Articles by Paul Adepoju, Page 11
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Thu, September 25th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Experts warn African governments against interfering with startup ecosystem
Industry experts that spoke at VC4Africa's Investor Summit at DEMO Africa 2014 in Lagos, Nigeria have warned Nigerian government and those of other African countries not to upset the nascent ecosystem that is being built for startups. They urged governments to limit their involvements in the industry to promulgating policies and protecting intellectual properties. → Read more
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Thu, September 25th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Oluranti Efunwoye, Chief Administrative Officer, FresHires.com
FresHires is an online socio-academic and socio-professional self-branding platform for college students, university students and fresh graduates with little or no work experience. Efunwoye spoke to HumanIPO on the uniqueness of the platform and how it is filling the vacuum created by LinkedIn and Facebook. → Read more
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Wed, September 24th, 16:35 · Paul Adepoju
Don’t invest in something you know nothing about – Nwobi
Chika Nwobi, Managing Partner, L5Lab has advised angel investors not to invest in projects they don't understand. He said this while speaking on lessons learned from investing in Africa at the VC4Africa Investor Summit, DEMO Africa 2014, Lagos, Nigeria. → Read more
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Wed, September 24th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
DEMO Africa Boom Camp preparing startups for pitching
Demo Africa Boom Camp is underway in Lagos Nigeria for startups that will be pitching at DEMO Africa conference. → Read more
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Wed, September 24th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Tecno launches Phantom Z in Ghana
Tecno has launched its latest product Phantom Z at an event held at Darkuman in Accra, Ghana. The device has an expandable memory up to 32 GB, a 5.2 AMOLED HD display and Gorilla Glass. → Read more
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Tue, September 23rd, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
UNICEF launches RapidPro open source app store
The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has launched RapidPro, an open-source platform of apps that can help governments to quickly deliver important information in real time. It can also be used to connect communities to lifesaving services. → Read more
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Tue, September 23rd, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
FresHires.com launched for students and graduates with little or no experience
Online social and professional self branding platform FresHires.com has been launched with the aim of allowing college and university students and fresh graduates with little or no working experience to enjoy exposure, self-branding and showcasing. → Read more
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Mon, September 22nd, 14:06 · Paul Adepoju
South Africa’s national soccer association, teams verified on Twitter
The South Africa Football Association (SAFA) has announced its official Twitter account and those of the male and female national football teams have been verified thus removing the confusion often encountered when seeking official updates from the football association and teams → Read more
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Mon, September 22nd, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
MTN Nigeria loses 1m subscribers in Q2
Telecoms company MTN Nigeria lost about one million subscribers in the second quarter of the year according to the latest figures released by the regulator the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). In the same period, Globacom's subscriber base rose from 23 million in Q1 to 27 million subscribers in Q2 making it Nigeria's second largest telecoms operator after MTN. → Read more
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Fri, September 19th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Mobile internet subscribers in Nigeria to reach 50.4m in 2018 – PwC
A new report released by PwC has predicted that mobile internet subscribers in Nigeria would surge from 7.7 million in 2013 to 50.4 million in 2018. → Read more
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Fri, September 19th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Interswitch acquires Paynet
Integrated payments company Interswitch Transnational Holding has acquired a majority shareholding in Paynet Group, a multi-institutional payments provider in East Africa. Interswitch said with this development, Paynet’s existing shareholders will become shareholders of the Interswitch Group. → Read more
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Thu, September 18th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Internet, consumers driving growth in South Africa’s entertainment, media industry – PwC
Vicki Myburgh, Entertainment & Media Industries Leader for PwC South Africa, has described the Internet and consumers as the major drivers of the growth of the entertainment and media industry in South Africa. → Read more
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Thu, September 18th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Cloud is the ultimate place to do business – Vodacom
Pan-African corporate connectivity and telecommunications provider Vodacom has described cloud as the ultimate place to do business. Nkosi Kumalo, Vodacom’s Executive Head of Cloud and Hosting Services said this while speaking on "Utilizing Cloud as a key business tool" at the Vodacom Business Nigeria-sponsored CIO forum in Lagos. → Read more
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Thu, September 18th, 11:09 · Paul Adepoju
ApexPeak, Karu Exporters close $23m export finance deal
88mph-funded startup ApexPeak and South African citrus fruit grower Karu Exporters have closed a US$23 million export finance deal. Under the agreement, Karu will receive monthly disbursement until the end of 2014. → Read more
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Thu, September 18th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Rich Tanksley, Director of Operations, SimplePay
Founded by Simeon Ononobi, SimplePay is a web and mobile-based wallet that won the Lagos edition of seedstars world challenge. Tanksley in this interview spoke on SimplePay's potentials, latest products including Bitcoin acceptance and the platform's goal of registering 1 million users by January 2015 and 16 million by 2016. → Read more
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Wed, September 17th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
World Telecom Labs celebrates 1bn minutes for Nigeria’s interconnect exchange carriers
World Telecom Labs (WTL) has announced that more than 1 billion minutes have passed through its second generation VoIP switches deployed by five of Nigeria’s interconnect exchange carriers. → Read more
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Wed, September 17th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Odunayo Eweniyi, Co-Founder, PushCV
Odunayo Eweniyi is the co-founder of PushCV, a Nigerian startup that started as an automatic CV sending service but has since expanded its service bouquet for its various clients. Recently listed among Africa's 10 best startups, she spoke to HumanIPO on various issues about the startup, starting with how it all started. → Read more
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Wed, September 17th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
SimpleGiving allowing Nigerian Christians to give offering via mobile
SimplePay, Nigeria's mobile and web-based wallet has announced the launch of SimpleGiving, a service that allows churchgoers in Nigeria to give offerings via mobile. → Read more
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Tue, September 16th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
FEATURE: Cloud applications in a post-technology world
Adebayo Sanni, Country Director (Nigeria), Oracle Corporation looks at how the cloud debate is set to evolve with a focus on delivering business advantage → Read more
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Tue, September 16th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
SuperSport, Red Bull added to Samsung’s Smart Hub
Samsung Electronics today announced the addition of SuperSport and Red Bull TV app to its existing Smart Hub solution. → Read more
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