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Imagine a world without language barriers. Introducing the Pilot.. At the convergence of wearable technology + machine translation, the Pilot is the world’s first smart earpiece which translates between users speaking different languages. It is being introduced by the team from Waverly Labs. The Pilot is just an earpiece and…

May 15 is the International Day of Families, a day that draws attention to issues that families face and offers opportunities to examine the social and economic factors that affect families’ well being. Reach for Change Africa is marking this occasion, along with families all across the continent, by celebrating…

Samsung Electronics has announced that the Charm by by Samsung will be select markets very soon. The stylish lifestyle ban was initially launched in Korea, Italy, France and Russia. The band features a simple yet eye-catching square charm that keeps track of the number of steps you’ve taken in a day…

Two teams from Lagos have today been selected to pilot a unique digital idea they have developed to help the BBC reach young African audiences. The teams – Codulab, a small company based in Lagos, and a collaborative team of Nigerian innovators, Team Timerail – have been chosen for the…

If you are in Nigeria and you do not know about Tuta Absoluta, then you are not a proper Nigerian. How can you know about the pest that has led to increase of the price of tomatoes in Nigeria? It is so powerful that it has caused the newly established Dangote…

Singularity Investments has announced an undisclosed investment in Sliide Airtime. Sliide Airtime is a privately-held technology company with offices in Lagos and London. Its content delivery platform is changing the way people interact with their phones by subsidising their airtime. The Sliide Airtime service gives consumers the ability to earn free…

MTN Business has launched a new SME-tailored solution called MTN SME Value Pack. This is a complete business-enabling solution that comes with an MTN Business-branded Internet router, an MTN Business-branded desk phone, a professional email account, data bundle, voice call minutes and bulk SMS – all in one package. Amina…

South Africa-based internet and entertainment group, Naspers has announced its entrance into the Education Technology (EdTech) market with its $15 million investment in Brainly. Naspers did this Series B investment through its recently opened division in USA, Naspers Ventures. Launched in Poland in 2009, originally under the name Zadane.pl, Brainly has…

Kirusa, a global leader in providing telecom and social media solutions, today announced the appointment of Obafemi Banigbe to its advisory board. Femi is currently the Managing Partner at Silver Rock Technology Services, a startup business and technology consulting firm focusing on Information and Communication technology industries. Prior to co-founding…

SAP, through its Africa Code Week in 2016, intends to train more than 150,000 youths in 30 African countries to foster digital literacy and equip the continent’s rising generation with job-relevant digital skills. The Africa Code Week 2016 will run from October 15 – 23, 2016, with thousands of free…

The much celebrated “Uber for Private Jets”, BlackJet has ceased operations. Launched in 2012, Blackjet promised to plug the gap that was absent in the on-demand ecosystem. It even had the likes of Ashton Kutcher, Jay Z’s Roc Nation, Marc Benioff, Tim Ferriss and even Uber co-founder Garrett Camp, backing it. BlackJet…

Mobile Operator, Tigo, has announced that it will  be investing over US$ 75 million on the network expansion and quality improvement by scaling up its 4G and 3G sites, fiber network as well as increasing the number of customer service outlets in Tanzania this year. Tigo General Manager, Diego Gutierrez…

Automattic, the company that owns Wordpress.com, announced that it has secured rights to oversee and operate the sale and registration of .blog domains. This means that anyone can use the .blog domain instead of the popular .com. According to Automattic in a blog post, “You’ll be able to purchase a .blog…

Echo House beat 128 other shortlisted startups to emerge the 2016 Startup of the year in the 2016 Ghana Startup Awards. Echo House Ghana, founded by its CEO, Beryl Agyekum, is a 360 degree creative marketing agency with years of operational experience in publishing, digital marketing, production and sales. Hosted…

Naspers’ streaming service, Showmax, is now available in 36 new African countries. This comes barely ten months after the launch of the service which now boasts of “approximately fifteen thousand TV show episodes and movies, totaling almost ten thousand hours of viewing.” According to the company’s Chief Product Officer, Barron Ernst, “We’ve…

GE and Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship have announced a partnership that focuses on training and mentoring social entrepreneurs working on maternal and child health innovations in sub-Saharan Africa. The program enables more women to experience better health by improving the quality, accessibility, and affordability of care. The…

People know Samsung for gadgets, phones, electronics. And now it has dabbled into the surfing world by creating a digital smart Surfboard. The Samsung Galaxy Surfboard prototype is powered by a Samsung Galaxy phone slotted into a special drawer on the side of the board. It uses LEDs to display…

Did David Cameron know his mic was on? Were his comments meant to be heard? Anyway it was recorded on camera. UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, was overheard telling the Queen that Nigeria and Afghanistan are “possibly two of the most corrupt countries in the world”. Apparently the Prime Minister was briefing…

Ringier Africa and One Africa Media (OAM) have agreed to merge their pan-African Classifieds assets to create and grow Africa’s largest classifieds group. In the joint venture deal announced today, Ringier One Africa Media (ROAM) was officially launched – becoming Africa’s classifieds leader, comprising some of the continent’s leading homegrown brands, including…

Mobile accounts for most of the overall growth in travel bookings since 2014, this is according to Criteo, a leading market research firm. The worldwide research, carried between Q2 2014 and Q2 2015 indicates an increase from 12% to 23% of bookings made via mobile devices. Although the report does…