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Stanford Seed, the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies, has launched its Seed Transformation Progam in East Africa. This builds on the success of the same program in West Africa In May, the first group of promising business leaders selected by Stanford Seed will gather in Nairobi to begin a 12-month…

Vodacom has announced that it will discontinue its M-Pesa mobile payment offering in South Africa at the end of June 2016. This statement was made by CEO Shameel Joosub yesterday. He said that “Vodacom’s decision is based on the fact that the business sustainability of M-Pesa is predicated on achieving a critical mass…

The infamous Panama Papers database is scheduled to go on-line today at 6.00p.m. GMT in a searchable form at The Panama Papers · ICIJ. The massive database is expected to detail ties between some 368,000 people and some 300,000 offshore entities Today’s data dump is just part of the picture, detailing the relationships between individuals,…

Nigeria’s biggest telecommunication company MTN Nigeria lost 6.5 million data subscribers according to the 2016 first quarter telecoms industry report recently published by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The report revealed that MTNN kicked off the year with 39,924,737 internet subscribers and ended the quarter between January and April with…

You may think that it is cute as a parent to post your child’s photo running around in a nappy on Facebook or Twitter. However the child may think otherwise when he grows up. French authorities are saying you should think before you post it as you may face fines…

The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) today announced the top 10 nominees for its landmark programme, the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA). Now celebrating its 5th year under the theme “Made in Africa”, IPA is the premier innovation initiative in the African continent, offering a grand share prize of US$150 000 and…

Innovation Village had a chat with Olayinka Oluwakuse, CEO of Buyoverchat Technologies Limited and Founder, Balogunmarket.ng. Innovation Village (IV): Tell us about yourself and your startup Olayinka Oluwakuse (OO): My name is Olayinka Oluwakuse, a Lagos based Techpreneur .  I run BUYOVERCHAT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, a company interested in revolutionising how e-commerce is played out…

Vodafone Ghana Music Awards is taking place right now in Accra. It is being hosted by Chris Attoh, Naa Ashorkor Mensah and DJ Black Africa Watch it now… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqUKGDLFcvA&feature=youtu.be

Imagine working from the famous UK Telephone boxes. Well a New York based company that operates a growing chain of co-working spaces is about to transform these iconic red public boxes in mini-workstations called “Pod Works” Bar Works Inc is about to launch “Pod Works” in London, Leeds and Edinburgh using old…

Have you seen this new trailer “African Booty Scratcher” uploaded on YouTube by Damilare Sonoiki? It is about a Nigerian immigrant family in America struggling to balance giving their son a better life with ensuring he maintains their traditional values. The comedy series was written, created and directed by Nigerian-American Damilare…

One Acre Fund , a nonprofit agriculture organization that supplies smallholder farmers with the financing and training they need to increase their incomes and food security, today announced the official opening of its Malawi and Uganda operations. Malawi and Uganda began as pilots in 2013 and 2014 respectively. One Acre…

The Lagos State Government has partnered with Nigeria’s largest online mall Konga.com to host the first ever Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) fair in Lagos for indigenous and local manufacturers and producers. This six day fair aimed at promoting “made in Nigeria” products by MSMEs commenced on the 2nd…

Adding another first to its growing list of innovations, Terragon Group, Africa’s largest digital media company, recently announced its launch of an Augmented Reality (AR) solution in Africa. This new feat which ties into the Group’s vision – Innovation to make mobile meaningful, further strengthens the capabilities of the mobile…

Facebook is excited to invite you to participate in a Fire side chat with Ime Archibong, Director of Product Partnerships. This 3 hour event will also feature tech-talks and networking opportunities that will show how developers and tech innovators can take advantage of the Free Basics platform to grow their…

Rocket Internet said on Monday two supervisory board members from long-standing investor Kinnevik would step down at its annual shareholder meeting on June 9. The move follows differences between the two companies over the valuation of joint investments, with Kinnevik putting a lower price on most of them and Rocket…

Just three weeks left for entrepreneurs to enter the ACF competition which will see developers across the continent compete for funding and expertise Calling all entrepreneurs and developers of renewable energy projects in Africa Access Power, a developer, owner and operator of power projects in emerging markets, today kicked off…

Facebook has paid $10,000 to a 10 year old Finnish boy for finding a flaw in Instagram. According to Finnish news site Iltalehti, Jani (surname withheld) figured out a way to get into Instagram’s servers and delete text posted by Instagram users. This means Jani could delete what other people wrote on…

Founded in 2011, BudgIT is a civic organization that applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional improvement, to facilitate societal change. A pioneer in the field of social advocacy melded with technology, BudgIT uses an array of tech tools to simplify the budget and matters of public spending for…

If a business opportunity looks too good to be true, it could be much worse than that! A friend of mine in South Africa who is into “BEE deals” (as they call them over there, stands for Black Economic Empowerment), called me one morning, very excited: “I have these American…

Leicester City is currently trending on Twitter as they win the 2015/16 English Premier League courtesy of a 2-2 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham. They currently have 77 points with 2 more matches to go. Tottenham, the next club on the League table, is on 70 points. This means even…