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Nigeria’s safest online marketplace, kaymu.com.ng has introduced a new offline initiative to help grow small and medium scale enterprises titled SME Saturdays. The maiden edition of SME Saturdays will hold on Saturday October 25th,2014 by 12noon at the LCCI Conference and Exhibition centre, Alausa, Ikeja. According to Tomiwa Oladele, Head of  Communications…

The Merck Capacity Advancement Program (http://www.merckgroup.com) aims at expanding the professional capacity in the areas of research and development, clinical research, supply chain integrity and efficiency, pharmacovigilance, community awareness and medical education for medical and pharmacy undergraduates, physicians and pharmacists in rural areas. The 5 year program was kicked off…

Aggreko, the world leader in the provision of temporary power and temperature control services, has announced that its highly successful ‘Aggreko University’ technical training programme has been expanded beyond Ivory Coast to now draw students from across seven Central and West African countries. The programme is widely regarded by students,…

The Economist Events (http://www.economistevents.com) will be hosting their Health Care in Africa Summit (http://www.africahealth.economist.com) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania at the Hyatt Regency, The Kilimanjaro on November 18th and 19th 2014. Drawing together the key stakeholders representing the continents entire health care spectrum, attendees will discuss the key issues, challenges and opportunities facing…

GE Africa awarded Green Investment Initiative of the Year GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt awarded Global Investment Personality of the Year General Electric Company (GE: NYSE) (http://www.ge.com) picked up two awards at this year’s Africa Investor (Ai) Investment and Business Leader Awards. GE Africa was awarded Green Investment Initiative…

Jovago.com and UNICEF have launched a partnership with the aim of ensuring official birth registration of every child born in Africa. The partnership includes financial support of UNICEF’S Birth Registration Programme via ICT and mobile technology. Jovago, the leading online hotel booking company, supports UNICEF’s “Passport to Protection” initiative. This…

The 15th Francophonie Summit – 29 and 30 November 2014, Dakar International Conference Centre, Senegal For more than a year, experts and members of Senegalese civil society have been rallying together to plan the topics for the 15th Francophonie Summit programme (http://www.francophoniedakar2014.sn), which will focus on the themes from the…

If you are one of the ardent Angry Birds followers and an Apple follower, you would have received an email from Apple telling you about today’s  App Store Spotlight featuring Angry Birds Transformers. And you can download it in the App Store today free. Starting from the 15th of October,…

AMPION announces today four leading global technology companies as its major sponsors. Leading global IT, healthcare and satellite giants join forces with AMPION to enable entrepreneurial talent in Africa to develop innovative solutions on the continent by making best use of the power of mobile technology. SAP, Microsoft and MTN…

7 time Grammy Award winner, Mega Superstar and Black Eyed Peas founder and frontman, Will.i.am has just unveiled a new smartband wearable device, i.amPULS at the i.am+ keynote presentation during Dreamforce 2014. Pronounced “Pulse”, this new wearable has a voice controlled feature called “Aneeda”; just like Apple’s Siri. It allows…

Throughout October JUMIA Kenya will donate 50% of proceeds made from purchases on its pink store to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. This will contribute to the prevention, treatment and research of breast cancer. October is the month dedicated to raising awareness of breast cancer across the globe. According to…

According to Google, “Advances in computing are driven at the intersection of hardware and software. That’s why we’ve always introduced Nexus devices alongside our platform releases.” In line with this thought, Google has introduced three new devices – the Nexus 6 smartphone, the Nexus 9 tablet and the Nexus Player (a streaming…

Google s just announced its latest version of its mobile platform – the Android 5.0 Lollipop. According to Google; Lollipop is made for a world where moving throughout the day means interacting with a bunch of different screens—from phones and tablets to TVs. With more devices connecting together, your expectation…

Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg announced on his Facebook page that Priscilla (his wife) and him, will be donating $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to help fight Ebola. He goes on to say that: The Ebola epidemic is at a critical turning point. It has infected 8,400 people so…

M-pesa was a success in Kenya and it is a case study all over the world. Now Kenya has now witnessed a bank (Equity Bank) who wants to enter into telecommunications industry. Equity Bank has started giving out free ordinary SIM cards to its 8.7 million customers and even non-customers…

Following new cases of the Ebola virus in Spain and the first death from the virus in the United States, researchers are looking to Nigeria’s utilization of 21st Century technology to study exactly how Africa’s most populous country was able to contain the deadly disease. The Ebola outbreak hit Nigeria…

As the world celebrates the seventh Global Handwashing Day, UNICEF said the fight against Ebola further underscores the practice of handwashing in disease prevention. “Handwashing with soap is one of the cheapest, most effective ‘vaccines’ against viral diseases, from the seasonal flu, to the common cold,” said Sanjay Wijesekera, head…

Jumia Nigeria and MTN have developed a new campaign to connect Nigerians offline. The One week campaign called connectivity week will take place in 3 cities (Lagos, Ibadan and Ogun state) starting today with the Jumia & MTN truck. “The connectivity week will be bridging the gap between customers offline…

Increasing access to modern forms of energy is crucial to unlocking faster economic and social development in sub Saharan Africa, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Africa Energy Outlook (http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/africa), a Special Report in the 2014 World Energy Outlook series. More than 620 million people in the region (two-thirds…

Easy Taxi, the world’s largest taxi booking app, has introduced new features to support a fully integrated user experience with the most recent version of its app. The move is the latest from the global taxi booking company as the app wars go beyond the physical taxi space. “The new…