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SME development financier Grofin has announced the launch of  the GroFin Small and Growing Businesses (SGB) Fund designed to catalyse sustainable job creation through supporting small and growing businesses in Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Egypt. The fund has initial commitments of US$100 million, which is expected…

Abdul Rasheed Bello, also known as JJC Skillz, has released a music video – See Us Now – to promote progress in Nigeria. The powerful song, from his recently released album SKILLZ, is about the past and a future projection of what we want for our great nation, Nigeria. The song…

Rocket Internet-backed taxi hailing startup, Easy Taxi, has launched a new version of its mobile app that is integrated into Microsoft’s popular email solution, Outlook. The new mobile app,Easy Taxi for Outlook enable users to request a taxi within their Outlook email account when reminded of a calendar-saved event, thereby offering users other…

Bharti Airtel today announced that its will use Liquid Telecom’s terrestrial fibre network to connect its mobile base stations and enterprises. With this connectivity, Airtel’s mobile broadband subscribers in Africa will soon enjoy faster Internet access speeds on its 3G and 4G networks. The framework agreement enables Airtel operations to leverage Liquid…

Have you ever had to pry open a phone previously? Ever been struck with confusion on what to do next? Why can’t these things be simpler you might have wondered? Make it simple. Make your phone! RePhone! RePhone is an open source modulator phone kit that allows you create your own…

Microsoft 4Afrika has announced a new Collaboration Challenge with AfriLabs to increase knowledge sharing across the hub network in Africa and spur innovation. The challenge, officially launched today at this year’s DEMO Africa event in Lagos, is tasking hub members with proposing and delivering an activity, process or tool that…

After reading ‘’TAPPING INTO THE N40 BILLION SPORTS BETTING INDUSTRY’’  by Yahaya Maikori and my experience signing a gaming company on ReadyCash®, I ask the obvious question ‘’Do the Mobile Money Operators not see a clear symbiotic opportunity/relationship for the Mobile Money and Gaming businesses?’’ They both: Need a vast…

The Regional Director for Sage West Africa, Magnus Nmonwu says that Nigerian companies must ensure that they have robust, automated payroll systems and processes in place so that they can more easily comply with the demands of an increasingly tough tax regime in the country. He maintains that a hard-line attitude to…

Samsung Electronics Africa has announced it will be taking part in the fifth Innovation Africa Summit taking place at the Speke Resort Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda from 30 September to 2 October 2015. Over 40 African ministers, deputy ministers, and cabinet secretaries from 30 countries are expected to meet and share…

Let’s face it, you are going to buy an iPhone. But you would be wrong to do so – both in terms of keeping down costs, and of getting the right tool for the job of starting, maintaining and running a business. You need a phone that can help you…

Are you a student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Federal University Of Technology, Akure, or Rivers State University Of Technology in Nigeria? Then you are eligible to take part in the Intel Student Partner program. What is the Intel Student Partner Program? This program is designed to enable students at leading universities in…

Konga has announced an upcoming sale to be run exclusively on the Konga Mobile App. The 3-day sale has been tagged the ‘Happy Appy Sale’ and will run from Friday the 25th to Sunday the 27th of September. During this period, shoppers will have access to a large selection of…

Snoop Dogg, world-renowned entertainment icon and unofficial representative of all things weed, has been investing in tech products and platforms for the past year or so, with a particular focus on the cannabis industry. But today, Snoop is entering the tech sphere in a whole new way, with the launch…

Interswitch, a leading digital payment and commerce provider focused on Africa, has announced its corporate rebrand.  The new brand identity is a statement of Interswitch’s leading position in the market and reflects its ambition to continue growing its world-class service across the African continent. The new bold, yet simple, design…

Twitter is making Pope Francis’ visit to the US special be rolling out special emojis for him. The Pope also received a warm Twitter welcome after being named Pope. The emoji appear when specific hashtags — #PopeinUS, #PopeinDC, #PopeinNYC and #PopeinPhilly, — are used in tweets. Twitter mentioned that it has already seen an increase…

The Cupertino-based innovative giant, Apple, is ordinarily known for phones, tablets and accessories. Now the company is going into electric cars. According to WSJ, Apple Inc. is accelerating efforts to build an electric car, designating it internally as a “committed project” and setting a target ship date for 2019. It…

“Chidozie Ononiwu, are you going to let this chance pass you by?” A voice in my head continued to ask me. Yet I knew I was not going to lie, even if it meant forgoing something that meant so much to me. Here was the situation: earlier in the year,…

A new Chief Executive Officer has been appointed for Globeleq the leading independent power plant in sub-Saharan Africa; the company also announced a new chairman and new members of its board. The new appointments are as follows. Chair and CEO appointments:  Dr Reuel Khoza has been appointed Chairman of the…

Professional footballers and technology start-ups aren’t the most obvious pairing but a number of players are trying to marry the two and score both on the pitch and in business. Technology is a big money-spinner these days and wealthy footballers looking to make investments could do worse than to back…

Nigerian-American Uzo Aduba won an Emmy for “best supporting actress in a drama” for her work as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren on Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black at the Emmy 2015 awards. This is the second time for her as she previously won an Emmy in 2014 for the same role. Uzo Aduba was…