Author: Paul Adepoju

StarTimes Nigeria has launched an end of the year promotion targeted at its users in Nigeria. During the promo, Nigerians can recharge for content and get a decoder for free in addition to extra TV viewing time. The offer kicked off on November 21 and the company said it is…

The national Department of Health has launched a mobile application that seeks to improve primary health care services in the health sector in South Africa. On Wednesday, Health Regulations and Compliance Manager at the department, Dr Anban Pillay, said the mobile application is an information and communication tool that can…

Researchers have found that this link holds across urban, suburban and rural areas of England, and cannot simply be explained by the income of local residents, or how green an area is. Chanuki Seresinhe, Tobias Preis and Suzy Moat, of Warwick Business School, used crowdsourced data from an online game…

Ministers, senior government and UN agencies, representatives from the African Union Commission (AUC), European Union (EU), ANDI Pan African Centres of Excellence, public and public R&D institutions, civil societies and other partners gathered today at United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON) for the opening of the 5th African Network for…

The German Ministry for International Cooperation and Development (BMZ) supports the AMPION Venture Bus, a seven days startup bootcamp with 40 participants from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, France and Germany. The bus tour started on 13 November in Windhoek (Namibia) and led through Ghanzi and Gaborone (both Botswana), Johannesburg,…

Facebook and Jumia Nigeria partnered to host the first ‘Boost Your Business’ event in Nigeria last Thursday (19 November) at the Landmark Event Centre. More than 500 Nigerian entrepreneurs gathered to network, hear about marketing best practices, and learn about how they can use Facebook and Jumia to grow their…

Ecobank has become the latest financial institution in Nigeria that would launch an ecommerce platform – specifically an online marketplace. The bank has unveiled an online marketplace, mymall.com.ng that it said is targeted at driving the growth of the small and medium enterprises sector in Nigeria. Head of SME Business…

At last week’s Startup Weekend Lagos, 18 ideas were pitched and 9 teams formed; each with a unique value proposition to validate, build, and sell over the weekend. Three teams have emerged winners of Startup Weekend Lagos. They are Flowbyte which makes flow monitoring devices focused on the petroleum sector — If…

Mobile social network and a DSP platform Eskimi just launched a new business website to showcase all media products and case studies. “New website properly introduces our 2 media properties – Eskimi social network and Eskimi mobile DSP. Our potential clients can also look at success cases big brands had using…

Easy Taxi has been awarded the “Best Taxi Booking App” at the just concluded 2015 Nigeria Technology Awards on Saturday November 21st in Onikan, Lagos. The Nigeria Technology Award is organized to recognize and reward Technology Entrepreneurs, Innovators, Inventors, Academicians and policy makers (Government) in Nigeria. It covers more than…

Hifikepunye Pohamba, the former President of Namibia, tonight accepted the 2014 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership at a special ceremony in Accra, Ghana. The Ibrahim Prize recognises and celebrates excellence in African leadership. It is an annual US$5 million award paid over 10 years and US$200,000 annually for…

Nigeria’s largest telecoms company MTN may have landed itself in yet another trouble waters with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) but this time, it is over its violation of the commission’s guideline on mobile number portability. The commission in its 2015 Q3 Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Report said there are…

The regulator of the financial sector in Nigeria, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved nationwide mobile money remittance services as part of international money transfer services. According to the CBN, the approval followed series of representations by financial stakeholders on the need to facilitate foreign exchange transactions through…

Nigerian government has said it will ensure strict adherence to the plans for 100 percent digital television penetration by 2016. The president said this at the 35th anniversary of the Silverbird Group in Lagos on Sunday. President Buhari said Nigeria will be the biggest nation in Africa with digital stations…

MainOne, West Africa’s leading Communications Services and Data Center provider today announced the completion of the upgrade of its submarine cable network between Nigeria, Ghana and Portugal to a 100G wavelength system. The 100G wavelength upgrade, implemented using the Xtera Nu-wave Optima optical networking platform is expected to provide additional…

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has defended its decision to slam a hefty fine on MTN Nigeria, claiming it took the decision in the best interest of the country. Addressing newsmen, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Tony Ojobo, said the action was necessary in order to protect citizens against security challenges.…

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has confirmed that Jibril Aku who is the managing director of its largest subsidiary, Ecobank Nigeria Limited will be stepping down having concluded his five-year tenure as managing director. They said he will take on another senior role in the firm in the first quarter of…

An average of $50,000 is being saved by Nigerian parents for their kids’ education, a study by Nigerian international student marketplace, StudySearch, has revealed. For those who start a savings plan from the moment they leave the maternity suite, this equates to N10.5K a week. In total, African parents spend $10bn…

Thanks to Opera’s advanced compression technology, African users of the Opera Mini mobile browsers used 82% less mobile data up to October 2015, according to research by Opera Software. South African users enjoyed around a $65 million (R 905 million) saving over the ten months and Nigerians saved a…

The Global Chief Executive Officer of the world’s leading consumer health and hygiene company RB (Reckitt Benckiser), Mr. Rakesh Kapoor said that RB’s Vision for Nigeria is a nation where people are healthier and live better; RB will continue in making a difference by giving Nigerians innovative solutions for healthier…