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Nigeria’s online marketplace, Konga.com has been awarded the “Socially devoted” standard; a certificate in customer service excellence by Social bakers, the most popular provider of social media analytic tools, statistics and metrics for Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and LinkedIn. The award comes as Konga celebrates reaching the 1 Million…
Mobile internet use doubling year-on-year, with usage expected to increase 20 times in the next five years By 2017, 3G technology will outstrip 2G to become the region’s dominant form of mobile connection Ericsson predicts 930 million mobile subscriptions in Sub-Saharan Africa by the end of 2019, with 557m smartphone…
Konga.com, Nigeria’s online marketplace, in collaboration with Infinix Mobility, makers of Infinix range of mobile devices and tablets initiated a drive a few months ago to ensure Nigerians get access to quality and super affordable mobile and tablet devices. The initiative which saw a massive slash in the price of…
Kaymu introduces delivery with the No Wahala Seller drop-off initiative According to company, the Kaymu No Wahala Seller Drop-Off as the initiative is called was introduced out of the need to solve the delivery challenges faced by business owners in the country. At its inception, Kaymu operated as a platform…
Tigo, Airtel and Zantel announced today a pioneering agreement to allow customers of Tigo, Airtel and Zantel in Tanzania to send money to each other whether using Tigo Pesa, Airtel Money or EzyPesa on their mobile handsets. It is expected that the service will start by end of June. This…
…. Becomes first Operator to seal partnership deal with Apple Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced a strategic partnership with leading mobile phone maker, Apple, to officially unveil the iPhone 5s in Nigeria. With this announcement, Airtel becomes the first mobile telecommunications services provider in Nigeria to officially…
Recently, on Monday 26th of May, 2014 to be precise, different educators and content developers from wide range of sectors converged at the Enterprise Creative Hub to learn about creating compelling learning contents with Elearning platforms and mobile devices. A senior trainer of Intel Education and Assistant Director of Education,…
According to a recent report, Spotify is talking with Vodacom Group about a partnership that would herald its incursion into Africa. The Bloomberg report states that Vodacom, a unit of Vodafone Group Plc, plans to offer its wireless customers subscriptions that include a limited amount of free data to access…
Online food ordering service Hellofood, founded by Africa Internet Holding (AIH), has announced an innovative new partnership with the major communications provider Tigo. Hellofood allows customers to order food online or via the Hellofood app, and have it delivered to their doorstep with just a few clicks, and is fast becoming…
World’s leading money transfer company,has initiated its online service – www.WesternUnion.ng – in Nigeria with the debut of its online site. This is Western Union’s first inward-remittance website across the globe. The service was launched with support from Interswitch Limited. The website will enable Nigerians to move funds into a…
A few weeks back, the rumors flying around about Tecno R7 were confirmed. The 5.5-inch display smartphone (or rather phablet) with a hexa-core processor is the first of such release from Tecno. And again, this brand which has gained a strong foothold already emphasizes its position in the Nigerian mobile market.…
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced a strategic partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia, to offer their consumers across the country access to Wikipedia through their mobile phones free of data charges. The initiative, which is first of its kind in Nigeria, is dubbed…
In line with its CSR program, Airtel Congo signed a sponsorship agreement with the Congolese Football Federation (FECOFOOT) and the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education as the official sponsor of the national football teams in Congo in the following categories seniors, juniors (under 20) and cadets (under 17) for…
JUMIA, Africa’s largest online retailer, founded by African Internet Holding (AIH), celebrated the one year anniversary of its operations in Kenya yesterday evening with a fantastic event in Nairobi. JUMIA is now the most popular online retail destination in the region, with over 50,000 items available to its users. This…
After the success of the last challenge in 2013, using the technical data of the mobile network of Orange in Ivory Coast, the next Data for Development (D4D) Challenge will use data sets from Senegal. It will reward the best research projects aimed at promoting development and improving the well-being…
As part of its social responsibility program, Airtel Congo in partnership with the NGO ‘DEPGADET MEDICAL CENTER’ has today launched a social health platform for communities called ‘AIRTEL SANTE’. The ceremony that was held at the « Centre sportif de Makélékélé » in Brazzaville, was sponsored by the Ministry of…
Animaster Academy, a Bangalore-based college that provides education and training in animation, VFX, gaming and graphic design, has a new industry partner in Sporedust Media, a leading animation and design studio based out of Nigeria. This association is being seen as an amalgamation of two rapidly developing animation industries. Animaster…
A new interactive map, published by the international development charity WaterAid, has been launched online showing that 14 African governments are on course or within touching distance of reaching the historic mark of everyone in their countries having access to clean drinking water by 2030. The map has been released…
After the CTIC incubator in Senegal and the Ebène project in Mauritius, Orange (http://www.orange.com) announces the opening of the first start-up incubator in Niger. Orange Niger and its local partners* have helped to set-up CIPMEN, a small- and medium-sized business (SME) incubator designed to encourage the creation of new and…