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- 30 Sept 2024
Good News Naija Podcast Set to Launch Today
HuntaClay Studio is pleased to announce the launch of the Good News Naija Podcast today, 1 October 2024, an initiative that represents a significant step in reshaping Nigeria’s global perception…
- 13 Nov 2013
LinkedIn Replaces LinkedIn Today with Pulse Integration
Pulse, the customizable news reader that LinkedIn acquired in April for $90 million, just got a major promotion, as it announced on Wednesday that its popular news curation feature, LinkedIn Today,…
- 4 Feb 2013
ARISE NEWS Debuts with Solid African Footprint
ARISE NEWS, an international TV news operation will ‘soft launch’ today to join the likes of Aljazeera and BBC in providing 24-hour international TV news coverage. Operating from main news…
- 14 Feb 2023
IBM Acquires StepZen to Help Enterprises Get More Business Value from Their Data and APIs
IBM has announced the acquisition of StepZen Inc, which developed a GraphQL server with a unique architecture that helps developers build GraphQL APIs quickly and with less code. Today’s news marks…
- 10 Aug 2020
Babalola, Former PM News Editor Dies at 57
Olanrewaju Rasak Babalola, former editor of PM News, is dead. He died on Monday at the age of 57 after protracted illness. Olanrewaju Rasak Babalola, former editor of PM News Babalola, died of cancer…
- 14 Aug 2016
Here Are Cool Tools to Help You Focus While Working Online
In most offices today, many of the jobs are done with the use of the internet. While working, there is a possibility that you may want to check out some of your favourite social media or news…
- 30 Jun 2016
eTranzact to Declare Increased Dividends, New Products at AGM
Shareholders are expecting cheering news on increased dividends by eTranzact International PLC, Africa’s premier e-payments solution provider, at the 12th Annual General Meeting holding today in…
- 7 Oct 2015
Google Launches New System to Load Stories Faster on Phones
Google has unveiled a new system it says will speed up how fast news stories load after clicking a search link. ‎ It hopes the project, called Accelerated Mobile Pages, will be adopted by…
- 31 Mar 2020
Facebook Invests $100m to Support News Industry During COVID-19 Crisis
The news industry is working under extraordinary conditions to keep people informed during the COVID-19 pandemic. At a time when journalism is needed more than ever, ad revenues are declining due to…
- 14 Jul 2018
Africa.com Acquires iAfrica
Media holding company Africa.com has today announced its acquisition of Primedia and MTN-owned news portal, iAfrica.com. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. In a statement, Africa.com says…
- 4 Jan 2016
Five Things to Know Before Downloading an app
Those who have a tablet, smartphone or mobile device have used an app at least once or twice in their lifetime. Today, there are apps developed for playing games, getting directions, news, weather…
- 4 Jan 2016
Five Things to Know Before Downloading an app
Those who have a tablet, smartphone or mobile device have used an app at least once or twice in their lifetime. Today, there are apps developed for playing games, getting directions, news, weather…
- 18 Aug 2015
FXTM Reveals Top Forex Trading Secrets, Says Education Crucial in Online Trade & Investment
ForexTime (FXTM), an international forex broker whose core mission is to ensure that clients get the most value from their precious commodity time, has exposed the real world of forex trading and…
- 15 Sept 2010
Nigeria, Africa’s Largest Online Audience --Idaresit
Abasiama Idaresit, managing director, Wild Fusion, a Lagos based digital media company has disclosed that Nigeria is the largest online audience on the African Continent and the 10th largest in the…
- 2 Nov 2019
NIRA’s Bloggers Summit to Boost Blogging Business Through Technology
The Internet and particularly social media has revolutionized the way news, views and opinions are expressed and consumed in our society today. Coming on the heels of this revolution is the menace of…
- 25 Apr 2013
FedEx Lands $10.5Bn Postal Service Deal
Federal Express Corporation (FEDEX) has won a contract with the U.S. Postal Service valued at about $10 billion to carry mail between U.S. airports, fending off a challenge from United Parcel Service…
- 24 Oct 2022
9mobile Spotlights Fake News, New Media in its 6th Edition of Capacity Building Session for Journalists
9mobile, recently held another impactful virtual capacity-building session for journalists, aimed at strengthening and equipping them with relevant skills to improve their work process and make them…
- 21 Jun 2023
ADC Expands Deal with London Internet Exchange
Africa Data Centres (ADC) has broadened its partnership with the London Internet Exchange (LINX) after being engaged as a full point of presence (PoP) for a new East African interconnection hub. The…
- 1 Oct 2019
Nigerian Tech Community Battles SARS Over Illegal Arrests of Software Engineers
Nigeria’s technology leaders have launched #StopRobbingUs, a campaign to put an end to the common practice where Nigerian police stop young people with laptops and unlawfully arrest, attack or, in…
- 1 Apr 2016
Oracle Unveils Breakthrough Suite, Simplifies Cloud Adoption
Oracle has launched a new family of offerings designed to enable organizations to easily move to the cloud and remove some of the biggest obstacles to cloud adoption. These first-of-a-kind services…
- 17 Dec 2013
$8m Funding Round for VOD Platform iROKOtv
iROKOtv, the Africa-based movie platform for Nigerian movies, known colloquially as ‘Nollywood’, today announces a funding round of $8 million, led by existing investor Tiger Global, with further…
- 1 Jun 2015
MasterCard Switches-on Mobile Payments via Android Pay
On Monday, Google unveiled Android Pay, which will enable MasterCard credit, debit, prepaid and small business cardholders to use their Android phones for everyday purchases in-store and within…
- 26 Aug 2016
Microsoft to Accelerate Office365 Intelligent with Genee Acquisition
Microsoft has signed an agreement to acquire Genee, an artificial-intelligence-powered scheduling service, the Company said. Co-founders Ben Cheung and Charles Lee, who plan to join Microsoft,…
- 9 Apr 2016
Ntel Rolls Out Commercial 4G/LTE Mobile Service
Ntel, Nigeria’s most advanced 4G/LTE network has announced the commencement of its phased and paced commercial operations with bumper offers for Pioneers and data users. The first 100,000 to redeem…
- 1 Jul 2020
Andela Expands Presence to All African Countries
Andela, the global talent company that helps companies build remote engineering teams, will now accept engineers from all African countries, in a bid to double its global talent pool and connect an…
- 5 Jun 2015
IBM Introduces 20 Behavior-Based Predictive Analytics by Industry
IBM has introduced 20 new industry-specific solutions with pre-built predictive analytics capabilities that will make it easier and faster for organizations across industries like retail, banking,…
- 14 Apr 2020
54gene Closes $15M Series A
54gene, the African genomics research, services, and development company has closed a Series A round of $15M, led by Adjuvant Capital, a life sciences fund backed by the International Finance…
- 7 Oct 2019
PayPal Pulls Out of Facebook's Libra
PayPal Holdings has withdrawn its support for Facebook's future cryptocurrency Libra, according to a spokesperson for the payments provider. "PayPal has made the decision to forego further…
- 26 Apr 2013
African Gaming Company KULUYA valued at $2m
KULUYA.com the online African gaming company, has announced that it has raised another small seed stage investment valuing the company at $2 million. The investment will be used to expand the gaming…
- 25 Mar 2021
Autochek Launches First-Ever African Online Truck Loans Marketplace
Autochek, the auto tech company that aims to build solutions for the African market, has announced the launch of its online truck loans marketplace in Nigeria and Ghana, in a bid to migrate the…