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Following the first draw of its Reach for the Skye Millionaire reward scheme  held in July at the Bodija market in Ibadan, Oyo State, Skye Bank is set to kick off the second draw of the reward scheme next week in two market locations in Lagos. In a statement, the…

The image above is the teaser invitation sent to journalists of an impending media launch for a yet-to-be named service that Naspers is planning to launch on the 19th of August. However speculation is rife that Naspers is planning to launch a Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) to compete with Netflix…

In a surprise blog post, Larry page the CEO of Google announced that it would metamorphose into a new holding company – Alphabet. The new company already has a website – Alphabet (http://abc.xyz). According to Larry,  “Alphabet is mostly a collection of companies. The largest of which, of course, is…

GSK – one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies – is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. GSK has partnered with the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) on an innovative training program, tagged Scientific…

The team behind the Forbes Under 30 $1m Change the world competition has announced that they will be doing a webinar to help with the questions about the competition. The webinar will be to review the rules and guidelines of the competition. The webinar will be presented on Thursday, August 13,…

Seedstars World is coming to Abidjan for its inaugural event – Seedstars Abidjan. This is fresh from its event in Baku, Azerbaijan. Its last African stop was Accra, Ghana where Asoriba emerged the winner. On the 12th of August, the 9 best startups will be invited to pitch in front…

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…