Author: Staff Writer

A lot of us dream of what we’d like to achieve in our lives. Sometimes, we are constrained by our beliefs, mind sets, physical and social realities; which pose as obstacles to achieving our vison and goals. How do you go from desire to results, and overcome challenges along the…

Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) opens incubators spaces in Lagos, Nigeria and Cape Town, South Africa. MEST is a Pan-African training program, seed fund and incubator which started off in Accra, Ghana. The Lagos incubator opened its doors yesterday (21st November), led by general manager Neku Atawodi-Edun and it is…

Masoko, Safaricom’s online marketplace is now live. News about Masoko surfaced in July 2017 when Safaricom said that it was “in its late stages of announcing an online shop for electronics and other services, paid for via award-winning M-Pesa.” Techweez then reported in November that the Kenya-based online market would…

Liquid Telecom has successfully raised $180 million to refinance its debt, invest in the expansion of its data centres and network infrastructure. The Strive Masiyiwa owned telecoms company closed a US$180 million secured tap offering making a total of $1.33 billion raised since 2015. The successful offering reflects the increased demand that…

Social Media is agog with the breaking news that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has tendered his resignation. His resignation letter was received by the Parliament which had started impeachment proceedings this morning. The impeachment proceedings was put in motion yesterday when the President did not announce his resignation in a…

The UNDP-led SDG Philanthropy Platform in partnership with Reach for Change and the Ministry of Finance in Ghana, hosted an inaugural interactive dialogue with 20 Ghanaian corporations on Thursday. The dialogue was organized to provide an opportunity for various sectors to discuss how corporate social responsibility (CSR) can drive the…

Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine fund manager, announced today that it has provided $12.5 million of funding to Purple Capital, a prominent Nigerian real estate company and financial service provider. Purple Capital is the developer of the iconic 6,000m² Maryland Mall , a neighbourhood shopping centre in the Ikeja district…

Infinix Mobility, Africa’s leading technology brand unveiled its flagship model for 2017 ‘Infinix Zero 5’ last week in Dubai.  The Infinix Zero 5 enjoyed a global reception, which hosted Celebrities, partners, media and bloggers from different countries the brand operates in. Infinix Nigeria today announces the launch of the flagship model in Nigeria. Infinix…

OPPO, the Selfie Expert & Leader has unveiled its latest premium model the “F5”, in a huge event at Radisson Blue hotel, Nairobi .The device is OPPO’s first Full HD+ (2160×1080) with a Full Screen display in Kenya, featuring the groundbreaking A.I. Beauty Recognition Technology – a technology designed to…

Equity Assurance Plc., a member of SUNU Group (a leading Insurance Group that operates in 14 countries in Africa), announced the launch of its innovative mobile (USSD) Insurance solution. It is a simple,  ‘first of its kind’ self-service solution which  enables  car owners  /  users  to  purchase authentic  3rd  party …

Germany’s Telecoms regulator, Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), has issued a ban on smartwatches for children. The regulator described the devices as spying devices. Earlier this year, the regulator also issued a ban on the talking doll “My friend Cayla” because of its susceptibility to hacking. The regulator urged parents who bought smartwatches…

Apple has released a cure for the iPhone X becoming unresponsive in cold weather. The issue was reported some days ago by a Reddit user and Apple duly acknowledged it. Apple promised to provide a fix as soon as possible. In line with this, Apple has released the fix in its…

This time we are giving away a Tecno Spark K7. This smartphone was introduced into the Nigerian market on the 18th of August in Lagos, Nigeria. Specially designed for the youth market, here are the specifications for the phone. Operating System – Android 7.0 (Nougat) Screen Size – 5.5? display Processor…

The Infinix Hot 5 competition closed on Thursday 16th of November 2017. We had 2,490 entries and after the Rafflecopter draw, the lucky person drawn is ….JaneFrances Anthony. We have contacted her and she will be receiving the smartphone very soon. Congratulations JaneFrances  ? To all those who entered the draw, better…

The Nigerian Women’s Bobsled team made up of Bobsled pilot Seun Adigun, and brakemen Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga, will be the first African team to be at a Winter Olympics. They will be at the 2018 Winter Olympics taking place in PyeongChang, South Korea in February 2018. The team completed the…

Elon Musk says he will be unveiling his semi-electric truck at 8PM PT / 11PM ET (16th of November 2017) which is 04:00 Friday, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The event will take place in Hawthorne, California. He indicated the date of the unveiling on Sunday, 12th of November. He had previously scheduled…

Nigeria’s biggest online booking agency, Hotels.ng, has announced the launch of its mobile app which was created to ease the process of finding and booking hotels for its users. The company’s CEO, Mark Essien, stated via Twitter that the Hotels.ng app was developed by members of its 2017 internship programme.…

Visa today announced the addition of three athletes who make up the Nigerian Women’s Bobsled Team to Team Visa, currently training to become the first ever African representatives, men or women, to qualify for the Olympic Winter Games in the sport of Bobsled. Together, Bobsled pilot Seun Adigun, and brakemen…

Clemens Weitz, previously COO of Ringier Africa Classifieds, has now been appointed as CEO of ROAM (Ringier One Africa Media). And as of November 13th, 2017, ROAM, the merged entity of Ringier Africa and One Africa Media (OAM) became official and operational. Ringier Africa and One Africa Media (OAM) agreed to merge their pan-African Classifieds assets to create…

Nigeria’s leading social innovation centre, Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), through its EdTech practice (re:learn) has partnered with 7 European and African countries to secure 1.5 million Euros to improve students’ participation in STEM subjects across Africa. GO-GA (Go-Lab Goes Africa) is a European Commission funded collaborative project under the Horizon 2020 Research and…