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- 11 Nov 2014
Jumia App Debuts on iTunes
Jumia, Africa’s leading online shopping mall with the widest assortments now has its app on the itunes store. The company told Nigeria CommunicationsWeek that the drive is to spur an improved…
- 17 Oct 2012
Vodacom Business Hosts Grace High School ICT Club
Vodacom Business Nigeria hosted the ICT Club members of Grace High school on a one day ICT tour at its Lagos, Nigeria office as part of its commitment to youth empowerment and development through…
- 27 Mar 2013
Bokupon now Available on the Apple App Store, Others
Fusion Blocks Management, Inc. has taken the wrapper of its Bokupon (Plenty Coupon) for Nigeria, a location-based money-saving mobile coupon/discount app for the Blackberry, iPhone and Android…
- 11 Oct 2013
Missing Dr. Who Episodes Turn Up in Nigeria
Nine classic episodes of Doctor Who believed to have been lost for ever have been reportedly recovered from a television station in Jos, Nigeria, BBC Worldwide has revealed. The episodes, first…
- 2 Dec 2013
Njoku Returns to iROKING, Becomes CEO
Jason Njoku is the new chief executive officer of iROKING, Nigeria's leading digital music platform, Njoku was the original founder and CEO of iROKING alongside his role at iROKOtv, the world's…
- 27 Dec 2013
Study Shows Consumers Willing to Pay for App That Respects Privacy
Ever since the iPhone came out in 2007, the going rate for many of the most popular apps has been exactly $0.00. Invariably, consumers pay nothing. But of course, nothing is free. Instead, consumers…
- 8 Jan 2014
Twitter Co-Founder, Stone Launches Jelly Social Search App
Building on the concept, “If you have a questions, there’s somebody out there that knows the answer,” Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder and Ben Finkel, former Twitter colleague have launched Jelly, a…
- 14 May 2014
HelloFood Drums Support for Africa Fashion Week Nigeria
Hellofood, Africa’s leading online food delivery platform, has declared its partnership with Africa Fashion Week Nigeria, which is taking place on the 17th and 18th May at Eko Hotel, Lagos.…
- 27 Oct 2014
28.1% Growth Rate, S-VOD Marketing Growing After Pay TV-Gartner
While pay TV is the biggest segment of the overall consumer video services market, accounting for 96.3 percent of total spending in 2014 and 94.2 percent by 2018, Gartner said that subscription video…
- 2 Nov 2014
Airtel Discloses Its iPhone 6 Offer to Nigerians
Airtel Nigeria has led the way announcing that Nigerians can begin to pre-register for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus at www.alwayson.ng/iphone, from last week. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus…
- 7 Nov 2014
BBM Introduces New Privacy, Control Features to Chat & Share
BlackBerry Limited has released several new features for BBM™, offering users new ways to chat and share with more privacy and control over their communications. At the core of the BBM experience is…
- 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…
- 30 Apr 2015
PayPal to Protect Purchases of Uber Rides, Digital music
With consumers spending more money on digital goods, PayPal decided it was time to start offering buyer protections for those digital songs, books, travel tickets and software downloads. The…
- 9 Jun 2015
IATA Unveils App for Passengers, Addresses Carry-On Bag Dilemma
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released details of a new mobile app for passengers to monitor their health and wellbeing before, during, and after a flight. Similarly, IATA also…
- 31 Jul 2015
Airtel/TRACE Music Star 2015 Winner Debuts ‘Nice Couple’ Music Video
Mayunga Nalimi, Airtel TRACE Music Star 2015 winner, has released the music video for his breakout single “Nice Couple”, which when air on TRACE Urban DStv 325 on Friday. Earlier July, TRACE…
- 16 Dec 2015
Spinlet Launches Dedicated Family Friendly Music Platform
Spinlet has announced the launch of a dedicated family friendly music platform to complement its existing service. Spinlet Inspire will focus on more uplifting music, including inspirational songs,…
- 10 Jul 2016
Top 6 Free Apps For Busy Nigerian Mothers
Today’s Nigerian mothers no longer want to sit at home. They also want to contribute economically to their families. Hence, they have so much on their plate from meeting targets at work, taking care…
- 27 Sept 2016
Google Unveils Free Photos Management Service
Google has unveiled Google Photos, a free photos management system that could be used to create the ultimate album and memorable wedding. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google’s Anglophone West Africa…
- 16 Dec 2016
REΛCH, Savings Tool to Help Users Make the Most of Their Money Launched
REACH, an online savings app built to help people save up for their big life moments, has just crossed 1,000 users, and is marking the end of its beta phase. REACH is the very first savings…
- 23 Mar 2017
NowNow Says ‘Ditch Traditional Leather Wallet’ as Mobile App Goes Live
NowNow, has launched an innovative consumer mobile wallet (M-Wallet) to boost financial inclusion in the country. NowNow, a mobile wallet offering from Contec Global InfoTech Limited is a PCI DSS…
- 13 Nov 2017
Digital Content Revenues to Pass $200bn in 2018 - Report
Global consumer spend on digital content will reach $202 billion in 2018, up by 10% on this year's total of $184bn. This is according to a report by Juniper research titled Digital Content Business…
- 3 Apr 2018
Publiseer, Caketunes to Distribute African Music to Global Platforms
Publiseer, digital content distribution company, and Caketunes, music production and beat distribution company, have concluded a partnership that will see more African musical contents around the…
- 22 Jul 2018
Cyber Criminals Bait Users with Fake Gift Cards
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new scheme whereby cyber criminals trick users into giving up their data by luring them with 'free' gift cards. By creating fake Web sites for the free…
- 1 Oct 2018
Ekojara Online Raffle Draw Platform unveiled
Ekojara game, an online consumer sales promotion platform, owned by Koborise App Technologies Ltd, has been launched. To play the game, intending player will have to download the application on…
- 23 May 2019
CoinCola Bitcoin Platform now in Nigeria
Blockchain Technology is rapidly growing in different continents and many more people beginning to see the importance and relevance of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology in their different…
- 4 Aug 2020
Public Outcry as Mohammed, NBC Ignore Stakeholders to Unveil NBC Code
Despite widespread stakeholder disapproval, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information, on Tuesday, presented the 6th National Broadcasting Code recently released by the National Broadcasting…
- 2 Nov 2020
Interpol Placed Me on Red Alert for Fraud —Subair, HiTV Founder
Mr. Toyin Subair, founder of HiTV and executive chairman of Digital Play Limited, has narrated how he was arrested multiple times in three different countries —United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom…
- 3 May 2022
Netflix Celebrates Africa Month with New Collection of Local Stories
Rich in culture and diversity, Africa has always been at the centre of the world and history tells us, the original name of Africa was Alkebulan, which translates into “mother of mankind” or “garden…
- 20 Mar 2024
Infobip named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024
Infobip, global cloud communications platform has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024. This year’s list shines a spotlight on businesses…
- 30 Nov 2009
M-Payment, Money Transfer Top Phone Applications for Future
Money transfer, location-based services and mobile health monitoring are likely to be among the most widespread mobile applications within the next three years. Until recently the mobile applications…