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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…

Is social entrepreneurship the new face of development? A recent impact report released by Reach for Change suggests it might be. Social entrepreneurs across Africa are contributing to advances in education, healthcare, financial inclusion, environmental protection and other social issues. This was highlighted in the Reach for Change Africa 2015 Social…

Blackberry CEO, John Chen has announced on his Twitter account (@JohnChen) that he will be picking a “Blackberry Fan of The Month” on the first day of every month. He will also be giving a Blackberry phone to the lucky person All you have to do is to win is tweet…

Vodafone M-Pesa now has more than 25 million active customers, marking another year of accelerated growth for the innovative mobile money transfer service, it was announced today. Across markets in Africa, Asia and Europe, active customers of M-Pesa increased by 27.1% to 25.3 million in the year ended 31 March…

Kenya is currently burning 12 huge ivory towers in a move to discourage the poaching of elephants and rhinos for Ivory. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta set fire to the elephant tusks and rhino horns on a rainy Saturday amidst several African nations and hundreds of onlookers. It is the largest burn of…

According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, Nigeria’s entertainment and media market is predicted to surpass $8 billion by 2019. This is the statement made by CNN in a recent CNN Marketplace Africa edition – “Nigeria’s booming music industry” The edition looks at Nigeria’s booming music industry  with interviews with Mike Ugwu, the GM Sony…

Professor Yemi Oshinbajo shared the Federal Government’s plan for Technology and Innovation in Nigeria today. He did this in his keynote speech at “The Platform Abuja” powered by Pastor Poju Oyemade and the Covenant Christian Centre. Here is the plan “The Federal Government’s plan for Technology and Innovation: We are…

The Platform Abuja is currently going on in Abuja, Nigeria. It is also streaming live on YouTube and also on Channels TV 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 – A…

Leading online classifieds site, OLX.com.ng, won the award for Classified Advert Website of the year at the 7th edition of Beacon of Information & Communications Technology Awards (BoICT) which was held on Saturday, April 23, 2016 in Lagos. While receiving the award on behalf of the company, Lola Masha, Country…

A new video trailer about Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date, SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU has been released. The film recounts the eventful summer day in 1989 when a young law firm associate named Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers) tried to woo lawyer Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter) during a daylong date that took them from…

It seems Uber is tired of your lateness! So it is currently trialling two new features  – Paying drivers for waiting and Shorter cancellation periods. According the taxi-hailing company, “Uber works better when drivers are driving more and waiting less”. So these two new features would make the Uber experience more productive (and…

Solar specialist Nova-Lumos has received a £150,000 (US$219,000) grant from the SolarNigera Programme (SNP), an initiative of the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID) implemented by Adam Smith International, to help accelerate its operations in northern Nigeria. Nova-Lumos partners with MTN to provide residential solar systems under a pay-as-you-go (PAYG)…