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The two-day conference of GT Bank Orange Ribbon initiative, Autism Programme-Bridging GAPS and Transforming Lives held at MUSON CENTER on 30th of June and 1st July 2015. “The best therapy for any human is friendship, love and care”- Cathy Echeozo, Deputy Managing Director, GTBank The orange Ribbon initiative is an advocacy programme designed…

Effective today, July 3rd 2015; if you go to the irokotv.com, you will see the image above. As Jason Njoku, CEO of the company stated in a blog post recently, irokotv.com website will be retired to give way to only mobile app. However the service is only available on android devices…

A peak at the list of the winners of the 2015 African Eduweek Awards reveals that most of them were South African. Only one winner was not from South Africa and that is SpellAfrica Initiative from Nigeria. Organisers of the inaugural African EduWeek Awards revealed the list of the winners at…

Wananchi Group owner of Pay Tv company Zuku, has invested $2 million to provide Kenyan schools with free access to the internet. This initiative, named WazEd, is done in conjunction with Kenya Education Network (KENET) and the County Government of Nairobi. It is supposed to cover 2,175 public and private schools in…

When that must-have item comes on sale while you’re browsing your favourite online shopping site, and before you know it, you’ve purchased it – to spoil yourself because you deserve it. Between the rush and triumph over your new purchase, have you ever thought about whether you are a secure…

UNICEF and Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, have entered a partnership agreement to expand their collaboration across all 36 states and FCT in Nigeria. The partnership will increase access to social change related information and provide opportunities for participation whilst…

Join Today’s Woman magazine and WOWConnect  for their  second edition  of the TW Brunch Series Portharcourt. Their guest will be super model and entrepreneur, Agbani Darego.  The TW Brunch Series is a quarterly event that takes place in Lagos, Portharcourt and Abuja. It  is a platform for women from different…

Chinese smartphone giant Huawei ,on Tuesday, unveiled a new upper middle range smartphone called the Huawei Honor 7 at an event in Beijing. In fact, it launched three different models of the phone –  the entry model with 16GB and LTE, the dual-SIM dual-standby LTE variant and finally one with 64GB of…

The Nigerian National Electronic Identity (e-ID) card, powered by MasterCard, has been named “the Best Financial Inclusion Product”  at this year’s Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Card, ATM and Mobile Expo Awards, held in Lagos last week. Supported by Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System and CBN, the award recognises the payment product…

In a turnaround from its stance not to extend the deadline for the BVN’s registration exercise, the apex bank has changed its mind. CBN has extended the deadline from 30th of June 2015 to 31st of October 2015. According Dipo Fatokun, Director, Banking and Payments Department “It has come to…

Ms. Funke Opeke, CEO of MainOne says the company has achieved the objective of bridging the digital divide in West Africa and becoming the preferred provider of wholesale Internet services within the region. She said this in a press conference marking five years of operation.  She stated that the company,…

Innovation Village (IV) met recently with Martin Udogie (MU) and here are excerpts of the interview. IV: Tell us about Martin Udogie MU: I was raised in a small village in Edo State in the 60s, but was formed and became wise in the city. I attended Immaculate Conception College…

As per the latest published global rankings released by World Cellular Information Service (WCIS), Bharti Airtel is now the third largest mobile operator in the world. Statistics show that with a subscriber base of 303 million subscribers across 20 countries, it ranks third behind Vodafone Group (403.08 million) and China Mobile…

MOBOfree has unveiled a new ID verification program for both buyers and sellers on its social marketplace, in Nigeria and Uganda. This is supposed to further strengthen its position as Africa’s safest social marketplace for both buyers and sellers alike. This new security process is seamless and can be performed from any…

Ogilvy veteran, Nunu Ntshingila-Njeke has been named the new Head of Africa for Facebook as the social media giant opens its first African office in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to the company, it opened its first office in Africa to further the company’s commitment to help businesses connect with people…

Sahara Reporters announced, via Twitter, that Facebook took down the post that showed a copy of Bukola Saraki’s International Passport. Facebook also threatened to close the online news website’s fan page. https://twitter.com/SaharaReporters/status/615362932990459904 Yesterday, Sahara Reporters put up a copy of Bukola Saraki’s International Passport on its Facebook page stating that the senate president…

Pacelli School for the Blind, has become the latest beneficiary of the charitable donation of N746,000 raised by the OLX Gives Back initiative in partnership with Dan Foster and Olisa Adibua. The OLX Gives Back initiative supports Olisa Adibua and Dan Foster in donating to charities of their choice. The…

The Kaduna State Government of Nigeria is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with BudgIT to develop an open budgeting system. This platform is expected to allow citizens access to the policies, budgets, procurement records and status of funds release. Kaduna State citizens will also be able to verify and…

Onyeka Akumah has been in the e-commerce business for a long time and has worked with top companies like Wakanow, Jumia and Konga. He worked with Wakanow as an online marketing manager, later joined Jumia as the Director of Marketing and Partnerships and Konga as the Vice-President of Marketing. He…

Global talent accelerator, Andela, has announced the close of a new round of funding, receiving 10 Million. This round was led by Spark Capital, a US based venture capital firm. Other investors include Omidyar Network and Learn Capital. This now amounts to $13 Million in 2 Rounds from 11 Investors. This…