Author: Paul Adepoju

The first internet-enabled school lab has been commissioned in a public primary school in South Sudan. Juba One primary school got the facility to impact education. “We want engineers out of you; we want doctors out of you,” Engineer Stephen Lugga Juma, undersecretary of the ministry of Telecommunications, the top…

Telecoms company, Telecel Zimbabwe, has been ordered by the government to stop operations. The government said the teleco does not have a license and is not complying with Zimbabwe’s laws. Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services, Cde Supa Mandiwanzira said Telecel should stop operating after breaching two…

Key properties of the Internet must be supported for it to succeed and these ‘invariants’ are an important framework to prevent nationally-driven policy from damaging the integrity of the Internet, according to a new working paper issued by the Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG). On the Nature of the…

South Africa’s Department of Communications (DoC) has announced it is set to publish the final Broadcasting Digital Migration (BDM) policy in the Government Gazette next week. The management of DoC presented the country’s state of readiness to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting to a Joint Portfolio Committee on Communication…

Smileandtalk.com has announced the launch of a new game called Oga for Nigerian children. In a statement made available to Innovation Viillage, the company said the game is currently available only for users of iOS devices while the Android version will be released next month. Oga is a popular children’s…

Panelists at a recently held session that focused on mhealth in Africa believe mobile health will be the future of healthcare on the continent. The session held in Washington DC USA was monitored by Innovation Village. The panelists are Adetokunbo Oshin, Deputy Project Director, Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Program, Maternal…

Smartphone manufacturing company, Archos while officially launching its brand presence in Nigeria, has announced it is targeting to control 70% of Nigeria’s smartphone market. According to the company, it is going to be offering the best feature phones and connected objects to the 70% of the 100,000,000 Nigerian mobile phone…

Ecommerce giant Jumia has announced the Infinix Hot Note is its fastest selling pre-order in history. This is coming on the heels of the extensive #JIMsBigThing campaign which is a partnership involving Jumia, Infinix and MTN. The Infinix Hot Note is powered by a 4000 mAh battery and a uniquely…

An international rating agency has raised alarm over the state of the Nigerian economy. According to Standard & Poor’s, Nigeria’s economy is in a “clear and present danger,” with a negative sovereign ratings watch of BB minus. Konrad Reuss regional manager, sub-Saharan Africa, said the factors putting the Nigerian economy…

The website of Nigeria’s major ecommerce website Jumia Nigeria was temporarily down on Wednesday evening, Innovation Village can exclusively report. Official information on the landing page revealed the platform underwent scheduled maintenance and the company apologized for inconveniences promising to be back shortly. This is not the first time that…

Supermartng.com has announced a service that allows customers to pay a fixed fee once and in return will receive unlimited number of grocery deliveries free for 30 days with no minimum basket size. The customers can choose over 50,000 items including fresh meat, fruits, vegetables, household items, Nigerian ingredients, dry…

MTN Group today announced the appointment of Omotayo Ojutalayo as General Manager for Small and Medium Enterprise Channels within its Enterprise Business Unit, effective immediately. Ojutalayo joins from MTN Nigeria, where she was a senior manager responsible for the SME customer segment. With the appointment, MTN aims to ensure greater…

Edo state has hosted Agric Data Hackaton 2015, which is Nigeria’s first hackaton on government open data. The tech competition was organized by the state ICT agency in partnership with the agric ministry and SabiHub, the state’s only tech hub. Participants were asked analyze challenges facing the state’s agric sector…

A new study is aiming to take mhealth to another level with the deployment of apps for diagnostic purposed. The app is being developed by researchers at the Columbia University in New York, can detect HIV and syphilis. The test involves taking a blood sample which is placed on a…

With an objective of galvanizing Nigerians into action in the health innovation space, the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria’s Nigeria Health Innovation Marketplace is calling on innovators, techies, academic institutions, private sector companies, businesses, civil society, clinicians, researchers, NGOs and individuals to apply in the $1million Health Innovation Challenge…

DealDey today announced its Android app is now available for download on the Google Play Store, adding the new app offers shoppers seamless shopping at its best. Although the app is now available, DealDey said it will be officially launched on March 16 and users can get loads of goodies…

The World Bank is launching a Climate Innovation Center (CIC) in Ghana. The Ghana CIC will support the growth of Ghana’s local climate (clean) technology businesses with a comprehensive suite of financing and business incubation services. As one in a global network of CICs supported by infoDev’s Climate Technology Program,…

The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has announced that the number of active lines in Nigeria has exceeded 140 million and is now 140.82 million. The commission also announced that the country’s teledensity, also known as telephone penetration, has exceeded 100 percent. This is contained in the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC)…

Residents of Nakuru Bahati are set to be the first constituency in the county to enjoy free WiFi courtesy of its chief Francis Kariuki. Kariuki is also regarded as the tweeting chief, and according to ICT CS Fred Matiang’i, the chief will launch the project at Jomo Kenyatta Primary school…

Nigeria-based mobile game production company Gamsole has released a teaser video in anticipation of its soon-to-be-released game title, Gidi Run. Gidi Run is a three dimensional endless runner set in the bustling Lagos metropolis, the commercial hub of Nigeria. Gamsole is not only pushing the envelope with slick 3D graphics,…