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There has been many announcements that Twitter will extend its 140-character limit by not counting some types of content. The first announcement was in January this year, but it didn’t happen. The rumour came up again in May and died down. It didn’t happen. And we have been waiting……Will #longertweets…

By raising a total of approximately $570 million of committed capital for its fourth private equity fund, Capital Alliance Private Equity IV Limited, African Capital Alliance (ACA) has become the first West Africa-focused fund manager to raise over $1 billion in aggregate capital commitments, since its formation in 1997. Over its nineteen-year…

The Lagos State ministry of transportation has stated that taxi hailing company, Uber may be owing 600 million Naira ($1.9 million) in penalties for not having properly registered its business. This was declared by Anofiu Elegushi, a spokesman at the Lagos Ministry of Transportation in a discussion with CNNMoney last week.…

Tunde Kehinde and Ercin Eksin, cofounders of online Logistics company Africa Courier Express (ACE), are coming out with another startup, an online financial services company, named Lidya. Touted as a digital bank without branches, Lidya will offer small and medium-sized businesses unsecured loans of between $500 and $15,000. According to Tunde, while…

They say time is money so having the time to focus on things that are truly important is a welcome luxury in these times of economic hardships. The depreciation of the Naira has seen the cost of living rise due to inflation which has led to Nigerians discovering new ways…

The House on the Rock Church, Natives FilmWorks, Michelangelo Productions and the Bolanle Austen-Peters Production are collaborating to host The Nigerian Premiere of the Nigerian produced Film – 93 Days, on Tuesday, September 13, 2016, at The Rock Cathedral, 4th Roundabout, Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos. Starring Bimbo Akintola, Danny Glover, Tim…

Terragon Group has been shortlisted in the EMEA 2016 MMA Smarties Award. It is the only Nigerian company for any of the available awards. Terragon is shortlisted in the Lead Generation category for the Samsung Mobile Nigeria Galaxy S7 #MoreThanAPhoneNG Campaign. Founded and led by Elo Umeh, Terragon Group is one of Africa’s Digital Media companies…

IBM West Africa has announced the change in leadership in Nigeria with the appointment of Dipo Faulkner as the new Country General Manager. He succeeds Taiwo Otiti who has moved on to take up the post of General Manager at the Central Securities Clearing Systems Plc also in Nigeria. Dipo…

Impact investing pioneer Root Capital announced at the African Green Revolution Forum a new partnership with The MasterCard Foundation that will help raise incomes for over 300,000 smallholder farmers in West Africa. The Foundation has committed $5.2 million to Root Capital over five years to support early-stage agricultural businesses that generate transformational…

Nintendo shares surged upon the announcement that Pokemon Go was coming to the Apple Watch and Super Mario to the iPhone. Just after the announcement at the apple event yesterday, the US-listed shares of Nintendo shares went up with Nintendo’s American depositary receipts closing up about 29% in strong volume. About…

At the Apple event today,  Niantic CEO John Hanke announced that Pokémon Go will soon be available on the Apple Watch. He mentioned that Pokémon Go has been downloaded over 500 million times since its launch this summer, and people have walked over 4.6 billion kilometres while playing the game. Dubbed Pokémon Go…

Apple introduced iPhone7 and iPhone7 Plus in a thrilling event at the Billy Graham Civic Auditorium today. Here are the new features of the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus: A 12-megapixel camera that includes optical image stabilization, a larger ƒ/1.8 aperture and 6-element lens. The iPhone 7 Plus features the…

Apple today introduced Apple AirPods, innovative new wireless headphones that use advanced technology to reinvent how we listen to music, make phone calls, enjoy TV shows and movies, play games and interact with Siri, providing a wireless audio experience not possible before. Here are some of the basic features of…

Apple has just announced a new watch dubbed the Apple Watch Series 2. Here are some of the features of the Apple Watch Series 2: packed with incredible fitness and health capabilities including a water resistance 50 meter rating for swimming; built-in GPS so users can now run without an iPhone;…

iCyrus has introduced an online platform, www.icyrus.com.ng, where consumers can buy quality products that pertain to every aspect of the furniture, joinery and construction industry. According to the founder and CEO, Mrs Alero Imo,  “We stock an extensive variety of products which include tools and safety equipment, furniture and joinery products, bathroom and…

PayPal and MasterCard have announced a partnership that would enhance consumer experience by making Mastercard a clear payment option within PayPal, enable Masterpass as a payment option for Braintree merchants and expand PayPal’s presence at the point of sale. This will provide increased value to Mastercard cardholders, financial institutions and…

Chinese tech company, Tencent, has surged past China Mobile to become the most valuable company in Asia. Tencent stock moved up 3.8% in Hong Kong on Monday thus reaching a market cap of $255.8 billion, ahead of China Mobile with $254 billion, Alibaba Group’s $250 billion and Samsung Electronics’ $229…

Following the devastating destruction of the Nuli Juice store in Ikoyi, Lagos, Uber is celebrating cities and supporting local Nigerian business by uniting with the community to help Nuli Juice continue its operations. This Thursday Uber will assist by delivering a combo deal to the doorsteps of Nuli fans . On…

Celestine Omin, Software Engineer at Konga Online Shopping Ltd has left the company to join Andela. He is now a Senior Technical Consultant at the Celestine made this announcement in a blog post recently aptly titled “Chapter Two: This is Andela.” According to him, “Today marks the beginning of a new chapter in my…

The Governing Board of Integrity organization appoints and ratifies the appointment of Board members. At the meeting of the Governing Board of Integrity Organisation (consisting of Integrity and The Convention on Business Integrity, CBi) which held on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016, Mr. Opeyemi Agbaje who had in the past year…