Orange is on the ground in South African stadiums and will also offer a variety of digital services on mobile phones (for which it has rights to exclusive content) and on the web via its www.StarAfrica.com portal. This event has also provided the pretext for Orange to launch its first…
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The swearing in of President Obama — scheduled for Monday, January 21, 2013 — has gone mobile. Two committees have created inauguration-related apps for the event. One allows users to post remarks and photos to their Facebook and Twitter pages, while the other features live ceremony streaming. The 2013 Presidential Inaugural…
Orange has launched a new subsidiary called Orange Horizons that aims to seek out new business opportunities in countries where the Group is not already present as a mass-market telecommunications provider. These projects, which will leverage the global reputation of the Orange brand and existing Group assets, aim to provide…
During the course of the year, there were a lot of milestones achieved on the Internet and all these answers are available on the Internet. Now Royal Pingdom has tried to capture everything in a blog post on its site.For instance, do you know how many websites were added globally…
With an Alexa ranking of “8” in Nigeria and a global rank of 1,265, Nairaland is the most popular site and social online forum in Nigeria. January 18th 2013, at 2.30 a.m. Eastern Time, it registered its 1 millionth member on the site. Nairaland is a big, broad discussion forum for Nigerians.…
Instagram released its data on monthly active users for the first time. Hmm… 90 million monthly active users. It also claims that users share 40 million photos per day, 8500 likes per second and post 1000 comments per second.Impressive, but I still don’t know why I should use Instagram. Not because it…
“Innovation has many faces, from incremental changes in existing products to entirely new offerings for customers. Companies also use knowledge new to the organization to increase efficiency, ensure regulatory compliance, improve sustainability, and boost profits. But whatever form innovation takes, its goal is clear to successful organizations: to create value…
Research In Motion (RIM) today announced that its Secure Element Manager (SEM) solution for NFC (Near Field Communication) mobile payments has been approved by Visa. RIM’s SEM is the backend solution for carriers that can securely manage credentials on SIM (subscriber identity module) cards installed in all types of NFC-capable…
DealDey is undeniably the biggest GroupOn clone in Nigeria. Launched in March 2011, DealDey features a daily deal on the best things to do, see, eat, and buy nationwide. DealDey is an easy and fun way to get fantastic deals on great experiences.It is owned by the amiable entrepreneur Sim Shagaya.…
Jobberman, the leading online jobs site has partnered with MTN Nigeria, the No. 1 telco mobile operator in Nigeria to deliver job alerts to your mobile phone.Jobberman Alerts from MTN costs N50 per week.You can use any of the access channels belowIt seems Jobberman is intent on making people aware of its…
Jobberman, Nigeria’s premier jobs search website, has chosen Funke Akindele-Oloyede as its brand ambassador.Funke Akindele-Oloyede is a multiple award-winning Nollywood actress, writer, producer and director popularly known as “Jenifa”, the movie about the plight and antics of a village girl schooling in a major city .The deal was signed in late 2012 and…
Do you know that you can check if your Vitafoam mattress is genuine? It is just an SMS away!It’s very simple! Walk into any of our Vitafoam branded outlets, and after purchase, verify that your mattress is original by scratching and texting the unique PIN* (located on the label, between…
Dr. James Mwangi, Equity Bank CEO, and Ajay Banga, MasterCard Worldwide President and CEO, celebrate an agreement between MasterCard and Equity Bank MasterCard and Equity Bank of Kenya today announced an agreement at a signing ceremony in Nairobi to issue five million MasterCard-branded debit and prepaid cards, over the next 18…
MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga addresses high ranking Nigerian officials and bankers at a Cashless Conversation in the capital AbujaThe rapid evolution of the payments landscape in Nigeria was highlighted as a global success story by Ajay Banga, the President and CEO of MasterCard Worldwide, at an address to Central Bank…
Social Media Week is a worldwide event exploring the social, cultural and economic impact of social media. The mission is to help people and organizations connect through collaboration, learning and the sharing of ideas and information.Powered globally by Nokia for a third year, The event returns this February 18-22, 2013…
Eskimi, one of Nigeria’s largest social networking platforms and Etisalat Nigeria have teamed up to provide Etisalat subscribers and Eskimi fans quicker access to the social networking site through the speed dial option on the Etisalat-branded opera mini browser. Supported by Etisalat’s 3.75G data service, Eskimi Etisalat members will also receive…
Kinyarwanda (also sometimes known as Rwanda, Ruanda or Rwandan) is a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language spoken by some 12 million people in Rwanda, where it is the official language, and adjacent parts of southern Uganda.Kinyarwanda is also one of 14 new languages that have been incorporated into the latest…
Governor Kashim ShetimaThe Borno State government has signed an agreement with two Indian firms to assist in two very important sectors of the economy – the education and agriculture sectors.According to Governor Kashim Shetima of Borno State, “THE partnership we are entering with Indian companies in the education and agriculture…
Orange, the French multinational Telecommunications Corporation, has entered into an exclusive partnership with Baidu, the Chinese internet company, to develop a co-branded internet browser for smartphone customers in Africa, the Middle East and Asia (AMEA). This will be the first time Baidu is signing such an agreement with a global operator and…
The Lagos Innovation Hotspots is an initiative of the Co-creation Hub aimed at mapping hotspots representing clusters of emerging high growth and competitive businesses across Lagos. The Map provides information on each cluster, businesses and location based support services.It was introduced in February 2012.Co-Creation Hub just released a video of…