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ETISALAT Nigeria, the leading telecommunications company, has stepped up its customer experience innovation with the launch of its top class “Gold Series” experience centre in Lagos. The company said the-new-state-of-the-art centre located in Victoria Island was designed to enable customers explore and experience the products and services offered by the…

It is an exciting time for Ubuntu on phones, with the ecosystem growing positively. The company has just  announced new partnerships across key app categories from those that bring entertainment and productivity, to developer tools as well as partners helping bring your apps to Ubuntu. The partners will support Ubuntu…

Naspers has shut down some of its ecommerce sites under the MIH division, as part of a major restructuring exercise. According to Ventureburn, Naspers Investor Relations Officer confirmed the restructuring, saying that the company would be shifting operations to “focus specifically on the general e-tail businesses such as Kalahari”. She also…

South African media giant, Naspers, has announced that Bob van Dijk, Naspers most senior ecommerce chief will be taking over as CEO of Naspers. Koos Bekker, its current CEO, (61) will stand down from the Naspers board for a year, to allow Bob the space to settle in with both Naspers…

Amy Muoneke, Chief Executive Officer of bus.com.ng, a startup owned by Spark.ng has revealed that since its launch in June last year, the platform has made it easier for prospective travelers to buy bus tickets without spending long hours on queues as it used to be before. She told Innovation…

In celebration and recognition of the African Heroes fallen and Black History Month, Chocolate City presents the visuals to MI Abaga’s Superhuman Feat HHP off Illegal Music 2 mixtape. The video recalls the timeless message of struggle for liberation and freedom. Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you…

The world’s largest real estate player Lamudi revealed that social media generates up to 50 per cent of the Nigerian website’s traffic. In her talk at the Social Media Week in Lagos, Allie Morse, the CEO of West and Central Africa, pointed out that social media and mobile internet plays…

Nigeria’s communication technology minister, Omobola Johnson, has called on telecoms companies in Nigeria to improve their quality of services. She made the call at the opening auction of 30 MHz Slot of the 2.3 GHz Spectrum band. She said telecoms operators should become more innovative and find creative ways to…

GOtv has been accused of interfering with Star Times’ signals in Rwanda few weeks after it entered the market. According to Star Times CEO, Hans Huo the regulatory body, Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) is not doing much to address the situation. He said: “GOtv came into the market without…

A new technology that would benefit private fertilizer traders in Rwanda is currently being extended nationwide and across sectors. The technology will lead to the development of efficient and competitive fertilizer procurement and distribution systems. The nationwide deployment is supported with funding from the USAID. The innovation was introduced in…

Facebook has announced that it is paying $16 billion for WhatsApp messaging service. According to the agreement, Facebook will pay $4 billion in cash and $12 billion in Facebook shares.  The agreement also provides for an additional $3 billion in restricted stock units to be granted to WhatsApp’s founders and…

Today, Google announced the launch of Google Capital, a new growth equity fund backed by Google and led by partners David Lawee, Scott Tierney and Gene Frantz. The goal of this new fund is to invest in the most promising companies of tomorrow. According to David Lawee, one of the Partners, this…

After the auction of the 2.3 GHz Spectrum by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Bitflux Communications beat Globacom with a bid of $23,251,000.  The NCC had earlier in a public notice, announced Globacom Limited and Bitflux Communications Limited as the approved bidders for the 2.3GHz frequency spectrum. The Auction had earlier been set at…

Coca-Cola introduces the Social Media Guard. It says it is a cure for Social Media Addiction. According to Coca-Cola, “There are times that Social Media can get in the way of real world. Remember that its is the thing that happens when you run out of battery. That is we…

Canonical today announces it has signed agreements with mobile device manufacturers bq (www.bqreaders.com) (Spain) and Meizu (China) to bring Ubuntu smartphones to consumers globally. Canonical is working with these partners to ship the first Ubuntu devices on the latest hardware in 2014. Ubuntu has also received significant support from the…

Chris Jones, Corporate Vice President, Windows Services, has announced the global availability of OneDrive. Microsoft unveiled its replacement name for SkyDrive just a few weeks ago as a result of a lawsuit filed and won by UK pay-TV provider BSkyB over the rights to the Sky brand name. OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage service…

From February 18th to March 7th, you can vote for and help select the five most inspiring success stories that are running ventures that use the web and Google to transform lives and communities. The winners will each receive a $25,000 Africa Connected prize to help make their success even…

Airtel Tanzania has announced an innovative service on Airtel money service that will provide its customers with a new experience in transacting mobile money. Speaking during the launch, Airtel Managing Director Sunil Colaso said: “Today we are happy to launch our new Airtel Money campaign dubbed “Hatoki Mtu Hapa” loosely…

Ericsson has signed a five-year managed services agreement with MTN, a leading telecommunications company with presence in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East, for its Nigeria operations. MTN Nigeria is the largest mobile operator in Nigeria and West Africa with over 45 million subscribers. This agreement not only…

The country’s largest mobile network operator – MTC, has entered the mobile payment market in partnership with MobiPay in a first step taken by a Namibian mobile network operator. The partnership has resulted in MTC Money, which is a payment solution that allows MTC subscribers to conduct money transfers, make…