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…. Unveils Mobile Midwife, Dial-a-Doctor In an effort to reduce infant and maternal mortality rate in Nigeria, Airtel has partnered with Grameen Foundation and VAS2nets Technologies Ltd to unveil two innovative mobile health services dubbed Mobile Midwife and Dial-a-Doctor. Mobile Midwife is a tailored mobile service designed to provide vital…

Philips to target sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia where high maternal and infant mortality can be addressed through early diagnosis, proper nutrition, remote monitoring innovations and access to energy. Philips commits to improve the lives of 100 million women and children by 2025 “We look forward to working with…

Jovago, www.jovago.com– Africa’s largest online hotel booking platform, has signed a white label partnership with one of West Africa’s largest regional carriers, Africa World Airlines, to provide more accessible hotel booking services to Africans. This partnership with Africa World Airlines – which makes Jovago.com their official hotel partner – will…

A team of coders from Cape Town took second place in SunGard’s annual Codeathon in London, beating another 10 teams from seven countries in the finals. The team was selected from 500 developers that competed in the first round to be within the 51 finalists who went to London. The…

Konga.com recently integrated on its platform a new GTPay Payment method – the GTBank Internet Bank Transfer. This was done in a bid to make shopping easier by providing a new convenient channel to make payments online.  Customers on Konga can now pay for their goods through GTBank Internet Banking,…

Safety Tips to Follow when riding a taxi A taxi can be a very convenient way of getting from one location to another and it can also be very convenient as it takes away the stress of having to look for the perfect parking spot or worry about who the…

At no time in recent years has there been as much optimism about the various opportunities for businesses in Africa. Yet, successfully marketing a brand across such a diverse continent – with over 50 countries, hundreds of languages and various cultures – is no easy task. This is according to…

Winners of the first Media Awards on Electrical Counterfeiting in Africa on Thursday received their awards during a special ceremony held in Grenoble (France) in the presence of Mrs Tracy Garner, Global Anti-counterfeiting Manager at Schneider Electric (http://www.schneider-electric.com). The Media Awards on Electrical Counterfeiting in Africa was established by…

The Nigerian Stock Exchange has unveiled Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede as its new President. He succeeds Aliko Dangote, the former President. From 2002 until his retirement in 2013, he was the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, during his tenure the Bank was transformed to rank amongst…

…Winner to get record deal with Music Megastar, Akon Leading telecommunications operator, Airtel Nigeria is partnering with Trace, an International music video channel,  to launch a unique mobile song contest, designed to empower Nigerian youths and create robust platforms for them to achieve their aspirations. The competition tagged ‘Airtel Trace…

To coincide with the return to school, and as part of the #Tousalecole (Back to School) campaign, Jumia Ivory Coast (https://www.jumia.ci) has offered 1,000 school kits to primary school pupils in Yopougon Kouté in a ceremony attended by members of the National Ministry for Education and Technical Education (http://www.education-ci.org). “Society…

I thought Blackberry was finished in the smartphone industry but it seems it is far from finished. Just recently it launched the Porsche Design P’9983 smartphone and now it has unveiled a new smartphone – the Blackberry Passport. Boundary-breaking and purpose-built for productivity, the BlackBerry Passport comes with a new large…

Rocket Internet, the superstar incubator, has set a price range of €35.50 to €42.50 for its Initial Public Offering, valuing the company at about 6.2 billion euros ($8 billion). Founded in 2007 by brothers Oliver, Alexander and Marc Samwer, Rocket Internet has set up e-commerce sites and online marketplaces for everything…

Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake are in the new Apple TV ads;  ehhh not them actually but their voices. They combine to highlight the “Huge” display and “improved camera” features of the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus. The first ad is titled “Huge” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3uAoeQBpcQ While the second ad…

Nigeria’s leading online marketplace Kaymu.com.ng today announces the expansion of its operations to the nation’s capital Abuja. The expansion was borne out of the need to satisfy the ever increasing number of buyers and sellers on Kaymu’s platform. The new office will serve as a base for the entire northern region by…

On the market since spring 2014, the new MINI makes an instant impression – with its classic proportions, the typical three-way structure of its body, all-round greenhouse and roof, and a modern interpretation of hallmark brand design features. The new model, extended in length by some ten centimetres, has now…

The Managing Director of Africa’s largest online hotel booking platform Jovago, Marek Zmyslowski, at the ongoing 3rd EU-Nigeria Business Forum, stated that online businesses have contributed to the growth of the Nigerian economy. On a panel discussion about the private sector’s contribution to Nigeria’s growth at the EU – Nigeria…

Dakar, the capital of Senegal, is hosting the first Africa SME Champions Forum on 11 and 12 November 2014 (http://www.africa-smechampions.com). The specialist recruitment agency AfricSearch, the African Guarantee Fund and the pan-African bank Ecobank are coming together to organise this, the first forum devoted exclusively to African SMEs. 300 SMEs,…

MTN Nigeria now has over 2 million Facebook fans. This makes it the most liked telecoms operator on Facebook. This is not unconnected with the fact that it accounts for 44% of the mobile subscriber base in Nigeria as at the last NCC report. MTN currently has about 56 million…

According to June 2014 subscriber statistics released by NCC last week, figures show that Globacom has overtaken Airtel to be the 2nd largest mobile operator in Nigeria in terms of subscriber numbers. MTN still maintains the top position though its subscriber numbers dropped from 57 million in March 2014 to 56…