Articles by Paul Adepoju, Page 14
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Wed, August 27th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria to launch first digital radio station
Nigeria’s first digital radio station is to be launched soon, the country’s minister of information, Labaran Maku, announced. → Read more
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Wed, August 27th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Western Union launches outbound remittances for Nigeria
Western Union has launched an outbound remittance service in Nigeria, allowing people to send - not only receive - money around the world. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s Truppr fitness app launches
Social network for fitness enthusiasts Truppr has launched in Nigeria, aimed at connecting sports fans across the world, and promoting and facilitating a fit lifestyle. → Read more
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Mon, August 25th, 13:30 · Paul Adepoju
Jumia launches in Cameroon
E-commerce platform Jumia has launched in Cameroon, the company announced, saying the launch is the beginning of plans to expand across central Africa. → Read more
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Mon, August 25th, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s cashless policy a cornerstone of economic development – Ifedi
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) cashless policy is the key to the country’s fast economic development, according to Charles Ifedi, chief executive officer (CEO) of Verve International. → Read more
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Fri, August 22nd, 12:30 · Paul Adepoju
Bharti Airtel to sell African towers to American Tower Corporation, Eaton Towers – report
Bharti Airtel is concluding talks with American Tower Corporation (ATC) and Eaton Towers on the sale of its tower assets in several African countries including Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda, according to a report. → Read more
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Fri, August 22nd, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Verve’s in-app payments service launched to support Nigerian app developers – CEO
Nigerian card payment provider, Verve International, launched its in-app payments solution and made the software development kit (SDK) available to app developers to support local developers eager to bring their apps to market and capitalise them, with the market currently hindered by lack of in-app payment options, according to Charles Ifedi, chief executive officer (CEO) of Verve International. → Read more
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Thu, August 21st, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
DEMO Africa to feature Angel Network Summit, Swell Innovation Awards
This year’s DEMO Africa conference is set to host the first African Angel Network Summit, as well as the Swell Innovation Awards, the organisers announced. → Read more
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Thu, August 21st, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
CcHub, Visa launch financial literacy apps in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) has partnered with Visa to promote financial literacy across the country through the launch of three locally developed financial education based apps. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Lack of .ng uptake to fuel cybercrime – expert
The failure of Nigeria’s major companies to purchase .ng domain names may lead to increased activity by cybercriminals exploiting the unclaimed location-based domains, according to expert Chris Chibuike. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
DEMO Africa organisers not worried about Ebola
The organisers of this year’s DEMO Africa technology startup conference are not worried about reported Ebola cases in host city for this year’s event, Lagos, Nigeria, and said the outbreak of the virus is not affecting planning of the event. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Value of items on MoboFree to reach $1.5bn in 2015
The value of items listed for sale on African social marketplace MoboFree.com will hit US$1.5 billion by 2015, with the current total value of items already surpassing US$526 million, the company said. → Read more
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Tue, August 19th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
Carmudi launches in Congo, Tanzania
Nigerian car classifieds platform Carmudi has launched in the Republic of Congo and Tanzania, bringing the company’s African operations to a total of seven African countries. → Read more
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Mon, August 18th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Airtel Nigeria offers unlimited chat with WTF Bundle
Airtel Nigeria has launched the WTF Bundle, which offers the network’s subscribers unlimited chat on WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). → Read more
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Mon, August 18th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Online recharge platform launched in Nigeria
Coremobile has launched Quick Airtime, an online platform for secure airtime recharge, mobile top-up and prepaid re-up in Nigeria, which it said is the fastest and simplest online recharge platform in the world. → Read more
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Mon, August 18th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
StarTimes to launch low-cost smartphone, tablet in Nigeria
Pay TV provider StarTimes has announced plans to launch two low cost mobile devices for the Nigerian market, a NGN12,000 (US$74) smartphone and a tablet priced at NGN27,000 (US$166). → Read more
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Fri, August 15th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
12.6 million counterfeit phones to be disconnected in Nigeria
The Nigerian government is to order operators in the country to disconnect over 12.6 million counterfeit phones, in a bid to protect consumer rights while boosting government and manufacturers’ revenues. → Read more
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Thu, August 14th, 17:00 · Paul Adepoju
FEATURE: Concerns over Facebook mandatory Messenger app
Following Facebook’s decision to require its mobile users who want to continue to use its messaging service to install its latest messenger app, experts and users alike have raised security and privacy concerns over the mandatory app. → Read more
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Thu, August 14th, 13:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian government reintroduces ATM charges for cash withdrawals
Nigeria’s government owned central bank has announced the reintroduction of charges on remote-on-us automated teller machine (ATM) cash withdrawals, with every withdrawal performed on an ATM belonging to a bank differing from the cardholder’s bank to carry a NGN65 (US$0.4) fee. → Read more
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Thu, August 14th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Friendite.com targets $500,000 VC funding at Dublin Summit
Nigerian online dating platform Friendite.com and sister company Frienditeplus.com hope to raise up to US$500,000 funding at the forthcoming Web Summit to be held in Dublin,Ireland in November, the companies’ founder said. → Read more
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