Author: Paul Adepoju

Editor at Innovation Village

Glo subscribers can now roam when they travel outside Nigeria following the launch of Glo Wi-Fi roaming service which allows subscribers to have ultimate mobile internet experience in over 300,000 internet hotspots in 42 countries around the world. Ajay Mathur, chief commercial director of Globacom, said the service gives subscribers…

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Jovago.com today announced its second year anniversary celebration, it said it has provided online hotel booking services by linking guests to hotels through listing assorted accommodation, providing an e-Marketing platform for hotels and publishing industry reports. “Two years ago, Africa’s respected online business incubator – Africa Internet Group – set…

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There was a new twist to the lawsuit filed by Etisalat, which is dragging MTN and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to court over the unfair advantage the latter is giving to the former. The commission yesterday (Monday) asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to grant an adjournment to…

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Safaricom has partnered with Google to launch launched the search engine-owned Waze traffic application to offer motorists accurate and real-time traffic information, based on crowd-sourced data from other road users. The app which uses a Global Positioning System technology to collect traffic information varying from accidents, impassable routes and traffic…

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A new report by Cyberoam has revealed that Kenya’s universities have more hackers than Nigeria and other countries in Africa. The Kenyan universities with most hackers in Africa are Kenyatta University and JKUAT. According to the report, Kenya is competing with the likes of Egypt, Morocco and South Africa in…

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Safaricom interest in expanding into fulltime TV broadcasting has gotten the approval of Kenya’s Communications Authority following the latter’s approval of Safaricom’s application for requisite licenses. Safaricom applied for four TV broadcasting licenses, all of which got approved subject to objection from the public within a month, according to the…

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Nigerians are spending more than N212 billion every month on phone calls, according to the current active mobile subscriptions in the country and the subsisting Average Revenue Per User (ARPU). ARPU is the financial performance benchmark in the telecoms industry that measures the average monthly revenue generated by operators from…

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The CEO of Microsoft Corporation, Satya Nadella, is in Kenya for the launch of Windows 10. He announced his visit via Twitter. https://twitter.com/satyanadella/status/626015991093268480 Nairobi is among the 13 cities where Microsoft is holding special launch events today (Wednesday). InnovationVillage earlier reported that Microsoft launched Windows 10 in 190 countries available…

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Drivers with auditory impairment can now make money on Uber following a partnership between the company and the Kenya National Association of the Deaf (KNAD). Jambu Palaniappan, Regional General Manager for Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa, says the Association has helped Uber understand the challenges deaf and hard-of-hearing people…

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Following the successful hosting of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit held in Kenya, South Africa has been named the host country for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) in 2017. The Congress will map out entrepreneurial ecosystems, share new developments in startup financing, connect entrepreneurs to the best resources and networks, and…

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Etisalat is asking a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to review a decision taken by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) that allowed 30 per cent differential between MTN’s off-net and on-net retail mobile voice tariffs. In the filed suit, Etisalat said with the 30 per cent differential, MTN had been…

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