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Leading ICT company, Zinox Technologies, has secured $25 million counterpart funding to roll out a trio of digital hubs in Nigeria. The funding is a “Technology Research and Innovation loan from the European Technology Trust Fund.” The digital hubs will, among other things, create employment and empower thousands of digitally-minded Nigerian youths…

Nigeria’s number one online classified, OLX.com.ng, recently celebrated four successful years in the country and commissioned their new office in Ilupeju. As part of its fourth anniversary activities, OLX is giving away four brand new tablets to users on their social media platforms that participate in the #OLXis4 campaign by…

Did you miss Mark Zuckerberg’s Question and Answer session with Facebook developers and entrepreneurs? It took place on the 31st of August at Landmark Centre, Lagos, Nigeria. Here is a recording of the event. Happy viewing

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has published the names of eleven international money transfer operators (IMTOs) licensed to operate in Nigeria. According to Isaac Okorafor (Ag. Director, Corporate Communications) in a CBN press release, this was done as part of efforts to liberalise the Foreign Exchange Market, ensure liquidity and make foreign…

Yes, Mark Zuckerberg is in Nigeria.  He casually strolled in this afternoon. Here are some funny memes on Twitter about his visit to Nigeria. https://twitter.com/asemota/status/770678049700515841 https://twitter.com/officialdaddymo/status/770675176405172224 https://twitter.com/LadiSpeaks/status/770734566659219456 https://twitter.com/officialdaddymo/status/770738026263838721 https://twitter.com/Iam_Jonzing/status/770740150284541952 https://twitter.com/angry_ustaaz/status/770670988119932928 https://twitter.com/chuuzus/status/770666382757392386 https://twitter.com/GalacticoHD/status/770664949920198657

I would say Mark Zuckerberg caught most people in Lagos by surprise. It seemed like a ruse when we heard it. The story was so big that our site went down for some minutes when we published the story that he was in town. The increase in number of hits was…

As part of its mission to be a top African employer and constantly provide opportunities for entrepreneurial leadership talent,  Ringier Africa is launching a new internship programme, Ringier Africa Internships, first across its Nigeria & Ghana offices – through an inaugural partnership with the African Leadership Academy (ALU). The ALU is a…

Facebook is deploying WiFi (ExpressWiFi) hotspots around Lagos. The online social networking giant is doing this in conjunction with a local Internet Service Provider in Nigeria, Coollink. According to a TechSuplex report, the service is expected to launch at some point this week, but is already in operation in some parts of…

Rich Tanksley is leaving Pulse Nigeria as the CEO to take up a new role as a consultant and ambassador with Ringier Africa. In his new role, he will be responsible for helping Ringier grow existing and new properties in Africa. Rich joined Pulse Nigeria in February 2015 from Seedstars Africa/SimplePay where he helped…

Airtel Nigeria has partnered with Genesis, a global mobile Internet company, to provide free access to two internet companies  – Naij.com, an online news website and jiji.ng, an online classifieds company. This means that customers to these two sites will not pay for data if they access the websites via Airtel…

Fitbit, the leader in the connected health and fitness market, today introduced two new fitness wristbands – Fitbit Charge 2 and Fitbit Flex 2. Charge 2 and Flex 2 effortlessly track your most important health and fitness stats, with new sleek looks and an experience that is even more engaging, motivating…

Yes it is September again and as is the custom, Apple is expected to unveil a new product. They have done this in the last 3 years. Have you gotten your invite yet? Apple has sent out the invites for the Wednesday event. No hints have been dropped but we…

Mark Zuckerberg announced today that he shared his message of connecting people with Pope Francis at the Vatican City. He was accompanied with his wife Priscilla Chan. He said they told the Pope how much they admired his message of mercy and tenderness, and how he’s found new ways to communicate with people of…

YahClick, has announced its partnership with VT iDirect  for the introduction of Virtual Network Operator (VNO) services across YahClick’s existing footprint. The broadband satellite solutions provider’s VNO offering is based on the industry changing capability in the VT iDirect Evolution® platform and allows service partners to purchase their own bulk capacity, which they…

The five startups that emerged tops at the 2016 Demo Africa event that took place in South Africa yesterday are Strauss Energy, Sortd, ConnectMed, Solstice, Mediabox. They were selected from the 30 finalists announced in June this year. The finalists were picked from a record 723 technology startups from 27 African countries…

African Leadership Academy, in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, is proud to announce Africa’s top youth entrepreneur finalists for the sixth annual Anzisha Prize. This year, the Prize celebrates increased presence in Northern African markets such as Morocco and Egypt, and francophone countries such as Madagascar and Niger, and increased…

Leading smartphone player, Infinix Mobility unveiled the latest smartphone – Infinix NOTE 3 – at a well attended launch event at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. Themed #JIMSbigthing, the introduction of the smartphone is in collaboration with Jumia Nigeria and MTN Nigeria. Key features of the phone include the…

For all those sites that have pop-ups that Google considers intrusive, please listen to this. Effective Jan. 1, 2017, Google will punish sites that have intrusive popups or interstitials on mobile devices. According to Google, this is an effort to improve the mobile search experience. Google says that “Pages that show…

First Bank of Nigeria has announced Patrick Iyamabo as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before taking up this position, he was the CFO of FCMB Group. The appointment follows the elevation of the former CFO, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan to Managing Director/CEO of the Bank. Mr. Iyamabo’ s appointment, which…

Uber has reported losses totalling $1.27 billion for the first half of 2016 operating year. According to a Bloomberg report, this was made known by the head of finance, Gautam Gupta in a call about the company’s performance last week Friday. Gupta said that Uber lost about $520 million before interest, taxes, depreciation and…