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It is said to be the largest tech deal of all time; at least for now. It is Dell’s acquisition of EMC for $67 billion The press release published today states that “The combination of Dell and EMC will create the world’s largest privately-controlled, integrated technology company. The company will be…

Yudala, Nigeria’s first true composite online and offline retail chain, has announced a landmark partnership agreement with foremost financial institution, Access Bank Plc. and telecommunications giants, Airtel on the implementation of YUBOSS, an entrepreneurship scheme targeted at jobs and wealth creation for Nigerians. As part of the pre-launch of YUBOSS,…

Recently the internet has been agog with rumours of a Pepsi phone. The likes of Mashable and The Verge reported that Pepsi was indeed making its own phone – Pepsi P1. The online blogs cited online site Mobipicker, a blog that covers mobile phones, that the Pepsi P1 was an android…

WaraCake is Nigeria’s largest cake marketplace. WaraCake is set to use tech to transform the traditional method by which cakes are being sold by creating the platform which connects the best bakers to customers. WaraCake is positioning itself as a brand to be reckoned with by the new African consumer…

The Co-Creation Hub, a social innovation hub also known as the CcHub, based in Lagos Nigeria has released an infographic about i-HQ, the connected community called Yaba. The CcHub set out to assist in building “an innovation city” – a hotspot for creative ventures. What started out as a vision…

The Huawei Y3C is the first product we are giving away and you can participate to win. And we have two phones. The Huawei Y3C is an affordable smartphone that runs on Android v4.4 kitkat operating system and powered by a 1.2 GHz quad core processor. It is a dual SIM phone and has…

Foremost African financial institution; Guaranty Trust Bank plc has partnered with Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to launch the N3 Billion Ariz Portfolio Guarantee Scheme, an initiative designed to boost financing for business start-ups and development projects in Nigeria. The partnership with GTBank, which is the first in Anglophone Africa,…

Esther Gloria Arinaitwe has emerged as the winner of the Agri-business Innovation Challenge. She did this by introducing a innovative packaging idea for a popular local malt beverage – Bushera. As the winner, Esther received € 20,000. The runner-up Hadijah Nantambi received € 10,000 with the innovative idea of Supa…

Creativity is one of the greatest forms of finding oneself . In Nigeria the creative industry is very active in the area of music and movies however the art of painting has been limited to only a certain few. Cocktailsncraft is a sip and paint event, created and hosted by…

Innovation Village had the chance to talk with Doug Scott and Dotun Olowoporoku of Potential VC, one of the VCs that came for the recent Demo Africa event in Lagos Nigeria. Innovation Village: Tell us about Potential VC Potential VC: Potential VC is an early stage fund. We invest in early stage startups that…

The Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), launched today, indicates that over the last four years, governance progress in Africa has stalled, and reveals a shifting landscape. During the period 2011-14, the African average overall governance score in the IIAG increased only slightly by +0.2 points to 50.1 (out of…

Orange Digital Ventures announces its participation in the funding of Afrostream, a subscription video on demand service (SVOD) of African, African-American and African-Caribbean films and television series, alongside TheFamily, Cross Culture Ventures I L.P. and ACE & Company. Through its corporate fund, Orange will enable Afrostream to accelerate the development…

Nigeria’s number one online classified, OLX, hosted top performing car dealers on its platform, in celebration of three years of successful operation in Nigeria. Speaking to the media at the anniversary celebration which was held at the Rooftop Restaurant, Victoria Island, Lagos, the Country Manager, OLX, Lola Masha reaffirmed OLX’s…

Jack Dorsey has been named as the CEO of Twitter even as he is still the CEO of mobile payments company, Square Inc. https://twitter.com/plscurrie/status/651002989616828418 Jack Dorsey was brought in as interim CEO in July this year when co-founder Dick Costolo resigned from the company. Bringing Dorsey back means that the…

According to the Telecom voice and data subscription trend report released by the National Communications Authority (NCA), Airtel Ghana now has over 4 million subscribers.The report shows a growth in the subscriber base from a voice subscriber base of 3.75 million in January to 4.11 million as at June 2015…

A major concern for many smartphone users is the lifespan of their batteries. Users always want their battery to stay on while navigating from one web page to another amongst other things that the phone is used for as far as it is connected to the internet. In spite of…

Worldwide more than 700 million people lack access to quality sources of drinking water. Chlorine is one essential ingredient for the creation of clean drinking water. To make chlorine easily available, Mountain Safety Research (MSR) and PATH an international, nonprofit organization have come together to create a chlorine maker that requires just water,…

Here is a video of how rats are being used to clear deadly landmines in Africa. The video was put up by a Canadian newspaper, The Globe and Mail. It shows how the hero rats are being used to clear landmines in countries like Mozambique. It is said that rats…

Beyonic, a technology company that aims to eliminate the rampant use of cash in emerging markets, is announcing a partnership with Mobile Accord that will make Beyonic the largest mobile money aggregator in Africa.  Beyonic currently operates in Uganda and Kenya, and will leverage Mobile Accord’s relationships with leading mobile carriers…

In celebration of Nigeria’s Independence, the video for the #believeinnigeria campaign has been released.  The song, officially released last year, is rendered by Don Jazzy, Di’Ja and Reekado Banks of The Mavin Records.  The song was produced by Don Jazzy while the video was shot by Sesan Ogunro. The ‘Believe in Nigeria’ national…