Foremost Telecoms company, MTN Nigeria has partnered with Tastee Fried Chicken, a Quick Service Restaurant company to launch of meal vouchers to increase its retail footprints and provide its products and services at all TFC outlets nationwide. With the MTN-Tastee meal vouchers, MTN subscribers can carry out most of the telecoms services…
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Helpling, the most widely-available online platform for on-demand home services, has secured US$ 17M in Series A funding. The group of investors includes among others Mangrove Capital Partners, Phenomen Ventures, as well as Point Nine Capital and Lukasz Gadowski. The investment follows the company’s rapid expansion throughout Europe and beyond.…
Bharti Airtel, the leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Africa and Asia, announced at a media briefing today that its mobile commerce service, Airtel Money, has hit the 1 million revenue-earning customers landmark in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The achievement is significant…
Heritage Bank recently unveiled a mobile portable PoS device, called a PortaPOS. The device is a pocket size point of sale terminal which is the size and weight of the regular mobile phone. According to Heritage Bank’s executive director, Niyi Adeseun at the unveiling of the device, “Today, small businesses and large retailers…
In the lead up to the festive season, consumers are increasingly turning to online shopping portals instead of visiting physical stores. Oliver Facey, VP Operations for DHL Express Sub Saharan Africa (http://www.dpdhl.com), says that shopping online not only offers consumers access to a greater selection of products with easy to…
MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion launching in East Africa with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop financial services that help people build better futures Across East Africa, millions of people living in or near poverty struggle to pay for their children’s school fees or necessary health…
In preparation for the switch over from analogue to digital broadcasting expected to take place in Nigeria early 2014, the bigwigs of media content production companies are already churning out high-impact content guaranteed to deliver eyeballs both to advertisers and TV platforms alike. With a galaxy of veteran actors like…
Public education campaign emphasizes vital role of healthcare workers and features new Ebola prevention communications for West Africa, including ‘We’ve Got Your Back’ PSA At the Official Draw for the 2015 OrangeTM Africa Cup of Nations yesterday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) joined football stars, celebrities, international health organizations…
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…