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Fast Company has just come out with its top 50 most innovative companies of 2016. It ranks Buzzfeed as numero uno (No. 1) for shaking up media across the globe. BuzzFeed is a New York-based Internet media company founded in 2006 by the entrepreneur Jonah Peretti. Known for its highly shareable…

February 15th was a cheerful day for the children at the Pediatric Oncology Ward of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). In honor of International Childhood Cancer Day, Kaymu spent a fun and gift-filled morning playing with children battling cancer. LUTH has a dedicated ward for children with cancer whereby…

Undoubtedly being touted and reported as the world cheapest smartphone was certainly going to raise some eyebrows and it surely did. The Freedom 251, launched yesterday, met with some hitches that has affected the sales of the product. By the way, as at the time of this report, the website…

Oradian has been nominated for the European Fintech Awards 2016 which means that Oradian is recognized among the most promising fintech companies in Europe. Oradian began operations in its core market, Nigeria, and has since rapidly expanded into other countries across West Africa. Given the global demand and scalability of…

Tigo Tanzania announced today that customers of its Tigo Pesa mobile money service will now be able to move funds between any of the country’s mobile money operators, as Vodacom’s M-Pesa joins an interoperable network already set up by Tigo, Zantel and Airtel. Tigo becomes the only operator in Tanzania to…

Ugandans woke up to go to the polls today and found out that the social media sites have been blocked. According to the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), this was done for ‘national security‘. Godfrey Mutabazi, the executive director of Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), confirmed that it was done at the request of the…

Google has added South Africa to the list of 103 countries where you can purchase or rent movies from Google Play Store. Users can download movies to watch offline at a later stage or stream them from within the Google Play Movies and TV app. Interestingly, this means Google will…

Twiiter, recognising that users love to jazz up their tweets, has introduced a GIF search for users to find and use the appropriate GIF for the tweet. Twitter says “Last year, people on Twitter shared over 100 million GIFs — expressing everything from their mood, to an amazing dunk, to…

Facebook hosted a Women’s Safety roundtable in Kenya on February 10 with participants from NGOs, academia, women’s rights groups, and safety organisations from Kenya and across Sub-Saharan Africa to highlight how the community can work together to create a harassment-free online environment where everyone can feel safe to share and…

The African Development Bank has launched the first Africa Visa Openness Index, which shows how Africa remains largely closed off to African travellers. On average Africans need visas to travel to 55% of other African countries, can get visas on arrival in only 25% of other countries and don’t need…

Call it precognition or psychic powers, some giant technology companies can possibly predict the future of either a startup or established companies. Why else will they invest billion of dollars to acquire them? These grand deals are hatched despite the global economic crises and the seemingly declining price of petrol.…

The buzz of the Valentine’s Day might be over but unwanted gifts received by ex or current partners can be exchanged for cash using Nigeria’s number one online classified, platform, OLX.com.ng. While Valentine’s is a season of showing love and sharing gifts, often times people get gifts that they already…

A relatively small indian-based company, Ringing Bells, is launching the cheapest smartphone in the world today. It is the Freedom 251 and it is priced at just Rs 251 (under $4). The 4″ display smartphone sports a 1.3 GHz Quadcore processor with a 3.2MP AF Rear Camera & .3MP Front camera with…

As we await the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, a lot of leaks have surfaced on the Internet. This has prompted Samsung to unveil an official web page for the phone. It has also gone ahead to release a video possibly showing the features of…

It is the final week before Samsung unveils the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge on February 21 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. In line with the countdown, Samsung has started a campaign called “Seven days of unboxing”.  On the first day (15th of February), a child named Tyson…

Paradigm Initiative Nigeria will be hosting the world to the 2016 edition of the Internet Freedom Forum in Abuja. The 2016 Internet Freedom Forum is aimed at focusing on indices around Internet Freedom in African countries and the need for African countries to codify citizens right online. The Digital Rights…

Inifinix Mobility had a hit with the Infinix HOT2 and it seems that it is preparing to launch another one. The company tweeted on its Twitter page “COMING SOON” with a half picture of a phone with the hashtag #PLAYHOT. There is yet no clue about its name or specs but…

Bharti Airtel has announced the elevation of Christian De Faria to the position of Executive Chairman of Airtel Africa. He was previously the Chief Executive Officer. The indian based telecoms Operator also announced the appointment of Raghunath Mandava as the new Chief Operating Officer. He is currently the Director, Customer…

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.  today unveiled its product line-up for 2016 at its annual Samsung Africa Forum event (www.sforum2016.com/afr). The company underlined the importance of innovation that makes a meaningful difference in people’s everyday lives, showcasing its new bezel-less curved SUHD TVs with Quantum dot display, the industry-first Front Load Washer…

On the 29th of February 2016, Nigeria’s largest online mall Konga.com will be having a first of its kind sale titled the “Leap Year Deals.” The Leap Year Deals is a special sale that happens once in 4 years just as the name implies. This will be the first edition…