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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…

According to Reem Fawzi the founder of this new service, Pink Taxi came out of society’s need for safer transportation; not only for Egyptian women, but also for foreign women who may feel uneasy about bargaining with drivers and fear street harassment. Just last Tuesday, Pink Taxi started in Egypt. It is…

Covenant Christian Centre has announced the names of the speakers at the upcoming October 1 edition of The Platform Nigeria.  The speakers were announced via a video posted on the Facebook page of Poju Oyemade, the promoter behind initiative. The Platform Nigeria is a global media event powered by Covenant…

The promoters on the Anzisha Prize 2015 have announced the 12 entrepreneurs in line for the title of Africa’s top young entrepreneur in 2015. These 12 finalists, from 9 countries, stand a chance to win a share of $75,000. The top three winners will be announced towards the end of November, with…

On Friday, Airtel Nigeria launched the Airtel One Mic Vol 1 project which is a compilation of music tracks featuring the winners of the One Mic Project, Airtel Trace Music star and Airtel Smart Icons. At the event, Airtel launched the first video, Drum Roll, from the album starring the…

Airtel Nigeria has launched a new product, Airtel myPlan, where any customer can create the right combination of Voice, data and SMS services under one pack. This innovative service enables an Airtel customer customize his or her pack in a way that speaks flexibility, choice, control and savings. The customer can…

Tecno Mobile launched the Tecno Phantom 5 into the Nigerian market on Wednesday. The Launch took place at the Function Suite, Sheraton Hotels and Suites, Ikeja, Lagos. Here are some of the pictures from the launch.

Wednesday 16th September witnessed the official launch of Tecno Mobile’s premium flagship smart phone, the TECNO PHANTOM 5 into the Nigerian market. The event took place at the Function Suite, Sheraton Hotels and Suites, Ikeja, Lagos. In attendance were dignitaries from government regulatory bodies, Telecoms, online retail stores, software development…

Foremost Telecommunications company, MTN, has acquired a N34bn licence to provide digital pay television broadcasting services in Nigeria. This was confirmed by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Wednesday, saying that it approved for MTN Nigeria part of the country’s 700MHz broadcasting spectrum solely for the purpose. The NBC spoke…

Today is D-Day, and we are not referring to the anniversary of the invasion Normandy, Northern France by the Americans and their allies on the 6th of June, 1944 which began an operation leading to the liberation of German-occupied north-western Europe and the beginning of the end of World War…

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is finally thinking of a “Dislike” button. He said this during a Q&A session at Facebook’s headquarters recently. According to him, “I think people have asked about the dislike button for many years. Today is a special day because today is the day I can say we’re working…

Everjobs, Tanzania’s newest online career portal, recently started its operations in Tanzania. During a press conference, Co-founder and Managing Director for Africa Eric Lauer introduced the company officially to the public. “Everjobs is here to help with employability, which is the main issue highlighted by all the key figures in the…

Jumia customers will be able to collect their online purchases from G4S centers across the country after the two companies signed a partnership. The service will be available in select G4S centres with the list expected to grow in the coming months. The move is part of Jumia’s strategy to…