Jumia Nigeria has introduced this service in a bid to give customers more flexibility and make their shopping experience even better. Recently, Jumia introduced the express delivery service where customers received their orders on the same day if order is placed before 1pm. The Sunday delivery option starts in Lagos…
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One of Africa’s leading online marketplaces Kaymu.com.gh is celebrating its first anniversary by offering a series of promotions. Basic trade has been part of our history for centuries and with the development of the internet, the speed and scale of trade has reached a new level. The digital age has…
The Jumia and MTN connectivity week truck certainly made an impact as people spotted the truck in different locations in Lagos, Oyo and Ogun State. Everyone that approached the truck discovered more about Jumia and the new MTN tariff ‘iPulse’. They enjoyed the music and dancing, they were given lots…
Finally, Queen Elizabeth II joins the Twitter world by sending her first ever tweet. Though she does not have a personal handle, she tweeted from the official account of the British Monarchy after opening the Information Age exhibition at London’s Science Museum today. Her tweet is signed off “Elizabeth R”. https://twitter.com/BritishMonarchy/status/525596327674400768…
Nigeria’s Award Winning Actress Genevieve Nnaji and Jumia Nigeria have partnered to launch the new collection of St Genevieve, exclusive to Jumia in Nigeria. The new collection showcases the fashion sense and ‘Red Carpet’ style. The collection is themed around pieces from chic to formal to casual with pieces that…
The first teaser trailer of “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” was released yesterday after leaking online. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate…
The dream of every Nigerian child for academic success is now a reality with the introduction by Globacom of a mobile-based educational application called Glo Mobile Tutor. Glo Mobile Tutor is an innovation with full Junior and Secondary school curricula that had been specially designed to provide instant knowledge and…
Jovago, www.jovago.com– Africa’s largest online hotel booking platform reports a rocketing of hotel listings on its website. In 15 countries across Africa, the hotel booking giant has now personally verified 5,000 hotels in Nigeria in just one year. Started in August 2013, Jovago.com has grown rapidly to become the hotel…
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…