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- 15 Oct 2014
Philips, Alibaba Ink Agreement on IT Infrastructure Services
Royal Philips and Alibaba Group on Tuesday, announced that both companies have entered into a framework agreement for IT-infrastructure services. Through its Alibaba Cloud Computing (AliCloud)…
- 10 Feb 2014
Alibaba Offers $1.45Bn to Buy AutoNavi
Alibaba Group Holding, China's largest e-commerce firm, has offered to acquire AutoNavi Holdings in a deal valuing the Chinese digital mapping and navigation firm at $1.45 billion. Alibaba has been…
- 14 Nov 2019
Alibaba, Chinese Ecommerce Giant to Support 4 Nigerian Techprenuers
Mr. Jack Ma, China’s second richest man and founder of Alibaba, said his Alibaba Group will support four technology entrepreneurs in Nigeria, among the 10 to be supported in Africa. He did not…
- 24 Dec 2014
Alibaba Spends $161m Fighting Fakes since 2013
China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, the world's largest e-commerce company, spent over 1 billion yuan ($160.7 million) combating fake goods and for improving customer protection from the beginning of…
- 14 Oct 2019
Four Nigerians Make Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative Top 10 Finalists List
The Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) has identified the top 10 finalists for its grand finale event taking place in Accra, Ghana on 16 November 2019. Among them are four Nigerian…
- 17 Nov 2019
Giwa-Tubosun, Nigerian Wins $250K Jack Ma Grant
Temie Giwa-Tubosun, CEO of LifeBank, has won $250,000 grant from the Jack Ma Foundation, at the foundation’s maiden Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) ,which held in Accra, Ghana, at the…
- 14 Oct 2014
Onyema, NSE Boss Says CWG is Alibaba of Nigeria
Oscar Onyema, chief executive officer, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), has said that Computer Warehouse Group Plc (CWG) is capable of being the Alibaba of Nigeria, following the adoption of her…
- 21 Nov 2021
PraxiLabs’ Khadija Elbedweihy Emerges Winner of 2021 Africa’s Business Heroes
Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH), a flagship philanthropic programme established by the Jack Ma Foundation to help foster an inclusive and vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem in Africa, has announced its…
- 5 Jan 2018
Business Success and Nimbleness Accumulated in Cloud Gets Serious
The outstanding business value delivered by cloud technology has seen numerous small businesses boom into global giants. “Cloud computing is the not-so-secret key to a business’ success,” said…
- 9 Feb 2016
84% Cross-Border Online Shoppers Satisfied With Delivery- Survey
Cross-border online shopping keeps on growing. Cross-border online shoppers across the world have their own ways and expectations, according to result of an Online Shopper Survey conducted by the…
- 16 Jul 2018
Jumia Nigeria Marks Six Years of Creating Sustainable Impact
Jumia Nigeria this month marks six years of operation in country. The company has outlined its major milestones achieved over the period of operations in Nigeria. Among the milestones include…
- 8 Dec 2015
Huawei Aims at World's 3rd Largest Data Storage Provider by 2018
China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd aims to become the world's third-largest data storage provider by 2018 as it targets European and local institutions to takes market share from leaders EMC Corp and…
- 21 Feb 2017
TransferWise Partner Facebook to Launches International Money Transfers
Money transfer company TransferWise has launched a new service that allows users to send money internationally through Facebook Inc's chat application, as competition in the digital payments…
- 11 Jan 2017
Yahoo Gets New Name Altaba
Yahoo having closed its deal with Verizon Communications said it would rename itself Altaba and chief executive officer Marissa Mayer would step down from the board. Yahoo has a deal to sell its core…
- 14 Mar 2022
How e-commerce addresses Nigeria's unemployment challenges
It is no longer news that Nigeria shares the unenviable status of being among countries with the highest unemployment rate in the world. However, e-commerce can help change the narrative about…
- 15 Apr 2016
Rocket Internet to Limit Losses after 2015 Cash Burn
ecommerce firm and owners of Jumia Rocket Internet said it was on track to make three of its start-ups profitable by the end of 2017, and its losses should have peaked last year when its companies…
- 20 May 2015
ITU Marks 150th Anniversary with Global Celebrations
ITU celebrated its 150th anniversary on 17 May, marking a long and illustrious history at the cutting edge of communication technologies. “ITU has earned its global reputation for resilience and…
- 16 Sept 2021
Spontaneous Deregulation Tests Regulatory Gaps on Digital Platforms
By Austin Okere There is a perfect storm brewing between Regulators and Technology Platforms. Regulators should ordinarily be one of the most critical enablers of a society. Austin Okere They,…
- 11 Jan 2022
Afrikrea Secures $6.2M in Pre-series A Round, Rebrands to “ANKA” to Export Africa
Afrikrea, the e-commerce platform for “all things made of Africa'', has announced the successful completion of a US$6.2M pre-Series A round led by Investisseurs & Partenaires and the rebrand to…
- 17 Oct 2015
ITU Telecom World 2015 Accelerates Global ICT Innovation to help Improve Lives
ITU Telecom World 2015 closed its doors last week at Hungexpo, Budapest following an exceptional week of dialogue, debate, networking and showcasing. The event, which welcomed over 4,000 participants…
- 22 Sept 2017
UNGA: Dangote Targets 1m Nigerian Women Via Biometric Data, Mobile Banking
Michael Bloomberg has inaugurated its first Global Business Forum with an astounding line up of global innovators, including Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, Nigerian industrialist. Meanwhile,…
- 26 Aug 2018
Finserve Targets Nigeria, Others in Expansion into E-commerce, Remittances Markets
Fintech business, Finserve is betting on a new payment platform for customers and businesses across East, Central Africa as well as Nigeria to tap into the region’s e-commerce and remittances…
- 15 Oct 2017
NITRA: Okere Advocates for Improved FinTech Innovations
As “money is going digital” around the world, with central banks from England to China publicly floating the notion of issuing their own national digital currencies, it has become imperative for…
- 18 Oct 2015
Yudala Attracts $70m New Investment, Ignites eCommerce War
The raging e-commerce Nigeria just got a little more intense overnight with the nearly $70 million investment in Yudala, Nigeria’s first true composite online and offline retail chain by a…
- 4 Oct 2019
Pantami Leads Nigeria’s Delegation to GITEX 2019
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications will be leading major Nigerian businesses and economic players to attend this year’s Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX 2019) in…
- 25 Oct 2017
Okere X-Rays Fintech Challenge And the New Face of Banking
Financial technology (FinTech) is clearly signifying that the digital revolution has arrived in the financial services sector and Mr. Austin Okere, founder, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG Plc) and…
- 6 Jul 2017
Jumia, Africa’s Unicorn Startup Among MIT Top 50 Smartest Companies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has named Jumia Group (formerly Africa Internet Group) in the list of MIT’s 50 smartest companies - 2017 for the second consecutive year. Each year, MIT…
- 25 Apr 2018
Konga, Yudala: Partnership to Unlock eCommerce in Africa
E-commerce in Africa has remained a tough nut to crack. Despite significant optimism of an unprecedented upsurge in global e-commerce spend which is widely expected to gross $4.058 trillion or…
- 17 Jun 2021
Konga: Leading the African e-Commerce Resurgence
By Bosun Idowu George, a freelance e-Commerce researcher, writes from the UK. In early January 2018, a mega acquisition that would alter the equation in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy, was about…
- 15 Oct 2014
Okere Advocates Appropriate Local Content in Telecom
Austin Okere, group managing director, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) Plc, has advocated the right type of local content policy in the telecoms industry. According to him, “we should not stampede the…