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African online agency Travelstart raises $40m
Amadeus, the global technology investor, today announced a $40m investment in Travelstart in partnership with MTN, Africa’s leading…
Glo, 16 banks launch new USSD service
Telecoms giant Globacom Nigeria has launched a unified USSD service that allows its subscribers to purchase airtime from…
Alphabet overtakes Apple as the world’s most valuable company
Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc. is now the world’s most valuable company thanks to its outstanding quarterly profits…
Starta Entrepreneur Competition launched to support early-stage startups in Nigeria
Early-stage startups in Nigeria can compete to win up to NGN200,000 worth of support in the just-launched Starta…
Galaxy S7 release date confirmed
Samsung has confirmed it would unveil its Galaxy S7 on February 21, at the Mobile World Congress (MWC)…
Interswitch Partners Wema bank to pioneer Card Transaction Control
Nigerian digital payments company, Interswitch Transnational recently launched a new card transaction solution called ‘Transaction Control’. This is…
Demand for cheaper data will increase with more lower cost smartphones
The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has predicted that when more lower cost smartphones are available in developing…
Nigerian government has collected over N500bn from MTN, others – NCC
Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has revealed that the Nigerian government has…
Merck launches equity-free accelerator for Africa’s health startups
International company Merck has officially launched an e-health accelerator in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi. The company said…
Intel unveils ‘My Digital Journey’: online platform for women and girls
In a bid to bridge the technology-gender gap, Intel Corporation has launched an online learning platform for…