Interswitch has launched a church management solution to ease some of the major administrative, database, accounting and reconciliation challenges that churches face. This new offering, Interswitch Church Solutions, was unveiled at a media briefing held today. According to Interswitch, the solution was developed based on the appreciation of the unique requirements of religious…
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Kwesé Sports and ESPN have announced a groundbreaking media collaboration in Africa. The deal will deliver the most comprehensive sports coverage in Africa, offering a wide range of sports and thousands of hours of programming. African audiences will benefit from industry-leading content from the world’s leading sports media company in…
Xiaomi has just launched a concept phone – Mi MIX – designed jointly with Philippe Starck. This is Xiaomi’s first smartphone with an edgeless design. Its 6.4” 17:9 custom display with an incredible 91.3% screen-to-body ratio is the highest on any smartphone in the world. In order to achieve this, Xiaomi completely…
Minkels, part of the publicly traded company Legrand (NYSE Euronext Paris: LR), has been chosen as data center supplier for premier West African connectivity and data center solutions company, MainOne. MainOne blazed a trail in Africa with its undersea fibre optic cable connecting West Africa to Europe and the construction…
Chinese electronics giant, Xiaomi, has just introduced the Mi Note 2. The Xiaomi Note 2 comes with double the curves of the Mi Note which was introduced in 2015. It has a flexible OLED display in its 3D curved glass (front and back). It sports a 22.56MP (5488 x 4112) super high-res camera,…
has introduced a new unified app – the Ecobank Mobile App, an instant and convenient way of banking via the mobile phone. It is the first unified app delivered by any institution for use in 33 countries. The Group CEO of the pan African bank, Ade Ayeyemi, unveiled the new App recently…
It seems everyone wants to know more about Nigeria. It all started with Mark Zuckerberg when he came to Lagos in August/September and then there was Michael Siebel and Qasar Younis from Y Combinator in September. This time, it is the turn of Bolt VC. Bolt is a venture capital firm designed to…
Lizzie’s Creations has launched a new app, Teseem – First words – designed to teach toddlers (aged 1 to 5) their first words. It’s perfect for teaching your kids and it’s intuitive so they can also play and learn on their own. Teesem – First Words is full of exciting educative…
It is being celebrated as successful fetal surgery to remove a tumour that was growing at the tailbone of a foetus. A little baby girl in Texas was born twice – She was removed from her mother’s womb for surgery and then put back until birth. Doctors at the Texas Children’s…
You can now apply to be a business intern at Google in 2017. Interns at Google bring questions and build answers. Google offers a range of internships across EMEA and durations and start dates vary according to a project and location. According to Google, business internships are typically offered in the following…
Balogunmarket.ng, the company behind the chat-commerce app, BuyChat is introducing a new feature called “BuyChat Assistant” on the 24th of October. The BuyChat Assistant concept is to offer exceptional customer service to merchants on the BuyChat app. Within 24 hours of merchants coming live on BuyChat, BuyChat Assistants will provide support…
Ghafla, a top entertainment site in Kenya is partnering with Ringier Africa Digital Publishing (RADP), Ringier Africa’s publishing company, to relaunch it into a regional publisher in East Africa. This partnership will see Ghafla’s content diversifying to include current affairs, news and analysis and its footprint extending into Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia. Since it…
In every corner of the globe there are passionate people who solve the world’s toughest problems thanks to entrepreneurial solutions. We call these people social entrepreneurs. Their ventures create jobs, alleviate poverty and make the world a better place. It’s nearly impossible for them to get their ideas off the…
Yes, Nigeria’s Largest Online Marketplace Konga.com is at it again as it is giving back to its customers in a new promo called the Cash Home Bonanza! Customers stand the chance to win up to N1,000,000 in this exciting competition. Prior to this event, there was a campaign via its…
Uber Nigeria today announced that it is now making low-interest, used-vehicle loans available to its top-rated driver-partners. The pioneering move is the result of partnerships entered into between Uber Nigeria and First Bank of Nigeria Limited, as well as smaller financiers. This means that, for the first time, Uber driver-partners…
World’s leading Internet television network, Netflix surpassed $2 billion in revenues for the first time in the third quarter of its operating year. Operating income amounted to $106 million (compared with our $64 million estimate) while net income was $52 million (vs. forecast of $22 million). Interestingly, forty percent of its global…
The Management of Dangote Industries Limited has announced the acquisition of Twister B.V., a company headquartered in the Netherlands. Twister BV is an engineering company that offers gas processing solutions which can play an essential role in meeting future world energy supply challenges. Twister B.V. used to be owned by Shell…
Nigerian Mobile Money Operator, ChamsMobile Ltd, under its brand ‘Kegow’, has announced the introduction of a Mobile money account for Nigerians living abroad in socalled “diaspora”, an account which will include a linked Visa Virtual Card as a standard feature. Gavin Young, DMD, ChamsMobile explains: “If we consider that there…
Unilever has been certified as the Top Employer in Africa for the third time in a row. For a company such as Unilever to achieve business success, it is important that its leadership create an environment where employees feel valued, where their creative ideas can germinate and contribute towards the…
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Nigeria, has been awarded the 2016 Al-Sumait Prize for Food Security – $1million and a gold medal – for its work in improving the yields and nutritional quality of major staple food crops, such as cassava, banana and maize. IITA is one of the…