It’s that season again, where all the Nigerian’s living in different areas of the world return home to celebrate the festive season with their loved ones. Most of them are usually referred to as the ‘I Just Got Back’ (Hashtag #IJGB) mostly because those four words are usually the next…
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I am a staff at Innovation Village.
Sidel, the leading global provider of PET solutions for liquid packaging, has announced a new initiative aimed at reducing the amount of PET used in beverage bottles worldwide, thereby helping producers to save money and improve their environmental footprint at the same time. To allow beverage producers and bottlers to…
Thousands of smallholder farmers in Liberia are set to benefit from an innovative seed distribution initiative that seeks to combine food security and Ebola containment strategies in Liberia. The initiative, led by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in partnership with the government and other stakeholders, seeks…
International property platform Lamudi has relaunched with a complete revamp of its website to offer a more intuitive design that streamlines the online house-hunting process for users globally. The new website introduces a responsive design, with the site adapting to match the user’s particular device and screen size. The platform’s…
In a bid to making this yuletide season a memorable one for its ever growing loyal customers, Microsoft Mobile Devices has made good its promise of rewarding customers who emerged winners in its in 12 Days of Christmas MakeIthappen Lumia Promotion. The company redeemed its pledge to its winners on…
Nigerian Breweries Plc intends to make a statement with one of its beer brands – STAR. It is currently building what it hopes to be the tallest tree made entirely out of beer bottles. The current World Record of 1000 beer bottles is currently held by the Chinese in the…
Yesterday (December 11), Angry Birds celebrated its birthday by welcoming every baby born in Finland to the flock with a special BirdDay present, a soft hoodie or a warm overall! Angry Birds is a video game franchise created by Finnish computer game developer Rovio Entertainment. Inspired primarily by a sketch…
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdallah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has extended a grant of US$35 million to help fight Ebola in West Africa. In a statement to the media on this occasion, Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Ali, President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) (http://www.isdb.org) said…
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and global telecommunications operator Orange recently announced a new alliance to develop innovations in mobile health (mHealth) at the Global mHealth Forum in Washington, DC. These mHealth innovations will help treat and care for individuals in developing countries across Africa. “With the increasing…
YouTube has launched a new feature that allows you take videos offline to watch later during short periods of low or no internet connectivity. For videos where this feature is available, you can choose to add the video for offline viewing by tapping on the offline icon. Once taken offline,…
TIME Magazine has just announced that the Ebola Fighters as the choice for Person of the year 2014. They beat the other finalists which included Russian President Vladimir Putin, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Artist Taylor Swift, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and President of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq Massoud Barzani. Time’s managing…
With Kevin Systrom, CEO, Instagram recent announcement of Instagram having an active base of over 300 million users, it now stands taller than Twitter which has an active base of 284 million users. However this is still a far cry when compared to its parent company’s (Facebook) active base of…
As Nigerians gear up for gift-giving associated with Christmas, economic analysts do not expect socio-economic trends to affect the Nigerian shopping behaviour, with an expected rise in sales on online shopping websites. 2014 has seen an exponential growth in awareness and patronage of online stores with increased education about the…
Seriously!! I didn’t know I could “retract” a message to remove it from my BBM chat. This is one of the new features in the latest release of BBM. This new release centers on privacy features that allow customers to take control over the messages and content that they share,…
Bayt.com, the Middle East’s leading career site, has partnered with Souktel to launch a new SMS service for young professionals across Egypt. The service, linked directly to Bayt.com’s popular “Specialties” platform, lets job-seekers and working Egyptians get advice from peers and experts in a wide range of sectors. Through…
Powering Africa: Summit To Be Held in Washington DC, January 28-30th 2015, With Commitments From 12 African Countries To Further Advance Private Sector Participation In Africa’s Power Sector Over the last 20 years EnergyNet has co-ordinated investor meetings with some of the most reliable and successful power developers operating on…
Excitement is rising in Nigeria; behaviour is changing, as a new wave emerges among the different inhabitants in the country. Online shopping is causing a frenzy and the excitement in 2014 is at fever pitch, as Nigerians prepare to break the bank for gifts for colleagues, friends, and family this…
Eskimi together with the ONE Campaign have launched a new social campaign encouraging people sign a petition calling for more action to stop Ebola. Ebola is devastating parts of West Africa. And every day we continue to wait – for funding to reach the ground, for nurses and doctors to…
Yes, he is the President of the United States of America and Yes, he is the first President to write code. President Barack Obama did this as part of the Hour Of Code . He joined over 53 million students worldwide to try the Hour of Code; to show that…
This Christmas, let Kaymu help you with your present shopping by bringing the magic of Christmas to the virtual world. Kaymu, the leading online shopping community in Africa has launched its Christmas Store in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Ivory Coast and Cameroon with amazing discounts of upto 70%…