Author: Paul Adepoju

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…

Liberia’s Center for National Documents and Records (CNDRA) has announced it is working with some partners to digitize marriage certification and other documentation processes in the country. It said it has launched a new customer service and marriage transaction software aimed at preventing criminals from using the system produce fake…

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.…

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…

With immediate effect, Suren Sooklal has become the Group Chief Business Risk Officer for MTN. He is joining MTN from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he held various roles during his 12-year tenure, including most recently, Group Audit Engagement Partner and Group Relationship Partner on the MTN account and other listed companies.…

International social media platform Twitter this morning launched its official account for Africa’s leading tech countries – Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa All of the Twitter handles have been verified and although the same tweets are on the respective handles, expectations are that each specific Twitter account would focus on…

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…

Today at the House of Commons in London, the first-ever tech-enabled trade agency to promote trade between the UK and Africa will be launched. This is one of the world’s first ever technology-enabled trade agencies created to promote bilateral trade between the UK and Sub-Saharan Africa, it is backed by…

Philanthropist, billionaire and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has expressed confidence in the ability of mobile money to transform the lives of over 2 billion people in various parts of the world that are outside the financial system. In his blog post, he noted the growing impact of mobile money…

Nana Ekow Taylor has emerged overall winner of this year’s Apps Challenge Awards organised by Ghana’s major telecoms company MTN with the BuzzTrick app. This is the second edition of the annual event and Taylor received GHC20,000 for the feat, while winners in each of the three categories of the…

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…

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…

Digital lifestyle company Millicom has revealed the revenue of its pan-African telecoms company Tigo for the first time rose to US$1 billion. This is part of revelations made in the company’s annual report for 2014 released today and made available to Innovation Village. According to the report, Tigo’s customer numbers…

The developers of South Africa’s first startup survey Seed Academy today announced it has launched in Cape Town and Johannesburg. In a statement made available to Innovation Village, the academy also announced it is offering more than R2,4 million of sponsored training available for early stage tech and women entrepreneurs.…

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…

TechCityNG has launched a new radio show in Lagos that aims to to educate and inform people on global technology. In an exclusive interview with Innovation Village, Adewale Oladipupo, Editor-in-Chief of TechCityNG said with the quick rate at which new technology trends are emerging, the radion show initiative will make…

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…

Following several actions being taken in East and Southern Africa to tackle the dumping of e-wastes, West Africa has now become a destination for e-wastes from different parts of the world according to studies conducted by the European Commission and U.N. According to communication technology and services firm Ericsson, West…

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…

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…