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- 27 May 2014
Nigeria, South Africa Entries Win Ericsson’s App Awards, 2014
Ericsson has announced the winners of the 2014 Ericsson Application Awards at a ceremony held at the Ericsson Studio in Kista, Sweden. The Student category was won by Team WorkMode from South Africa…
- 29 Oct 2013
Ericsson Launches App Award 2014
Ericsson for the fifth consecutive year has announced “The Ericsson Application Awards”. Students and small- and medium-sized enterprises from anywhere in the world are invited to submit Android and…
- 25 Oct 2014
eTranzact’s PocketMoni Nominated for AfricaCom, Lead Africa Awards
PocketMoni, eTranzact International Plc’s flagship has beaten off stiff competition to be nominated in the best mobile money service category of the AfricaCom awards and Lead Africa Awards 2014.…
- 18 Feb 2014
Zinox Wins Global Platinum Award with Zpad
Foxconn, world’s largest computer, tablet and smart phone makers, has awarded Zinox Technologies Platinum Partner Award for 2014 to celebrate the ingenuity of the Zinox Research and Development team…
- 20 Oct 2014
Nigeria Mobile Solution Rules Africa at WSA Award
Mobile Software Solutions a company established a year ago as an IT Start-up focused on e-Health has shot down Malaria Pandemic to emerge the Best Mobile Software Solution in Africa 2014,…
- 14 Oct 2014
Jack, NITDA DG Leads Other Guests to NITMA 2014
Mr. Peter Jack, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), will be Chief Host at the 2014 National Information Technology Merit Award (NITMA) organized by the…
- 11 Apr 2014
Nokia Introduces SmartKid Maths Learning App in Nigeria
Nokia, global phone manufacturer, has introduced a learning application for children in primary schools in Nigeria, known as SmartKid Maths application available for free download on the Windows…
- 11 Feb 2014
Ericsson Unleashing Application Competition to Support Local Innovations
Mobile application development has become a priority for the business sector and daily living. According to the Information Week 2013 Mobile Application Development survey, 41 percent of the 688…
- 14 Nov 2014
Airtel Africa Wins Double Awards At AfricaCom
Bharti Airtel Africa, a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, reinforced its continued contribution to the pan-African telecoms landscape…
- 11 Jul 2016
Konga Clocks 4, Hosts Four Day Sale on Website
Konga.com, Nigeria’s Largest Online Mall, has announced the celebration of its fourth year of leading trade and commerce innovation in Africa as it clocks four. The ecommerce giant was founded in…
- 10 May 2014
Malaria Destroyer Game Named Mobile App. Game for Mobile West Africa
Malaria Destroyer Game (MDG) from Mobile Software Solutions - the leading African Mobile Games Company and Platform has been selected as the Mobile App. Game of the year by “all amber" the organisers…
- 20 Jun 2021
Wema Alat Extends Support to SociaLiga League for Third Consecutive Year
Nigeria’s first fully digital bank, ALAT by Wema Bank has renewed its sponsorship of the SociaLiga football league for the third consecutive year. The semi-professional football league which is in…
- 14 Aug 2014
HTVW&Y Steps Up For Women ICT Summit 2014
Nigerian Women under the umbrella of High-Tech Centre for Nigerian Women and Youths (HTCW&Y) are coming together to channel a noble agenda for tackling the nation’s collective security…
- 26 Oct 2014
PocketMoni Processed 1.8m Transactions Worth $600m in 2013
eTranzact, in 2013, company processed over $600 million which accounted for over 1.8 million transactions on PocketMoni and related services. The Company's effort in mobile began in 2003 long before…
- 23 Jun 2015
AUDAX Boosts Technology Education with Code School for Children
In a bid to sustain technology growth in Nigeria, Audax Solutions is organizing its annual Summer Code School training for primary and secondary students aged 6 – 19 years in Lagos. The training…
- 2 Aug 2019
Ayeni Adekunle, BlackHouse Media Founder and CEO Named Fellow of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria
Ayeni Adekunle, Public Relations and Marketing expert and CEO of Nigeria’s leading PR agency, Black House Media (BHM) has joined an elite class of distinguished Nigerian professionals following his…
- 12 Aug 2015
OLX Changed My Perception about Dog- Ajibade
With the rise of different e-commerce startups opening shop in Nigeria the popularity of online shopping among Nigerians has given rise to the economy with it being valued to N78bn as at 2012. These…
- 16 Feb 2015
GSMA Mobile World Congress 2015 Gathers Momentum
The mobile communications revolution is driving the world’s major technology breakthroughs. From wearable devices to connected cars and homes, mobile technology is at the heart of worldwide…
- 9 Jul 2015
Enplug App Brings Social Media Edge to Marketing Business, Events
Enplug Africa, an IT app designed to infuse the marketing tool edge of social media into businesses is already and literally, turning regular TVs and displays into a marketing tool for businesses.…
- 9 Dec 2014
Digitalback Books, Partners Impelsys To Digitalise African Literary Works
Digitalback Books – a virtual library venture dedicated to making literary works from Africa and the Diaspora widely available to readers, at TedxEuston, 2014 launched its breakthrough application.…
- 26 Nov 2014
Eight Start-ups Win ITU Telecom 2014 Young Innovators Competition
ITU Telecom has announced the emergence of eight start-ups as winners of its fourth annual Young Innovators’ Competition. Open to young social entrepreneurs between ages 18 and 30 from around the…
- 15 Jul 2014
ITU, UN Women to Recognize Work in Tech for Gender Equality
ITU and UN Women are partnering to launch a new global technology award that recognizes outstanding contributions from women and men in leveraging the potential of information and communication…
- 7 Dec 2021
IFIN Wins First Prize in EFICA Awards 2021
IFIN (“Islamic Finance Initiation Network”) the first of its kind fintech, stands out with its state-of-the-art solutions for the Islamic finance industry and wins the Ethical Finance Initiative…
- 25 Oct 2014
Roden, ding Boss Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Mark Roden has been named EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2014. Mark is Founder & CEO of ding*, a company which enables people from emerging markets working abroad to send top-up directly to the…
- 16 Apr 2015
ITU’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations Get Full Swing
This year ITU celebrates 150 years of excellence in connecting the world to the benefits of telecommunications and information and communication technologies. ITU has developed a series of activities…
- 18 Jul 2016
Etisalat Prize for Innovation Announces 2016 Call for Entries
Etisalat, Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunications company, has announced call for entries for the 2016 edition of Etisalat Prize for Innovation. Launched in 2012, the Prize is designed to reward…
- 18 Sept 2018
Nigeria Gets Chowberry App to Reduces Food Waste
Chowberry, an App has been launched through which Nigerians can identify food that is close to its expiration date at nearby grocery stores. They can purchase this food for a reduced price and…
- 17 Mar 2014
Samsung Flags Off Pre-Order For Galaxy S5
Samsung Electronics West Africa has announced a date for the formal West African unveiling of the fifth generation of its flagship Galaxy S series, the Samsung Galaxy S5, alongside the latest in its…
- 29 Apr 2015
Airtel CEO Seeks Release of Spectrum, NBPlan Implementation for Growth
Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, managing director and chief executive officer of Airtel Nigeria, said he foresees the Nigerian telecoms market offers multiple growth opportunities, stating that with 78% mobile…
- 27 Aug 2013
Jumia Launches Mobile App in Nigeria, Others
JUMIA, West-Africa’s No.1 shopping destination, has launched its App in Nigeria, Morocco, Ivory Coast and Kenya. JUMIA’s App is available for all Android phones – enforcing m-commerce in Africa. With…