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Despite all the underwhelming remarks about the new products launched recently – iPhone 7 and Apple watch series 2, Apple believes these products are a reflection of its commitment to continuous improvement even though the improvements might be minor. Apple loyalists still queued to get their new phones and the…

Shepherd Bushiri Ministries International, led by Shepherd Bushiri, has launched its own mobile virtual network. The MVNO, known as PSB Network, is enabled by local telecoms firm MVN-X on the back of Cell C’s network. PSB Network will offer voice calls at 99c/minute (on per-second billing) and a range of data options,…

Nigerian Property Classifieds startup ToLet.com.ng has raised $1.2m from Frontier Digital Ventures According to the company’s CEO, Fikayo Ogundipe, “The new funds raised will be used to improve the platform’s technology offering to both property seekers as well as that used by listing agents. The rest of the funds will be…

Y Combinator (YC), a startup accelerator based in California (U.S.), will be visiting Lagos from 23-28 September 2016 on a tour of the Nigerian technology ecosystem. With investments in high profile startups like Airbnb, Dropbox and Stripe, Y Combinator is known as the world’s most powerful start-up incubator. YC attracts…

The Nigerian Presidency has announced that it  will install plagiarism detection software in the computers of its speechwriters to prevent a recurrence of plagiarism in presidential speeches. An unfortunate incident occurred whereby it was noticed that a paragraph was lifted verbatim from US President Barack Obama’s 2008 victory speech in the Nigerian President’s “Change begins…

Kenya’s ambulance app, Flare, has raised $150,000 from interested investors. According to Disrupt Africa who earlier reported some days ago that it raised $100,000, an additional $50,000 has been received increasing overall funds to $150,000. “I think that should be it for now, but we’ll keep open the round for…

Sifa Asani Gowon and Oluwatosin ‘Tosin’ Olaseinde of KoKo’s Kitchen are looking to raise $30,000 to kick-start their dry confectionery mix business and they have resorted to Indiegogo to help with this. According to the team, they were inspired to start KoKo’s Kitchen because of “Sifa’s flair and passion for all things…

Microsoft and C0-Creation Hub (CcHUB) are in search of 20 Nigerian entrepreneurs who would like to be assisted in bring their ideas to life. This is the objective of the first edition of the #WINsiders4Good Fellowship which will launched on the 21st of September 2016. The #WINsiders4Good Fellowship will identify entrepreneurs…

The biggest singing duo in Africa, PSquare – Peter and Paul Okoye, are back with a new single titled “Bank Alert. The video is about a guy who promises his girlfriend that he would need to go abroad to “make it”. He promises to come back after 1 year. Well…

Media24, one of Naspers’ media properties, is partnering with The Huffington Post to launch HuffPost South Africa in November this year. The partnership – HuffPost’s first venture into Sub-Saharan Africa – was announced today by Media24 CEO Esmaré Weideman and HuffPost CEO Jared Grusd. The Huffington Post is a Pulitzer Prize-winning…

Dangote Cement, a subsidiary of Dangote Group, says it will start mining for coal at Ankpa, Kogi State, in November 2016. This is to reduce the company’s dependence on gas whose supply has been hit by the disruptions caused by militants in the Niger Delta region. It also said that the switch of…

Accenture today announced the creation of the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge which brings together leading-edge startups with prominent life sciences and health companies to tackle some of the world’s greatest health challenges including access, affordability and transparency. As part of Accenture’s broader HealthTech Innovation program, startups from around the globe…

Underlining its commitment to help facilitate the growth and development of Nigeria’s education sector, Samsung Electronics West Africa has launched its fourth Samsung Smart School Project for teachers and students in Akwa Ibom State. The project is targeted at training teachers in basic computer literacy, while also providing them access…

MTN has finally shut down its mobile money service in South Africa. The African-based telecoms giant alluded to the fact that the service was not viable in a country where around three quarters of the population already has a bank account. MTN launched its South African service in 2012 after…

Visa has launched a QR code based mobile payment service, mVisa, in Kenya in conjunction with four banks – Co-Operative Bank, Family Bank, KCB and NIC Bank to deliver this service to Kenyan consumers and merchants. Initially launched in India in August 2015, mVisa enables consumers pay for goods by scanning…

The Nigerian Communications Commission recently announced that it would be licensing five new companies to deploy metropolitan fibre infrastructure across Nigeria. This announcement was made by the Director of Public Affairs, Mr Tony Ojobo in statement about the commencement of the second phase of the initiative to bridge existing broadband gap.…

Do you want a new smartphone? You are in luck. Innovation Village is giving away a new Infinix Hot 4. This is an awesome phone. INFINIX HOT 4 features a 5.5’’ HD display and dual high-quality stereo speakers for an exceptional multi-media experience. Powered by Android M, XOS and advanced…

DriversNg is an online platform that provides reliable and professionally trained drivers to those in need of them. Founded by Covenant University graduates –  Osunlana Ismail, Audu Daniel and Eboghade Emmanuel, this online platform became operational in Lagos State, Nigeria on the 26th of June 2016. DriversNg recruits and trains drivers to meet…

This is an unboxing of the ASUS Zenfone 3, the latest sequel to the much loved Zenfone 2. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHO6Cq3EtO8 **A partnership between Innovation Village and Geekception

Yes, Mark Zuckerberg was in Lagos, Nigeria some days ago and of course, he would definitely check out Nollywood. Nigeria is the land of one of the biggest film and media industries in the world. He gatecrashed illBliss’ set when the Nigerian Rapper was shooting a video at AfriNolly studios. Though surprised,…