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The Tecno Spark K7 competition closed on Thursday 30th of November 2017. We had 1,557 entries and after the Rafflecopter draw, the lucky person drawn is …Aminat Adeogun We have contacted her and she will be receiving the smartphone very soon. Congratulations Aminat  ? To all those who entered the draw, better…

Google has released the best and most popular apps, games, music, movies books on GooglePlay in 2017. Interestingly the best app of 2017 is Socratic, an app that uses Artificial Intelligence technology to help students with their homework by providing educational resources like videos, definitions, Q&A, and more Here is the…

Konga, one of the leading eCommerce companies in Nigeria has sacked over 300 members of staff. Most of these people received their sack letters yesterday, 30th of November. The news was first reported by Quartz Africa and verified independently from some of the affected staff. A medium post by the CEO,…

Affelka, majority shareholder of Nigeria’s Seven-Up bottling company, has offered $60 million (19.33 billion Naira) to buy out current minority shareholders. The buyout is aimed at restructuring the struggling company. Affelka is the privately held investment firm owned by the Lebanese El-Khalil family and it has offered to pay 112.70 naira per share for…

After months of testing, Google is rolling out Datally globally. Datally is an app that helps to understand, control and save mobile data. Google says it recognises that mobile data is expensive for many people around the world and it’s hard to figure out where it all goes, hence the need for…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted a Commercial Super-Agent license to Interswitch Financial Inclusion Services (IFIS), a subsidiary of Interswitch Group. IFIS has fulfilled all Approval-in-Principle requirements and has a business mandate to grow an active Agent Network of 150,000 by 2020. Trading as Quickteller Paypoint, IFIS aims to increase the…

In the recently published 9 months results for Rocket Internet, its African eCommerce property Jumia grew its Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) by 32.4% year over year to €236 million in 9 months ending September 2017. (Gross merchandise volume, or GMV, refers to the total volume in dollars of sales over a…

A new trailer for “The Avengers – Infinity War” movie has been released by Marvel Studios. In the trailer, the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy and almost every other Marvel superhero unite to fight the mighty villain “Thanos”. Thanos possesses vast superhuman strength the full limits of which aren’t known. Watch the trailer below…

Someone has discovered a vulnerability on the new macOS High Sierra. The macOS High Sierra, a successor to Sierra, was announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June and has been rolled out The vulnerability was published on Twitter by software engineer Lemi Orhan Ergin . The bug allows anyone gain admin access to a Mac. So…

South African media giant, Naspers, has reported a 39% revenue growth year on year in its latest financial results for the six months to 30 September 2017. The report also stated that businesses outside South Africa contributed 82% of revenues, up from 80% a year ago. Core headline earnings grew 65% to…

Folorunso Alakija is one of a handful of successful female entrepreneurs on the continent listed as one of Forbes most powerful women in the world. The 66-year-old business magnate has persistently championed the causes of women in Nigeria from her work with widows and orphans through the Rose of Sharon…

Vlisco is offering a FREE 2 week master class in Lagos for experienced tailors to improve the quality of their creations. Starting December 5 to December 16, 2017. Here’s how to apply; 1. Download the application form at vlis.co/2017masterclass 2. Send filled forms via email to contactvng@vlisco.com Application closes 30 November, 2017. Send your…

The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has unveiled its list of nominees for the 12th edition of the prestigious awards. With the mandate to celebrate and accelerate innovation among young Nigerians aged 18 – 31, the TFAA acknowledges inspiring young people making a difference through social enterprise, social good, and creativity.…

Black Friday is a day for shoppers worldwide – online and offline. As awesome as it is for companies and shoppers, some websites inevitably crash due to the sudden spike in traffic. As we monitor sites globally, here are some sites that have crashed. Some are back up but some…

It is November 24, and it is Black Friday. It is the day after theThanksgiving Day in the United States of America.  It is a day when we expect to get the best deals online and in the shops Though the concept originated in the US (It is the day…

After another year in which the Seedstars World teams traveled to over 80+ countries around the world and over 20 of them on the African continent with the mission to find the best tech startups in emerging markets, we are now just weeks away of hosting our third Africa Summit in Maputo, Mozambique on…

Ghana based mPharma has raised $6.6 million in Series A Funding. This story was first published and confirmed later by the CEO, Gregory Rockson in a series of tweets. With this investment, lead investor, Shravin Bharti Mittal joins the mPharma board. Shravin is a director at Bharti Global Ltd. He…

Aliko Dangote has commissioned a new $300 million, 1.5mtpa capacity cement plant in Mfila, Congo Brazzaville. His company, Dangote Cement, says the new plant has the potential to employ about 1000 direct employment and thousands of several other indirect jobs. It is undoubtedly the biggest cement plant in the country. While…

Sixteen engineers have been shortlisted for the 2018 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. The announcement was made in Cape Town, South Africa recently. The shortlist includes engineers working to make malaria and reproductive health tests easier, using dolphin-inspired echo-location for visually impaired people, and recovering precious metals from car parts for…

British-Nigerian CEO, Silas Adekunle, of Reach Robotics has struck a deal with Apple to sell the company’s gaming robot, MekaMon, in Apple Stores across UK and USA and also online on Apple.com SIlas Adekunle is a First Class engineering graduate from the University of the West of England, with a Bachelor…