Author: Staff Writer

I am a staff at Innovation Village.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has declared that it is not planning to give telecoms subscribers any compensation for the poor quality of service being offered by the telecoms companies. The decision of the commission follows calls by stakeholders in the sector that subscribers should benefit from the monetary sanctions…

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Entries to the 2014 African Blogger Awards (http://www.africanbloggerawards.com), the continent’s very first awards programme that measures online and social influencers’ reach and influence through data analysis, are open to bloggers, Instagrammers, Tweeters and YouTubers across Africa. The Awards have been divided into 36 categories, providing the opportunity for influencers on…

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Co-Creation Hub will be hosting the President of Microsoft International, Jean-Philippe Courtois, this Thursday, 27 February 2014 by 2pm at Co-creation Hub. As part of his visit to Nigeria, Courtois will like to engage with the Tech Community in a session which will spur conversations around the technology ecosystem and Africa in general; Microsoft’s contributions;…

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The GSMA today announced the winners of the 19th Annual Global Mobile awards, held at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The winners were honoured in an afternoon ceremony hosted by British actor, writer, presenter and comedian James Corden. Corden entertained nominees and attendees with a comic introduction to…

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Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds, is introducing Stella. She is a pink, fierce and feisty character with a great company of friends. Angry Birds Stella will open a door to a part of the Angry Birds universe you’ve never seen before! There will be plenty of fun and adventure,…

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Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook has announced that students in Rwanda will benefit from Internet.org’s SocialEDU. Speaking last night at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Zuckerberg said SocialEDU is part of Internet.org’s new projects. He described it as “a collaborative online education experience” via mobile. “Facebook and Nokia…

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One of South Africa’s leading banks, FNB has launched its popular Budget Tracker and Daily Money Management tips on Mxit. In a statement made available to Innovation Village this evening, the bank said it decided to bring the tips to Mxit after it had identified a gap in the market…

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King Mohammed VI and president of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, have inaugurated the Malian section of the Trans African optical fiber cable in the nation’s capital city of Bamako. The optical fiber cable links the city of Sikasso (border of Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso) to Gogui (border of Mauritania).…

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Global real estate classifieds player Lamudi continue their expansion on three continents at the same time. The platform is now also available in the Philippines, Peru, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Zambia, countries associated with increasingly flourishing economies and booming real estate industries, but also the online communities in these countries are…

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Telecoms company, MTN and Ecobank, a Pan-African bank have announced a partnership aimed at extending cardless ATM services to Ecobank ATMs across Ghana. Through the partnership, about two million MTN Mobile Money subscribers will be able to access convenient, easy and instant money withdrawals Ecobank ATMs anytime and anywhere without…

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