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Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has been awarded a 3G/4G license by the Tchadian Government. The granting of the Tchad’s first license is an important milestone towards the development of the telecommunications infrastructure, and will facilitate better Internet…

After lurking in the shadows for the first ten months of 2013, cybercriminals unleashed the most damaging series of cyberattacks in history. Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), Volume 19, shows a significant shift in cybercriminal behavior, revealing the bad guys are plotting for months before pulling off huge heists…

The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) announced the finalists of the prestigious Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2014 (http://www.innovationprizeforafrica.org). Ten African innovators have created practical solutions to some of the continent’s most intractable problems, from a domestic waste biogas system to a wafer matrix for paediatric antiretroviral (ARV) drug treatment. Chosen…

The most anticipated Samsung smartphone device as finally arrived and it is already selling fast and exclusively on Konga.com! The New device from Samsung boasts of 16MP shooter with a super-fast autofocus and support for selective focus and HDR modes. Super-fast internet connectivity that combines the 5th generation WiFi and…

Airtel Nigeria has taken further positive steps in the direction to becoming Nigeria’s leading Internet Company with its foray into the Advertising Space. The Mobile Advertising service is a platform that allows Third Party organizations to promote their brands, products and services to relevant target audience using Airtel’s existing mobile…

Unified Payment Services Limited, the leading Payments Industry Service Provider announces the introduction of a new service platform, Payarena. Payarena offers customers access to Value Added Services which include purchase of Airtime (Virtual Top Up, Prepaid PINs, Blackberry subscriptions, Data bundle plans etc.) for all Telcos in Nigeria; payment of…

YooMee Africa Group, a Swiss based provider of mobile broadband Internet in sub-Saharan Africa, launches its operations in Côte d’Ivoire. After becoming the market leader of broadband Internet in Cameroon, YooMee Africa continues its expansion by deploying its network in Côte d’Ivoire. Broadband internet in the Ivorian market YooMee Côte…

Twitter has started rolling out a new user design of user profiles. Starting on Tuesday, this new look provides more user informartion and some new features. In fact, it looks like Facebook. The new web profile lets you use a larger profile photo, customize your header, show off your best…

Airtel Nigeria, has partnered with Interswitch, Nigeria’s leading integrated payment and transaction processing company, to create an interactive platform, which will enable customers top up their airtime directly from their phones. This service, which is novel in Nigeria, allows Airtel customers who have Verve and MasterCard debit cards to buy…

MTN Group and Bharti Airtel today announced a cross-border remittance partnership in Africa, which seeks to remove the hassles of transferring money between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso for the operators’ Mobile Money customers on either side of the border. The landmark partnership will enable Mobile Money customers of MTN…

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…

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…