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It is another February and as usual, the mobile world is looking forward to the foremost mobile conference in the world – the GSMA Mobile World Congress. The 2014 edition of this conference will take place in Barcelona from 24th to the 27th of February. The Theme of this year’s…

Lagos state has commenced the distribution of the state’s new electronic Certificates of Occupancy (e-C of O). At an event held in the state capital, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola issued the new certificates to 55 property owners. The event officially kicked off the issuance of the e-certificates. The recipients are…

Rocket Internet has officially announced the appointment of Nicolas Martin and Jérémy Doutté as the CEOs of JUMIA Nigeria following the exit of Tunde Kehinde and Raphael Afaedor, former managing directors, who decided to leave JUMIA Nigeria to start their own businesses. The company has also won the best Online…

Nigeria’s leading online taxi company, Easy Taxi, is the latest African startup to be featured on international news channel, CNN’s Africa Start-Up, a new programme that illuminates Africa’s startups and entrepreneurs. The Easy Taxi app has global operations with operations around the world and was founded in Nigeria by Bankole…

Facebook has announced it would be officially introducing Paper, a new app that helps users to explore and share stories from friends and the world around them. In a press release made available to Innovation Village, the social media platform said the new iOS app makes storytelling more beautiful with…

earthTV,  a platform that is powered by a young, dynamic and ambitious team in their 20s and 30s will stream live the SOCHI Winter Olympics  Games holding in Russia. In a press release, the company said it is working towards a common goal of connecting the world through earthTV’s camera…

Cloud services-providing company, DriveHQ has slammed Dropbox over what it described as the latter’s lack of advanced features and business technologies. In an email sent to its 2 million users, DriveHQ said it was years ahead Dropbox, Box, iCloud, Skydrive and Google Drive. “As you may know, DriveHQ has been…

As excitement builds for the kick off of SMW14 in just a couple of weeks, organizers are offering a special opportunity for individuals to join in the celebrations. “Together with Nokia, we want you to be on the front lines of SMW NYC, reporting on all the exciting innovations and…

Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Communication Technology has kicked off the Open Data Development Initiative to support Federal Government’s objective of driving innovation, investment and economic growth by enabling access to government data. In a statement made available to Innovation Village by Efem Akanga, Special Assistant (Media) to Minister of Communication…

Travelstart, an online travel booking site has launched its mobile site. The new site allows users to compare and book flights on the go on smartphones and tablets. Users can search for domestic and international flight prices in real-time; they can also book travel and receive instant confirmation. They can…