Articles by Paul Adepoju, Page 13
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Fri, September 5th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Kalahari.com named South Africa’s favourite ecommerce website
Kalahari.com has been named South Africa's favourite ecommerce website by uAfrica at the eCommerce Awards held at the eCommerce Conference 2014. Yuppiechef.com won the award for Best eCommerce Store and Zando won in the best shopping process and customer service categories. → Read more
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Fri, September 5th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Twitpic shutting down this month
Photo and video sharing platform Twitpic has announced it will be shutting down on September 25. → Read more
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Thu, September 4th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Diaspora funding supported with SimplePay, Consumer Bureau de Change partnership
Nigeria's web and mobile financial services startup SimplePay has announced a partnership with Consumer Bureau de Change to allow for incoming and outgoing remittances through the SimplePay platform. With this partnership, the company said Nigerians in the diaspora can fund the SimplePay accounts of their friends and families from anywhere in the world. → Read more
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Thu, September 4th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
IHS acquires MTN’s towers in Nigeria
IHS Holding Limited (IHS) has acquired 9,151 of MTN’s mobile network towers in Nigeria. MTN said the transaction will reduce its operating costs, drive network efficiencies and further expand its voice and data capacity. → Read more
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Thu, September 4th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
VC4Africa announces special package for investors attending DEMO Africa
Platform for startup funding VC4Africa has announced a special package for investors attending DEMO Africa. For US$650, investors would get VIP tickets to DEMO Africa and associated Investor Summit, and a 1 year Pro account subscription on VC4Africa. → Read more
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Wed, September 3rd, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
She Leads Africa announces inaugural showcase for female entrepreneurs
She Leads Africa has announced it would be hosting its inaugural Entrepreneur Showcase later this month in Lagos. According to the social enterprise dedicated to fostering the spread of business growth and ideas in Africa, the showcase would provide female entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their business ventures to a panel of potential mentors and investors, and compete for cash and other prizes. → Read more
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Wed, September 3rd, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
uAfrica announces top 30 websites in South Africa
Tech company providing cloud-based ecommerce services to SMEs across Africa uAfrica has announced the top 30 websites in South Africa in the 2014 South African eCommerce Awards. It said the awards received more than 116,000 eCommerce survey responses. → Read more
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Wed, September 3rd, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
PricePadi.com allowing Nigerians to make informed purchasing choices – founder
Lagos-based consumer internet company Iconway has launched PricePadi.com, an online e-commerce platform that allows users to find products and compare prices from various sellers. → Read more
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Tue, September 2nd, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
iWayAfrica launches fibre connectivity service in Uganda
iWayAfrica has launched fibre connectivity service in Uganda aimed at meeting the increasing demands high capacity internet by enterprises in Kampala and Entebbe. → Read more
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Tue, September 2nd, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Microsoft sponsors DEMO Africa
Microsoft Corporation has announced it is a platinum sponsor of 2014 DEMO Africa that will be held later this month in Lagos, Nigeria. This is the third time the company would be participating in DEMO Africa through the Microsoft 4Afrika initiative. → Read more
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Tue, September 2nd, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
eTranzact drives mobile money adoption in Nigeria with new project
Mobile banking and payment service company eTranzact International Plc has said it is driving mobile money adoption in Nigeria with its PocketMoni 500 project. The company said it is investing US$350,000 in the mobile money activation project which is in partnership with a financial sector development organization EFInA. → Read more
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Tue, September 2nd, 08:51 · Paul Adepoju
Bank of Khartoum, Zain launch first mobile money service in Sudan
Bank of Khartoum and telecoms company Zain have launched Sudan's first mobile money service called Hassa. The bank said the service is available to all registered Hassa mobile account customers in Sudan. → Read more
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Mon, September 1st, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Samsung unveils Gear S in South Africa
Samsung has launched Gear S, its smart wearable device that expands the smartphone experience to the wrist in South Africa. The device offers users 3G connectivity and wearable optimized features. → Read more
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Mon, September 1st, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Safaricom, Airtel acquire YuMobile for $120m
The Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) has approved the sale of YuMobile, Essar Group’s telecoms business in Kenya to Safaricom and Bharti Airtel for US$120 million. Under the agreement, Safaricom will get YuMobile’s IT and office infrastructure while Airtel would acquire the network’s subscriber base. → Read more
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Mon, September 1st, 11:38 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s CcHUB launches $500,000 seed investment fund
Nigeria’s Co-creation HUB (CcHUB) has launched a US$500,000 seed investment fund to boost its incubation programme, the fund is to support early stage startups over the next two years. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria launches e-ID cards with electronic payment functionality
Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan has launched the country’s national e-ID card programme, which sees citizens issued with MasterCard-branded biometric identity cards which have electronic payment functionality included. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Charles Ifedi, CEO, Verve International
Verve is currently the most widely used payment card in Nigeria, with 18 million of the country’s 25 million payment cards Verve branded; while 19 out of the 21 Nigerian banks issue Verve cards, in addition to microfinance banks (MFBs) and mobile money operators. HumanIPO spoke to Charles Ifedi, chief executive officer of Verve International on what the company and its partners are doing for app developers in Nigeria and the epayment sub-sector. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 10:03 · Paul Adepoju
Digital migration to cost Nigeria US$370m – NBC
The migration from analogue to digital television signal in Nigeria will cost the country NGN60 billion (US$370 million), the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said, revealing it expects to achieve 90 per cent digital coverage by the June 2015 international digital migration deadline. → Read more
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Thu, August 28th, 10:30 · Paul Adepoju
MTN Nigeria celebrates 13th anniversary with free data
Nigerian mobile operator MTN is celebrating 13 years of operations in Nigeria, offering users of its data services 100 per cent extra data. → Read more
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Wed, August 27th, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju
LG launches G3 smartphone in Nigeria
LG has unveiled its G3 smartphone in Nigeria, saying the device was developed under the company’s ‘Simple is the New Smart’ initiative. → Read more
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