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Segun Toriola of Nigeria produces a breathtaking defensive display to win a 41-shot rally against Singapore’s Ning Gao during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Segun won the point but sadly lost the match. Watch the play below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahOnhEvMgq0

Instagram has quietly launched its messaging app called Bolt. Bolt allows you to send short-lived photo and video messages from mobile devices; this means the message disappears after it has been read. Tap on a friend’s face  To send a photo instantly, all you have to do is tap on…

Startup Launch helps startups design, develop and distribute their apps over the Google Developers Platform.  Google is currently piloting the program with select startups nominated by their Developer Relations team. Apply to Startup Launch to get the best out of the Google Developers platform. You stand to get the following:…

A 13 year old Texas teenager, Ariel Tolfree, recently reported that her Samsung S4 caught fire under her pillow as she slept. She was awakened by the smoldering cell phone. In her discussion with a local TV station,  Tolfree says her phone slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and the…

According to latest statistics released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, there are over 1 million orphans in Ghana and the number continues to grow. Soccer Lounge, an initiative which strives to raise funds for the less privileged children through sports has…

If you are to answer this question based on Microsoft’s new ad, I guess your answer would be the same as mine. Watch and tell us what you think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0pjD4qpIpg Cortana is now available on the new Nokia Lumia 635 and on other Lumia phones. By the way, how did…

In an unusual twist, iROKOtv has chosen to locate its East African office in Kigali, Rwanda instead of Nairobi, Kenya. Typically, as Nairobi is deemed to be the natural “commercial capital” of the East African region, one would have expected Jason Njoku, the founder of the internet TV company, to…

Fatoumata Ba, founder and CEO of JUMIA Ivory Coast, recently participated in the African Ministers of Employment conference in Abidjan. She discussed young people’s access to the world of work, and stated that entrepreneurship through new technology offers a real and lasting solution to the problem of youth unemployment. As…

The international banking and financial services corporation HSBC has concluded its operations in Nairobi, marking a three-year tenure in Kenya’s capital. This closure is a part of a broader global reorganization within the HSBC group, leading to reduced operations across its international markets. The Central Bank of Kenya has acknowledged…

Airtel Kenya has won a case against Safaricom to open up its M-pesa platform after a long battle over exclusivity of the service. The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) gave this order in a letter signed on the 25th of July and sent to the two Kenyan mobile operators. This…

Easy Taxi, a leading mobile taxi app in Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia, secured USD 40m in Series D funding led by the Russian Phenomen Ventures with participation of Tengelmann Ventures, the investment company of Germany’s multi-sector retailer Tengelmann Group. The confidence new investors put into the world’s…

Adds the last 100 million customers in less than 2 years Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced that it has crossed the 300 million customer mark across its operations. The milestone includes customers across mobile, fixed line…

The mission of “She Leads Africa” is to help female entrepreneurs gain access to the knowledge, networks, and financing to build and scale strong businesses. She Leads africa believes that female entrepreneurs face 4 key barriers to full participation in Africa’s growth story. These barriers are as follows: Unequal access…

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg saw his wealth surge by $1.6 billion to $33.3bn on the company recent stock price surge. This now makes him worth more that Google’s pair – Sergey Brin, Larry Page  and even Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. This recent surge was as a result of the company’s second-quarter sales…

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MTN Nigeria has further confirmed its position as Africa’s foremost company of choice by entering into a partnership with National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to launch MTN Y’ello Health – designed to bring affordable health care services closer to MTN subscribers and Nigerians at large. MTN Y’ello Health is an all-inclusive…

Airtel Nigeria, has taken yet another bold step in realization of its corporate vision of becoming the No1 mobile Internet service provider in Nigeria as it announces the introduction of Internet Bundles for Android devices. According to Airtel, the new value offering, which is first of its kind in the…

Jason Njoku, founder of iROKING, shares the future of iROKING in his hew post. Here it is…… Last month, my wife and I had dinner in Lagos with one of the most successful record label executives in Nigeria. Although we speak whenever we see each other and both have a…

One of the most difficult decisions that can be made is deciding what mobile phone to upgrade to. The Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8 are the two flagship phones of the year, and two of the most searched for mobile phones in the last month on online marketplace…

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Rwanda (http://www.cmu.edu)  is proud to announce that its first class in Africa graduated on 24 July, 2014. The ceremony, which took place at the Serena Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, awarded 22 students with master’s degrees in information technology (IT) The graduation underscores Carnegie Mellon University…