“Project developers, funders, support organisations and others are not interacting enough to reap the synergies possible in the clean power market in East Africa” says Wim Jonker Klunne, renewable energy expert and the conference chairman of the inaugural Clean Power East Africa conference that is taking place as part of…
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I am a staff at Innovation Village.
Vodafine India has entered a strategic relationship with Walmart India that will enable its business members of six Best Price Modern Wholesale stores, owned and operated by Walmart India, to make payments using M-Pesa from their mobile. Walmart India is the wholly owned subsidiary of Walmart Stores Inc. By virtue of this…
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji – Co-Founder Andela, Bankole Oluwafemi – Editor-in-chief, Techcabal, Raphael Afaedor, Co-founder SUPERMART.NG, Subomi Plumptre, Head, Corporate & Social Media Practices Alder Consulting are speakers lined up to speak at the maiden edition of the Orange Summit. The Orange Summit is a platform for thought leaders in the Technology…
Have you heard of the Mooditt app? Probably not. But according to App Annie, the Mahindra Comviva app is number one in the list of music and audio free apps in Nigeria. Mahindra Comviva is a value-added services provider for mobile operators with its head quarters in India. In the second position…
Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac is now available in 139 countries and 16 languages. This was announced by some days ago by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office Client Applications and Services team. This is the final version of Office 2016 for Mac. Microsoft had released a preview back in March…
Cupertino based iPhone 6 maker, Apple, has unveiled 2 new short adverts – “Loved” and “Hardware & Software”. These ads seek to remind us about the authenticity of the iPhone. “If it is not an iPhone, It’s not an iPhone” The first one is “Loved”. It reminds us of the fact…
The 1000 finalists of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) converge for a 2-day bootcamp at the African Leader Development Centre (ALDC), Covenant University, Sango-Otta, Ogun State from Friday, 10th July 2015. The finalists come from 51 countries in Africa. The five most represented countries are Nigeria (49%), Kenya (16%),…
It seemed like a joke when Jason Njoku, CEO of iROKOtv said that he was going to do it. Now the second millionaire has emerged from the coding challenge. All you had to do was to get the highest score in a simple coding test. This automatically guaranteed you a…
Evron Food Store is set to reinvent the online food shopping experience for Nigerians with the launch of its online food store that guarantees deliveries of goods within three (3) hours of order placement and checkout. This online food market offers a wide variety of food products and farm crops…
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,…