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President Jonathan recently launched a youth entrepreneurship online portal as part of its Youth Entrepreneurship strategy (YES). The Nigeria Youth Entrepreneurship Network portal, NYENET.com, serves as s diverse youth training entrepreneurship interventions. The portal is designed to provide disadvantaged groups in society such as young people and women a direct link…

Airtel Nigeria revealed the names of six winners in Catapult-A-Startup initiative at an event which took place at the Airtel HQ, Plot L2, Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos The winners are Pass.Ng, Yuzah, PushCV, Sonbim Games, MatchUP, Blubird and ChopUp. From the 380 online applications, top 75 startups were shortlisted based…

Airtel Nigeria has joined the other Airtel operating countries to launch an audio streaming app call Wynk. Wynk Music is a multi platform Music Streaming App which provides users access to millions of Nigerian and international songs right from their phones, tablets or computer. The App is available on iOS…

The Corporate Affairs Commission launched the long-awaited online company registration portal last week. It is expected that this will significantly bring down cost of doing business in Nigeria. According to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga, who commissioned the portal; “The platform we are launching today is…

Manoj Kohli has resigned from the Board of Bharti Airtel. This marks his formal exit from the telecom business of the group. According to a filing to the BSE, Bharti Airtel said that Kohli has resigned as non-executive director. In a related statement , Bharti Airtel said, “We would like…

Workistry.com is hosting the “Worlds’ Largest Online Job Fair” from July 17th – August 17th, 2015.  About 30,000 Employers from 98 countries will be online to hire professionals from Africa and the rest of the world. Log on to www.workistry.com and upload your CV. Workistry.com is a candidate search engine…

Attahiru Jega is trending on Twitter due to INEC postponement of elections. He is the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Nigeria. Jega announced the six-week postponement late last night citing fears over security and the Boko Haram Insurgency. He said security chiefs advised a delay as troops would…

Hotels.ng, the largest online hotels booking agency in Nigeria has announced a partnership with VConnect.com, Nigeria’s biggest search engine. This partnership as announced by the two companies will run for a period of two weeks in February. Customers on both platforms will be given access to a special valentine treatment. Customers…

In a bid to increase the application of innovation and technology in healthcare delivery, the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria (PHN), is calling on innovators, techies, academic institutions, private sector companies, businesses, civil society, clinicians, researchers, NGOs, and individuals to participate in the $1million Health Innovation Challenge to Save…

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…