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#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…

I wonder how he gets these leaked images but most of the time, he is right. Evan Blass (@evleaks) has put up images of the yet to be released Samsung Galaxy Note 7 via his Twitter handle. https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/749013599239024640 This time, he shows the front and back of the phone. in…

Silicon Valley Venture Capital 500 Startups, has announced the launch of a startup studio that creates awesome companies from scratch – 500 LABS. (see infographic). According to 500 Startups, 500 Labs will bring together founders and teams from all over the world to make startups go harder, faster, better, stronger. 500 LABS will…

WeFarm has welcomed Adam Neilson to join their team as CTO. Neilson, who previously held CTO positions at a number of startups including Probability, Seamonster, HealthUnlocked and Rareburg, has experience in building social networks and designing and building robust systems and architecture. Neilson has also spent many years working on…

93 Days is a film about the deadly Ebola Crisis in Nigeria. It centres on the sacrifices made by men and women who risked their lives to save Nigeria and West Africa from the Ebola virus epidemic. 93 Days is also dedicated to Dr Ameyo Adadevoh, a Nigerian physician who…

Twitter has suspended the official Twitter account of the Niger Delta Avengers militant group (@NDAvengers) based in Nigeria. This is what you see when you try to access the account No official statement has been given for this reason but it may not unconnected with the spate of attacks from…

Nigerian music superstar, TuFace Idibia, a.k.a 2Baba has dropped two videos of a song and a remix of the song. First time this is happening. Why would he do that? Anyways he is 2Baba; two for one. Here are the two songs and videos. What do you think? Enjoy Officially…

When Jay Z acquired Tidal from the Swedish company, Aspiro for $56 million in March 2015, it was touted as the streaming service that would give real value to the artists, chiding the likes of Spotify. Jay Z even went ahead to give 19 famous artists and bands small stakes in…

Google had revealed that Android N, the latest version of Android, is indeed Android Nougat. In May 2016, Google announced that it was in search of a name for the next Android mobile operating system. The announcement was made yesterday on the Android Twitter page. https://twitter.com/Android/status/748547400210472961 A nougat is a sweet. It is…

According to Google, its 9,000km undersea cable named “Faster” between Japan and the US officially goes live. With this, internet users and our customers in Japan today should notice things seem to be moving a bit…FASTER. The cable is first of its kind, with multiple colours (100) of light transmitted over various…

Apple has won a patent to prevent the use of iPhones to take pictures or videos at live shows, concerts or gigs. Though this might not be good news for concert goers, it would be a welcome relief for concert promoters and even the artists. This technology would allow venues to…

Today five companies will be making their pitch for Lagos StartUp DealDay 2 pitch event.  Pitches will be delivered to a small, closed panel of Angel investors. Though the names of the five companies have not been released, we should be certain that one or many companies will come out smiling.…

Three African teams from Nigeria, Tunisia and South Africa are among the 35 finalists for Microsoft’s Imagine Cup World Finals from July 26 – 29. The teams are The Humane Team from Nigeria, Basilisk from Tunisia, and Digital Interactive Games from South Africa. The Humane Team is comprised of four…

Liquid Telecom, a privately-owned pan-African telecoms group majority owned by Econet Wireless Group, has entered into an agreement to acquire Neotel. The shareholders of Neotel – Tata Communications of India and minority shareholders led by Nexus Connexion – have agreed for Liquid Telecom to buy Neotel for R6.55 billion (USD430 million). Liquid…

Twitter is introducing a Snapchat-like feature which will add creativity and excitement to photos shared on the platform. This new feature is known as #Stickers. Soon, you can browse our rotating sets of stickers to join in on real-time conversations, and select from the library of hundreds of accessories, emoji, and…

The three leading telecoms companies in Kenya Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom Kenya, are to pay KES 2.9 billion (approx. $28.6 million) each for a 4G spectrum license. According to Francis Wangusi, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) director-general, in a discussion with a local media entity, Business Daily, the technical committee has approved…

Leading Online Classifieds site, OLX.com.ng has partnered with Film Producer and Director Kunle Afolayan on his latest blockbuster movie The CEO for the Do It For Me (D.I.F.M) Promo While announcing the promo, Fifemayo Aiyesimoju, brand marketing manager, OLX stated that “from June 6 till July 1, 2016, users who…

Pepsodent Nigeria has emerged first in the World Oral Health Day 2016 challenge both at the continental level, first ahead of 9 countries, and at the global level, first ahead of 31 countries. This win was measured by the delivery of over 1 million pledges from a fully integrated campaign…