGifts.com is an online gifting platform, committed to providing high quality gifting products at affordable prices. It places a lot of emphasis careful selection of merchants who retail unique gift items only. WaraGifts…

Pete Cashmore’s Mashable is being sold to Ziff Davis for less than $50million. This was the same company that was valued at $250 million last year when Time Warner’s Turner led a $15 million investment round. This deal will also see Mashable refocusing on tech and tech-lifestyle content and the…

Following the newly launched 6-inch Full-screen OPPO F5, OPPO has announced the release of the sister version, OPPOF5 Youth today, days earlier than expected and placed on pre-order on Jumia, marking continuous trend of Full-screen era led by OPPO in Kenya. Priced at a more affordable price of Kshs. 26,990,…

Mastercard has launched a digital ordering system called Kionect, that empowers small kiosk owners in Nairobi to order and pay for products from wholesalers via SMS. Orders submitted via a feature phone helps create a digital record for kiosk owners to get access to micro-loans to stock inventory and grow…

Direct Pay Online Group (DPO) has announced the acquisition of SID Instant EFT South Africa, the original and leading instant electronic funds transfer (EFT) solution in the region. The deal will complement DPO’s comprehensive suite of payment solutions which includes all major cards, mobile money and e-wallets. Commenting on the…

And the awards just keep coming! Leading online classifieds site, OLX.com.ng added two new awards to its rack. OLX won the award for Classified Ad Website of the year for the third time in a row and for the first time the  Mobile App of the Year at the 3rd…