Author: Paul Adepoju

Oracle has announced that NSITF has chosen a comprehensive suite of products and technology from Oracle as the foundation for the trust fund’s transformation to the leading social security institution in Africa. Following a thorough evaluation process, Oracle was found to be uniquely positioned to deliver complete solutions with vertical…

Nigeria’s leading recruitment platform Jobberman has introduced QuickRecruit, a product it described as ‘the best recruitment product for SMEs at the moment in Nigeria’. “QuickRecruit by Jobberman is simply the best recruitment product for SMEs at the moment in Nigeria. Think of it as headhunting for SMEs. Hiring the right…

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank), Mr. Roberts Ungwaga Orya, received a team from the World Bank led by Dr. Francisco Igualada, Senior Mining Specialist, Energy & Extractives Unit, and Mr. Linus Adie Utsu of Mining Investments Consult that visited the Bank to share ideas on…

New research forecasts a resurgence of meningitis A epidemics in 15 years should immunization efforts stall. Five years after the introduction of an affordable conjugate meningitis A vaccine, immunization has led to the control and near elimination of deadly meningitis A disease in the African “meningitis belt.” In 2013, only…

Online platform Kaymu Nigeria has kicked a new campaign which aims to encourage people to buy products that are made in Nigeria, even as the company intensifies efforts to connect shoppers to artisans and merchants who live and work in their neighborhoods. The Managing Director of the company, Sefik Bagdadioglu, …

American music superstar Trey Songz will be headlining this year’s Rhythm Unplugged comedy and music event which is sponsored (this year) by Verve and Quickteller. Organizers said this year’s edition will be held on Friday December 18, 2015 at the Eko Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. They described the annual…

Ericsson and Cisco Systems announced a strategic partnership focused on business transformations in the communications service provider space supported by a common network-function virtualisation (NFV) and sottware-defined networking (SDN) architecture. Their partnership comprises a series of agreements spanning everything from reselling and joint sales, technology cross-licensing, co-innovation/joint development and professional…

In its Q3 IT Threat Evolution report, Kaspersky Lab has published the details of the key security incidents of the quarter. Using statistics from the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), which obtains information from millions of Kaspersky Lab product users in 213 countries, the report sheds light on the increase in…

As of today, 14 OEMs, including Samsung and Xiaomi, have embedded Opera’s data-management app, Opera Max, on their smartphones. With the new partnerships with Asian OEMs – Acer, Hisense and TWZ, Opera now expects more than 100 million Android phones to be shipped with integrated Opera Max by 2017. Opera…

Banky W is bringing lucky fans with their besties to an exclusive Meet and Greet with music superstar Banky W on demand this Saturday. “Consider yourself the ultimate fan? All you have to do is tap your app,” Uber said in a newsletter. All you have to do is open…

In a bid to show appreciation to its teeming customers, Nigeria’s largest online mall Konga.com has rewarded 10 of its customers across the country with shopping vouchers worth N200,000 each. The lucky winners, which were selected randomly as part of Konga’s periodic customer reward program are Akinbolarinwa Awujoola, Joan Jemilusi,…

In September, Innovation Village reported that Rocket Internet would be launching a total of ten new ventures this year. Already it has launched nine and today, it officially announced the launch of its tenth venture (and last for the year), it is called Sparklist. In an official statement released this…

South African Department of Social Development’s Gender-Based Violence Command Centre (GBVCC) – a 24-hour call centre dedicated to providing support and counselling to victims of gender based violence – has been named the Best Technology Innovation – Small Centre of the world at the Global Best Contact Centre Awards in…

Zimbabwean entrepreneur and founder of Econet Wireless, Strive Masiyiwa has bagged new awards in New York, including one from the United Nations Foundation recognizing his philanthropy. The United Nations Foundation honored Masiyiwa for coordinating African business support for efforts in the fight against the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone…

Education Minister Hilaly el Sherbiny met with Microsoft Egypt General Manager Khaled Abd El-Kader to discuss means of cooperation between the Ministry and Microsoft in the field of using technology in education. In a statement, the Education Ministry said that the meeting reviewed the existing projects between the Ministry and…

MTN, this morning, announced the appointment of Phuthuma Nhleko as Executive Chairman in a temporary capacity as Sifiso Dabengwa resigns as CEO. “MTN wishes to inform the market that MTN’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Sifiso Dabengwa has resigned,” the company said in a statement made available to Innovation Village “Due…

Pfizer and the Biovac Institute of South Africa have reached an agreement for the transfer of technology that will enable the Biovac Institute to manufacture Pfizer’s Prevenar 13 Vaccine at Biovac’s new commercial scale manufacturing plant here in Cape Town. As part of the agreement Pfizer will transfer ownership of…

provider of Mobile banking and payment services, eTranzact International Plc, has launched a promotion in collaboration with its mobile banking partners, FCMB, Skye Bank, Heritage Bank, Union Bank, Unity Bank, Access Bank, Standard Chartered, and Jaiz Bank to reward its loyal customers and to encourage more people to adopt mobile…

incuBeta Group and DQ&A Media Group announce their merger, offering clients enhanced services and access to new markets. The merged company has over 400 full-time staff, with 13 offices worldwide, implementing DoubleClick ad-tech solutions and running digital marketing campaigns across 100 countries. Both groups have large Cape Town offices, with…

Jovago.com has signed up the first of Somali hotels to its online booking platform. This milestone comes at a time when the global hospitality industry is shifting gear in response to the e-Commerce wave sweeping through the sector. Jovago.com has signed up the first of Somali hotels to Africa’s leading…