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Following its recent success in Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria, where unique listings have just surpassed the 20,000 mark, car classifieds platform Carmudi, founded by Africa Internet Holding (AIH), today announces its expansion into Senegal. Since its launch in 2013, Carmudi has created a transparent portal that documents cars for sale…

Jumia Nigeria, Africa’s E-commerce giant, continues to expand and reach out to a larger audience two years after its establishment in Nigeria. The majority of Nigeria’s population is in the North, with 10 states located in this region. JUMIA Nigeria is giving millions of Nigerians the opportunity to enjoy a…

Garmin Sub-Saharan Africa will be hosting meetings in Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania from the 8th to the 15th July The Africa team for Garmin Sub-Saharan Africa (http://www.garmin.co.za) will be hosting meetings in Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania from the 8th to the 15th July to meet with buyers, potential resellers and…

The University of Djibouti has implemented a sophisticated software system to help it achieve its ambition to deliver tertiary education to students in countries on the horn of Africa. Sponsored by the Ministry of Higher Education, the University of Djibouti e-campus was unveiled at a ceremony attended by the Djiboutian…

Africa’s largest online hotel booking platform, Jovago, today announces a partnership with TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site to make hotel booking easier for travelers. This new partnership with TripAdvisor will afford travellers visiting the TripAdvisor site the opportunity to gain direct access to Jovago’s diverse selection of hotels in…

Admittedly Luis Suarez is a good player and even England can attest to this fact when he singlehandedly saw off the English team scoring two great goals. …And by the way, he was half fit. However one other incident has also brought this Uruguan star player to the limelight in…

This is the third day and Nairaland is still down. Nigeria’s most visited local site (Alexa rank = 7) is still down. This was observed on Sunday, June 22. Nairaland is an online community created by Seun Osewa in March 2005. It is targeted at Nigerians. The site currently has…

Nigeria’s leading online marketplace Kaymu.com.ng partnered with Nigeria’s first 24hr music station Nigezie TV to host fans and customers to an exclusive viewing of the Nigeria vs Bosnia Herzegovina match with famous afro-pop celebrities Reminisce and Olamide on Saturday June 21st 2014 at Ember Creek Ikoyi, Lagos. The fun filled…

Five young visionaries from Africa, India, Europe and the Middle East were announced today at London’s leading scientific institution, the Royal Society, as winners of the 2014 Rolex Awards for Enterprise (http://www.rolexawards.com). This year’s Young Laureates – aged 30 and under – impress by both their leadership qualities and in…

The World Cup is now well underway, and former Chelsea forward Didier Drogba will surely be hoping to make an impact as the captain and all-time top goal scorer of the Ivory Coast national team. At the same time, Didier has brought his Drogba & Co. by HOM underwear range…

The DHL Global E-Tailing 2025* study analyses the role which eCommerce will play in consumer’s live in the year 2025 Over the next 10 years, online retail will continue to gain popularity in both developed and emerging markets and as a result, logistics companies are set to play a key…

DISTREE Africa will be held at Kenya’s Safari Park Hotel from 19-21 June SanDisk (http://www.sandisk.com), the global leaders in flash memory, will showcase some of its latest products at Africa’s first ever DISTREE in Kenya, which kicks off today. Africa represents one of the biggest opportunities for the flash giant…

Global real estate portal Lamudi.com has today unveiled a world-first Android app for house-hunters, available in Nigeria and 27 emerging markets worldwide. Lamudi Nigeria currently hosts more than 18,000 property listings from Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan and other cities and towns across Nigeria. Globally, the Lamudi ventures collectively list…

With the World Cup going on in Brazil, here is a profile of the 10 most beautiful hotels that the football teams are staying at during the tournament 1. Nigeria – Vitoria Hotel   Vitória Hotel Campinas Concept is the largest and newest venture network, opened in February 2003. Marco referential…

Starting from June 17 to June 19, 2014, the 14th edition of the Card, ATM & Mobile Expo 2014 will be holding at the Expo Centre, Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, and  eTranzact limited, Nigeria’s first award winning multi-application and multi-channel electronic transaction switching and payment processing platform has…

TECNO Mobile has announced it is partnering with OLX Nigeria, an online free classifieds platform, to launch its OLX Makes Me Happy campaign. The phone manufacturing company said it is giving out one of its latest products, the TECNO R7 which also comes with an Etisalat 6GB data bundle for…

foodpanda, together with its affiliated brand hellofood, one of the world’s leading food delivery marketplaces, announces today that it has taken over Russia’s food delivery business Delivery Club. Through the acquisition, foodpanda/hellofood Russia now offers the broadest food selection in Russia with access to over 2,500 partnering delivery restaurants via…

GeoPoll (http://research.geopoll.com), the world’s largest real-time mobile survey platform, today released initial findings on TV ratings, audience size and demographics following the first games of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The data, gathered via mobile surveys in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, provides a first-ever glimpse of the fans…

MTN has been rated among the top 500 global companies on corporate sustainability and environmental impact in the 2014 Newsweek Green Rankings. The rankings are one of the world’s most recognised assessments of corporate environmental performance. Newsweek partnered with Corporate Knights Capital and leading sustainability minds from non-governmental organisations and…

Last night, Delta Airlines congratulated the US soccer team  on Twitter and Facebook for beating Ghana in a World Cup game. US beat Ghana 2 – 1. While the message chose the Statue of Liberty to stand for USA, it used the picture of a giraffe to depict Ghana. See…