Infobip, a global provider of mobile messaging and payments, announced today that it has launched the first ever end-to-end business messaging solution in South Africa. This makes Infobip the only provider to enable companies – banks, brands, OTTs, social networks, aggregators and others – a direct SMS messaging communication…
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Africa Internet Holding (AIH), Africa’s leading startup builder, now announced the launch of Lendico in South Africa. Lendico is the digital alternative to banks that enables investors to directly fund the loans of private individuals. Launching in South Africa today, the NCR-approved Lendico marketplace now offers borrowers cheap loans and investors attractive returns…
The campaign uses social, mobile, and e-commerce technologies, enabling the public to purchase treatments for children in Zambia Donors are able to share information with their social networks and encourage friends to donate Today marks World Health Day, focusing on vector-borne diseases, of which malaria is the most deadly Novartis …
On the 12th of April, 2014, technology enthusiasts will converge at “The Platform Tech” in Lagos, Nigeria to listen to three top leaders in technology talk about “Growing Your Local StartUp Using Technology”. The three speakers are Sarah Lacy, Sim Shagaya and Bosun Tijani. Sarah Lacy is the Founder, CEO…
For the month of April, Easy Taxi, Nigeria’s leading taxi app, will launch its ‘Moving Monday’ promotion with a month of free taxi rides within Lagos every Monday throughout April. Monday is not everyone’s favourite day of the week – whilst people wake up refreshed and motivated for a fresh start…
Market regulator ranks Airtel Nigeria’s network second largest by customer numbers in latest research Indication that Bharti Airtel’s investment in sub-Sahara Africa’s largest economy is bearing fruit Bharti Airtel, the leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Africa and Asia, has further consolidated its market position…
Jumia, Nigeria’s ecommerce giant is the first to offer the fastest delivery service ever on fashion items on its website by providing customers with a next day delivery option. Following the launch of a new fashion category filled with authentic Nigerian designers; Jumia has introduced a faster delivery option for customers…
The latest version of BBM started rolling out yesterday, April 1. With this new version available from the respective app stores for Android, Blackberry and iOS, BBM chats promises to be more exciting with BBM stickers. These stickers are larger, bolder and more expressive images than emoticons and you can…
ONE.org today launched one of the continent’s biggest musical collaborations ever, ‘Cocoa na Chocolate’, in support of a new campaign to boost investments in agriculture: ‘Do Agric, It Pays’. Nineteen of the top recording artists from across Africa, including D’Banj and Femi Kuti from Nigeria, DR Congo’s Fally Ipupa, Cote…
Millicom is launching “Think”, a tech incubator in Rwanda today. The objective is to develop innovative and scalable businesses in which Millicom will take an equity stake. The incubator will be located in a purpose-built facility in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. It will be the base from which a small number…
This past week we celebrated Mother’s day in Nigeria, and Nigeria’s Largest Online Mall, Konga.com celebrated mother’s day with all its customers with giveaways and special deals that cut across categories like kitchenware,fragrances, dresses, Konga gift vouchers, shoes,bags and skin care products. The new week starts off in grand style…
Zencap, the first digital credit marketplace for SMEs, starts its business in Germany today. Both small- and medium-sized companies are given the opportunity to receive financing from the Berlin start-up, quickly and hassle-free. Acting as a bridge between both sides, Zencap connects entrepreneurs and private investors – without a detour…
Unique partnership agreement to expand mobile connectivity and help bridge the digital divide in Africa Airtel Africa retail outlets and enterprise team to offer full suite of Thuraya satellite products including the SatSleeve, XT satellite phones and broadband terminals bundled with airtime packages Thuraya Telecommunications Company, a leading Mobile Satellite…
On Friday 28 March 2014, Lamudi, founded by Africa Internet Holding (AIH) and Nigeria’s leading online real estate platform surpassed 10,000 listings. The platform now provides Nigerians with a wider selection of properties in popular urban areas including: Abuja, Lagos and Ibadan. Since starting its operations in 2013, Lamudi Nigeria (www.lamudi.com.ng)…
SokoText has emerged as the winner of the Nailab start-up crowd funding boot camp, coveting the first prize of Ksh 300,000. Soko Text is a Kenyan start-up tackling food insecurity in the urban slums through an sms service that is helping the small-scale vegetable retailers also known as “mama mbogas” aggregate…
Google has partnered with Pan Atlantic University to help preserve Nigerian culture online. Google’s body responsible for this initiative, the Google Cultural Institute, was set up in 2010 for this objective. The Institute is an effort to make important cultural material available and accessible to everyone and to digitally preserve it to educate…
It seems the performance of Microsoft Office apps for iPad within hours of its official launch validates the fact that it has been long awaited. Satya Nadella, Micosoft’s CEO, shared this performance via a tweet yesterday, saying “looks like it’s a productive Friday for #iPad owners!”. The three free apps,…
Airtel Nigeria has launched the Airtel START App for Android phones. This app is designed to offer customers enhanced user experience, while providing easy access to their favourite and most frequently used applications and functions. The Airtel START App is an intelligent interface designed for Android devices. It improves customers’ user…
Microsoft recently launched Its Office suite – Word, Excel, Powerpoint on iPad. These applications are available for download from the appstore. With the free versions of the apps, you can read your Word documents, view your Excel data and present with PowerPoint. Your documents will look as good as they…
IBM will be helping at least 16 cities and counties around the world this year to address issues ranging from clean water, healthy food, and revenue generation, to job development, efficient transportation, and public safety. To that end, IBM today named recipients of its Smarter Cities Challenge for 2014, a…