Author: Paul Adepoju

African countries need to urgently scale up efforts to combat cybercrimes through a multi-stakeholder approach involving government, industry, private and civil society organizations. Cisco’s Virtual Networking Index (VNI) predicts that Internet traffic in the Middle East and Africa in 2020 will be equivalent to 527x the volume of the entire…

Since Uber is continuing to dominate the taxi hailing app space, startups are looking elsewhere to have a bite of the transport ecosystem and one of such is officially launching today, it is FindADriver247.com In a sensational statement I received from them, they said their platform allows you to hire…

Africa is expected to cross 1 billion mobile subscriptions in the fourth quarter of 2016, reaching 1.02 billion by year-end, according to leading global data, market research, and advisory firm Ovum. Ovum also forecasts that the total number of mobile subscriptions on the continent will rise to 1.33 billion at…

The first Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) solution in Africa has been launched by MTN and Huawei. The two tech giants launched the Smart Water Metering solution which will enable MTN to develop their NB-IoT services to explore new markets. The Smart Water metering solution enables the automated collection of…

After a ten-year hiatus, Big Brother Nigeria is set to return according to an announcement made by MultiChoice Nigeria. The company announced the show will be rebranded and promoted as Big Brother Naija. It said the show will air on dedicated event channels on DStv and GOtv in January 2017.…

After putting up a good fight for a share of the content market, it seems like Facebook has its eyes set on yet on another market, LinkedIn’s, with its latest feature that provides ways for business Pages to promote job listings. According to report, the new Jobs features could give…

Nigeria is Africa’s second most developed pay-TV market according to Frost & Sullivan’s “Pay-TV, Video-on-Demand, and IPTV Growth Opportunities in Africa” report. The report reviewed the pay TV markets in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya. The report revealed that the pay-TV, video-on-demand (VOD), and Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services market…

Facebook is really generating lots of revenues at a time when several tech companies are announcing losses and this is as a result of the company head, Mark Zuckerberg’s drive to “put video first”. This is why this is important for Facebook – the more organic videos Facebook users watch,…

MTN Group today announced it has become the first mobile operator in the world to deploy and test the open optical packet transport platform, known as Voyager, after joining the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) earlier this year. The TIP initiative, which was launched in February 2016, is a global endeavour…

Returning to Lagos for its third edition, the annual MasterCard Restaurant Week is set to feature 33 restaurants this year with promise of unforgettable dining experience from 4 to 25 November 2016. This year’s edition is in partnership with “Lost in Lagos” and organizers said the event will highlight the…

Toyota is the latest automobile manufacturing company to rollout a mobility model espoused by a startup, with a strategic investment in car sharing provider Getaround. Toyota’s investment also comes with integration with Getaround’s platform on the technology and finance side, incentivizing Toyota car owners to participate. What Getaround does is…

The way innovation is improving various sectors is quite unbelievable and Primo Toys today officially rolled out an initiative that could really make it much easier for kids to know how to code. Today, the startup began online and retail sales of its latest educational product, the Cubetto, a programmable…

Nigeria is set to borrow $550 million from a Chinese bank to finance two new satellites, this was announced by thte country’s communication technology minister, Bayo Shittu. He disclosed that talks are already underway with the Chinese Exim Bank and had secured assurances from the bank to provide the money.…

Few days ago, a surgeon told me a very sad story of how she was swindled no thanks to Nigeria’s rapidly advancing payment system. She was called to the Accident & Emergency Unit in the middle of the night for an operate-or-patient-dies case. She sprang into action and saved the…

The latest Nilson Report has revealed that banks and merchants worldwide recorded total fraud losses of $21.84 billion last year alone. The fraud losses were recorded on payment card purchases totaling $31.31 trillion. A closer look at the figures showed that for every $100 spent using credit, debit, and prepaid…

Earlier today, SAP officially opened its first Co-Innovation Lab (COIL) in Africa, the facility is sited in Johannesburg, South Africa. With a strong focus on collaboration, SAP said the lab offers a hands-on environment for SAP to innovate jointly with software solution partners, system integrators and technology partners on current…

Microsoft has decided to make its flagship operating system, the Windows 10, to become more social with the introduction of a cool new feature called My People. My People puts your most important contacts directly in the bottom toolbar on your desktop, so you can more easily share with them, message them…

The Nigeria Police has renewed its efforts toward combating cybercrimes in the country, the latest being its decision to create a Specialists Unit, the Force said this decision is geared towards dealing with the surge in cybercrime in Nigeria. Ibrahim Idris, Inspector-General of Police (I-G), disclosed this at a three-day…

Ecommerce powerhouse Konga today announced it is introducing an extensive warehouse infrastructure project across the country to service its online merchants. Dubbed Fulfilled by Konga, the initiative, Konga stated, will enable thousands of Nigerian online sellers, who currently sell through Konga, to store their merchandise in Konga warehouses and subsequently…

The finalists for the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2016 have been announced with a shortlist featuring leading mobile and tech companies from across Africa. The annual awards attracted over 200 submissions from 25 countries, chosen by an independent panel of leading industry experts. Supported by Uber, Opera, Mobile Monday South Africa (MOMO), Mobile…