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The Konga Valentine Love Boom Promotion has finally kicked off! In this amazing promotion, customers can enjoy up to 50% discount off all fashion items purchased from konga.com today. This promotion is for one day only so dont miss this opportunity to earn more! This is a unique opportunity to…

M-KOPA Solar announced that it has closed its fourth round of investment through a US$12.45 million equity and debt deal, led by LGT Venture Philanthropy. The investment will be used to expand the company’s product range, grow its operating base in East Africa and license its technology to other markets.…

With the introduction of INSUMAN® , a leading Human Insulin product from Sanofi’s range of diabetes treatments, Sanofi is now the only company to provide a full range of both oral and injectable treatments for patients with diabetes in Nigeria. To better support the patients in the management of their…

Intel Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lantiq, a leading supplier of broadband access and home networking technologies. The transaction is expected to close in approximately 90 days Smart gateways and intelligent access networks are important elements in Intel’s efforts to make everything smart, connected and best with Intel.…

As part of activities to wrap up its two year anniversary, kaymu.com.ng  , Nigeria’s leading online marketplace  held a training workshop for SMEs in partnership with the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI. The workshop tagged Kaymu Entrepreneurial Workshop, took place on the 29th of January at the LCCI…

Leading telecommunications service provider Airtel Nigeria, has introduced an exciting trivia-based mega consumer Promo to delight and handsomely reward customers with millions of cash prizes weekly. Tagged ‘SMS 4 Millions’, the promo is anchored on a point-based interactive SMS system where customers will accumulate points to increase their chances of…

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…