Microsoft has revealed plans to prioritize access to its cloud-based Azure services to first responders, emergency services and critical infrastructure if there are capacity constraints. The company had last week experienced some Microsoft Teams issues after a surge of nearly 40 percent occurred as businesses turned to remote working during…
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Ventures Platform, the Africa-wide network that supports entrepreneurs and innovators to succeed, today announced a partnership with the Lagos State Government through its agency, The Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC), in a bid to find tech-enabled solutions to address the current Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. Ventures Platform and…
Plentywaka, the technology-driven premium bus-hailing service, is proving just how successful solution-based innovation can be, by announcing a remarkable 100,000 journeys completed in just its first 6 months. The fast-growing company that operates in Lagos currently provides its commuters with 7 routes in comfort, convenience, and safety. The popular bus-hailing…
Microsoft revealed today that 1 billion active machines are now running Windows 10. Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of Modern Life and the Search & Devices Group said, “Today we’re delighted to announce that over one billion people have chosen Windows 10 across 200 countries resulting in more than…
France’s competition authority, the Autorité de la Concurrence, has slammed a fine of €1.1 billion (around $1.2 billion) on Apple for illegally restricting how wholesalers sell Apple products. In addition to fining Apple, the authority also fined two of its wholesalers, Tech Data, and Ingram Micro. In 2012, the Autorité…
Wimbart, the Public Relations agency specialising in Africa & emerging markets, has launched its first edition of Wimbart Office Hours, a webinar and mentorship programme designed to equip African start-ups with the PR tools required to achieve their business goals. Targeted at early-stage start-ups, and with a focus on companies…
Turkish Airlines has announced it is cancelling all flights to Nigeria due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The airline through a statement said it was cancelling all flights slated to depart from Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, the three international airports it operates in. According to reports, the Turkish Airlines had…
54gene, the African genomics research, services, and development company has been named in Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2020. The list honors the businesses making the most profound impact on both industry and culture, showcasing a variety of ways to thrive in today’s…
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has deactivated about 2.2million improperly registered sim cards across telecommunication networks across Nigeria in its second phase of sim deactivation. This was made known in a statement released by the commission’s Public Affairs Director Dr. Henry Nkemadu on behalf of the Executive Vice Chairman NCC,…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has emerged the best public sector regulatory organisation as it receives the ‘2019 Outstanding Regulator of the Year Award’ at this year’s edition of Independent Awards. The award was presented to the Commission at a colorful ceremony held on Friday (07/03/2020) at the Eko Hotels…
Unity Bank has become the first bank in Nigeria to roll out its Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) in Nigerian local languages. The Bank’s USSD code which used to offer services in English now offers services to its customers in Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo. The USSD is one of the…
Samsung Electronics yesterday announced it has shut down its factory in South Korea and is temporarily moving its smartphone production to Vietnam. According to the company’s spokeswoman, the company was forced to shut down operations at its factory in the Southern city of Gumi in South Korea as another of…
Twitter’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jack Dorsey has aborted his planned move to Africa this year. He also explained that his tweet about moving to Africa was a mistake. The CEO had last year on his month-long visit to Africa made known his intention to move to Africa for up…
In a bid to accelerate its slow transition to 5G, Nokia has announced it has entered into a partnership with American Multinational Corporation and technology company, Intel, barely 24 hours after announcing a related partnership with Marvell Technology (MRVL.O). The Finnish company had revealed its struggle with the unexpectedly torpid development…
American short-form mobile video platform Quibi has raised yet another $750 million in funding which brings total investments in the app to $1.75 billion and the app is yet to launch. The company did not disclose the identity of the recent investors. According to the Journals,$400 million of that $750…
Google has launched its article-reading feature on Google Assistant that will read webpages aloud. The feature was reviewed at CES in January and had started rolling out globally yesterday. Users who want to use the feature can simply say, “Hey Google, read it” or “Hey Google, read this page” for…
Emirates Airline has mandated its workers to embark on compulsory unpaid leave for up to a month in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The airline which is one of the biggest in the world has also canceled flights around the world as precautions in curbing the spread of coronavirus.…
The Japan International Agency (JICA) has announced it has launched a project aimed at supporting and developing startup ecosystems in emerging markets. JICA coordinates official development assistance for the Japanese government in developing countries. The project, Next Innovation with Japan; NINJA for short is a startup support project that will…
Twitter will be updating its Android app this week and one significant change is that the social media platform will now support up to five lists as option timelines in the main home section of the app. Users will be able to use these lists to quickly navigate between different…
Nigeria will derive huge socio-economic benefits from commercial deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) networks, which will come with great potentials that will bolster Nigeria’s socio-economic ecosystem for quantifiable growth. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) stated this during a discussion with a broad spectrum of participants mostly made up of…