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Airtel Nigeria’s Smart icon, Phyno, has jus released a new video titled “Nnunu”. This video shows the artistic talents of the Eastern Nigerian with the sonorous voice of music belle, Stormrex. This is a colourful video that makes you want to keep on playing the song because you just can’t get…

Google has just announced the release of Google Hangouts 4.0 for Android to make Hangouts faster, simpler, and easier on the eyes. Here’s what’s new: Hangouts is sleeker. Now updated with material design, Hangouts has a new look and feel: items respond to your touch in more intuitive ways and transitions between…

After recording monumental success with the maiden edition of its revolutionary CSR initiative, Airtel Touching Lives, leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the commencement of the second edition of the initiative, which has been described by many as a ground-breaking approach to Corporate Social Investment. The Airtel Touching Lives…

awamo has announced that it raised 500,000 Euros in its first round of funding to launch a mobile, biometric solution for microfinance lenders in Africa. The microfinance solution company raised 400,000 Euros from business angels from Europe, the US and the United Arab Emirates and the balance from German and European…

It seems that the competition from Samsung and Huawei has adversely impacted the fortunes of Taiwanese smartphone maker, HTC. Trading on Monday witnessed a fall in HTC’s market price to NT$47 billion ($1.5 billion), which is below the NT$47.2 billion cash it had at the end of June. This is essentially…

In June 2015, statistics revealed that the average rental cost for a house or apartment in London has reached £1,515 (USD 2,363) a month. For the same price, you could have your own private pool in Indonesia, a Central Park-adjacent apartment in New York City, or a Mexican mansion. As…

Governments around the world are waking up to the need for the regulation of e-commerce within their countries. The Nigerian government is not left behind as the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) last month disclosed plans to set up a comprehensive framework that would regulate the conduct of electronic commerce transactions…

The English Barclays Premier League (#BPL) kicks off today and Twitter has launched new special Twitter emojis to make the conversations more exciting. Starting today, emojis will show up when any user Tweets using specific dedicated hashtags during the opening weekend. The feature will be live until midnight on Monday…

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…