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The trailer for X-men: Apocalypse has been released on the Internet and it is a sure bet that this film is worth seeing. However you will have to wait for May 27, 2016. Following the critically acclaimed global smash hit X-Men: Days of Future Past, director Bryan Singer returns with…

General Electric (GE) has held a supplier fair targeted at increasing the number of Ghanaian suppliers that support its Oil and Gas business in the country. The two day event which held in Accra afforded the technology and infrastructure leaders to interact with stakeholders in Ghana’s Oil and Gas sector…

Founders Café, an accelerator that supports technology startups to become great companies, hosted season one of its accelerator program in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The program was aimed at accelerating, nurturing and investing in early stage tech start-ups that have the potential to become scalable and competitive ventures in the tech…

Foremost online booking company, Travelbeta has just launched a new feature on its website that will allow customers be able to book for Tours and Activities around the world including 500 Top destinations. You can now search for any tour or activity and book online – which is a first in…

Malian Korotoumou Sidibe has been announced as the winner of the 2015 Nescafé Get Started Challenge. She will get USD 30,000 worth of financial and mentoring support from Nescafé to help fulfil her dream of reducing the amount of food waste in Mali and Africa through her unique preservation methods. Korotoumou beat three other…

Xiaomi, the world’s fastest smartphone maker has established a strong presence in the Nigerian market, with the roll out of the Redmi 2 and Mi 4 into the market. MIA Group confirmed the launching of the two Xiaomi iconic smartphones in Nigeria, following the initial launch on the Jumia platform.…

Facebook is launching the Internet.org  Innovation Challenge in Africa, with the aim of recognising developers and entrepreneurs who are using the internet to improve the standard of education and economic health in their communities. Developers across Africa are invited to enter the challenge. Facebook will present an Innovation Challenge Award of US…

Strive Masiyiwa, the Founder and Group CEO of Econet Global has announced the launched of a unique Pay TV service known as Kwesé TV.  He made the public announcement of this DStv rival on his Facebook page recently. “Kwesé” means “everywhere” and “anywhere” Mr Masiyiwa says that this new business will be…

Oradian, the global technology provider developing solutions that enable financial inclusion reported today that in the last quarter of 2015 it signed deals with several new significant microfinance institutions in Nigeria: Centre for New Life Development,  Pearl Funds and Asset Management MPCS and Capital Bridge. Growing number of microfinance institutions…

TIME magazine has announced the German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the TIME person of the year. She is the fourth woman to individually win that honour since its inception in 1927. Angela beat the likes of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Caitlyn Jenner,  Head of the Islamic State militant group Abu…

Since the creation of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, nobody has been able to identify its creator. The legend states that it was created by someone called Satoshi Nakamoto. Now Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym and nobody knows the real person. Satoshi Nakamoto first released bitcoin’s code on January 9th, 2009 and its ingenious…

Huawei Technologies has aggressively embarked on striking retail partnerships as it seeks to expand its smartphone foothold in the country. The latest move has seen the company partner with Telkom Kenya, in a move that is aimed at reaching out to more customers in the local market. Currently, Huawei commands…

Novartis (NVS) announced today that it has reached a delivery milestone of 300 million paediatric antimalarial treatments supplied without profit since 2009, helping to reduce the disease burden for children in more than 30 malaria-endemic countries. Coartem® Dispersible is the first artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT) developed by Novartis in collaboration with Medicines…

Metro Africa Xpress (or MAX for short) was announced as the Runner-Up in the just concluded TechCrunch Disrupt London 2015. Founded by Adetayo Bamiduro and Chinedu Azodoh, Max is a last-mile delivery service for urban Africa, giving merchants a way to have their goods delivered to customers within three hours…

As EbonyLife TV, Africa’s first Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle network moves into its third year as the channel of choice in the entertainment category, the outfit is now expanding its operations to more Nigerian cities, including Abuja, Lagos and Calabar. The channel’s purpose for this multi-location operations is to…

How would you like to try a new hairstyle before actually doing it? Huh? Well a leading hair extension brand based in Sub-saharan Africa, Darling, has unveiled an app that helps women be their own stylists. The app is called the Darling Hair Booth App. You can virtually try out different…

BitX today announced an undisclosed amount of additional funding from Venturra Capital, a leading Southeast Asian venture fund. Venturra will join BitX’s existing investor group that includes The Naspers Group and Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group. BitX (https://bitx.co) is a global cryptocurrency platform, providing highly secure mobile wallets, institutional quality…

Jason Njoku’s iROKO has sealed a deal with Vivendi-owned Canal Plus Group to launch a mobile SVOD service in Francophone Africa. Though the amount involved is undisclosed, this multi-million euro deal sees C+O and iROKO co-brand an app and spend the next few years curating some of the best content…

In August 2015, Finnish Giant Nokia announced that its HERE mapping business will be sold to the German car consortium comprising of Audi, BMW and Daimler for 2.8 billion Euro ($3 billion). The three premium manufacturers have successfully concluded the acquisition of Nokia’s mapping and location business HERE after receiving approvals from all…

Terragon Group, Africa’s leading mobile-focused digital business, recently held an interactive Breakfast Forum in partnership with the Lagos Business School tagged #TheDigiSeries. The event, targeted at Senior Brand, Sales and Marketing Directors from various industry sectors, delivered on its promise of providing the right selling strategies for business growth to…