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70 year old Larry Ellison is stepping down as the CEO of Oracle. He founded Oracle to be one of America’s largest and most prominent technology companies. The Oracle board also named Mark Hurd, 57, and Safra Catz, 52, as Co-CEOs to replace him. Jeff Henley, who has served as…

Increased Internet access will generate more consumer spend than any other media product or service in the next five years in the South African entertainment and media industry, according to a report issued by PwC today (http://www.pwc.com). South Africa’s entertainment and media market is expected to grow by 10.2% compounded annually…

Blackberry, in partnership with Porsche Design, unveiled the new P’9983 smartphone in Dubai yesterday. Marking the third smartphone collaboration between BlackBerry and Porsche Design, the device integrates premium quality materials such as sapphire glass for the camera lens, forged stainless steel for the Porsche Design floating logo and chassis, and a…

Who will win in this inaugural edition of “She Leads Africa” competition this Saturday, 20th August? The ten finalists were announced on the 15th of August and we shall know who will take home the first prize of $10,000 in a couple of days. There will be a networking reception…

The 440NG team sent out a tweet to show that some startups have been chosen. However they are not letting us know who has been chosen. Emails were sent out yesterday from the @440LTD platform. Check to see if you made it into the program. Thanks for everybody who applied.—…

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, in partnership with Verve International, has launched an offer tagged “UBA Verve Rewards” in which Cardholders could win e-cash, free airtime, Nokia mobile phones and up to N35,000  cashback Cardholders who use their UBA issued Verve cards to initiate a minimum of five POS…

The Managing Director of Jovago Africa’s largest online hotel booking platform, Marek Zmyslowski has stated that e-commerce is the key driving innovation factor for mobile payments in Nigeria. In a statement made on a panel for Mobile Payment Solutions for the Nigerian Market at the on-going Nigeria Com Conference, which…

BANK OF AFRICA and Orange Money customers will be able to transfer money directly from their Orange Money account to their BOA account and vice versa In the coming months, BANK OF AFRICA and Orange Money customers will be able to transfer money directly from their Orange Money account to…

Microsoft has agreed to buy Mojang, the company behind the hit game “Minecraft’ for $2.5billion. Available across multiple platforms, “Minecraft” is one of the most popular video games in history, with more than 100 million downloads, on PC alone, by players since its launch in 2009. “Minecraft” is one of…

The car world can be full of surprises so Carmudi, the world’s fastest growing car classified, has put together a list of the ten most astonishing facts about vehicles and driving around the world. Cars possess enough personality to have their own little tales. And although you spend hours cooped…

Once again, Microsoft Mobile formally known as Nokia thrills consumers with the launch of its latest flagship Lumia smartphone, Lumia 930. The sleek and gorgeous device was launched on Friday, September 12th in partnership with Mansard Insurance and MTN Nigeria. The Lumia 930, runs on Windows Phone 8.1 and  comes…

Nigeria’s leading online marketplace: Kaymu.com.ng has further expanded to mobile marketing with the launch of its mobile app on 12th, September, 2014. The mobile app is designed to make online shopping in Nigeria even easier and more convenient, with features that enable sellers to list products and buyers to select from a…

The rave of the new Infinix Zero is still on! Never before have we seen such an amazing reception for a mobile device! Imagine how fast the Infinix Zero sold out on the first day it was featured on the Konga website. In a few hours, all the devices were…

Some companies take Loyalty to a totally new level. How would you not want to be a customer of this company? Check this out and Share….Remember to share your comments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUkN7g_bEAI

Ron Amadeo, Reviews Editor at Ars Technica shows an interesting comparison (see above) of the newly introduced Apple iPhone and the Nexus 4 introduced two years ago by Google. And this comparison in his google+ post – “Dear iPhone 6 Users: Welcome to 2012” has really gone viral. He thinks the some…

Samsung couldn’t resist it. It couldn’t allow Apple take the shine this week with the unveiling of the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6 Plus and the Apple Watch. It just had to get a piece of Cupertino-based company. In its recent Samsung Galaxy Note 4 ads, it decided to take jabs…

In the Connected Wheelchair Project, the Intel IoT group uses the Intel Galileo board to help Dr. Hawking and people with disabilities seamlessly interact and analyze their health, wheelchair, and accessibility, significantly improving day-to-day life. The device monitors vitals of the person sitting in the chair, including blood pressure, heart…

Heritage Bank emerged as the preferred bidder for the acquisition of Enterprise Bank yesterday. The bid was put t N56billion. This comes about a year after Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) began the sale process. Enterprise Bank is one of the three nationalized banks created after the 2009 banking…

CEOs in Africa are optimistic about their company’s prospects for revenue growth over the medium term, according to PwC’s ‘Africa Business Agenda, 2014’ report issued today (http://www.pwc.com). Suresh Kana, Senior Partner for PwC Africa, says: “CEOs in Africa feel more positive about their ability to generate revenue growth and about…

Well-known global business leader and chairman of Heirs Holdings Tony Elumelu says the group “has the ambition to generate at least a quarter of Nigeria’s power consumption needs in the next five years.”  Heirs Holdings’ interests in the power sector include Transcorp Ughelli Power, a gas-fired, thermal power generating plant…