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Prank Alert: Facebook Isn’t After Your Post
If you’ve been on Facebook recently, you must have come across a recent status update by some of your friends rescinding Facebooks right to use any of their picture, information or publication. Warning you that if you don’t copy and paste this message you Facebook history will become public. The full text of the message […]
WeChat May Have Finally Left Nigeria
WeChat, a mobile text and voice messaging communication service developed by Tencent in China and first released in January 2011, seems to have closed down its physical presence in Nigeria and now operates from South Africa. WeChat in Africa is managed by Naspers one of the investors in Tencent. It had been rumoured earlier in […]
Ebay to Launch in Nigeria, in Partnership with MallforAfrica
Starting from July 2016, Nigerians will be able to buy directly from sellers on eBay. According to a report by TechCity, this is made possible by eBay’s new partnership with online shopping startup MallforAfrica.com. With this new deal, a new eBay app will be built powered by MallforAfrica’s dedicated platform. According to eBay Business Development […]
Adekunle Awobodu Announced as Chief Financial Officer of MTN Nigeria
Mr Adekunle Awobodu has just been appointed as MTN Nigeria’s Chief Financial Officer. He will be the first Nigerian to occupy this position, and will be taking over from Ferdi Moolman, who became the CEO of the company in December 2015. Mr Awobodu, a banking and finance professional with over 22 years in the industry, […]
Web4Africa Launches Web Hosting Facility in Nigeria
Web4Africa, a leading Pan-African web hosting company and accredited domain registrar, has launched its web hosting infrastructure in Nigeria. Web4Africa who currently services its customers from its own server hardware in a Tier-III data centre in South Africa will now be offering its regular service from the Tier-III data centre in Lagos, Nigeria. Web4Africa is peering […]
The Lagos Edition of Aso Villa Demo Day
We had earlier reported about the Aso Villa Demo Day, a Federal Government initiative created to encourage innovative solutions to various challenges that have great social impact, with the aim to promote entrepreneurship, innovation and foster job creation and economic growth through the use of now and emerging technologies. The Lagos edition of the event […]
The United Kingdom Leaves the European Union
It’s now official the United Kingdom has voted the leave the European Union, in a historic vote that saw 51% of the registered voters voting to leave the EU. Though a very close call, most people never expected the UK to leave. The effect of this decision is already being felt as the Pound took […]
Top 10 Fashion Websites in Nigeria
What to wear, how to wear it, what combination to wear, where to buy your preferred clothes are all thing that bothers us when it comes to looking good. Here is a list of top ten e-commerce fashion websites in Nigeria based on their popularity on social media, to ease your shopping experience. DRESSRITE With […]
Twitter Increases Video Time to 140 Seconds
The popularity of videos on social media is becoming very high; people prefer to view videos rather than read posts. Leveraging on this, Twitter just announced an increase to its video time from 30 to 140 seconds. Though some select publishers will be able to post videos that are up to 10 minutes long using […]
MTN Hires New CEO
Current Vodafone Europe CEO, Rob Shuter, has just been announced as the next Group President and CEO of the MTN Group. He would be taking over from Phuthuma Nhleko who has been in the acting capacity since the resignation of former CEO, Sifiso Dabengwa. It will be recalled that Sifiso Dabengwa resigned as CEO due […]
Nigerian Start Up, Andela, Raises $24 Million in Funding
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, an investment vehicle founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr Priscilla Chan recently announced that it was leading a $24million investment round into an African startup Andela. Andela is a social venture that trains Africans to be world class developers and is presently domiciled in Nigeria and Kenya. This latest […]
Meet the New Jumia
The African Internet Group (AIG) a subsidiary of Rocket Internet and owners of the Jumia Brand will be rebranding every other venture under it to become part of one very large Jumia Brand. This decision implies that all startups under AIG would be rebranded to become part of Jumia. Essentially Hotel booking site Jovago becomes […]
Highlights of Apple’s WWDC 2016
Apple is currently holding a week-long World Wide Developer Conference which began on Monday 13th June and would end on Friday 17th June at San Francisco USA. The event is a coming together of Apple’s developer community to learn about the future of Apples’ four main Operating Systems – macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS. Thus […]
To Click or Not To Click
The advent of technology has brought to light to a greater degree the inquisitive nature of man. Nowadays, with the click of a button, almost everything is available, you can be at places, read things and all what not. But this comes with some disadvantages, many untrustworthy individuals have capitalised on this desire to […]
Helios Towers Nigeria Acquired By IHS Holding
Helios Towers Nigeria Limited, an independent tower operator with sites spread across 34 states in Nigeria has recently been acquired by IHS Holding Limited, a large mobile telecommunication infrastructure provider in Africa. By implication, all 1211 diversified tower sites situated across Nigeria now belong to IHS Holding Limited. IHS is now in possession of the […]