“This message will disappear 5 minutes after 30 seconds after it is seen.” This Mission Impossible – like feature is coming to Facebook Messenger. According to Facebook, this new option within Messenger is meant to support conversations about sensitive topics. This feature will enable you create one-to-one secret conversations in Messenger that…
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Samsung Electronics has attributed the strong sales of the Galaxy S7 to its second-quarter operating profit increase by 17.4 percent from a year earlier. According to the tech giant, this is the highest in more than 2 years. The company said that its April-June profit was likely 8.1 trillion won ($7 billion), better…
As discussed in an earlier blog post, Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition with the launch of Global Rio 2016 Olympic Games Campaign. The South Korean electronics giant unveiled the phone in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It also announced the Rio 2016 app and on-the ground activations throughout Brazil…
The Innovation Giveaway has ended and the winner is ….Kelvin Numonde from Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. He had been contacted to pick up his smartphone. Congratulations Kelvin. The draw was done using Rafflecopter application and randomness powered by Random.org. To all the others that participated in the draw, watch out for…
From a group of 7 university teams from across Zimbabwe, the Enactus team from University of Zimbabwe has been named the 2016 Enactus Zimbabwe National Champion. Nearly 350 student, academic and business leaders assembled at Cresta Sango Conference Centre for the competition on Friday July 1st 2016. More than 70…
An Uber-like taxi hailing service, Handei, is set to launch in Harare, Zimbabwe on the 14th of July 2016. Just like Uber, Handei operates an app which allows a prospective customer call for a cab as and wehn needed. According to a spokesman from the company behind the service, Mr…
Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) has shown its support for Damond Bank financial initiative, Diamond Y’ello, ‘Winning the North’ project with a grant of $1, 500, 000. The grant will enable Diamond Bank target and extend facilities to prospective customers in Northern Nigeria -Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Kogi, Kwara…
As you may know, Big Cabal Media was one of the recipients of the N50 million from the first StartUp Dealday. Though it was an announcement that seemed to fly under the radar but getting an eight figure inflow into your business is nothing to sniff at. So we set…
CDC, the UK’s development finance institution, has announced a €50 million investment in Rocket Internet-backed Africa Internet Group, the parent company of Jumia, the high-profile online consumer retail brand. The capital will be used to improve the company’s existing operations and help it achieve its expansion plans to new countries. Additional…
Today Facebook announced the launch of an OpenCellular access platform to assist in the deployment of networks where coverage is scarce. Facebook says it designed the open source and cost-effective, software-defined wireless access platform to improve connectivity in remote areas of the world. The platform is designed to improve connectivity since it can be…
Female artists have come together to promote girl power and gender equality. So they are using a video remake of the famous Spice Girls song “Wannabe” to tell world leaders what we really really want for girls and women. The artists include Seyi Shay from Nigeria, Gigi Lamayne and Monoea from South Africa, Bollywood…
GeoPoll, the leading mobile survey company and media measurement provider in Africa, today announced the hire of Arjun Dhillon to oversee and expand its sales team across the continent. Dhillon comes to GeoPoll with over 15 years’ experience in the FMCG and Telecom sectors in Kenya and India; most recently,…
Three African entrepreneurs have emerged as winners in the GIST Tech-I Pitch Competition. The companies are Strauss Energy (Kenya), ResSpot (Nigeria), and Koshk Comics (Egypt). The GIST Tech-I Pitch Competition Finals took place on Thursday, June 23, and Friday, June 24, 2016, during the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) held at Stanford…
Nigeria has been ranked 119 in the 2016 World Economic Forum (WEF) Networked Readiness Index (NRI). This is contained in the Global Information Technology Report 2016 Launched by the World Economic Forum in 2001 and significantly extended in 2012, the NRI can help to assess countries’ ability to capitalize on the digital…
Imagine having a passport that will allow visa-free access to all 54 countries in Africa. The African Union is set to unveil a common passport that will grant access to an African to all the countries without the need to get a visa. This common passport is an electronic passport that…
The judgment has been delivered on Olympic sprinter, Oscar Pistorius murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. This brings to end a case that has captivated the South African country in the last couple of years. Pistorius killed Reeva Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria in the early hours of Valentine’s Day…
Apparently it seems that WhatsApp is down in Zimbabwe. There are reports from different parts of the country that WhatsApp messages are not being delivered. And this is on all the mobile networks in the country – Econet Zimbabwe, TelOne, Telecel and NetOne https://twitter.com/VTKAHIYA/status/750584393643782144 WhatsApp is the most frequently used messaging…
#ThisFlag is trending on Twitter as there is a call for Zimbabweans to boycott work today in solidarity for a better Zimbabwe. This Wednesday walkout, branded #ShutdownZimbabwe on Twitter, is organised in part by Pastor Evan Mawarire, a well known Pastor in Harare, who launched a Twitter campaign #ThisFlag in April to…
Blackberry has decided to ditch the BlackBerry Classic. Ralph Pini, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager for Devices at BlackBerry made this statement in a blog post today while articulating the need for the company to embrace change. He talked about three critical elements for the success of Blackberry’s devices business. First was expanding…
A new board has taken over the reigns at Skye bank in Nigeria. This is with the voluntary resignation of the former Chairman, Dr. Tunde Ayeni, Group Managing Director / CEO, Timothy Oguntayo, the Non – Executive Directors of the Bank, namely, Victor Odozi, Babajide Agbabiaka, Dr. Jason Fadeyi, Kunle Aluko, Victor…