Author: Paul Adepoju

More than 2000 public and private schools in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi will get free high speed fixed internet access. The service will be rolled out by fibre company, Zuku, in partnership with the Kenya Education Network and the County Government of Nairobi. Dubbed WazEd, ITWeb Africa reported the…

MTN Group today announced the resignation of Ahmad Farroukh, CEO of MTN South Africa, which is effective 31 July 2015.  “This was a difficult decision to take for Ahmad, but unavoidable due to personal and family reasons,” says MTN Group President and CEO, Sifiso Dabengwa. Mr. Farroukh joined MTN in…

Facebook is now allowing more people to use Messenger’s person-to-person payment feature after it announced an expansion of the service across USA. Facebook VP of Messaging, David Marcus, announced U.S. expansion in a post on Tuesday. He said all a Facebook messenger user needs to do is add a debit card, tap…

PayPal has acquired digital money transfer company, Xoom in a deal that will see each Xoom shareholder collecting $25 per share – totaling $1.09 billion. This is in addition Xoom’s cash and short-term investments and including its debt, PayPal would end up paying about $890 million for the company. PayPal…

An experimental project by MasterCard is reviewing how facial scans taken with mobile devices could be used for online purchase authorizations. CNNMoney reported that MasterCard is looking at using facial recognition and fingerprints as more secure and simpler ways of authorizing consumer purchases made using mobile devices. MasterCard is expected…

Nigeria’s Wennovation Hub today announced they are receiving applications for the Entrepreneurs’ Hub Pitch & Win cum year-long mentorship opportunity for startups. It would be recalled that Innovation Village last week  reported Wennovation Hub is partnering with Informa, organizers of NigeriaCom conference to avail 5 startups the opportunity to pitch…

Africa’s integrated payments and transaction switching company Interswitch today announced it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new Participating Organization. The PCI Security Standards Council is a global forum that is responsible for the development, management, education and awareness of the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)…

Huawei’s Digital inCloud Eastern and Southern Africa regional center launched at the 5th Annual VAS Africa summit is the first of its kind in Africa, thus making the company the first global solutions provider to bring such a comprehensive Digital inCloud solution to Africa. Felix Tang, Director of Huawei Eastern…

A Nigerian identity management firm, Chams Plc, has launched an identity verification software called ConfirmMe in Lagos. The software is a unified platform which aggregates data from certified institutional sources from which accredited public and private institutions and businesses can verify data (credentials), and also prove identity. The company said…

Sage Pastel Accounting General Manager, Daryl Blundell has noted that mobility is transforming smaller businesses. Blundell said an accounting solution with a good mobile app is a real boon for SMEs. “Employees with mobile devices can be productive many more hours a week because they can work from anywhere in…

Ad Dynamo yesterday 1st July shut down its ad network. With this development, the company will now be focusing on content and Twitter ads. Industry watchers believe the development could signify the end of commonplace banner ads on digital platforms. It also shows that the competition in online banner ads…

Nigeria’s ecommerce giant Konga.com is three years old today. To celebrate its third year, the company has announced lots of offers and deals for customers through various campaigns including an anniversary mega sale. Founded by Sim Shagaya,, Konga.com has grown to become a formidable voice in ecommerce in Nigeria, Africa…

ZTE and MTN have announced a partnership to launch an Internet of Things (IoT) platform in Africa. In a statement, the partners said the IoT platform adopts cutting-edge technologies suited to developing markets, bringing flexible connectivity for devices in the region. A ZTE official revealed that the new IoT platform…

Nigeria’s premier gift card company SureGifts has unveiled its redesigned platform that allows users to add more personalised features to their gift cards. Speaking to Innovation Village on the new platform, Adeoye Ojo, Co-Founder of the startup said customers can now add video messages to gift cards purchased on the…

Yezz Mobilee today announced its latest devices, Billy 4.7, Billy 4, Andy 5T and Andy 6M, are now available on Nigeria’s online shopping platform Konga.com A statement released by the company revealed that Yezz Mobile was designed and birthed in Miami USA five years ago and has experienced tremendous success…

Jovago collaborates with UNICEF to accelerate birth registration under the title “Passport to Protection”, this alliance underscores the importance of the practice for children across the globe. ” More than 50% of children under the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa have no official recognition by their respective governments due…

2015 kicked off on a rather slow note in the innovation landscape in Africa. But gradually, events began to unfold and the rest, as they say, is history. Coming up with a list of the top five stories so far this year was not an easy task – but the…

Ericsson has announced its Converged Wallet has been deployed by MTN Swaziland to more than 275,000 mobile wallet users and 3,000 agents across Swaziland. The rollout, according to Ericsson, offers a premium mobile money experience for people in the region and fulfills the Bank of Swaziland’s regulatory requirements. In a…

China’s tech giant ZTE has announced it is installing a security system, free of charge, at Uganda’s biggest hospital to prevent the stealing of newly-born babies. Speaking at a brief ceremony, Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga said at Mulago National Referral Hospital, that the surveillance cameras will be critical in stopping…

Galaxy Backbone is partnering with universities across Nigeria through their vice chancellors to deploy education cloud – suite of cloud applications which can be accessed over the internet or Galaxy Backbone’s fibre and terrestrial wide area network. Speaking at the end of the just concluded Annual Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities…