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The seventh film in the “Fast and Furious” franchise hit the cinemas worldwide on the 3rd of April 2015. Expectedly, it was filled high-octane, adrenaline rushing scenes and death-defying car manoeuvres. Apart from the excitement, most movie goers said a word or two about the late Paul Walker, who plays…

Google has just unveiled a new device which can turn your LCD display or TV into a computer.  The device is ASUS Chromebit dongle. All you have to do is plug the chromebit into the TV via the HDMI port and you have a full-fledged Chrome OS computer that can…

JUMIA Uganda and JUMIA Ghana are launching pre-order today and then sales from 17th April for Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge. In a statement released today and made available to Innovation Village, Jumia said its customers will be able to order the Samsung Galaxy S 6 and the Galaxy…

Just think! This could be you. Winning a beautiful iPhone 6 or a return tickets to Dubai. How about winning Movie Tickets, CityChops, Suregifts, Spar (park and Shop), Konga, Jumia, DealDey, Sweetkiwi Gift Cards and lots more on when you make payment on UBills Africa from now till May 31st,…

PIVOT East, one of the most prestigious mobile startup competitions and conferences is now open for entries through it’s PIVOT East Startups Community Network. The competition officially opens its application portal for entries on March 31st 2015 and will continue to accept applications until midnight EAT on April 30th 2015.…

In order to promote new African music talents, StarAfrica.com – Orange’s entertainment portal in Africa – is launching the fourth edition of the StarAfrica Sounds music contest. This edition will be in partnership with Deezer, Believe Digital, Zimbalam, Africa n°1 and Soonvibes. The 2014 edition was a great success with 88 candidates…

Jay Z, real name – Shawn Carter, has launched a new music streaming service called Tidal. He did this on Monday along with co-owners – Alicia Keys, Arcade Fire, Beyoncé, Calvin Harris (via satellite), Chris Martin (via satellite), Daft Punk, Jack White, Jason Aldean, J. Cole, Kanye West, Deadmau5, Madonna,…

President Goodluck Jonathan experienced some hiccups when he tried to get accredited this morning for the Presidential elections. The Card Reader failed to recognise the President’s fingerprint when he went for the  accreditation exercise at his home town in Otuoke in Bayelsa State. This also happened to his wife, the First Lady of…

Google has shown its support for Nigeria as the country goes to the polls today to choose the next President. It has created a Google Doodle for this occasion. The middle letter “g” in the Google word is replaced with a ballot box in the Nigerian green white green. The doddle…

John Dramani Mahama, President of Ghana has launched an e-cabinet platform which he described as an information technology mechanism to enhance the work of the cabinet. The platform is making it possible for Cabinet papers to be electronically archived with ease of search and retrieval functionalities, and will provide for…

Here are some of the famous quotes from the famous Singaporean who took the country from “Third World” to “First World”. He died on Sunday 22nd March at the age of 91. Lee Kuan Yew at the Legislative Assembly Debates, April 27, 1955 But we either believe in democracy or we…

Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first Prime Minister has died. He passed away on Sunday at the age of 91. As the co-founder and first Secretary-General of the People’s Action Party (PAP), he led the party to eight victories from 1959 to 1990, and oversaw the separation of Singapore from Malaysia…

OLX Nigeria has acquired rival Schidsted’s classifieds platform, Tradestable, in Nigeria. Though the full details have not been released, when you get to the tradestable website, you will be redirected to OLX Nigeria page. Naspers’ OLX is currently the largest marketplace in Nigeria. It is also present in Kenya and South…

President of the United States of America, Barack Obama read some mean Tweets about himself in an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday. These tweets were from Americans and see how he reacts to them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDocnbkHjhI

Rocket Internet has announced that it will be closing down its Lamido operations in some parts of Asia. This is specifically in countries where Lamido and Lazada co-exist, which includes Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Lazada Group CEO Maximilian Bittner confirmed this, saying that Lamido would merge with Lazada…

Intel Corporation will sponsor the 11th edition of the National Festival of School Science Fair taking place in Ado -Ekiti, Ekiti State from March 15th through 17th, 2015. The National Festival of School Science was conceived in November, 2004 as an Initiative of Genius Illumina with the clear objective of…

Google is said to be talks with Indian based startup, Inmobi for a possible acquisition. The mobile advertising network which claims to have more than one billion users across 200 countries, might help to boost Google’s strength in the mobile advertising sector, which is dominated by Facebook. According to India’s…

CcHUB officially launches the Geeks Club, an after-school computing club for secondary school students in Nigeria. Providing a co-curricular outlet, Geeks Club engages students in secondary school and provides them with new tools, resources and skills to creatively express themselves. On the 11th of March 2015, with support from Google…

TopCheck, a price comparison website based in Nigeria, says it has just closed its first round of financing with a group of European business angels. Just launched 2 months ago, in January 2015, TopCheck is a price comparison website for services in Nigeria offering a comprehensive set of product categories…

Uber has announced that it is committing to create 1 million jobs globally for women as drivers on the Uber platform by 2020. This commitment was made in light of a new global partnership with UN Women with the goal of accelerating economic opportunity for women. Currently Uber has over 160,000…