Author: Paul Adepoju

Editor at Innovation Village

Telecoms company Orange this afternoon announced a partnership with one of Africa’s major commercial banks Ecobank. In a statement made available to Innovation Village, the partnering organizations said the service will enable Orange Money subscribers who also have bank accounts with Ecobank to transfer money between their respective accounts. The…

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Online hotel booking platform Jovago has announced it is now accepting Tigo–Pesa as payment option following a partnership with Tigo, Tanzania’s leading Telecommunication Company. In a statement, the company said Tigo Pesa customers will now be able to pay for their accommodation booked on Jovago with their Tigo Pesa account.…

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The US Navy has released video and photos of a prototype firefighting robot. Its scientists on Wednesday unveiled a firefighting robot prototype at the Naval Future Force Science & Technology EXPO, revealing details about its successful demonstrations last fall aboard the USS Shadwell, a decommissioned Navy vessel. A statement gotten…

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The world’s largest real-time mobile survey platform, Geopoll is announcing a strategic partnership with Control Union, global leader in agricultural certifications, food safety, and sustainability. Partnering allows Control Union to tap into GeoPoll’s multimodal mobile platform and database of 200 million users, giving them access the fastest and most cost…

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Hotels.ng has announced it is sponsoring the first hackathon in Northern Nigeria that is scheduled to hold next month in the city of Jos with the code name HackJos. The HackJos Hackathon – Jos, Nigeria is a free, 3 day-long coding marathon for developers to create new and novel applications targeted…

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A poll conducted by NOIPolls has revealed there is a marginal 5 percent gap between the two top contenders for the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Lagos state – PDP’s Jimi Agbaje and APC’s Akinwunmi Ambode. NOIPolls said: When asked who respondents will be voting for in the coming February 2015…

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Telecoms company Orange has reported invested in Afrimarket. The startup is a cash-to-good remittance company that helps Africans in the diaspora to pay directly for goods and services in partner retail outlets for their friends, family and businesses in Africa. Founded in 2013, Afrimarket has become market leader in the category…

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In line with its policy of not allowing terrorist groups to use its platform to propagate their messages, social  media platform Twitter over the weekend shut down an account being used by Boko Haram, a US-designated terrorist group that is terrorizing northern Nigeria including neighboring countries. According to report gathered…

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The Rwandan government is considering strategies to deploy to reduce the cost of 4G LTE by 50% according to Minister for Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert Nsengimana. the retail price for the services was determined in three phases which they were now looking to revise downwards to increase uptake. “In…

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In furtherance of the digital migration process, 14 more regions to be added on Monday as more cities will be barred from viewing some analogue stations starting Monday midnight. They are Mombasa, Malindi, Nyeri, Meru, Kisumu, Webuye, Kakamega, Kisoo, Nakuru, Eldoret, Nyahururu (Nyadundo), Machakos, Narok and Loldiani. “We are looking…

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