Author: Tony Niameh

Microsoft has invited tech hubs and innovation centres across the African continent to participate in a $15,000 competition to develop tools and processes for collaboration and knowledge sharing. Developers are being encouraged to find ways which will help smaller and struggling tech centres emulate successful organisations such as iHub in Nairobi, which…

A $15million award competition has just been announced by Xprize aimed at fighting Illiteracy in developing countries. The Global Learning Xprize is a five-year competition inviting teams to develop open source and scalable software designed to let children in developing countries teach themselves basic reading, writing and arithmetic. the $30 million Google Lunar Xprize…

Microsoft has created an independent subsidiary in Nigeria in recognition of the development of the market and the immense opportunities the country offers. This is an elevation of the Nigerian Office to handle its operations. Opportunity parameters included fast economic growth, the largest Gross Domestic Product in Africa, a new generation…

Apple Inc., an American Multinational Corporation has just introduced the Apple Pay to help Visa and MasterCard users to make payments via their Iphone6, Iphone 6 plus and Apple Watch. This is an initiative to enhance the global electronic payment system. At a store, consumers can simply pay by just…

Cisco Systems Inc, one οf thе premiere makers οf networking systems іn thе world has just introduced an Android game called Net Invaders to help users fight against malware. In Net Invaders, you have to protect the “Cisco security island” from being attacked by worms, trojans, viruses, and spyware – all while using Cisco…

Nigeria’s hail-riding service provider, AfroCab has just introduced a new app for passengers which provides hassle-free way for people to move from one destination to the next. Unlike the regular way of hailing a ride, all you need to do is download the application and order a ride. The services…

Twitter has just introduced its first commerce product; “buy” button that can be embedded in posts to allow users to buy a product with a couple of clicks. The feature, initially aimed at selling limited-edition or time-sensitive items such as T-shirts and event tickets, could eventually create a new revenue stream for the social network,…

03 Capital Nigeria Limited  has just introduced the first non bank based credit card in the country. This is part of the CBN ’s cashless initiative to boost the economy. The launch becomes Nigeria’s commencement of credit card system without attachment to any bank. Mr. Abimbola Pinheiro, the Chief Executive Officer during…

Rocket Internet; The German based technology incubator just introduced a new food delivery service for Londoners called Eat First. This move came four months after UK food delivery heavyweight JustEat floated with a £360 million IPO, but EatFirst is tackling the market from a different approach. EatFirst is being sold as a…

For those who have heard about the recent ALS  ‘ice bucket challenges’, there is also the rubble bucket challenge’ which was launched in Gaza amidst ongoing tensions between Israel and Hamas in solidarity with those who have lost their homes. Jordanian comedian Mohammed Darwaza started this trend last Friday, and was made popular by journalist Ayman al…

The Infinix Zero x506 was launched today at the Protea Hotels, Ikeja, Lagos. The event anchored by popular comedian Owen Gee was an interesting one as the unveiling of this new android beast took place. Some of the personalities present at this event included the CEO of Konga.com; Sim Shagaya,…

Phased delivery of Low-priced made-in-Nigeria cars assembled at the Lagos plant of Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited have been started to its provisional dealers nationwide. This is coming barely three months after Stallion Group owners of the multivehicle plant roll-out made-in-Nigeria Nissan range of vehicles in April. The news was broken recently by…

Intel and rapper 50cent have teamed up to announce a new set of earphones that can measure the wearers’ heartbeat, syncing the data with fitness tracking apps. An optical sensor is used by BioSport In-Ear headphones to monitor heart rate and send that information down the headphone cable to a bespoke app…

Some of us wonder how GIFs can be produced without having to download third party apps and searching endlessly for an effective online converter. The solution is to just add “GIF” to the beginning of the URL. After “www.” and before “youtube.com” For those who don’t know the meaning of GIF,…

Coremobile has just introduced its latest simple, secure and smart online application for airtime recharge, mobile top-up and prepaid re-up. Quick Airtime provides the fastest and simplest online recharge platform in the world which is based on simplicity.  There are exciting features including multiple top up, which allows users to load several phone…

Dangote Industries Limited, parent company of the Dangote Group and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development this weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish fully integrated rice production and processing operations nationwide. President Goodluck Jonathan who presided over the signing ceremony would see Dangote Industries investing $1 billion (about N165…

Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems Plc in partnership with The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company just launched an online platform to facilitate convenient payment options for post-paid customers for both energy and non-energy related bills. The Head, Communication Strategy, Mr. Pekun Adeyanju confirmed in a statement on Sunday that the scheme would enhance service delivery to its customers. The NIBSS…

It was a bright sunny afternoon in Lagos. The sun released its rays gently while I pressed the pedals of my Toyota Camry softly down the roads of the popular third mainland bridge in Lagos, Nigeria. Driving on Sundays was one of the best things that happened to me. My…

Omega, the Games’ official timekeeper for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has just introduced its first limited-edition watch celebrating the Rio Games: the Omega Speedmaster Mark II “Rio 2016,” a chronograph watch with an in-house, co-axial movement. This special edition released by Omega at this year’s Baselworld watch fair was inspired by a…

Card Skimming is the act of using a skimmer to illegally collect data from the magnetic stripe of a credit, debit or ATM card. This information, copied onto another blank card’s magnetic stripe, is then used by an identity thief to make purchases or withdraw cash in the name of…