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This Airtel advert is truly interesting. Watch it. What do you think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idTLA7pdbos

Mega star, Jay-Z is buying a Scandinavian music streaming company, Aspiro, for $56 million. He will be doing this through his company, Project Panther Bidco Ltd. Jay-Z (real name Shawn Corey Carter) with an estimated net worth was $520 million, is one of the world’s best-selling music artists of all time,…

Vine has built VineKids, a simple new app that gives young children a fun way to watch videos on Vine. Vinekids has the six second limit for videos like the regular Vine but its content is appropriately curated for kids. Vinekids pulls from the vault of videos created on the…

Facebook has announced a 49% growth in its revenues in the quarter ending December 2014. It generated $3.85 billion in revenue, compared to $2.59 billion in the fourth quarter of 2013. Mobile ads accounted for 69 percent of advertising revenue in the fourth quarter, or $2.48 billion. Facebook said it…

The WHO Executive Board, currently in its 136th session, has appointed Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti as the new Regional Director for WHO’s Africa Region. She succeeds Dr Luis Gomes Sambo who has served as Regional Director for the past 10 years. Dr Moeti was nominated Regional Director by the health…

International real estate online portal, Lamudi has launched its services in three African countries –  Gabon, Angola and the Republic of Congo. It has also opened an office in Qatar thereby making its portfolio to  cover 32 countries across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Lamudi’s Co-Founder and Managing Director,…

Apple recently announced that it posted record quarterly revenue of $74.6 billion and record quarterly net profit of $18 billion. These results compare to revenue of $57.6 billion and net profit of $13.1 billion, or $2.07 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.9 percent compared to…

Twitter has just launched a new video service where you can capture, edit and share videos right from your Twitter app. Twitter designed the camera to be simple to use so as to capture and share life’s most interesting moments as they happen. In just a few taps you can…

Twitter has just announced a new feature where you can use direct messages to speak to 20 people at the same time. With this new group feature, you can start chatting with any of your followers and they don’t all need to follow one another in order to chat. You…

Telecoms company, Orange, has launched an early stage investment program to identify and fund start-ups during their  initial development as well as provide the strategic relationships needed for them to become valuable companies. Orange Digital Ventures, as it is called, intends to leverage its already active role in the…

Facebook quietly rolled out Facebook Lite, a lightweight Android version of the full app, to eight countries last week, inclusive of Nigeria. The other seven countries are Bangladesh, Nepal, South Africa, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. At just 252 KB in size, the app has been built to work on low-end…

Jovago has entered into white label partnerships with two of Ghana’s domestic carriers, Antrak Air and Starbow Airline to provide more accessible hotel booking services to travelling Ghanaians. As the official hotel partners of Antrak Air and Starbow Airline, Jovago.com makes it easier for travellers visiting the Antrak Air website or the…

Kaymu, Nigeria’s leading online marketplace celebrates its second year anniversary with weeklong activities to include a website update, an entrepreneurship workshop and anniversary sales on its platform. On January 25th 2013, Kaymu launched in Nigeria and Pakistan simultaneously and has spread rapidly to 34 countries in Africa, Asia and most recently, Europe.…

Yesterday’s FA Cup match between premiership club Chelsea and League One’s Bradford City produced one of the biggest upsets in the ongoing FA Cup in England. Bradford City came from a 2 goal deficit to produce a spirited fight to push 4 goals past the Chelsea goalkeeper. This 4-2 triumph obviously…

The Social Media Awards Africa took place yesterday amidst pomp and pageantry with some of the “who is who” in the Social Media World. The two-in-one event which held yesterday, Saturday January 24, 2015 brought together Africa’s best in different sectors to discuss, analyze and forge a new development path for…

Expedia has acquired its rival Travelocity from its parent company, Sabre Corporation for $280 million. Before this acquisition, Expedia and Travelocity had a 2013 strategic marketing agreement in which Expedia powered the technology platforms for Travelocity’s US and Canadian websites along with providing Travelocity access to Expedia, Inc.’s supply and customer…

The Internet.org app is now available in Ghana, courtesy of Facebook’s collaboration with Bharti Airtel. This comes on the heels of the launch of the Internet.org app in Zambia and Kenya Following this launch of this Internet.org app in Ghana, Airtel customers will now have access to a set of websites and services…

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday unveiled a new generation of Windows, with a wide range of experiences designed to usher in a new era of more personal computing, as well as two new devices designed to extend the Windows experience from large screens to no screens. Windows 10 will be delivered…

The All Progressives Congress, APC has accused the PDP-led government of using state-owned institutions to frustrate its campaign funding initiative. This is in reference to the fact that NCC has mandated all telecommunication companies to refrain from using their platforms to promote any political party. According to APC’s National Publicity Secretary,…

Today at World Economic Forum currently taking place in Davos, Switzerland, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and MasterCard announced a broad collaboration that aims to expand financial inclusion across the African continent. The collaboration seeks to develop solutions that drive inclusive growth in Africa by broadening access and usage of…