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Apple has announced that it will be shutting down Beats Music on the 30th of November. It did this after launching the android version of Apple Music streaming service. It has advised current Beats subscribers to move over to Apple Music. According to Beats’ support page: Beats Music ends on…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has imposed a fine of N1bn ($5 million) on Guinness Nigeria for what it calls “administrative charges for various clandestine violations of NAFDAC rules, regulations and enactments over a long period of time.” According to Mr Kingsley Ejiofor, the head Investigation…

MIA Group today announced that it is launching two of Xiaomi’s iconic smartphones in Nigeria, which will be made available on e-commerce website Jumia, its exclusive online partner for the launch. The introduction into Africa was reported in an earlier blog post. Valued at $45 billion, Xiaomi has now positioned…

Leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria, has launched a mobile education platform, which is aimed at enhancing the learning experience of children in the age bracket of five to sixteen across Nigeria. The learning tool which is branded Airtel SmartTrybe Junior, integrates three of the major aspects of education: audio…

AdewfThe number one citizen of the United States of America, President Barack Obama, has opened his Facebook page and he already has 720,977 followers as at the time of writing this post. This is President Obama’s first post and video. Hello, Facebook! I finally got my very own page. I hope you’ll…

Organisers of the highly anticipated concert of the year, the African Music Concert 2015, have released the final list of music artists. It confirmed that the “Dreamer” Cassper Noyoyest will be joining the line-up of upcoming African unity concert alongside over 20 other multi-talented artistes from across the continent. In celebrating…

The Orange Group announced yesterday that it has signed a binding agreement with Helios Investment Partners for the sale of its entire 70% stake in Telkom Kenya. The finalization of the transaction remains subject to approval from the relevant authorities. This signature reflects Orange’s constant focus on optimizing its portfolio…

Skye bank has been fined N4billion for concealing funds belonging to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). According to ThisDay newspapers, the fine of N4,005,228,976.35 is contained in a circular from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the Chairman, Board of Directors of Skye Bank. The fine represents 10 percent of the concealed …

The Nigerian Film Industry has been rated the third most valuable in the world, next to the United States and India; but some critics believe Nollywood is “the world’s most productive English-language film industry” – Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine 2013 In 2014, entertainment sector generated over N1 trillion for the…

How do you solve for an environmental issue like plastic bottles or pure water sachets? The fact is that people need water on the go but it comes with its attendant problems of how to dispose of the water containers – plastic bottles or pure water sachets. The U.S. alone…

Vodafone and Globacom Limited recently jointly announced a new, non-equity partnership agreement aimed at booting subscriber experience in Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. Under the Partner Market agreement, Vodafone and Globacom will work together to enhance the experience for consumer and business customers, utilising a wide range of their world-beating…

This infographic displays data from The Economist Intelligence Unit’s ‘Healthcare Outcomes Index 2014’, which took into account a number of diverse and complex factors to produce a ranking of the world’s best-performing countries in healthcare (outcome). In order to produce a rounded set of outcome rankings, the EIU used basic…

No matter what some people might say, people still use Facebook. At least, this is what the stats say. In a recent announcement of its third quarter 2015 operational highlights, Facebook claims daily active users were 1.01 billion on average for September 2015, an increase of 17% year-over-year. Some of the other…

Twitter announced that it is changing its star icon for “favorite” to a heart and it will be calling it “Like”. Twitter says it wants to make Twitter easier and more rewarding to use, and it knows that at times the star could be confusing, especially to newcomers. It explains that “You…

Intel Capital has announced that it will be investing $22million in eleven different startups. This announcement was made recently at the Intel Capital’s conference in San Diego. This will make it is a total of $500 million invested in startups this year. According to incoming Intel capital President Wendell Brooks, the new startup…

Activision Blizzard, an American games developer and publisher, has announced that it will be buying King Digital, the producer of popular mobile game Candy Crush. According to Activision Blizzard in a press statement, ABS Partners C.V. (“ABS Partners”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, will acquire all of the…

As the digital media landscape continues its phenomenal growth across Sub Saharan Africa, Ventra Media a full-service digital marketing agency in Nigeria has acquired the boutique content and social agency Naija Go Social to widen its creative technology and marketing solutions capacity. Ventra Media renders services including digital strategy, web/mobile site and apps development, growing social…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg just posted a beautiful story on his company’s research on an Artificial Intelligence tool which helps blind people “see” photos. The feature describes photos posted on the social network to blind users. According to Mark, Our AI can now look at a photo, figure out what’s in it and…

OLX, Nigeria’s number one online classified partnered with Mobile Monday Nigeria (MoMo) a global community of mobile industry developers, designers and influential individuals who facilitate cross-border business cooperation and development in a conference themed “Making E-commerce more secure in Nigeria”. Speakers at the event were Ope Adeoye, Manager, Strategy and…

Global electronics leader, Samsung Electronics West Africa has commenced its Launching People initiative through its Employee Volunteer Program held recently. The company which prides itself in manufacturing cutting edge products, used this avenue to provide a platform to prepare Nigerian youths for the future. Brovo Kim, Managing Director, Samsung West…