SimbaPay today announced it is revolutionizing the remittance space through its official announcement of raising the single transaction limit to a whopping $45,000. This is substantially higher than the previous transaction limit of $3,000. According to Victor Karanja, Head of Operations at SimbaPay, sending money home and buying property across…
Author: Paul Adepoju
The ‘change’ mantra is a popular and powerful one, Nigerians know that. There is always a desire to change something that is bad for good. But does it make sense to change something that is good? Yes. No. What do you think? Think about it for a minute. The unfortunate…
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. R. Buckminster Fuller said those words decades ago, but they still ring true in present times, especially when it comes to the progression and innovation in technology. To…
A new location-based dating app has been launched to allow users to meet, chat, mingle and date. According to the founder of the app, Rejoice Chukwuma, Toast is a new dating and matchmaking app that aims to connect users who want to initiate friendships or relationships with people near them…
Ecommerce powerhouse Konga.com has officially launched KongaPay to facilitate the initiation and completion of transactions in a seamless manner. Speaking at the launch Shola Adekoya, Konga.com’s CEO said “Konga is launching KongaPay payment solution because we want Nigerians and Africans at large to experience the best of service at their…
Telecoms giant MTN has announced an investment of about US$15 million in its optic fibre network across Zambia. According to the network, the investments are geared towards improving internet access across the country. MTN said it has invested $10 million in optic fibre installation that will run from Nakonde to…
It is now possible for Globacom subscribers to share their airtime with subscribers on the Airtel network following the launch of a new USSD service that allows telecoms subscribers on one network to share airtime with subscribers on other networks. With Credit Switch-powered *931# service, interoperability between various platforms for…
It has been revealed that even though they resigned from their appointments, the former chief executive officer of MTN Group, Sifiso Dabengwa, and the former head of the company’s operations in Nigeria, Mike Ikpoki, pocketed $2.8 million (about N560 million) as severance package after they were forced to resign, following…
Vodacom Business Nigeria walked away with two industry awards at the Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Awards ceremony; a merit-centric celebration aimed at rewarding best practices and recognition of outstanding contributions to the growth of ICT in Nigeria. Vodacom Business is the leading provider of pan-African corporate total communication solutions and…
There are strong indications that Nigeria’s attempt to tackle several childhood diseases may be affected following the decision of the lawmakers to slash budgetary allocation for immunization. The National Assembly slashed the budget for routine immunisation including eradication of poliomyelitis. Dr Aminu Magashi-Garba, Lead Project Director of the Routine Immunisation…
The 10 winners of the inaugural West Africa Mobile Awards, the first truly West African technology awards to recognise the region’s best mobile and tech companies, were announced this evening at the awards party in Lagos, Nigeria. An overwhelming response drew submissions from 10 countries, across 3 continents. The winners…
Yesterday, the world stood still when it was announced that multiple Grammy winning music superstar Prince died in his home. Even though Prince wasn’t the only celebrity that died that day, his death got everyone talking including the president of the United States of America, Barack Obama. This came as…
Tigo Pesa users have been paid a total of $2.3m/- as profit share paid every quarter by Tanzania’s leading digital lifestyle telecom. This is the eighth time that Tigo is disbursing the quarterly payment to its mobile money users – a practice the company became the first telecom in the…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it is aiming to fast track the emergence of the country’s digital economy. This is in line with the planned auction of the 2.6GHz spectrum at $16m per slot and the release of auction time table last week in Lagos. According to the…
Bitflux, the company that was awarded the Wholesale Wireless Access Service License (“WWASL”) on the 2.3GHz spectrum licence in February 2014 by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is set to roll out commercial services on the 2.3GHz spectrum frequency on a wholesale basis. Making the announcement, the company said it…
Jongla today announced that it is launching its fast, open and lite instant messaging app in Africa at the Mobile West Africa conference taking place today and tomorrow in Lagos. Jongla enables users to send and receive unlimited free text messages, stickers, photos, videos and funny voice messages over the…
Here are some of the high points at our chat with Benjamin Benaim, Founding Partner, Seedstars Seedstars is opening up its co-working space in Lagos, Ikoyi to be specific and they will be working with partners at the space. It is wrong to use Silicon Valley evaluation for businesses here…
Innovation Village recently reported the acquisition of Nigeria’s daily deals site DealDey by Ringier Africa, the company has also acquired Kenya’s daily deals site Rupu.co.ke. Ringier Africa’s Deals Group (RADG) is a newly formed joint venture between Swiss Ringier Africa AG and South African Silvertree Internet Holdings Ltd. Ringier Africa…
Viber, one of the world’s leading messaging apps with more than 711 million unique users worldwide, today announces complete end-to-end encryption across all devices including Android™ and iPhone®, iPad®, Android tablets, PC and Mac desktops. This feature will be available over the coming weeks to all users who have the…
In a bid to create greater efficiencies, as well as enable the growth of the SME sector, MTN Business today unveiled a new cloud delivery platform in Rwanda and Cameroon, which will enable this segment of customers to access cloud services with greater ease. Dubbed MTN Business Cloud Services platform,…