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Uber and Sidian Bank announced today that they have partnered to launch an innovative Uber Vehicle Solutions Programme that will give driver-partners and business investors convenient and affordable access to the quality vehicles they need to start or grow their Uber-based businesses. This comes shortly after Uber celebrated 1 million rides…

UberEATS, Uber’s food delivery service, launched today in Singapore, its first Asian market. With this launch, Singaporeans can now download the standalone app, and order food from about 100 restaurants. The app first debuted in Toronto at the beginning of this year, before expanding to four major U.S. cities in March. It…

To celebrate the forthcoming Democracy Day, Konga is holding a 5 day sales themed “Naija No Dey Carry Last.”  This democracy season, Konga is celebrating Nigerians with exciting deals in the “Naija No Dey Carry Last” promotion with up to 60% discount from the 25th to 29th of May 2016.…

The city of Kigali has been rolling out smart busses that offer Wi-Fi and a cashless payment system. CNN’s Eleni Giokos went there to test them out. Not only do you get Wi-Fi, it is apparently 4G. You also use Tap and Go cards to pay the bus fare thereby…

Ekovolt and 11 other entrepreneurial businesses have been awarded Affordable Access Initiative grants to help scale their solutions and business models to increase affordable Internet access in communities around the world. Each company will receive seed grants and resources including BizSpark tools such as free software, services and technology support to help…

Chinese Mobile phone manufacturer is expected to launch its first drone tomorrow, the 25th of May 2016. According to Bloomberg, the drone, made by FIMI Technology, will record high-resolution 4K video and cost about 4,000 yuan ($610). That compares with $799 for the Phantom 3 4K device on DJI’s website.…

Recently Lagos Business School discussed with Konga.com CEO Shola Adekoya about the role digital marketing plays in his organisation. He was a guest on Lagos Business Insights series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbS65vcykg

Jobberman’s Opeyemi Awoyemi and Olufunbi Falayi have set up a Student innovation Fund to to support innovation and the innovators in schools. The fund, known as, FastForward Student Innovation Fund will be be investing between N250,000 and N2,000,000 for up to 25% in innovations started by current students and recently graduated students (up…

The Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (DRASA) Health Trust in partnership with Unilever Nigeria PLC recently distributed more than 58,000 bars of soap, 2,800 tubes of lotion, and 3,000 roll on deodorants to students in Lagos as part of their #ItStartsWithMe campaign. The campaign seeks to promote clean hands and encourage…

Google has come up with a concept of a modular phone, named Ara, where a smartphone is seen as a compilation of modular blocks. This means that the camera, speaker, battery are parts that can be bought and changed if the need arises. So instead of buying a new device…

A new trailer for Star Trek Beyond hit the Internet yesterday. It shows Idris Elba or not. I wonder why a prominent actor like Idris is layered under a disguise that hides him. They could have used any other actor if they didn’t want to show his face. Idris is disguised…

It is old news that the current world Scrabble champion is a Nigerian, Wellington Jighere. He defeated Britain’s Lewis Mackay, last November, in the final of Scrabble’s 32-round World Championship in Australia. What is new is the revelation that it was due to a strategy that was once thought to be…

, parent company of the Ecobank Group, and Old Mutual Emerging Markets (OMEM), a part of the Old Mutual Group, today announced an enhanced strategic agreement that will strengthen existing ties between the leading pan-African bank and the insurance and asset management giant. Old Mutual Emerging Markets currently has a…

Is this another Olajumoke Orisaguna story – the bread seller turned model? Abdulahi Olatoyan was on his daily job of cleaning windows when a photographer Daniel Sync decided to take photos of him. At first, Abdulahi was angry at his photos being taken but he calmed down when he realised that…

The Harmony of the Seas is the largest cruise ship in the world. It cost $1 billion (£700 million) and is larger than the Eiffel Tower. It is 1,187 feet long (362 meters) and is operated by Royal Caribbean Cruises. Its 16 decks contain over 2,500 staterooms, 20 dining venues,…

Egyptian national airline, EgyptAir, has turned its social media accounts black to mourn the victims of the MS804 plane crash. Its Instagram, Twitter, Facebook accounts now carry a black and white logo instead of the normal blue and white. Egyptian Officials, stated that flight MS 804, which was carrying 66…

It would seem the prestige of the English Premiership is strong enough to pull foreign investors to come into England. And the success of Leicester City in winning the Premiership is like adding fuel to the fire. Chinese businessman, Dr Tony Xia, has bought relegated Aston Villa for £60 million.…

Bayer, a German multinational chemical and pharmaceutical company, has signalled its intention to takeover Monsanto, an American multinational agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation. If the deal goes through, it could be valued at more than $42 billion, which is Monsanto’s current market capitalization. According to Wall Street Journal, Monsato has confirmed the…

Econet Zimbabwe has partnered with MTN Zambia to enable cross border remittances. This means that an MTN Zambia subscriber can transfer money from his MTN Mobile Money wallet to an Econet Subscriber’s EcoCash wallet. This partnership was officially launched this week amidst fanfare at the Meikles hotel in Harare, Zimbabwe. EcoCash general…

Earlier this week, the Nigerian Senate withdrew the Frivolous Petitions (Prohibition, etc) Bill 2015, otherwise known as the Anti-social Media bill. It also suspended further consideration of it. This decision was based on the report of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters which recommended its withdrawal The committee stated…