Author: Paul Adepoju

As a way of boosting inclusive entrepreneurship, the White House has announced it will be hosting the first-ever Demo Day where entrepreneurs make pitches to prospective funders. “We’re inviting a diverse group of entrepreneurs from all across the country — including those underrepresented in entrepreneurship like women and people of…

Truecaller today announces its completely redesigned app for Windows Phone 8, which supports the company’s global mission to transform the phonebook with a new set of useful features to improve the communications experience. Available to download for free starting today in the Windows Phone Store, this is by far the…

Customers of MTN Mobile Money and M-Pesa in East Africa will be able to transfer money to each other following an agreement between MTN Group and Vodafone Group to interconnect their mobile money services. This interconnect collaboration between the region’s two biggest mobile money operators will enable convenient and affordable…

According to a new forecast by Ovum, the number of residential gateways, TV set-top boxes and other home broadband equipment in use that support the Broadband Forum’s TR-069 (CPE WAN Management Protocol) standard will reach 356 million in 2016, as a growing number of service providers embrace the management protocol…

The number of monthly active users of the BlackBerry Messenger application in Nigeria as hit 4 million while the figure for Ghana is 1 million, according to Riccardo Pasqualotto, Founder and Sales Director, The Mobi Hunter – the company in charge of BlackBerry messenger services in Africa. Speaking on Tuesday…

With numerous options to choose from, deciding which mobile marketing strategy to deploy maybe cumbersome and choosing to do all may not be cost effective but focusing on objectives and who the targets are could go a long way in helping companies to make decisions and choose which tools to…

Steve Omojafor, Chairman of Zenith Bank Group has identified lack of innovation as a strong militating factor affecting Nigeria’s economy. He noted that in 2014, Nigeria’s inflation rate stood at eight per cent while unemployment was at a disturbing 30 per cent. He put lending rate to be at 25…

Nigeria’s Co-Creation Hub (CcHub), a launch pad for start-ups, transforming ideas to sustainable ventures that solve real Nigerian problems, has announced its first call for ideas for 2015. To date CcHub has supported the development and launch of more than 50 innovative technology startups solving social challenges in Nigeria. As…

African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI) in partnership with United Nations Children’s Fund and other stakeholders invited 50 health experts to Addis Ababa to prioritize mechanisms that will enable sustained health innovation in Africa. The experts highlighted the critical leadership role of ANDI in African health innovation while…

One of Nigeria’s major ecommerce platforms, Konga.com, has been targeted by online scammers who are asking members of the public to fill an online survey form and get airtime in exchange. The scam which has already gone viral on various social media platforms in being pitched to unsuspecting members of…

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has today released the latest findings of the 2015 Data Security Confidence Index (DSCI). The report reveals a widening gap emerging between the perception and the reality of perimeter security effectiveness amongst global IT decision makers. The research shows increasing levels of investment…

BlackBerry has announced the availability of BlackBerry Leap in the United Kingdom and roll-out in major markets. Beginning today in the U.K., young power professionals who want to get things done and companies looking for enterprise fleet renewals can now purchase BlackBerry Leap on ShopBlackBerry.com and through select carriers and partners. BlackBerry Leap…

Logistics service provider DHL and Cisco have jointly released a new Trend Report focused on the Internet of Things (IoT) at the DHL Global Technology Conference in Dubai. DHL and Cisco Consulting Services are also collaborating on a joint IoT innovation project that will improve decision-making in warehouse operations with…

Next week, Mobile West Africa 2015 conference would be holding in Lagos, Nigeria. Online hotel booking platform Jovago puts the mobile revolution in Africa into perspective The influx of mobile phone has enhanced ease of access across the world – communication is more easily facilitated as practically everybody is…

This week the World Bank released data on the state of global remittances (Migration & Development Brief). Here is analysis from online money transfer service WorldRemit of a few of the key findings: Global remittances will grow slowly in 2015, but accelerate again in 2016/17: globalremittances are projected to reach $586…

Nigeria’s leading ecommerce platforms Jumia and Konga have both announced they are now offering the new Samsung Galaxy S6 edge. In a statement, Jonathan Doerr, MD Jumia Marketing, said, ‘’Just as the name implies, most of the phones from the Galaxy series have been absolutely out of this world! We…

After it has successfully completed the payment of $252.25 million bid price for NITEL and MTEL facilities, the Nigerian government is set to handover facilities and infrastructures of both companies to NATCOM consortium, according to Haruna Sambo, deputy chairman, National Council on Privatization Technical Committee. Sambo said: “You recall that…

Tim Jacobs has been named the new Chief Executive Officer of MultiChoice Africa.‎ In a statement, MultiChoice said until his latest appointment, Jacobs was the company’s chief financial officer. Jacobs is taking over from Nico Meyer who left the company on 31 March for personal reasons. Jacobs first joined the…

This week, Microsoft announced its latest device, Lumia 640 XL, is now available in Nigeria. In addition to the gadget being affordable and upgradable to Windows 10, the Lumia 640 XL among other unique features also offers more personal computing and increased productivity through seamlessly integrated Microsoft Office experiences, OneDrive…