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The TEF Forum is a two-day event in Nigeria with interactive learning sessions, workshops, plenary sessions, product launches and more. It is the largest annual gathering of African entrepreneurs from 54 African countries. The $100 million Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme is the flagship entrepreneurship programme of the Tony Elumelu Foundation,…

Twitter is killing off video sharing app, Vine. This announcement was made in a blog post by Team Vine and Twitter. It said that “in the coming months we’ll be discontinuing the mobile app.” Though no reason was given for this move, the team says that nothing will happen to…

The new Macbook is thinner and lighter than the previous one. The 13-inch is 3 pounds while the 15-inch version is 4 pounds. At just 14.9 mm thin, the 13-inch MacBook Pro is 17 percent thinner and 23 percent less volume than the previous generation. The new 15-inch MacBook Pro,…

The Seedstars ship is docking at Harare on Sunday, the 30th of October for the first time ever. Twelve startups have been invited to pitch in front of an investment panel and compete to be crowned the most promising seed-stage startup of Seedstars Harare 2016. The winning startup will join the global…

I thought Blackberry was through with phones. Yet I see it has introduced another phone in the market – the DTEK60 The DTEK60 is not too different from its predecessor, the DTEK50 released in July this year. It is another device that has security bult-in from the scratch. It has a 5.5″…

Google announced yesterday that it has hit its half way mark in its bid to train 1 million Africans on digital skills. The initiative was launched six months ago and the objective is provide Africans with the skills to take advantage of the internet and the opportunities it offers. Over 500,000…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control launches its website today in Abuja. The web address is www.ncdc.gov.ng The website which will be at the centre of the digital channels to be deployed by the NCDC for its communications functions and will serve as the primary source of health information to…

Microsoft has just introduced the Surface Studio, the company’s first all-in-one Windows 10 PC. According to the multinational technology company at an event today, Microsoft Surface Studio is a new category of device, designed to put you at the centre of the creative process where you can turn your desk into a…

Microsoft has just introduced the new Surface Book i7. This was unveiled at an event currently taking place now #MicrosoftEvent by Panos Panay, Microsoft’s head of Windows hardware. It has an intel core i7 processor, stunning PixelSense display and 30% more battery life. All we know right now is that the…

A 22 year old agriculture entrepreneur, Heritiaina Randriamananatahina, has emerged as the winner of the 2016 Anzisha Grand Prize for African Youth Entrepreneurship. Heritiaina is from Madagascar and is the founder of Fiombonana, an agro-processing enterprise that manufactures dairy products and confectioneries using only Malagasy raw materials, employing farmers and providing local job…

The  Central Bank of Nigeria, has ordered the suspension of dividends to MTN’s shareholders over an alleged illegal repatriation of funds to South Africa. According to a report by The Guardian, MTN shareholders argued that since the dividends has declared, they must be paid. MTN, in a quarterly update to its…

Xiaomi has introduces another low-cost virtual reality headset – the Mi VR. This is a huge step up from the first offering – the Mi VR Play introduced in August this year for $7. The Mi VR has a hardware-level motion sensor that is 16x more sensitive, and when coupled…

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…

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…