Author: Paul Adepoju

Vendito.com, new classified ads platform for frontier markets, is aimed at becoming Africa’s Craigslist with its roll-out in Africa and Asia with big expansion plans in the pipeline. The company’s mission is to simplify C2C business by providing an easy to use, local and safe classifieds portal in frontier markets.…

Soccer lovers in Kenya can now catch up on the latest action during this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup tournament which kicked off last weekend in New Zealand live and exclusively on StarTimes. This follows the signing of an exclusive deal between StarTimes and the world’s football governing body, FIFA…

Nigeria’s commercial capital city of Lagos has emerged the largest market for WeChat, a free messaging and calling app that allows you to easily connect with family and friends across countries. This was announced by WeChat Country Manager (Nigeria), Idemudia Dima-Okojie, in an exclusive interview with Innovation Village. “In Nigeria,…

Free messaging and calling app that allows you to easily connect with family & friends across countries, WeChat has said it has become imperative for brands and businesses to develop a mobile strategy.   In an exclusive interview with Innovation Village, Idemudia Dima-Okojie, WeChat Country Manager (Nigeria) said today, most…

EbonyLife TV today proud to announce a strategic partnership with  which enables the launch of a Premium multi-screen VOD platform. This service is already accessible on mobile application and online platforms,  and with this announcement, EbonyLife TV offers the African Diaspora users the ability to access from their smartphones, tablets…

It has been rumored for weeks, but it is now official: Google is launching a photo service separate of Google+. It was announced during Google’s I/O keynote held last week. It’s called “Google Photos”, and will live at photos.google.com. Google said it has unlimited storage, considering the fact that previous…

Nigeria’s eCommerce giant Jumia Nigeria this morning kicked off what it described as one of its biggest sale of the year – “the Biggest Mobile Sales Ever’. The campaign is supported by MTN which is offering customers free data, another partner is Mediatek. The Jumia Mobile Week Megathon will last…

As of today, applications for the five Venture Bus tours in Africa are open. At the African Development Bank Annual Meeting the organization for  entrepreneurship  in emerging markets, Ampion, unveiled details on  its programs  in 2015.  For the third  year  in  a row, Ampion will run a pan‐African startup competition…

On Friday 29th May, Nigeria’s new president Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in. And in his address, he noted the important roles of social media. This forms the basis of the concerns being expressed by citizens over his decision to appoint Femi Adesina, who many believe is not vibrant on social…

Major Nigerian telecoms company Airtel has announced it has launched a secure Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network for its corporate customers. With this feat, Airtel said it aims to facilitate superior and cost-effective branch connectivity both locally and globally. The MPLS combines the intelligence of private Internet Protocol (IP) routing…

Agility, one of the world’s leading providers of integrated logistics, today launches a global photo competition to highlight the success of emerging Africa and reflect its increasing progress. The competition seeks to highlight the often unreported side of a continent of many contrasts. It calls for photographers to capture an…

They used to be called Afrocab but has now been rebranded and repackaged to be known as Afro. Although no official statement has been made yet about the new name and what has changed, indications emerged that the company is claiming to be all grown up now, and set to…

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has revealed that despite increasing access to cheaper smartphones, Africa’s mobile broadband penetration still remains the lowest in the world, hovering below 20%. According to the union’s latest ICT Facts & Figures report, it said Africa is the onlyy continent in the world where mobile…

Lagos-based co-working space Capital Square has announced it would be holding its DEMO Day next Tuesday. In a newsletter, the management of the space said this edition would feature taxi hailing service Afro, WallJaunt and Soup To Your Door. WallJaunt is an online art shop that wants to “flip your…

Indications have emerged that Nigeria’s outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan secretly awarded $1bn worth spectrum to Globacom and Visafone. Media platforms revealed that the licensing did not pass through the normal bidding process, thereby preventing the NCC from advertising and supervising an auction. They said President Jonathan directed that the 800MHz…

Nigerian rapper M.I (real name Judea Abaga) has announced he would be releasing an album “One” exclusively on Jay Z’s Tidal. He said apart from the 1001 physical copies of the album, his fans will only be able to get the album which was recorded about a year ago on…

YouTube has introduced ‘shoppable’ cards within videos called “TrueView” for brands to sell products directly to individuals. This feature aims to connect the moment a person experiences a video with their impulse to make a purchase. In their blog post, YouTube says, TrueView for shopping allows you to showcase product…

The first-of-its-kind-in-Nigeria mobile app sales kick off today Thursday and is put together by e-commerce giant Konga.com. This unique campaign will run till the 1st of June and during this period, Konga will be offering incredible discounts of up to 75% across several categories ranging from phones and tablets, Home…

Opera Software has officially launched Opera Max which it said offers users data savings and faster Wi-Fi experience. The app allows users to control their mobile data and Wi-Fi data independently. The new Opera Max compresses all data sent through Android smartphones with world leading image and video compression technology,…

JEKALO, an online platform where you can share a ride with someone going along the same route as you has been launched (and available only) in Lagos. Whether you are a ride owner or a passenger, JEKALO is a convenient and affordable way to get home in the evening, to…