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Bharti Airtel has appointed Rajeev Sethi as the Chief Commercial Officer for its Africa operations. He replaces Farhan Khan, who has since left the company to join Al-Yah Satellite Communications Company. As the new CCO, Rajeev will be responsible for the formulation and implementation of customer-centric commercial strategies across 15 African…

Etisalat Nigeria has announced the names of the three shortlisted authors for the 2016 edition of its pan-African flagship literary prize, the Etisalat Prize for Literature. According to this year’s Chair of Judges, Helon Habila “In addition to originality of voice and literary excellence, our purpose was to also select…

German luxury automobile maker, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG also known as BMW, is using Google Spotlight Stories technology for an innovative way of storytelling, creating a 360° interactive virtual reality brand experience that is broadcasted via YouTube. “Visionary” offers a unique, immersive experience of the BMW VISION NEXT 100 –…

VConnect, Nigeria’s largest business search and review website, is excited to announce the SME Conference 1.0. Organized in partnership with Facebook, the SME Conference 1.0 is an invite-only one-day event aimed at exposing over 200 small businesses to innovative ways they can power business growth through strategies that startups already…

Exactly ten years ago, the world was introduced to the Apple iPhone by Steve Jobs. The event was the Macworld event at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco in 2007. The iPhone is a revolutionary product from Apple that changed the way smart phones look and work. “What we wanna do is make…

Zipline, the company that successfully carried out a drone delivery project in Rwanda, will be trialling the same concept in Tanzania. This trial of drone-based deliveries of blood and other medical supplies will be funded UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID) As with the Rwandan project, the goal is to radically reduce…

Indian-based impact investor, Aavishkaar, is planning to raise $150 million to invest in opportunities in Africa. This was reported in the Mint newspaper citing Aavishkaar CEO Vineet Rai, that the firm will kick off the fund-raising by the middle of 2017. “We are looking to raise between $100 million and $150 million…

The Nigerian has barred its soldiers from uploading videos, pictures of operations on social media. This statement was made by the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 1 Division Mechanized , Major-General Adeniyi Oyebade, on behalf of the Chief of Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai in Kaduna yesterday. He made this known at the graduation…

Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ), the regulatory body for telecoms activities in Zimbabwe, has issued floor prices for voice and data bundles in the country. A floor price is the minimum effective tariff chargeable per minute for voice calls and per MB of data. According to a report…

The Communications Authority of Kenya has issued several measures to deter the use of unregistered SIM cards in a bid to reduce mobile-phone related crimes. These measures were published in various newspapers in Kenya today. According to the Communications regulator, mobile users are hereby responsible for calls, messages and transactions…

Civic Hub, an accelerator for Civic Tech leaders, is organising a Tech Leadership fellowship to to prepare future Civic Tech leaders in Africa. Civic Tech Leadership Fellowship is a highly competitive fellowship designed to prepare future Civic Tech leaders in Africa. The fellows receive training; mentoring and funding to empower them…

She Leads Africa is holding a one day event – SLAY festival – to celebrate all things incredible, magical, innovative, and entrepreneurial about Africa. According to She Leads Africa, this is what you should expect from the festival; Innovators who are going to keep it real on how they found success…

Charities in Nigeria often get funded through donations from individuals, corporate sponsorships, philanthropists, celebrities and grants. While these sources of funding are still viable and active, they are increasingly becoming competitive due to the increased number of charitable causes and limited funding available. For smaller charities in Nigeria, it is…

CES 2017 kicks off today, the 5th of January 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show will run through to Sunday, January 8. This is the 50th anniversary of this iconic event. It is expected that more than 3,800 companies will launch innovative products at CES, including an unprecedented 600…

Are you starting a new product management job soon? What should you do in first 90 days? What do you think you should be looking out for? Join our partner, Product Focus, in this free webinar to understand what you need to do in your first day/week/month/quarter/90 days. Tips, tricks and wise…

Helon Habila, chair of the judging panel of 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature, has announced the 2016 longlist of nine books. The longlist is made up of entries from first-time authors whose books were published in the past 24 months. The longlisted books are Mr. and Mrs. Doctor by Julie Iromuanya…

In an effort to increase exposure of African startups to global investors and resources, Africa Startup Ecosystem announced the launch of the first digital accelerator for the region. The accelerator program begins with a full startup development boot camp covering ideation, product development, marketing, customer acquisition and funding. The boot…

Payant, a new web-based invoicing software has launched in Nigeria. This software helps freelancers, small, medium and large businesses to create beautiful invoices, automatically send payment reminders and lets them accept instant payments faster online. Payant also doubles up as a payment gateway for websites and mobile application developers to accept instant…

Bolaji Kassim, a fresh Civil Engineering graduate from the University of Ibadan, intends to combat the issue of poor customer service by providing a platform, Prissue.com, for aggrieved customers to air their grievances. Prissue.com is an online community of customers advocating for their rights. Bolaji, the founder of this platform learnt…

Application for the 3rd cycle of Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme is now open. The application portal is open and accepting submissions until Midnight WAT on March 1, 2017. To apply, complete the online application at: www.tonyelumelufoundation.org/programme. Successful applicants will join the third cycle of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, TEF’s 10-year, $100 million commitment to train, mentor and fund 10,000 African entrepreneurs in every African country. Since inception in 2015,…