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Innovation Village published a post about the hoverboard when Lexus uploaded a teaser. For those who do not know about the hoverboard. The Lexus Hoverboard uses magnetic levitation to achieve amazing frictionless movement. It combines the use of liquid nitrogen cooled superconductors and permanent magnets combine to achieve the impossible. The…

The Seedstars train will be landing in Accra Ghana on the 5th of August, fresh from leaving Lagos, Nigeria where MyQ won the Lagos ticket. Twelve finalists will be invited to pitch in front of local and international jury and they are: Boomers International: Boomers addresses the quadruple problems rural…

Truecaller, the caller ID app, is trying to raise $180 million to fund its growth to the US where it is thinking of building a company office in the Bay Area. The app which currently has about 150 million users has seen a lot of traction in markets like India…

Professor Umar Garba Danbatta is the new EVC of Nigerian Communications Commission. He is taking over from Dr. Eugene Juwah whose tenure expired on the 29th of July 2015. Prof. Danbatta, who holds a Doctorate Degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of…

Two African companies – SweepSouth and Kudobuzz – have been selected to feature at the 14th round of 500 Startups Accelerator Program. Here is the list of 35 startups that will feature in this batch SweepSouth is a South African startup that provides a convenient way to book home cleaning services online…

Electronics giant Sony has stated that it will be closing down its online stores on the 28th of August. This means that people would not be able to order for products, gadgets from its stores. However, customers can still purchase any device they want from the Japanese electronics maker before…

Truppr has launched a new feature with users getting more reward points by signing up for an event and making sure they check in at the venue of the events. With this new feature Truppr has nudged the spirit of fun, competition and spun creativity within its users. Users everywhere…

Former Konga Marketing Executive, Onyeka Akumah, has launched an online publishing arm, African Media Works, of his company, ANOZIM. African Media Works was created to build fresh and interesting African content online. According to him, “There are many things I love about the internet but there are two that stay with…

For 13 years, Microsoft Imagine Cup has inspired and challenged student developers worldwide to master new skills, build strong teams and bring entire technology projects from concept to completion. As a company originally founded by students, Microsoft believes in the power of young people connecting with technology to dream big,…

Nigeria’s largest online property platform, Lamudi Nigeria has entered into a unique partnership with leading mortgage bank, Imperial Homes Mortgage Bank Limited, to deepen access to affordable mortgage facilities. Through Lamudi’s online mortgage calculator, property buyers can now not only search for properties on the Lamudi’s website, but also  estimate…

Are you an African ground breaker? Can you innovate for positive change? Do you want to be part of the growing innovation movement in Africa? Does your innovation boast the “Made in Africa” brand? If your answer is yes to the above, then you’re invited to participate in the Innovation…

MyQ won the Seedstars regional challenge that held in Lagos on Friday. This means that MyQ will be in Geneva for the global finals in February 2016. Ten startups reached the Lagos finals The mobile application that provides queue management, passenger loading and ticketing services to the transportation industry was adjudged…

Online Taxi hailing company, Uber, is now said to be valued at about $51bn after closing a new round of funding. This new round funding is said to be about $1bn dollars and this now makes Uber the most valuable startup in the world. This means that it surpasses Chinese smartphone…

Infinix Mobility today officially launched an online contest tagged #TheHottestOne aimed at identifying and rewarding talented young Nigerians. This follows the success of previous similar online contests organized by the company, notably #TheNextHero and #Zero2Hero campaigns, both of which actively engaged the Nigerian youth demographic to suggest desired phone features…

Microsoft Imagine Cup has been dubbed as the world’s premier technology competition that provides opportunities for students across all disciplines to team up and use their creativity, passion, and knowledge of technology to create applications, games and integrated solutions that can change the way we live, work and play. Although…

Africa50 , the new and innovative infrastructure investment platform promoted by the African Development Bank held its Constitutive General Assembly on the 29th of July 2015 in Casablanca, Morocco. Twenty (20) African countries and the African Development Bank have subscribed for an initial aggregate amount of USD 830 million in…

The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation has launched a digital technology platform to provide underprivileged youth with skills training and employment and mentorship opportunities through its new pan-African Youth Empowered for Success (YES!) program. According to Kelvin Balogun, president of Coca-Cola Central, East and West Africa, who unveiled the platform this weekend at…

Eight-year old Zion Harvey lost his hands and his feet when he was two years old to a life-threatening bacterial infection that also led to a kidney transplant. Now he is the proud owner of new hands and forearms after a 10-hour surgical transplant performed by doctors in the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia early this month.…

This year the theme for the photography competition is ‘I love Nigeria‘ and intending participants can submit photographs that showcase unique places, people, fashion and food in our beloved country, Nigeria. Top three winners have emerged in the ‘Places‘ category, which ended last week and now its time for the…

According to Managing Director of Kaymu.com.ng Evangeline Wiles, the aggressive expanding ecommerce sector may help create over 50,000 jobs within Nigeria in 2-3 years. This was stated by in a recent release by the company. As more and more retailers turn to e-commerce to acquire new customers and increase profit, the…