Author: Paul Adepoju

Global research consultancy TNS has today announced an exclusive and wide-reaching strategic partnership with GeoPoll, the world’s largest mobile survey platform. Under the multi-year agreement, TNS and sister company, Kantar Media, will join forces with GeoPoll to deploy a new range of research products and services intended to deepen and…

8 months after the expiration of the deadline for local governments in Nigeria to register .gov.ng websites, only about 30% have done so as at the end of April according to Mary Uduma, immediate president, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA). NiRA and National Information Development Agency (NITDA) have mounted various…

Online hotel booking platform Jovago believes drones would soon be a normal and acceptable feature of our society even though there are currently stiff opposition to the use of drones. Drones are not only used for military purposes alone. They can also be adopted for helpful business purposes. Many people…

In 2014 alone, Opera software said it compressed data worth US$2 billion. In an exclusive interview  with Innovation Village in Lagos Nigeria, Richard Monday, Vice President (Africa) at Opera software said the ability of Opera to compress large volumes of data is responsible for the faster experience the browsers’ users…

StarTimes Media has announced the introduction of five new entertainment channels on its platform with a key focus on African content. The new channels are iROKO Play, iROKO Plus, African Movie Channel Series (AMC), StarTimes Zone and a sports channel Sports Focus all of which will feature exclusive African movies,…

The Safe Delivery App is an innovative mobile health tool developed by Maternity Foundation in partnership with the University of Copenhagen and the University of Southern Denmark. Through simple animated clinical instruction films, the app can teach birth attendants in hard-to-reach areas how to manage complicated deliveries. The app is…

UNICEF has launched its Global Innovation Center (GIC).  The GIC based in Nairobi, Kenya is designed to build scale and accelerate innovations that will improve children’s lives around the world.  The Philips Foundation is one of the 5 founding partners and steering committee member of the GIC. It said it…

Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions, is now accepting grant proposals for its latest application round. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations, and…

The Board of Directors Office of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange today announced the appointment of Ato Ermias Eshetu as Chief Executive Officer of the ECX. Ato Ermias has held a range of leadership positions locally and abroad. Since 2007, he has served as an Executive Management Member at Zemen Bank,…

Experts have predicted that internet usage on mobile phones will increase 20-fold in the next five years in Africa, which is double the rate of growth in the rest of the world. This was one of the conclusions reached at the Rise of Africa plenary session at the fifth annual…

This afternoon, Innovation Village reported that Western Union is planning to acquire MoneyGram. In this guest post, WorldRemit’s founder and CEO, Ismail Ahmed calls on regulators to block this deal unconditionally, claiming the move would have profound consequences for competition in the remittance market. Western Union is reported to be…

Western Union Co. is reportedly making moves to acquire competitor MoneyGram. They are said to be in early-stage talks. Both companies contend with stiff competition from upstart money-transfer companies. Western Union and MoneyGram — the two dominant players in the remittance industry — are facing price competition as companies including…

BuzzFeed’s Jonathan Perelman describes the differences between Facebook and YouTube. He believes one is not better than the other, but rather very different. Individuals typically go to YouTube seeking out content, as opposed to going to Facebook and waiting for friends and brands to post. Watch the video below and…

More than 100 Nigerian girls from private and public senior secondary schools in Lagos have come together to celebrate the International Girls in ICT Day. Vodacom Business Nigeria, in keeping to its commitment to empowering youth through ICT, has partnered with e-Business Life Communication Limited to support female senior secondary…

Online real estate marketplace Lamudi has today released an updated version of its Android app to make it easier for house-hunters in emerging markets to buy or rent property on the go. The company said Version 2.0 of the app, Lamudi: Property for Sale & Rent, offers overall better speed…

She Leads Africa is set to support the drive of leadership, commerce and innovation among Africa’s tech savvy women with the announcement of Entrepreneur Showcase, the initiative’s flagship that encourages entrepreneurs to compete for US$15 000 in cash prizes, media features in international news outlets, and exclusive meetings with top…

The 2015 edition of SA Innovation Summit is scheduled to hold at Capetown Stadium from 26 to 29 August 2015. According to the organizers, the theme for 2015, ‘Innovation Intelligence’, seeks to address the mystery of creating that illusive competitive edge through new and convergent thinking. This exciting theme will…

eTranzact is set to launch a new PocketMoni service that allows individuals to make withdrawals from ATM without using a debit card. The new service will be demonstrated at the CCHub Experience Centre on the 7th of May. In an invitation sent to stakeholders, eTranzact said the product demo will…

The 5th MobileMoneyExpo will commence on May 06 till 07 at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suite. The two day expo will focus on ‘Charting Africa’s cashless future’. The Expo delivers two days of top executives, cutting edge content from dynamic presentations, designed to address developments, challenges and opportunities and…

Uber has announced a 20% price slash on all UberX rides in Nigeria’s commercial capital city of Lagos. With this development, Uber said it will make owning a car in Lagos “almost unnecessary”. The price slash officially kicked off at 8pm on Monday 4 May. “Remember the last time you…