Author: Paul Adepoju

Editor at Innovation Village

Following its successful launch in South Africa and Nigeria, ride-sharing and taxi-hailing service Uber is set to launch in Kenya. To ensure a successful launch, Uber Kenya is partnering with local restaurant discovery platform, EatOut Kenya to offer complimentary taxi rides during the forthcoming Nairobi Restaurant Week campaign that would…

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Organisers of Connecting West Africa 2015 have announced confirmed speakers for this year’s edition of the annual conference scheduled to hold in Dakar, Senegal on 9 – 10 June 2015 at Radisson Blu Hotel. Information made available to Innovation Village revealed the theme of the forum is Broadband in West…

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United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has become the first Nigerian-based multinational to join the ranks of Vodafone Global Enterprise customers. Vodafone Global Enterprise is part of the Vodafone Group, dedicated to simplifying the management of global communications for the world’s largest multi-national companies. A statement made available to Innovation Village by…

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Ebi Atawodi has been appointed General Manager for app-based transportation network and taxi company Uber Lagos. Atawodi was the Chief Marketing Officer at Afro Technologies, she was previously Head of Corporate Communications and Sponsorships at Etisalat Nigeria. The graduate of electrical electronics engineering describes herself as a problem server whose…

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South African bitcoin exchange ICE3X has partnered with VoguePay to launch Nigeria’s First Bitcoin Exchange, thus opening up a potentially huge market for bitcoin in Nigeria. ICE3X founder, Gareth Grobler, told CoinDesk that Nigeria is still a virgin territory for Bitcoin market. The partnership with VoguePay, a payment processor in…

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Simply put, the phone has a confident feel when you hold it, although it’s a simple smartphone that only satisfies your basic needs. Even though I was asked not to, I couldn’t resist the temptation of comparing the device with my Samsung Galaxy K Zoom that costs about 5 times…

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The over 60 million-subscriber strong largest telecoms company in Nigeria MTN has officially launched BetterMe app, a platform that introduces Nigerians to local contents they are not aware of. Funmi Onajide, MTN’s general manager, Corporate Affairs, said the launch of the BetterMe campaign will demonstrate how Nigerians can use the…

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Nigeria’s telecoms company Etisalat yesterday announced it has added First Bank of Nigeria’s FirstMonie mobile money services to its EasyWallet SIM application. Speaking on the partnership, Lucas Dada, director of Business Segment at Etisalat Nigeria said the partnership with First Bank is going to offer all customers and stakeholders in…

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