Three new categories have been added to the African Blogger Awards. This is the third edition of the competition which opened for entries in mid-February The new categories – opened in association with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – aim to raise awareness of social issues that affect the continent. The…
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To commemorate the International Women’s Day, Konga hosted admirable women nominated by customers to a Roundtable Lunch where they were addressed, inspired and motivated to dream big, achieve greatness and impact lives by the award-winning CEO and Editor-in-Chief of leading monthly lifestyle magazine, Genevieve Magazine; Mrs. Betty Irabor. The women were celebrated…
A new trailer of X-Men: Apocalypse has hit the internet. Following the critically acclaimed global smash hit X-Men: Days of Future Past, director Bryan Singer returns with X-MEN: APOCALYPSE. Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfBVIHgQbYk Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s…
Leading digital lifestyle company, Tigo, announced today that it will launch an easy to access nano lending product to its stable of mobile financial services. This new product will not require collateral and offers immediate access to small loans to Tigo Pesa users. Tigo Head of Mobile Financial Services, Ruan…
Two iconic brands, Samsung and watchmaker de Grisogono, have come together to co-create the Samsung Gear S2 by de GRISOGONO – a limited-edition jewelry watch designed and sculpted in gold and precious jewels, boasting Samsung’s innovative Gear S2 technology. The partnership between de GRISOGONO and Samsung goes far beyond mere…
African Leadership University (ALU), a newly established tertiary institution offering programmes aimed at developing Africa’s future leaders, yesterday held a grand opening ceremony at its Mauritius campus, African Leadership College. The event, attended by Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister, Xavier-Luc Duval formally marks the start of ALU’s drive to build 25 campuses…
Mark Zuckerberg just announced on his Facebook page that there will be 30 virtual reality games available on Oculus when it ships later on the 28th of March. According to Mark, “This is the best content lineup I’ve ever seen for the launch of a new gaming platform.” These games take…
Uber announces the introduction of a new feature, Family Profiles, that allows up to 10 riders safely and easily share one payment method. Uber allows you define your family so it can be made up of close friends, family members or office colleagues. This will really be useful for a parent…
Nike has introduced the Nike HyperAdapt 1.0, the first performance vehicle for Nike’s latest platform breakthrough, adaptive lacing. The shoe translates deep research in digital, electrical and mechanical engineering into a product designed for movement. It challenges traditional understanding of fit, proposing an ultimate solution to individual idiosyncrasies in lacing and tension…
Kim Kardashian West boasts of 63.9 million people following her on her Instagram page but her husband Kanye West has not joined the online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking service. No one seems to know why even though most people would agree TIME wasn’t wrong when they named him as…
Once again, Denmark is the world’s happiest country. In fact the top five countries are European countries – Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Finland. The first non-European country, Canada comes in at the sixth place. Burundi comes in as the last country on the list. Algeria comes in at no.…
Instagram does not want you to miss the moments you care about. So it wants to order your feed to show the moments they believe you will care about the most. According to an Instagram blog, “You may be surprised to learn that people miss on average 70 percent of their feeds.…
TIME magazine has unveiled its second annual roundup of the most influential people on the Internet. The company came up with this unranked list by looking at their global impact on social media and their overall ability to drive news. The list includes famous people like Kanye West, his wife Kim Kardashian,…
HTC continues to tease with new images of the new phone M10. We expected the company to unveil the phone at the just concluded MWC 2016 but it did not . The new image shows the handset’s cameras and a message, “World First, World Class, Front and Back. You’ll see.” The…
In a bid to minister to the younger Catholics, the Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will be joining Instagram this week. Specifically, it would be on Saturday, 19th of March as he celebrates the third anniversary of inauguration. He will use the handle @Franciscus Pope Francis is already on…
Applications for 2016 MasterCard Start Path Global are now open. Start Path Global is MasterCard’s worldwide programme for innovative early stage companies from across the globe. Since 2014 MasterCard have been working with an ever growing portfolio of early stage startups with unique solutions across fintech and commerce. Start Path Global is based…
Angel Adelaja’s Fresh Direct has been announced as the Nigerian startup that will be join 26 other startups to share in “The Venture” $1 million fund. The Venture’s global search to discover and reward the world’s most promising social entrepreneurs was whittled down to 27 exceptional startups on Monday 14th March.…
Huawei is giving away 25 smartphones, tablets and accessories this easter in South Africa. It is going to be a national treasure hunt across South Africa. Huawei will hide 25 of what the firm will only describe as “their most loved devices” at secret locations. The Huawei Easter hunt will take…
Simeon Ononobi, founder of MyAds, shares ways startups can solve real life challenges. He was recently interviewed on ChannelsTV. Watch and learn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LumhJE2shnE&feature=youtu.be
Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in providing mobility solutions, announced that it has partnered with Mondial Multimedia, a leading partner of mobile media platforms in Africa. This tie-up with Mondial Multimedia will further strengthen Mahindra Comviva’s digital music content portfolio in the continent. With this partnership, Mondial Multimedia will provide the…