Author: Paul Adepoju

Online retailer JUMIA today announces its expansion to Angola, extending the number of countries it is operating to 11. Christina Hawley, Managing Director for New Countries at JUMIA, commented: “Angola is emerging as one of the most important countries in Africa. Our goal is to meet the demands of customers…

In January 2014, attention of internet freedom and online privacy advocates were drawn to a bill that Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, sent to the country’s lawmakers for approval. The bill reportedly empowers security operatives to intercept various forms of communication including voice and data. This week, after months of outbursts…

Nigeria’s largest telecoms company MTN has re-launched its TruTalk package and has upgraded its family and friends feature. According to the network, subscribers on this package can make calls at half the price to as many as 11 specific friends or family members while enjoying greater value for money on…

A new partnership that will give global payment company MasterCard access to about 500,000 SMEs in Nigeria have been signed with Grooming Centre focusing on micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) in peri-urban and rural areas in Nigeria. Grooming Centre is a Nigerian micro-finance organization that seeks to address…

Entries are now open for the Anzisha Prize, the premier award for Africa’s top young entrepreneurs. Over US$75,000 in cash prizes will be shared among 12 of the continent’s most exciting social and business entrepreneurs between the ages of 15 and 22 years old. The Anzisha Prize is managed out…

Joburgers loves to complain. If it’s not about load shedding or traffic, it’s about the potholes or city billing issues. Well, here’s your chance to do something about the city’s problems. The #Hack.Jozi Challenge wants to pay you for your ideas that will turn Jozi into the city that we…

Online taxi hailing platform and call centre service that connects customers with their choice and closest taxi, Yourtaxinow.com has announced it has upgraded its cloud based Web App. The founder of the company, David Chijioke told Innovation Village the decision to carry out the upgrade was reached following the demand…

Leading online real estate marketplace Lamudi has launched the first property hotline for the Nigerian community. The Dial-4-Home hotline has been developed as an extension to Lamudi’s market-leading Internet platform to extend access to the country’s largest database of properties to the estimated 50 million mobile users who do not…

Six companies owned by Africa Internet Group (AIG), Easytaxi, Lamudi, Carmudi, Hellofood, Kaymu and Jovago, yesterday officially announced they’ve moved to Yaba, a place that is fast becoming Nigeria’s version of the Silicon Valley in the USA. The AIG companies in Nigeria are offering services such as online retail, online…

Annual conference Social Media Week Lagos is back for the third year as this year’s edition is set to officially kickoff today. Social Media Week Lagos is a week long conference that provides the ideas, trends, insights and inspiration to help people and businesses understand how to achieve more in…

Education-focused Nigerian startup Pass.ng was among the winners of Airtel’s Catapult A Startup competition that was recently held. In this exclusive interview, Samson Abioye, the CEO and Co-Founder of the startup, told Innovation Village the startup’s opinion concerning the feat, impacts it would have on their operations and the ecosystem…

Microsoft has become the first major cloud provider to adopt the world’s first international standard for cloud privacy which ensures that enterprise customers can move with confidence to the Microsoft Cloud. According to Brad Smith, General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Microsoft, the announcement follows verification…

Tech company Uber has announced that UberX, its low-cost ride is now available to Lagos residents via the Uber app. Innovation Village gathered that a soft launch for UberX was done in December to test the service, now the product is being fully introduced and officially launched. In a statement,…

Samsung Electronics has announced it is introducing a range of products to the African market at the sixth annual Africa Forum in Antalya, Turkey, as the company continues to contribute to the continent’s ongoing transformation in the consumer electronics space. In a statement made available to Innovation Village, the tech…

A recent study conducted in Nigeria by Ipsos a global market research company, on behalf of PayPal shows an expectation by Nigerian consumers to conduct more shopping online. Out of the approximately 50 million internet users in Nigeria, 65% of users already shop online and another 24% of users expect…

Africa constitutes 15 % of the world population, it is indicated that around 10 % of this percentage are indeed internet users. There are approximately 297 million internet users in Africa and the bulk of which are of course Nigerians. This rate of internet usage reflects the adaptability of Africans…

Last week, Airtel announced the winners of its CAS competition and one of them is PushCV,  a career-guiding service that connects employers to talents, offering trainings to individuals as well as staff engagement and retention solutions for SMEs. Already, the startup has been able to help hundreds of SMEs efficiently…

Employee engagement has emerged as a critical driver of business success in today’s competitive marketplace, with various studies showing the positive impact of employee engagement on company performance.  Research by Gallup, the American research-based, global performance-management consulting company, describes engaged employees as being psychologically committed to a job, and likely…

Following the announcement of the appointment Obi Asika as the new social media strategist for President Goodluck Jonathan, not much has been said about the appropriateness or otherwise of his appointment. Almost 24 hours after the news went public, no official word had been released on social media by Asika…

Hotels in Kenya hotels are expected to benefit from a wider audience following a joint partnership between Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) and online hotel booking website Jovago.com. In a statement made available to Innovation Village, Jovago said the partnership will now see all the accommodation facilities get online booking by…