Author: Paul Adepoju

MTN Group today announced the appointment of Mteto Nyati as MTN SA CEO, effective 13 July 2015. He succeeds Ahmad Farroukh, who resigned earlier this month. A seasoned ICT executive and business leader, Nyati joined MTN as Group Chief Enterprise Officer in October last year. “He brings extensive knowledge of…

Latest figures released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Sunday showed the active lines in the nation’s telecommunications industry stood at 146,561,744 in May. The commission made this known in its Monthly Subscriber Data. NCC said active lines in Nigeria were 145,476,326 for the month of April and the…

Helios Towers Nigeria today announced a new corporate rebranding to HTN Towers – the name the Company said it is widely known as by its customers. Inder Bajaj, Chief Executive Officer of HTN Towers, said: “I am delighted to announce our rebranding to HTN Towers, which heralds a new phase…

Visa has announced plans to deploy its tokenisation and mPOS services in Nigerian market. The service is already available for financial institutions in Europe since mid-April 2015, is part of Visa’s developed service to meet an increasing demand from consumers to use their latest smartphones and wearable devices for payments.…

Access Bank Plc has launched a new multi-banking payment solution called PaywithCapture that allows customers to make payments by scanning a merchant’s pre-generated QR-Code using the camera of their mobile device or via a one-step Beacon-NFC System. ThisDay reported the solution can be linked with different payment cards (any bank’s…

A group of 16 leading players in the field of telecommunications are joining forces to advance the development of a new air interface below 6 GHz for 5G networks. The “FANTASTIC-5G” (Flexible Air iNTerfAce for Scalable service delivery wiThin wIreless Communication networks of the 5th Generation) project will focus on…

An additional set of over 7,800 jobs have been axed by Microsoft. Speaking on the latest development, Prof Mark Skilton, of Warwick Business School, who researches mobile ecosystems, told Innovation Village that the development suggests that the mobile phone market has gone. He said: “Nadella realises this and is focusing on…

Over 8,000 households in Kigali’s suburbs will get internet connection through fibre network provided by Liquid Telecom, a multinational in the telecom industry. Report revealed homes connected to Internet via fibre cables for the first time in the country, in the initial phase of the technology’s rollout. Liquid Telecom Group…

Last night, Desmond Mongwe’s moWallet won the R1 million first prize of the #Hack.Jozi Challenge. In this interview, he spoke about his startup, thee competition among others. Describe your product and services: At moWallet we develop a digital marketing solution for retail brands to connect with customers, solutions to distribute and…

Last night, the executive mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Parks Tau announced the top three winners in The #Hack.Jozi Challenge, a competition for those who want to make a difference in their community by developing the best digital solutions to everyday problems. This initiative was developed by the City…

Even though it sold more than 1.5 million units in its first week, it appears people are no longer buying Apple Watch since its sale has reduced by as much as 90%, thus suggesting everyone who wants one already has one. Slice Intelligence, a market-research firm based out of Palo…

Technology company has launched its latest television the Samsung SUHD in Nigeria. The official launch which was held in Lagos at Four Points by Sheraton had in attendance top Samsung officials and other stakeholders in the Nigerian tech industry including Mr. Parikshit Chandna, Head, Consumer Electronics; Mr. Brovo Kim, Managing…

Communications company Visafone recently undertook an upgrade of its data infrastructure which the company said would add new capabilities to its bouquet of data services, offering entirely new and pleasant experience to customers. The company stated that in its usual proactive approach to service delivery, it has deployed innovative technologies…

The bidx entrepreneurial ecosystem has announced its expansion into Africa. Thierry Sanders, the founder of bidx, summarized the vision of the company in this quote from one of his TEDx talks recently “Lets start a movement that uses the income inequality that is present in all countries to enable the…

African hotel booking platform Jovago has announced it has listed 25,000 hotels on its inventory. The steady expansion of the inventory, the company stated, shows consistency in covering the African continent and reaching all hotels including the most remote in order to reach and satisfy the needs of all our…

Cape Town-based incubator the Bandwidth Barn is partnering with Telkom, a telecom company to launch the InnoTech incubation and acceleration programme. They are now inviting applications from startups focused on the themes “Better Living”, “Sustainable Business”, “Smart Cities” and “Greener Planet”. The InnoTech accelerator applications are now open for the…

Lenovo has unveiled a new logo which it said will help stamp its feet in the smartphones market. The new logo was unveiled at a ceremony in Lagos where Lenovo manager in West, East and Central Africa Division WECA, David Caleb said the logo is not only of global standard…

Filmhouse Cinemas and New York-based entertainment technology company, IMAX Corporation, have announced an agreement to launch Nigeria’s first IMAX theatre. Announcing the deal, Kene Mkparu, head of Filmhouse Cinemas said it is in line with the company’s mission. “Our mission is to establish the best movie-going experience in Nigeria. IMAX…

Jim McKelvey (co-founder of Square), Wael Fakharany (Google X Middle East and Africa), Nicolas Martin, CEO, Jumia Africa, and Abiola Olaniran, CEO of Gamsole, are expected to speak later this month in Lagos, Nigeria at Tech+, a conference and exhibition where the future of technology in the city would be…

Huawei believes its latest devices, P8, would become the most user-friendly smartphone for consumers globally. “Huawei seamlessly combines the best elements of style and durability in this device, delivering a revolutionary and premium user experience. The device symbolises our continuous commitment to provide customers with access to premium quality products.”…