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MTN customers can now receive free incoming calls while roaming across fifteen different countries globally. This is due to a new offer from MTN Nigeria. Apart from the free incoming calls, customers can receive free incoming SMS.  This offer also provides a call rate of NGN 60  per minute for outgoing…

Facebook  has shared new statistics revealing that 2.2 million Kenyans use Facebook every day and 4.5 million each month, while 7.1 million Nigerians use Facebook daily and 15 million are active every month.  Almost all these people are coming to Facebook on a mobile device: 100% of Nigerian monthly users…

As part of its efforts to enhance the quality of customers’ shopping experience and availability of information, Nigeria’s first online auto insurer, AutoGenius has announced the launch of its redesigned website. The site’s refreshed and simplified look, combined with enhanced content, improved search functionality, and optimization for mobile devices allows consumers to…

Truppr has launched the Fit Goals Challenge, powered by Samsung Nigeria to make fitness easier and fun for individuals that want to keep fit.  This month, 3 people will receive fitness bundles to help with their fitness goals. The fitness bundles consist of one Samsung Gear Fit, one Samsung Galaxy…

eChurch.ng, a tech company that helps churches seamlessly digitize their technology processes and mobile community has announced its receipt of its first round of funding from Marek Zmyslowski, Managing Director of Jovago and Maneesh Garg, the group Chief Executive Officer of Nagode. The company seeks to widen the engagement of…

As stated in an earlier blog post, Konga has announced the launch of Mercury. Mercury is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics management system that will enable logistics, courier companies and their customers to track the exact location and status of their orders online. Sim Shagaya, the Chief Executive Officer of Konga, who…

Nigeria-focused tech startup investment fund, 440ng, has announced that it  made an investment into DavtonLearn, an online video learning platform for professional certifications. Founded by Tobi Obasa, DavtonLearn started 2009 as an offline training company and has since evolved to become a leading provider of professional certification courses. It will launch…

Local and International developers now have the opportunity to develop apps that will work with the M-PESA platform. This is now made possible due to the relocation of the servers from Germany to Kenya thus making it possible for Safaricom to open M-PESA’s API to developers. According to Safaricom’s Director of Financial…

Spinlet – the largest provider of quality music on the go in Africa has supported the Nigerian Entertainment Awards, NEA by hosting an exclusive gala for stakeholders in the Diaspora. The Spinlet and NEA exclusive gala which took place at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts in Manhattan, United…

Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd. (Smile) has announced that it raised $365 million of debt and equity financing.  The funding will be used to expand Smile’s existing 4G LTE mobile broadband networks and services, such that by the end of 2015, Smile will offer clear voice services and have national coverage comparable…

Chinese smartphone maker, Lenovo, has unveiled a series of devices at the ongoing IFA 2015 in Berlin. Some of the devices include a range of smartphones (Vibe P1, P1m, S1) and Phab tablets. Lenovo Vibe P1  The Vibe P1 is a 5.5″ smartphone for an always-on world. It has a powerful,…

According to South African billionaire and owner of Shoprite, Christo Wiese, “there were parallels between the grocery sector in his home country of South Africa and the UK market.” Christo Wiese estimated to be worth £4.2bn, in a discussion with The Telegraph said “The UK is extremely competitive but I can assure you…

Jose Mourinho’s team, Chelsea, may not be in the first half of the English Premier Football league table but he is still a man to be admired and respected. He has just made the Guinness Book of records. José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix also known as Jose Mourinho, was presented with unique framed certificates…

California-based early seed fund and accelerator program, 500 startups has raised $85 million in its third round of global funding. The firm had targeted $100 million for this fund. According to Dave McClure, on of its founders, “It wasn’t an easy road, U.S. institutions took exception with the firm’s “index fund” approach…

Classifieds Smartphone startup, letgo, has announced that it has secured $100 million in Series A funding from South African media giant, Naspers. letgo is a fun, easy to use, and highly visual mobile marketplace allowing users to post, buy, sell and communicate with each other instantly and for free. The app offers features…

Online retailer, Jumia Nigeria, has launched a first of its kind fashion e-magazine into the Nigerian market. It is the We Love Style Magazine. The We Love Style magazine is a 26 –pages all-inclusive fashion magazine showcasing a curated blend of the latest trends, news, beauty and health tips, sumptuous recipes,…

MainOne’s Data Center subsidiary, MDX-i, today announced the launch of its new cloud-based service offering with Microsoft. The solution which is built on Microsoft Azure’s enterprise grade infrastructure provides flexible, highly available and fully secure private computing environments to companies on a Pay-as-you-Go basis. By combining expertise in proven, yet…

Union Bank is now trending on Twitter since President Buhari stated that he has only one bank account and he banks only with Union Bank. The statement was made during the Press Release from the Presidency on the declaration of the President and Vice President’ assets. Here is the except from…

We told you some days ago that we suspected our own successful serial Tech-Entrepreneur Simeon Ononobi was working on something new and big…Innovation Village can authoritatively confirm to you that it’s true and real. Our sources say Simeon Ononobi, (Spouse) Co-Founder Madonna Ononobi and long time friend and also a…

Huawei has unveiled a new smartphone, the Huawei Mate S, at the IFA 2015 taking place in Berlin, Germany. “Our goal in designing the Huawei Mate S was to develop a smartphone that offers a personalized experience, rather than a commoditized one,” said Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer BG. “The…