30 results
- 6 Sept 2018
Accelerate TV, Herbert Wigwe Host AMVCA Winner, Michael Akinrogunde
Michael Akinrogunde, who directed Penance, winner of Best Short Film/Online Video at the just concluded Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA), in company of the film’s producers, Accelerate TV,…
- 27 Apr 2022
Africa Fintech Foundry Unveils ‘The Big Tech Show’
Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF), an initiative that aims to nurture, fund, and accelerate the growth of Tech startups in Africa has launch a television show, ‘The Big Tech Show’. The television…
- 9 Jun 2016
Africa's Pay-TV Operators Boosted by new Platforms - Ovum
Thecla Mbongue, senior analyst for Ovum MEA, said that despite a lack of funds to accelerate the DTT switchover process, Africa's DTT/VOD and TV segments have been boosted by new platforms and…
- 18 Jun 2019
YouTube week kicks off in Lagos
YouTube Nigeria on Monday kicked off a whole week of activities, content premieres, and fan meet and greets in Lagos with the award of a number of Gold and Silver Play Buttons to local YouTube…
- 24 Jun 2021
MTN Leads Conversation on Substance Abuse with “Drug Convos”
MTN Nigeria will be commemorating the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking with conversations about the prevalence of substance abuse among Nigerian youth. The telecom…
- 23 Mar 2017
FinTech: AFF Doles Out $50,000 for 48-Hour Hackathon
Africa Fintech Foundry , a fintech accelerator, is organizing a 48-hour hackathon titled Recode Nigeria, which comes with up to a $50,000 prize. It has the support of industry giants such as…
- 4 Dec 2025
Paramount Africa Shuts Down after 20 Years
Paramount Africa is officially shutting down at the end of December 2025, drawing the curtain on more than two decades of operations in South Africa and Nigeria. The company, which once reached over…
- 12 Jun 2024
MultiChoice Group Posts Loss in Q1 as Subscription Rate Dips
South Africa’s TV giant MultiChoice posted a pretax loss of 706 million rand ($38 million) for the year ending in March, the company said Wednesday citing weak local currencies and a drop in…
- 27 Jul 2017
Nike Majekodunmi, DIFM User Applauds OLX
It is estimated that the value of unused yet good quality items stored in Nigerian homes is worth N512 billion. This situation is as a result of people not realizing the value of the unused items in…
- 19 Sept 2014
Ericsson Broadens TV, Media Leadership with New Solutions
Since the acquisition of Mediaroom in September 2013, Ericsson has accelerated efforts and investments to further extend its television and media leadership in the Pay TV space. As part of this…
- 10 Jul 2016
StarTimes Enhances Capacity with Eutelsat for DTT Broadcasting in Africa
StarTimes, one of the fastest-growing operators of digital TV networks in Africa, and Eutelsat Communications have concluded new multi-year agreements that set the stage for accelerated roll-out of…
- 7 Mar 2024
FG Unveils SLTV, New Pay TV to Give Nigerians Value for Money
Federal Government has unveiled a new satellite pay television which will serve as an alternative to existing ones and satisfy the yearnings of Nigerians by giving them value for their money. From…
- 28 May 2019
SES Accelerates Digital Migration for Ivory Coast
SES has been selected as digital partner by Ivory Coast’s public broadcasting company, the Société Ivoirienne de Télédiffusion (SIDT) in a major move to meet the country’s 2020 deadline for switching…
- 30 Mar 2015
Ericsson Discloses Next Step in Global Cost, Efficiency Program
Ericsson continues to execute on strategy to excel in core areas: Radio, Core and Transmission and Telecom Services, to fund growth in the targeted areas: IP networks, Cloud, TV & Media, OSS…
- 16 Feb 2026
LG Nigeria Begins Nationwide Search for Oldest Working TV, Rewards Loyalty with AI QNED Upgrade
LG Electronics has announced the launch of a nationwide campaign aimed at celebrating decades of customer loyalty and technological heritage by searching for the oldest still-functioning LG…
- 13 Nov 2020
Ade Bajomo Emerges President of FinTechNGR
Mr Ade Bajomo, Access Bank’s Executive Director of Technology and Operations, has been appointed the new President of the FinTech Association of Nigeria (FintechNGR). This was first announced during…
- 2 Oct 2023
Regulators, Africa's Innovation Community Set to Converge in Port Harcourt for #StartupSouth8
Organisers of StartupSouth have announced that Port Harcourt will on October 5 - 6, 2023 play host to Africa 's Innovation Community as well as top Corporate Leaders and Government functionaries -…
- 19 Jan 2015
NIALS Reveals Cloud Computing Inhibitive Factors in Nigeria
An in-depth independent research by the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) , research focused on the Gaps in Data Privacy and Security in cloud services, has revealed…
- 20 Feb 2023
Digitization is Essential for African SMEs to Survive Economic Hardship
SME survival is critical to Africa’s socio-economic growth and digitisation is key to building business resilience says Gerald Maithya, Startups Lead, Microsoft Africa Transformation Office. Africa…
- 21 Feb 2017
Eutelsat Hits Milestone, Crosses 1000 HD Channels
High Definition TV continues to gain ground across the broadcast satellites operated by Eutelsat Communications with the 240 HD channels launched in 2016 equalling the total number launched during…
- 13 Jun 2021
MultiChoice Hits Record Profit with Huge Increase in DStv Subscribers
MultiChoice Group (MCG), Africa’s leading video entertainment company, has revealed a big increase in trading profit and subscribers on DStv, its pay-TV service in its latest financial results, ended…
- 16 Aug 2024
NITDA, FCT UBEB to Spark Digital Revolution in FCT Schools
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Federal Capital Territory Universal Basic Education Board (FCT UBEB) are joining forces to ignite a digital revolution in FCT…
- 20 Jan 2026
Netflix Switches Warner Bros. Bid to $27.75 Cash Offer as MultiChoice Secures HBO Future
Netflix has amended its takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) into an all-cash proposal worth $27.75 per share, removing the stock component in an effort to counter a hostile bid from…
- 9 Feb 2015
Council Seeks Accelerated Implementation of Broadband Plan
Broadband Council at its regular quarterly meeting held earlier this month acknowledged the progress made on the implementation of the Broadband Plan in the last 18 months, while seeking speedy…
- 8 Aug 2014
SES, CWG Launch Maiden Digital TV Platform for West Africa
SES, a global satellite company, in cooperation with Computer Warehouse Group Plc (CWG), a leading pan-African ICT company, launched a new digital television platform, on SES’s ASTRA 2F satellite, at…
- 22 Mar 2015
Solo Phone Leverages Digital Contents & Services for Growth- Ogundipe
Tayo Ogundipe, is co-founder of Solo, an experience-driven digital content and smartphone company focused on delivering the best content and services on the mobile platform to African consumers.…
- 13 Nov 2020
StarTimes Unveils Xmas Promo, Grants Viewing Access to 4 Devices
StarTimes is giving families more reason to spend time together with its Christmas upgrade promo, even as it is giving every TV subscriber access to view one subscription on four devices. The…
- 6 Oct 2015
Orange Digital Ventures Invests in Afrostream
Orange Digital Ventures has announced its participation in the funding of Afrostream, a subscription video on demand service (SVOD) of African, African-American and African-Caribbean films and…
- 14 Mar 2016
Lai Mohammed Restates Importance of Digitisation to Nigeria
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture as again underscored the importance of the nation joining other countries of the world to maximixe the importance of digitization to the…
- 10 Jan 2018
TV white Spaces get New Model Rules
Governments and regulators will follow new guidelines for TV White Space (TVWS) technology subsequent to the publication of new model rules by the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA). The DSA, a global…