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Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg L.P., philanthropist and 108th Mayor of New York City, recently announced the launch of the Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa, a three-year pan-African program to build media capacity, convene international leaders and improve access to information in order to advance transparency, accountability and governance on…

Australia has now become the second country to experience iTunes Radio. The service, which launched in the United States late last year, works on iPads, iPhones, iPods running iOS 7, the Apple TV, and on iTunes 11 on the Mac or PC. The consumer giant said in October that 20 million…

This is the story of adventurer Erik Weihenmayer, who has accomplished more than most of us ever dared to dream possible. Erik has overcome enormous odds to climb the seven highest summits on earth, something only 118 people in history have accomplished. To us, he is living proof that its…

Bob Diamond, the former CEO of Barclays Bank has announced that he is seeking to acquire African financial services companies companies that can help businesses manage currency and commodity risks on the continent. He mentioned this in a discussion with reporters today in Lagos, Nigeria.  He said his company, Atlas…

Samsung Electronics introduced new Black Edition versions of the successful Galaxy S4 and S4 mini. These new editions are the latest in Samsung’s effort to build on its commitment to deliver innovative technologies with more premium design choices to consumers. Both the Galaxy S4 and S4 mini Black Editions sport…

AutoXpress group, East Africa’s leading tyre wholesaler and retailer has received a 36% equity investment from Actis, a private equity firm investing primarily in Africa, China, India, Latin America, South and South East Asia. Operating through 20 company-owned stores in Kenya and Rwanda, AutoXpress is the key distributor and retailer of…

Nigeria’s major taxi app service Easy Taxi, and Samsung Mobile Nigeria have announced a partnership through which customers would get free taxi rides on February 14th and 15th. Announcing the partnership, Bankole Cardoso, managing director of Easy Taxi said the offer is aimed at boosting customer service and appreciating users.…

The BMW Group has officially opened a BMW SAP Competence Hub in South Africa. Together with two other IT hubs, situated in the United States and India, the BMW SAP Competence Hub will be rendering IT services worldwide, concentrating specifically on SAP-based production applications. “Today, process requirements and process solutions…

This year’s edition of the African ICT Professionals Conference and the Telecommunications/IT Executives Award be held in Nigeria and would be hosted by the Association of Telecommunication Professionals of Nigeria (ATPN). In a statement signed by Dr. Tunji Asaolu, chairman of the Planning Committee, ATPN said the event would held…

To accelerate the deployment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure in the country, the Government of Rwanda and Korean Telecom (KT) Corporation have entered into a partnership agreement to establish their second Joint venture company, ‘Africa Olleh Services Ltd. The Africa Olleh company was set up to develop and…

Persistent Energy Partners, a NYC-based company that specializes in selling and leasing renewable energy systems to low-income markets in Africa, has acquired Impact Energies, a Ghana-based startup that sells and leases solar panel systems to people making less than $6 a day. The company was started by Hugh Whalan. While…

Blue Label Telecoms and Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced plan to introduce new near-field communication (NFC) technology into the ticketing system for cricket fans in South Africa. While making this announcement, Cricket South Africa (CSA) disclosed that CSA will be the first national sports federation in South Africa to…

SureGifts.com.ng has announced special offers for its customers in celebration of Valentine’s Day. In an exclusive chat with Innovation Village, Adeoye Ojo, co-founder of the platform said there are packages for both men and women. He said: “The Valentine packages we have N10000, N25000 and N50000 bundles packaged for Men and…

In a recent article on CNNMoney, Google has overtaken Exxon Mobil as the 2nd most valuable company in USA. The search engine giant has a market capitalization of almost $395 billion, compared to a market value of about $392 billion for Exxon. According to CNNMoney, “shares of Google are on a tear,…

What is your ultimate Valentine’s day fantasy gift? Dinner for two on the moon? breakfast with Idris Elba in bed (who hooo)? Valentine’s Day 2014, a special day that celebrates love is right around the corner and everyone has that big fantasy valentine’s day gift idea we hope gets fulfilled…

SureGifts.com.ng is a pioneering innovative ecommerce platform that is debuting gift cards in Nigeria. Launched by Adeoye Ojo, Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi and Babafemi Lawal, the platform allows gift recipients to decide, to an extent, the type of gift they will get. In this exclusive interview, Adeoye Ojo, one of the co-founders…

Tigo, one of the major telecoms companies in Ghana has crossed the 4 million subscribers’ mark. Its subscriber base has increased from 3,933,195 to 4,014,487 -representing 14.51 percent of the mobile voice market share in Ghana. This is contained in a Mobile Voice Market Share report for November 2013 released…

What do you do when you are asked questions like “Do you speak African? Or you are told that “Africa is a country” or “Africans all look alike” Well, a group of U.S.-based African students has launched a photo campaign in a bid to dispel misconceptions about their continent and break…

M-KOPA Solar is an innovative asset financing company that sells solar home systems to off grid households, on an affordable 12-month mobile money payment plan. The company has just raised $20 million (Ksh1.72bn) to fund expansion of its customer base from 50,000 homes to one million homes in 2018. The…

I overheard a radio ad for Careers24 last week on a local Nigerian radio station and it struck me; Naspers is launching another property in Nigeria very soon. It is Careers24. Careers24 is a careers portal. It is part of Media24 and benefits from being part of the Naspers Group – Africa’s…