Articles by Paul Adepoju, Page 24
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Tue, June 3rd, 12:30 · Paul Adepoju
hellofood app to be preinstalled on Tigo smartphones
Online food ordering service hellofood has announced its app will be preinstalled on Tigo smartphones as part of a new partnership with the communications provider. → Read more
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Tue, June 3rd, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Ghana’s Esoko secures $1.5m aggregate equity, debt investment
Esoko Networks Limited, a technology platform that allows farmers in Africa to carry out transactions, has secured a total of US$1.5 million from Acumen and the Lundin Foundation as aggregate equity and debt investment. → Read more
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Tue, June 3rd, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
African e-learning professionals confident about future – report
The eLearning Africa Report 2014 has confirmed African e-learning professionals are confident about the future. → Read more
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Mon, June 2nd, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Broadband critical for business development, competitiveness – Juwah
Increased broadband penetration is critical for business development and competitiveness in today’s world, according to Dr Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which is why the government is putting such effort into increasing access. → Read more
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Mon, June 2nd, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
GTBank officially unveils SME MarketHub e-commerce portal in Lagos
Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) has launched SME MarketHub, an e-commerce portal for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, which seeks to enable entrepreneurs to bring their businesses online and take advantage of the vast sales opportunities within the space. → Read more
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Mon, June 2nd, 13:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian court frees telecoms boss over Siemens bribe
The Nigerian Court of Appeal in Abuja has freed Edwin Moore Momife, former chief executive officer (CEO) of M-Tel, and three others accused of receiving bribes from Siemens Limited. → Read more
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Mon, June 2nd, 12:30 · Paul Adepoju
Microsoft holds Current Issues in Technology Conference in Lagos
Microsoft’s Current Issues in Technology Conference takes place this week in Lagos, set to be attended by business leaders, key influencers and policymakers to discuss and develop solutions for issues holding back Nigeria’s ICT. → Read more
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Mon, June 2nd, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Zinox launched to create an IT identity for Nigeria – chairman
Nigeria’s Zinox Group was formed in order to create an IT identity for the nation, according to chairman Leo Stan Ekeh, who said the company has grown to become the largest of its kind of Sub-Saharan Africa. → Read more
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Mon, June 2nd, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Tutor.ng, Sterio.me launch full-stack mobile learning across Nigeria
African online learning platforms Tutor.ng and Sterio.me have partnered to launch a full-stack mobile learning experience across Nigeria, including SMS and voice based VAS mobile education services using the Sterio.me platform and e-learning via the mobile web and the Tutor.ng app. → Read more
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Mon, June 2nd, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Airtel Nigeria offers free access to Wikipedia
Airtel Nigeria has partnered with the Wikimedia Foundation to launch Wikipedia Zero, offering subscribers free access to Wikipedia. → Read more
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Mon, June 2nd, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
First curved TVs launched in Ghana
LG’s organic light emitting diode (OLED) television, the world’s first curved TV, has been launched in Ghana by SOMOTEX Ghana, the sole distributor of LG Electronics in the country. → Read more
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Fri, May 30th, 18:30 · Paul Adepoju
REVIEW: Tecno R7
Tecno R7 is the latest device from Tecno Mobile to enter the Nigerian market, with the 5.5-inch display phablet a first-of-its-kind product with a hexa-core processor. The company says it has listened to its users and added features that are not in previous devices such as the Tecno Phantom A3. → Read more
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Fri, May 30th, 16:30 · Paul Adepoju
Microsoft partners AfDB to boost African ICT access
Microsoft has partnered the African Development Bank (AfDB) in a move that will see the bank invest US$20 million to develop technologies designed to boost ICT access in Africa. → Read more
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Fri, May 30th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
NCC launches Service Charter for service delivery optimisation
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has launched a Service Charter aimed at ensuring the commission effectively and efficiently delivers its mandates and programmes. → Read more
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Fri, May 30th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Petition launched to bring PayPal to Nigeria
A petition has been launched on Change.org asking PayPal to bring its online payment service to Nigeria by Lagos-based design company CreativityKills. → Read more
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Fri, May 30th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Lagos to host Seedstars global startup competition
Seedstars Lagos is to take place next week in partnership with the Co-Creation Hub, offering Nigerian startups less than two years old and with less than US$500,000 the chance to compete at the global competition. → Read more
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Thu, May 29th, 20:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s space agency to develop and build satellite by 2018
Prof Seidu Mohammed, director-general (DG) of Nigeria’s National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has announced plans are underway for the agency to develop and build a satellite by 2018. → Read more
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Thu, May 29th, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
NBC seeks advance payment on free spectrum to raise digital migration funds
Nigeria's National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is considering asking for advance payment from those bidding for freed spectrum as a way of raising funds needed for Nigeria to meet the international deadline for digital migration. → Read more
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Thu, May 29th, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju
Receive-enabled Western Union website launched in Nigeria
Western Union has launched its first receive-enabled website globally in Nigeria. → Read more
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Thu, May 29th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s president hosting #AskGEJ interactive forum on TV and social media
Nigerian president Dr Goodluck Jonathan is currently hosting an interactive session on Twitter under the hashtag #AskGEJ in order to engage youths on the country’s Democracy Day. → Read more
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