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The Guardian, Nigeria’s most trusted newspaper, launches its online TV platform, Guardian TV, today. Guardian TV will provide exclusive video interviews, as well as up-to-the-minute videos from across the world, and will be available on virtually any device that has an internet connection, including personal computers, tablets, smartphones, and Smart…

Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, deployed, jointly with its local partner Tracom, a Revenue Collection solution in the County of Nyeri in Kenya. This initiative was sponsored by Equity Bank and reinforces the emerging cashless-based culture by collecting County fees such as parking, land rates, business permits,…

Nissan, in its new ad campaign of its Nissan Leaf, has thrown some shade at the Tesla Model 3. Recently Tesla unveiled the model 3 and enthusiasts put down $1,000 deposit for a car that will not be out in another 18 months. In an Automotive News report, Nissan pokes…

Excepts from an interview with CEO of African Basketball League (ABL), Ugo Udezue How has the ABL been going so far? The ABL has been going very well, we have exceeded all our expectations and projections, our fan base is growing, our All Star weekend attracted hundreds of fans from outside…

Google is setting up a startup incubator, named Area 120, to stop employees from leaving to form their own companies, according to Business Insider. This incubator will be headed by Google executives Don Harrison and Bradley Horowitz Here’s how Area 120 will work: First, teams within Google will submit a business plan…

Coventry University today launched a £500,000 scholarship offer for international students and announced the establishment of the Africa Institute for Transformational Entrepreneurship (AITE), which aims to boost socio-economic development across the African continent. The announcements come as the university’s vice-chancellor and CEO, Professor John Latham, visits Abuja to meet with…

The Tecno Droipad 8II tablet was launched in Nigeria on Saturday, 23rd of April 2016 and we are giving away one unit of this beautiful tablet as our next Innovation Village Giveaway. We gave our first impressions in a blog post and one lucky person will have the priviledge of…

Leading online classifieds site, OLX.com.ng  is excited to announce the launch of its premium product Do It For Me (D.I.F.M) on Diamond Bank’s Tech Turks with Uzoma Dozie, the Bank’s Chief Executive Officer. D.I.F.M helps users manage the posting and selling of items on the site. Users who have no…

The concept of Crowdfunding in Nigeria is not strange and is it somewhat integral to us. From time to time, you will see young children growing up with either a card or paper given to them in school or church to fund raise for a cause. This concept also extends…

Following a rigorous selection process, involving more than 700 applicants from 26 countries across Africa, the top three finalists in the MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge powered by Jumia have been revealed. The challenge, which aims to boost entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as build a stronger and more sustainable business environment…

Merck, a leading science and technology company, announced the participants for its Accelerator Programs in Darmstadt and Nairobi today. Almost 200 highly competitive applications from 47 countries were submitted for consideration. With this selection Merck sets the agenda with topics from Malaria diagnosis to identification of plant diseases using artificial…

Startup Grind will be featuring  Bola Akindele, Founder of Courteville Business Solutions in its April Fireside Chat. BOLA AKINDELE is the Founder and Group Managing Director of Courteville Business Solutions, a business process outsourcing and information technology solutions company. He has over three decades of professional experience spanning audit, banking, business development,…

To commemorate the upcoming Earth Day, Uber Nigeria is teaming up with WeCyclers to collect recyclable waste on Thursday April 21st to keep Lagos cleaner! Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first…

The d6 School Communicator is an online platform that South African schools use to push messages out to parents over email, text message or social media – even desktop notifications. In recognition of the importance of this activity, MTN has come out to ease the schools cost of sending these messages;…

Pastor Poju Oyemade, Senior Pastor of Covenant Christian Centre has revealed the names of the speakers at the upcoming edition of The Platform Abuja. The speakers are as follows: Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria – Keynote Address Oby Ezekwesili, former Vice President at the World Bank…

The UK-based global tech online businesses, Potential Group, has acquired Starta, the Pan-African startup support platform currently working out of Nigeria. Although full details of the acquisition cannot be revealed at the moment, Starta says becoming part of the Potential Group will provide help to allow Starta turbocharge its effort across…

Jungle Book is in the cinemas today. “The Jungle Book” is an all-new live-action epic adventure about Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi), a man-cub who’s been raised by a family of wolves. But Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan (voice of Idris Elba),…

Google is updating Google Maps with new traffic alerts in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. Google hopes that this new feature will help avoid traffic jams. This is the way it works. When you input your destination on your Google Maps, you’ll get a spoken alert for upcoming traffic conditions that…

God is Good Motors (GIGM), a national leader in the road transport industry, in its continuous bid to ensure hassle-free travelling experiences for our esteemed client has launched a new GIGM Mobile App and a new website. The launch took place today, Friday, April 15th, 2016 between 12 noon and 2pm at the…

Google wants to help people to achieve goals. That is why the company has developed Goals in Google Calendar. It attests to the fact that achieving goals can be really hard; whether it’s reading more books, learning a new language or working out regularly. Hence the company is introducing Goals in…