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South African based online travel agency, Travelstart, has raised $40 million to extend its leadership in the Travel industry. It has also secured a strategic partnership with Telecoms giant, MTN. The funding came from Amadeus Capital Partners, the global technology investor and it will be used for Travelstart’s expansion and to…

Lamudi, Rocket Internet online property portal has raised $31.4 million to strengthen its operations in Asia and Latin America. This new investment is from three entities – Asia Pacific Internet Group — a joint venture from Rocket Internet itself and Qatari operator Ooredoo — Holtzbrinck Ventures and Tengelmann Ventures, a division of retail group Tengelmann. It…

Eko for show. This coming weekend will be one of fun, excitement and a benign exhibition of the tourism potentials of a state which is on its way to becoming a mega city. It’s not a surprise because Lagos has always been the pacesetter when it comes to novel events,…

No matter what Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer, is saying, the chairman Maynard Webb is hinting that the company is up for sale. Hear him; “The Board also believes that exploring additional strategic alternatives, in parallel to the execution of the management plan, is in the best interest of our shareholders. Separating…

According to a report by Financial Times, MTN Group has hired a former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder  to help challenge a $3.9 billion fine imposed by Nigeria for failing to disconnect unregistered users. Citing people aware of the case, the newspaper said Eric Holder pleaded with Nigerian officials last…

If you do not want to use your original image on any of your social media profiles, or you simply want to add some fun to picture sharing, you can achieve this by ‘cartoonifying’ yourself. Cartoonifying your images is funny and interesting as it gives you a different look on…

donate-ng is a Nigerian crowdfunding website dedicated to charity fund raising and campaigns for social cause. The #savekehindeadebiyi campaign started mid-November and ended mid-January; completing a 60day campaign period raising a total amount of one million, twenty four thousand four hundred and seventy naira (N1,024,407.00). The success of this campaign…

Nigeria Property Centre has recently rebranded and unveiled its new brand identity, logo and a redesigned website. Since 2011, the company has been helping property seekers in Nigeria find the right property in a user friendly and convenient way. The rebranding reflects both the evolution of Nigeria Property Centre and its…

Following from the spectacular Q4 earnings, the shares of Alphabet the parent body of Google, spiked upwards about 8% making it a market cap of $558billion and passing Apple which sits at a market cap of $535 billion. According to CNBC, the last time Google was more valuable than Apple…

Gmail, Google’s email service is the seventh service to be used by a billion people. This revelation was made recently when CEO Sundar Pichai announced Q4 2015 earnings. (It initially hit 900 million sometime before last May.) So it joins the league of Search, Chrome, Android, Google Play, Maps, and YouTube. By the way,…

Foremost financial institution, GTBank has restated its commitment to continue investing in both the academic and social well being on Nigerian university undergraduates, as it unveils the latest Mini Cooper winner. Hassan Jamiu Olawale who emerged winner of the 3rd Season of the GTCrea8 Mini Cooper giveaway special. At the…

WhatsApp just announced that it now has 1 billion people using the App. When Mark Zuckerberg paid $19 billion for WhatsApp in February 2014, some people thought he was crazy. But his justification was simple: the messaging service was expected to reach 1 billion users and become essential for a sizable…

The Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event is usually the forum for Samsung to introduce some of its latest Galaxy gadgets. The company has just announced that the event will take place on the 21st of February, 2016. It is expected that Samsung will unveil the Samsung Galaxy 7 and possibly, Galaxy…

As valentine’s day approaches, many people are scavenging for various ways to cycle away from the regular norm of shopping and night out on the day of Love. Although technology has scissored several relationships, it has equally helped to boost many bonds if fully explored. An interesting way to make…

On Tuesday, 26th January 2016, the Nigerian High Commission UK, formally endorsed the 2016 Nigeria Energy forum (NEF 2016) during an official visit by the NEF 2016 team to the High Commission in the UK, hosted by the Acting High Commissioner, His Excellency, Mr Adah Simon Ogah. The Acting High…

It seems Jovago wants to sue the former CEO of its Nigerian entity, Marek Zmyslowski. Marek stepped down as the CEO of the online hotels booking platform in October 2015 and was replaced by Kushal Dutta. Though there was a ceremonial handover done, it seems that all is not well with the relationship…

Interswitch, Nigeria’s digital payments company is likely to go public on the London Stock Exchange and the Nigerian Stock Exchange this year. This was confirmed in a telephone conversation between CEO and founder Mitchell Elegbe and Techcrunch. According to him, “a dual-listing on the London and Lagos stock exchange is an…

It is number 2,016,933 and it literally is the last Land Rover Defender to roll off the production line at Solihull, England. The first Land Rover’s first production model (first Series I Land Rover) came off the production line 68 years ago i.e in 1948. Land Rover gathered 700 current and former…

re:learn is an open living lab focused on learning and the smart application of technology in schools. With 5 years operating in the Education Technology space, re:learn will serve as the new umbrella for all education initiatives at CcHUB. The re:learn centre to open up in Abuja later this year will…

The Coca-Cola Company and Tropical General Investments Group (TGI Group) – the holding company of Chi Ltd, Nigeria’s leading dairy and juice company – today announced a binding agreement for The Coca-Cola Company to acquire an initial minority equity shareholding in Chi Ltd. The agreement creates a strategic relationship between…