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- 26 Sept 2025
NIGCOMSAT, Kenyan Space Agency Partner to Boost Africa’s Space Technology
The Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) Ltd and the Kenyan Space Agency (KSA) have begun talks to deepen collaboration in space technology, signalling a significant step toward advancing…
- 30 Sept 2025
NIGCOMSAT, Kenya’s KSA Partner on Satellite Technology Initiatives
Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) and the Kenya Space Agency (KSA) have formed a cooperation to set a new course for Africa’s and security environment through leveraging satellite…
- 7 Apr 2016
Fingers Crossed as FG Readies Nigerians for Space Mission
Nigeria’s plans to launch its first manned mission into space as early as 2030, will mark the first ever manned excursion into outer space by an African nation in the history of space exploration.…
- 28 Feb 2023
Kenyan Court unfreezes Flutterwave’s Frozen Funds
A Kenyan court on Monday, February 27, 2023, released Sh6.6 billion ($51.9 million) belonging to Nigerian fintech startup, Flutterwave. This came after the Asset Recovery Agency of Kenya withdrew its…
- 5 Feb 2016
Kenya Agog for Dstv Eutelsat Star Awards
East Africa is abuzz with excitement as Kenya prepares to host government dignitaries, the academic community, students and guests for the fifth edition of the prestigious DStv Eutelsat Star Awards.…
- 10 Feb 2016
Ghana, Zimbabwe Scoop Top Honours at DStv Eutelsat Star Awards
The winners of this year’s DStv Eutelsat Star Awards were announced yesterday night during a ceremony held in Nairobi, Kenya, that also celebrated rising student interest in science and technology.…
- 20 Jan 2017
Claudie Haigneré, First Female Astronaut Chairs DStv Eutelsat Star Awards Jury
Nearly 6,000 secondary school students have entered the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards competition since it was established by Eutelsat and MultiChoice Africa in 2011. Claudie Haigneré, leading female…
- 27 Aug 2018
Google Kicks off Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 2
Google on Monday launched its second Launchpad Accelerator Africa class as part of its ongoing efforts to support entrepreneurship on the continent. It would be recalled that the first Launchpad…
- 9 Nov 2018
Google Graduates Lunchpad Accelerator Africa Programme Class 2
Google on Friday graduated Class 2 of its Lunchpad Accelerator Africa Programme in Lagos. Launchpad is a global mentoring programme that helps startups build and scale great products by…
- 18 Apr 2016
World Forum on Internet of Things (IoTs) Inaugurates Africa Work Group
World Forum on Internet of Things (IoTs) has established the Africa IoT Work Group as a strategic platform to ensure that Africa’s technology position is registered and her voice is heard with…
- 6 Feb 2012
Nigeria, Others Lead Tweeting in Africa
Young people Tweeting from mobile devices are driving the growth of Twitter in Africa, according to How Africa Tweets, new research launched in Nairobi recently. In the first ever attempt to…
- 14 Jul 2020
Twelve Leaders from Nigeria, Others Selected in the Facebook Community Accelerator Programme
As part of its focus in bringing people together and building communities, Facebook has announced the 12 African community leaders who have been selected to join Facebook's Community Accelerator, a…
- 22 Mar 2015
Courier Operators Shift Gear, Key into Commerce Delivery
Private Courier operators, were seemingly, taken by surprise when the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) and Konga.com, Nigeria’s largest online marketplace, announced a partnership for the use of…
- 15 Aug 2022
Top 15 Exceptional User Experience and Product Designers in Africa 2022
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, user experience (UX) and product design play a crucial role in determining the success of a product. With a growing number of startups and tech…
- 2 Nov 2014
Jovago Showcases Rewards of Online Hotel Booking- Zmyslowski
Marek Zmyslowski is the managing director of Jovago.com who left Poland for Nigeria, in 2013, to launch the platform, an online hotel booking service. Before joining Africa Internet Holding,…
- 25 Jan 2021
CNN’s Inside Africa meets Nigeria’s Techpreneurs
On this week’s Inside Africa, CNN International showcases Nigeria’s entrepreneurial spirit, meeting four start-up stars who are improving the world from Africa’s largest tech hub. Firstly, the…
- 3 Aug 2016
Twinpine @ 5th Anniversary Unveils Nigerian Mobile Trends Report, Others
Twinpine, Africa’s premium mobile marketing company is celebrating its 5th year of operations. The company was founded with a vision to help brand and businesses get more value from the primary…
- 2 Jun 2016
Experts Measure Africa’s OOH Reach with Satellite Imagery, Mobile Survey Data
GeoPoll, Kantar Media, and Cuende have announce the launch of “Pan-African OOH”, the first data product to regularly measure consumption of Out of Home mediums across Africa. The joint product uses a…
- 26 Feb 2020
Christopher, A Marketing Solution Software Launches in Nigeria
Emblue, a new media and marketing communication company has announced the launch of its franchised artificial intelligence marketing software Christopher A.I in Nigeria. The announcement was…
- 2 Mar 2016
National Security Interests Override Digital Privacy
As new battles continue to emerge between national governments and private companies in the domains of national security and privacy, the results of a new survey, commissioned by the Centre for…
- 19 Apr 2022
How the Youth of Nigeria are Leading Africa to Brighter Future
Africa is leading the way for global Bitcoin adoption and the rest of the world is getting a front row seat. In the last year, reports show that the market in Africa has grown over 1200% with…
- 25 Jul 2023
African Governments Collaborate Tech Innovators to Strengthen Local Health Supply Chains - Report
Healthcare consulting firm Salient Advisory has launched its latest annual market intelligence report highlighting a robust pan-African ecosystem of innovators improving the safety and efficiency of…
- 4 Feb 2013
Star-studded Lineup for MobileMoney Expo
This year’s MobileMoneyAfrica expo and conference is shaping up to be an event as star-studded as any red carpet, with dozens of heavy hitters lining up to speak, including Jonathon Ridley -…
- 24 May 2010
MobileMoneyAfrica to Train 60,000 Mobile Payment Agents in Nigeria
MobileMoneyAfrica, Africa’s leading resource for mobile financial inclusion media and research provider has commenced a programme to train at least 60,000 mobile payment agents in Nigeria.…
- 15 Apr 2021
Accelerex Gets Investment Grade Credit Ratings from GCR
Global Accelerex, the Nigerian subsidiary of Accelerex Holdings Mauritius (Accelerex) has been assigned A-Credit rating by Agusto & Co and A2NG (short term, stable outlook) credit rating by…
- 30 Mar 2021
Accelerex Offers Ghanaian Customers more Digital Payment Options
Accelerex Ghana has hit a new milestone, after being granted an enhanced Payment Service Provider (PSP) licence from the Bank of Ghana (BoG), under the Payment Systems and Services Act, 2019 (Act…
- 12 Apr 2021
Accelerex Gets Investment Grade Credit Ratings from Agusto & Co, GCR
Global Accelerex, the Nigerian subsidiary of Accelerex Holdings Mauritius (Accelerex) has been assigned A- (stable outlook) credit rating by Agusto & Co and A2NG (short term, stable outlook)…
- 16 Mar 2023
Nigeria Unveils $618m Investment to Create Digital Skills, Jobs
Nigeria has unveiled a $618 million investment programme, to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the digital, technology and creative industries targeted at job creation. Nigeria vice…
- 21 Jun 2016
Key Reasons Africa Must Enforce SIM Cards Registration- Nadeem Juma
The increasing level of fraud, terrorism and other illicit uses, are part of major reasons regulators across Africa must not soft-pedal on the clampdown on unregistered SIM cards, in addition to the…
- 6 Feb 2012
Brighter Side of Mayan Year
Along with predicting the end of the world in 2012, the ancient Mayan calendar could have helped mankind if it threw in a few forecasts about the economy this year to encourage profligacy or…