Author: Staff Writer

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…

In the latest Speedtest Global Index conducted by Ookla, Nigeria ranks 101 for mobile and 110 for fixed broadband. The Speedtest Global Index compares internet speed data from around the world on a monthly basis. Data for the Index comes from the hundreds of millions of tests taken by real…

The Western Union Company and Liverpool FC today announced a multi-year partnership that will see Western Union, a leader in global payment and money transfer services, become an Official Principal Partner and the Official Money Transfer Partner of Liverpool FC. They will also become the Club’s first-ever Official Shirt Sleeve…

Spotify has announced that it is now available on XBox. Though this is coming two years after being available on rival, PlayStation, it is better late than never. This new feature means that that millions of Xbox One gamers can now choose the perfect music from Spotify to provide a…

PayU Nigeria has introduced a new payment method to address recurring bill payments. It is called PayU Subscription. This allows merchants to safely and securely collect payments from consumers who have recurring bills or subscription payments in a seamless way. According to Country Manager of PayU Nigeria, Ms Juliet Nwanguma, “PayU Subscription…

Since the ancient times, people and goods have got to get from place to place, very often it has to be done at the same time. If you only need to move a load, then a standard pickup truck or a cargo truck will probably do the job just fine.…

The Nigerian government has included eCommerce and Software development industries in the revised list of 27 key industries and products that will enjoy tax breaks in a bid to attract prospective investors. This is part of the ‘pioneer status’ incentives for prospective investors. Companies and products granted pioneer incentives enjoy three-year tax…

iflix, a leading Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD) service for emerging markets, today announced it has completed a $133 million funding round as it continues to deliver on its vision of bringing the world’s best entertainment to its audiences. The funding round, which attracted significant interest from both new investors…

Union bank of Nigeria recently launched a new mobile app to make banking simpler and more interesting. Apart from the basic banking features such as these listed below: Pay bills: DSTV, GOTV, LCC, PHCN etc View your account balances and transaction history Transfer to Union Bank and other bank accounts…

Sub-Saharan Africa’s Answer to Higher Education Bill Gates wrote in his 2015 letter to his foundation, that soon, world class education will just be several computer taps away, regardless of where anyone lives. The great news is that online education and e-learning has the power to knock down the geographical…

CcHub will be taking fourteen startups in its maiden edition of PitchDrive. PitchDrive is a three week, five-city European tech hub tour across London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Zurich and Paris. The event will give the African tech companies the opportunity to pitch to investors, explore international opportunities and learn about frontier technology…

Singularity University (SU), a global community with a mission to educate, inspire, and empower leaders to apply exponential technologies to address humanity’s grand challenges, has established a new Chapter in Lagos. SingularityU Chapters are created in partnership with local program participants and SU alumni, and are located in some of…

Silvertree plans to invest over USD 10m (ZAR 130M) in the next 12 months into new and existing portfolio companies that make use of technology to reach consumers, with a focus on growth stage and buy-out opportunities South African-based Internet platform Silvertree Internet Holdings has announced the appointment of ex-Reckitt Emerging…

Mobile-learning company, Chalkboard Education, has received €200 000 ($237 000) from Jacobs Foundation to expand its operations in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. The Ghana based company partners with universities, training institutions, and companies to provide software that digitalizes their content and distributes it to learners’ mobile devices, allowing students to access course…

LinkedIn, a business- and employment-oriented social networking service, has launched a lighter version of its flagship product, LinkedIn Lite mobile web and Android app in more than 60 countries across the world including Nigeria and South Africa. The Microsoft owned company says it will help level the playing field for all its members when…

Helpling, Europe’s leading marketplace for booking household services like home cleaning, has announced today that it has secured an investment from Unilever Ventures. The investment by Unilever, one of the world’s largest consumer goods companies, marks an important milestone in the home service industry. The investment of Unilever Ventures follows…

Flutterwave announced that it has raised over $10 million in a Series A round of funding led by Greycroft Partners and Green Visor. This new funding is in addition to previous investments by the company’s current investors which include, Omidyar Network, Social Capital, CRE Venture Capital and HOF Capital amongst others.…

Five schoolgirls from Kisumu High School in Kenya’s western city of Kisumu will be representing Africa in Google’s Technovation challenge after they developed an app, iCcut, to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The five teenagers, aged 15 to 17, Stacy Owino, Purity Achieng, Ivy Akinyi, Synthia Otieno and Macrine Atieno are…