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JUMIA, Nigeria’s first and largest online retailer, today celebrates 2 years of delivering smiles and empowering Nigerians. JUMIA has pioneered e-commerce in Nigeria and has attracted global recognition to the industry in Nigeria, which has also attracted huge foreign direct investment into the country leading to a rise in the industry’s…

Silicon-Valley based Evernote invites African designers and developers to apply for its annual Evernote Platform Awards Evernote, the company that is helping the world remember everything, is joining forces with the African Technology Foundation (ATF) to find Africa’s hottest homegrown talent in app design and development. Starting today, the ATF…

Cab drivers are starting a strike today to protest the use of taxi-hailing service app, Uber, in major European cities including London, Milan and Berlin. Bloomberg reports that traffic began snarling in cities including Paris this morning, with a total of more than 30,000 taxi and limo drivers from London…

Nike just released this animated video ahead of the FIFA World Cup holding in Brazil, beginning on the 12th of June 2014. The Last Game is a five minute feature about risky soccer versus safe soccer. It is about the world’s greatest footballers on a mission to save football from…

With the FIFA World Cup around the corner, footballers from across the globe are heading to Brazil to put everything on the line for the pride of their nation. However, away from the field of play, none can deny that most of these football stars have a reputation of splurging unabashedly…

MTN South Africa has unveiled Larry Annetts as its new incoming Chief Marketing Officer. Annetts is the current Chief Marketing Officer of MTN Nigeria, MTN’s biggest operation by subscribers with over 57 million subscribers. An accomplished marketer and strategist, Annetts started his career in 1995 as product manager at MTN…

Volkswagen screened a special interactive PSA on the dangers of texting and driving at a movie theatre in Hong Kong recently. The YouTube video has garnered over 4.7 million views. What do you think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHixeIr_6BM

Bharti Airtel has entered an agreement with Movirtu to introduce virtual SIMs globally. With a virtual SIM, a user can temporarily activate a Virtual SIM on a friend’s handset or shared village phone to make voice calls, send text messages or access value added and informative services such as mobile…

Introducing an interesting gadget from ARS Lab. Meet PERES – the world’s first portable “electronic nose” – a unique and innovative device and mobile application which enables users to determine the quality and freshness of pork, beef, chicken and fish. This handheld smartphone accessory is designed to detect whether a…

Jumia Africa’s leading online shopping destination, has launched the “Shop-in-shop” concept to retailers and brands in Egypt in a move that will take the consumer online shopping experience to a new level. The “Shop-in-shop” on JUMIA Egypt is set to propel retail businesses forward quickly and effectively, through access to…

Sunusi Ado Bayero (Chiroman Kano) has been selected as the new Emir of Kano. Announcement to be made later.— Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (@Malsanusilamido) June 8, 2014 Earlier today, some online news site reported Sanusi Ado Bayero as the new Emir of Kano. He was the eldest son of the late…

Less than a year after its launch in Ivory Coast, JUMIA, Africa’s largest online retail destination, is getting into the spirit of the World Cup, securing a partnership with Canal+ that will bring exciting discounts and offers to its users throughout the World Cup, as well as creating a dedicated…

Carey Eaton, one of the founders of One Africa Media group of companies, passed away this Thursday morning. In an official statement released by One Africa Media, the technology leader passed away in tragic circumstances after an armed robbery. “It is with great sadness and regret that we announce the…

New Audience Measurement Service Launches with Unprecedented Data on the Viewing Habits of More Than 300 Million People GeoPoll, the world’s largest real-time mobile survey platform, today launched its Audience Measurement Service, which offers the first ever daily TV ratings in several African markets. The launch of this service comes…

Are you to busy to take your dogs for a walk? Introducing the self-driving car…..by Nitrozac and Snaggy The Joy of Tech is a comic about technology and pop culture, created by Nitrozac and Snaggy.

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…