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Naspers Classifieds company, OLX has introduced a “Verified Cars” category to guarantee car buyers’ safety in Nigeria and Kenya Separate from the “Vehicles” category, this means that all cars in the “Verified Cars” have been verified by  OLX before being uploaded on the site. According to Peter Ndiang’ui, OLX Kenya…

Nigerian-based payment processing company, Interswitch, has announced that the Initial Public Offering (IPO) previously scheduled for 2016 will now take place in 2019. According to Akeem Lawal, the Interswitch’s divisional chief executive officer for switching and processing; the dual listing in London and Lagos to raise as much as $1 billion had…

Can you imagine a CEO dressed like Michael Jackson and giving us some dance moves?  😛  😎 Well it really happened. Chinese businessman and CEO of Alibaba took to the stage at the company’s annual conference gala recently. He opened the floor and was then joined by some of the…

While it may seem safe when you are in your home to share things with the world, you are putting yourself at risk. The second you put any bit of information online you need to be concerned about its safety – and that includes things that are already online, such…

Societe Generale  is back in Africa with the launch of YUP, a mobile money solution to attend to people across Africa who do not have a bank account. Based on the partnership with Tagpay, anyone with a mobile phone on any telco’s network can use YUP. YUP’s customers can withdraw, deposit, and transfer…

OPPO, the global technology brand recognised for its smartphone photography experience, is set to introduce a new speedy and sophisticated camera phone OPPO A71 into the Kenya market this month. It is said that this device will have decent specifications, offering speedy operation, best user experience and even more exciting…

The Tech Roundup With Kelechi Udoagwu is a new web series created with the aim of educating and empowering Africans to utilize and leverage on technology in their lives and businesses. The sole purpose of the show is to simplify the news, trends and events in the fast-growing technology industry…

As part of Facebook’s ongoing efforts in understanding and positively contributing to the African internet eco-system, the team will be working with a number of organizations including local governments, policy makers and civil society to co-host selected events in both Zimbabwe and South Africa This week, an expert team from…

In his 1st ever visit to West Africa, futurist, celebrated author and host of Breaking Banks talk show on Voice of America (VoA) Brett King, touched down Lagos this evening Wednesday 13th September 2017 ahead of this keynote speech at Interswitch Connect, Nigeria’s 1st ever payment/tech conference slated to hold on the 13th and 14th of September…

Award winning Nigerian musician, Davido has collaborated with bespoke fashion brand Orange Culture headed by Lagos Fashion and Design Week Young Designer alumni Adebayo Oke-Lawal to introduce a a capsule collection featuring pieces inspired by Davido’s hit song, If at London’s High End Department Store, Selfridges. The exclusive collection is part of…

The ABN Group owners of the prestigious Forbes Africa and CNBC Africa platforms have recently appointed Peace Hyde as its new Head of Digital Media and Strategic Partnerships. Hyde will still be maintaining her current role as the West Africa Correspondent for the leading business publication but will also head…

Apple finally unveiled the much awaited iPhone X at the event today at the Steve Jobs Center. The $999 smartphone is all screen without even the home button. It has a 5.8-inch Super Retina display, A11 Bionic chip, wireless charging and an improved dual 12-MP rear camera with dual optical image…

One of the key features of the new Apple Watch Series unveiled at the Apple event today at the new Steve Jobs centre is the fact that you don’t need to have an iPhone beside you when you receive calls on the new watch. The world’s number one watch, which…

The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) today announces its second Fellows Class, 16 scientists, all under 42 years of age, who are solving Africa’s and the world’s challenges. An initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in partnership with the Robert Bosch Stiftung, the NEF will hold its second…

Social Media Week kicked off for the very first time in Accra, Ghana yesterday, 11th of September. It launched at the Accra Mall with industry leaders, agency heads and many people in attendance. The theme of the week-long event is “ACCRA IS CONNECTED” Here is the CEO of Echohouse Ghana Limited, Beryl Agyekum…

It is September 12, 2017 and everyone is expecting the announcement of new devices from Apple. We are expecting new iPhone models, a new Apple Watch as well as a new Apple TV. We will also be expecting Apple to unveil a special, tenth-anniversary edition of the iPhone. The event will take…

The rain has been quite heavy this season, although the farmers would be extremely grateful for the rain; those who drive or own cars are concerned about the effect the rain would have on their vehicles. Leading online classifieds site OLX.com.ng provides a platform for Nigerians to buy and sell…

Xiaomi has continued in its trend of minimising the bezel in its new offering – the Mi Mix 2. It claims it has trimmed the lower border of the smartphone down by a significant 12 percent over the first iteration, the Mi Mix launched in October 2016. It has minimized…

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Former Managing Partner of Nest VC, Aaron Fu, has joined Ghana-based Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) as the new Managing Director. Aaron has more than 10 years of experience in financial services and technology across Europe, Asia and Africa with Standard Chartered and Société Générale.  He also kickstarted and led Nest…