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Hotels.ng to flag-off a special internship programme for Akwa Ibom Residents on the 1st of September, 2017 Hotels.ng, a startup and Nigeria’s biggest hotel booking service signed an MOU with the Akwa Ibom State government in a deal aimed at promoting local tech talent in the state. Hotels.ng, a tech…

Nigerian based digital publishing platform, Publiseer, has launched its free book and music publishing services for author and artists. According to the company, Publiseer is tailored to meet the growing needs of independent Nigerian authors and artists. It says its mission is to promote the creativity of Nigerians to the rest of the…

It is Day 3 and the video shows what the teams have been up to in London before leaving for Amsterdam. The crew spend the day at Campus London, first at a pitch training on how to ‘present with charisma’, thanks to the Amazing Amy. Followed by a super boost…

Stanford Graduate School of Business today announced a USD $3 million, three-year partnership with De Beers Group to empower young, budding entrepreneurs and owners of established businesses in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa through two new educational programs launching in 2018. Stanford is expanding two of its successful programs to Southern…

Instagram has just introduced new ways of making conversations more exciting by introducing new ways to reply using photos and videos. The Facebook-owned company announced that you can now reply with a photo or video to specific photos, videos, and reshared posts in Direct. Your reply will automatically include a sticker…

Barack Obama’s tweet is now the most liked tweet of all time. It was a well intended response by the former President but it captured the hearts of his people. Barack Obama was responding to the violent clash between hate groups and protesters that happened in Charlottesville. He tweeted three…

Nigerian edutech startup, ScholarX, has introduced a new feature, Village, to assist in funding students education. Village is an education crowdfunding platform where African students (Secondary and University) can create funds request and sponsors can search, discover and fund them. On the Village page, there is one icon which students can…

This is the second episode of the “Tales From Pitch Drive”. The Pitch Drive crew make an early start to FaceBook after which they take a swing at proper pitching of their businesses to the investors at CDC Group and later to Helios Investment Partners. Watch the clip below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d70FMRHnZ4&sns=fb…

Ringier One Africa Media (ROAM), the company behind Jobberman and Brighter Monday, has set up another company called “The African Talent Company (TATC)” to offer cross border recruitment services in Africa. According to the ROAM, the new company was set up to focus on Jobberman and Brighter Monday’s clients that were asking…

Infinix is surely not chilling at all o! While we are still basking in the euphoria of the Infinix Note 4 which it released in July, the smartphone company has exclusively told Innovation Village that another one is on its way…….before the end of the month of August. It is…

HMD has finally unveiled its long awaited android smartphone – the Nokia 8. With this smartphone, Nokia has introduced a new buzzword called “bothie” . Be less Selfie. Be more #Bothie. It is the world’s first smartphone that you can use both front and rear cameras simultaneously with Dual-Sight mode. It…

As we promised, we will be sharing highlights of the adventures of the selected 14 African startups as they journey across 5 European cities with a goal to raise €20 million in funding on the Pitch Drive tour!  CcHub’s CEO, Bosun Tijiani, said he would be publishing the videos everyday unfailingly.…

Fifteen young African entrepreneurs have emerged as finalists from a field of more than 800 applicants for the seventh annual Anzisha Prize, Africa’s premier award for her youngest entrepreneurs. Supported by African Leadership Academy (ALA) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, the Anzisha Prize celebrates and cultivates the next generation…

You may say and so what? So Bill Gates opens an Instagram account? However when the richest person in the world coughs, you need to know the reason. Yes. Bill Gates finally identified one way to get to the millennials is to get an Instagram account. And his post was…

When Nigerian businesswoman Reni Folawiyo decided to launch the first ever luxury fashion destination for Nigerians and Westerners alike she had several hurdles to overcome. The idea was not only bold and unheard of, but she also had to contend with naysayers who said her ideas were too far fetched.…

Small businesses are struggling with technology implementation, according to reporting from Allstate. It appears that some businesses simply don’t have the human capital to commit to identifying technology solutions and figuring out how to integrate them. Time and money are also factors in applying new technology to small business solutions.…

The girls from Kazakhstan with the safety app, QamCare, have emerged the winner in the Senior Division of the 2017 Technovation Challenge. More than 11,000 girls from 103 countries formed teams to address issues in those categories: peace, poverty, environment, equality, education, and health. This week, the finalists traveled to Google’s headquarters in Mountain…

This day, Google’s doodle pays homage to hip hop. In fact it commemorates the 44th anniversary of the party which is widely credited as the birth of the Hip Hop movement. The party took place at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx and the disc jockey was DJ Kool Herc It…

Expanding its feature set, Truecaller announced its integration with Google Duo, allowing users to make video calls directly through the Truecaller app on Android and iOS platforms. The new feature will now make high quality video calling available to its 250 million plus users globally. This update enables users to…

Uber is rolling out a new way for riders to communicate with drivers enroute. Hitherto, riders communicate with drivers either by calling or SMS. Now they can now send messages within the Uber App. To chat with their driver en route, a rider should go to the Uber feed and…