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Jovago, the online hotel booking platform with more than 6000 registered hotels, has introduced the Best Price Guarantee option for the first time in Nigeria. The company intends to reinforce its attractiveness and efficiency in order to make hotels accessible to all Nigerians. According to Marek Zmyslowsky, Manager Director for Jovago…

As Nigeria marks six months without a new case of polio, Rotary has announced $8.1 in grants to help the country in its final push to eradicate the disease within its borders. The funds will be used by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF to support polio immunization…

China’s Xiaomi is to buy 3% stake in Kingsoft from Tencent Holdings. According to a Kingsoft filing on Monday, Xiaomi will buy 35.3 million shares of Kingsoft at 14.93 Hong Kong dollars (US$1.93) per share, for a total of HK$527 million (US$68 million). This investment comes after becoming the world’s…

Diamond Bank Plc. Nigeria has announced the appointment of Dr. Chris Ogbechie as the new Chairman of Diamond Bank Plc. effective January 1 2015 He takes over from Igwe Ugochukwu Nnaemeka Achebe who led the board since January 1 2007. Dr Ogbechie served as Non-Executive Director of the Company between 2005…

MoveHub has just released an infographic about living costs around the world. According to MoveHub, This map shows the difference in living costs around the world using figures from the world’s largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwide. The Consumer Price Index, used to determine the…

On January 17, 2015, the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Equatorial Guinea 2015 will kick off in Malabo. The competition will take place over a three-week period in the cities of Bata, Malabo, Mongomo and Ebebiyín. This is familiar territory for the major African football event, since the country had…

Former CEO of Apple, John Sculley, is set to challenge the likes of Samsung, Tecno, Lumia by introducing “obi Mobiles” into the African market. Evidently, John is drawn to the potential of the growing, mobile phone penetration in the continent. This invasion is expected to start in Kenya as well…

On Friday, Kenya’s Equity Bank announced that Helios will be selling half of its stake to Norway’s Norfininvest AS The Africa focused investment firm, Helios, currently owns 24.45% of the bank’s shares which it bought in 2007 for more than 11 billion shillings ($120.2 million). The transaction, which requires regulatory approvals,…

MainOne , Nigeria’s leading provider of innovative telecom services and network solutions for businesses in West Africa, today announced the opening of its premier Tier III Lekki Data Center to address the growing demand for Colocation, Cloud and Disaster Recovery Services in West Africa. In addition, MainOne announced that the…

Delivering on its commitment to transform the storage industry with industry-leading customer value and economics, Dell today announced the global availability of new enterprise class Dell Storage all-flash array (AFA) configurations starting at only $25,000 (US). With this launch, Dell offers customers the lowest entry price for an all-flash mid-range…

Microsoft has announced the availability of its globally acclaimed Lumia 535 Dual Sim 3G Smartphone in Nigeria offering five great integrated Microsoft experiences, a wide-angle 5 megapixel front facing camera, and a spacious 5 inch display protected with Gorilla Glass 3. The Lumia 535 Dual SIM which helps people do…

Prince William and Kate now have an official Twitter account, @KensingtonRoyal. So you can follow the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Twitter. And with the coming of the second child of the Royal couple, a lot of fans and followers will be eager to follow them on Twitter. Twitter…

Shopping in Nigeria has gotten a whole lot easier with the rise of e-commerce platforms. Browse websites to find everything from fashion to electronics and in as little as 48 hours you can have that product in your hands. That is the world of online shopping as we see it today. The…

Easy Taxi, Nigeria’s foremost taxi requesting service which officially extended its services to users in Abuja a few months ago, has started the New Year on a good note. On its mission to revolutionize Nigeria’s transportation system, Easy Taxi took its unique taxi experience to the Designers Market Place “Back…

Tencent’s WeChat is spreading throughout Africa through its association with South Africa’s media company, Naspers using it as a springboard for competing with Facebook’s WhatsApp. Starting from South Africa, It is now solidifying its base in West Africa.  (Naspers acquired a 46.5% interest in Tencent Holdings Limited in 2001.) It has…

Taking selfie to another level, AS Roma’s superstar Francesco Totti celebrated a goal by taking a selfie on the pitch. The 38 year old captain scored an equalizer as Roma drew 2-2 with Laxio in a city derby that held on Sunday. With his 11th career goal in the derby,…

It has been announced that the Social Media Africa Summit and Awards will now take place on Saturday, January 24, 2015. The event had to be rescheduled from December 2014 due to unforeseen circumstances. The Social Media Awards Africa (SMAA) was created to recognise and celebrate excellence and creativity in…

If you are a Non-Profit in South Africa or Egypt, you should know that you can promote your mission or initiative on Google search result pages with Google Ad Grants. Google Ad grants are only available in 2 African countries – Egypt and South  Google Ad Grants is the nonprofit…

NATCOM Consortium, preferred bidder for the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited,(NITEL) and its mobile subsidiary, the Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited, has paid 30% of the $252.52m bid. This amounts to  $75.76m (N13.63bn). In a statement made by the Head of Public Communications, Bureau of Public Enterprises,(BPE) Mr. Chigbo Anichebe, on Thursday, this payment…

Naspers’ associate, Tencent and JD.com has agreed to invest about $1.3billion in Chinese auto information website operator, Bitauto Holdings Ltd.; so says Bitauto. Bitauto also revealed that  China’s No. 2 e-commerce company, JD.com and Tencent, best known for its communications app WeChat, will also invest a total of $250 million in…