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Leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, has launched an entrepreneurial initiative tagged ‘Catapult-a-Startup,’ a platform which will inspire innovation and assist mobile app developers in actualising their dreams of making it big. With this initiative, Airtel is offering opportunities to budding mobile app developers to receive advanced mentoring from industry veterans,…

The Tony Elumelu Foundation has announced the launch of a $100m Pan-African entrepreneurship initiative – The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme – a multi-year programme of training, funding, and mentoring, designed to empower the next generation of Africanentrepreneurs. The programme is the first initiative of its kind to be launched…

Konga.com further cemented its position as Nigeria’s largest online mall as it successfully delivered Nigeria’s biggest online shopping day with its version of the Global Black Friday sales tagged ‘Yakata’. Yakata, a Nigerian colloquial term meaning “final” or “completely.” Konga’s Yakata sales started on Thursday and ended by midnight on…

JUMIA, Africa’s largest online shopping mall, kicked off “Black Friday” offering special deals and discounts of up to 75% across its large assortment of products, including best selling electronic devices, home and living products, groceries, service deals, sport products and toys. Within 24 hours, JUMIA reached an all-time peak in…

Following the success of Airtel Red Hot promo which was first introduced last year, leading Telecommunications Service Provider, Airtel Nigeria, has launched the second edition of the consumer promo, which has created life-changing opportunities for scores of Airtel customers to become instant millionaires. For the second edition, Airtel Nigeria has…

The long anticipated trailer for the upcoming Star Wars film has been released. It is episode VII in the Star Wars Saga, Star Wars: The Force Awakens You can download the trailer, here, on Apple’s trailer website or simply check out the YouTube video, below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erLk59H86ww Star Wars: The Force…

…offers free SMS, free Social media and 11k per sec for students across all Nigerian Campuses Leading telecommunications operator, Airtel Nigeria, has unveiled yet another innovative offering; ‘Airtel Trybe’ specially designed to cater to the needs and lifestyle of the youth market segment. Airtel Trybe is enhanced with features which…

The government of United Republic of Tanzania has never had any plan to evict the Maasai people from their ancestral land The government of United Republic of Tanzania has never had any plan to evict the Maasai people from their ancestral land as falsely reported by the media in recent…

Eskimi, a mobile social network in Nigeria, launched a mobile RTB (mobile real time bidding platform) with a goal to even more increase the mobile reach in Nigeria for advertisement clients and agencies. Eskimi currently has 9 million members in mobile social network in Nigeria alone and is planning to…

As end of the year draws neigh and the holidays approaches, festivities and celebrations have begun. With so many things to be thankful for and so many people to see and places to visit, Easy Taxi, Nigeria’s foremost taxi requesting service recognizes that with these celebrations come the responsibility of…

Just a few hours into the launch of ‘Yakata’, Konga’s version of the global ‘Black Friday’, the largest online mall in Nigeria recorded a massive flood of eager shoppers on the site as many Nigerians are leaving no stone unturned in making away with the biggest deals of the year.…

United Bank for Africa (UBA), one of the largest financial services company in Africa is partnering with Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, to provide mobile-based financial services across Africa through Airtel Money. Airtel Money is Bharti Airtel’s mobile commerce…

The Positive Action for Children Fund (PACF) is proud to announce 103 grants for 2015 totalling £5 million. 54 new grants and 49 extensions will be funded to support community responses to help end mother to child transmission of HIV thereby delivering crucial services to mothers, children and HIV affected…

The Yakata sale on Konga.com Nigeria’s largest online mall has begun! It’s happening at the moment! Yakata is the major event that the online shopping scene has been building up to all year! It is Konga’s version of the Black Friday Sales. The Sales kicked off today and would be…

Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has emerged as the new OPEC President. She was elected at the ongoing 166th General Meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. Being the first lady to be elected President, she succeeds Libyan Vice-Prime Minister for Corporations, Abdourhman Atahar Al-Ahirish. Until her election,…

LG has just undertaken a corporate reshuffling of its executive team, With this move, Juno Cho, President of LG Corp., LG Electronics’ holding company, will take on the role of President and CEO of the LG Mobile Communication Company with Dr. Jong-seok Park moving into the newly created position of…

Opera Software has just launched a Subscription Mobile Store. With this Subscription Mobile Store, operators can create their own “all you can eat” subscription stores, in which consumers pay a small weekly fee to download as many apps as their smartphones can handle. Mobile operators who’ve missed out on the…

Kenya’s leading mobile telecoms company, Safaricom, has launched a $1million venture fund to accelerate the development of mobile applications in Kenya. According to Safaricom, the Spark Venture Fund will be offered to mobile ICT start-ups based in Kenya, either through equity investment in their businesses or in the form of…

The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits) has become the first African university to join edX. With this, the edX community throughout Africa (which boasts of over 200,000 learners), will now have access to courses from Wits. “This is a pioneering, innovative project spearheaded by Wits, which will indeed unlock new…

Global Alternative Asset Manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) and Old Mutual Private Equity today announced that they have agreed to acquire 100% of South African tyre retailer and wholesaler Tiger Automotive (TiAuto) from Ethos Private Equity and the founders. Funding for this investment will come from the Carlyle Sub-Saharan…