Nigeria, Page 9
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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, 11:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Jovago, Navigidi partner for Nigeria hotel bookings
Online hotel booking platform Jovago has partnered Lagos-based journey planning site Navigidi to facilitate hotel bookings across Nigeria. → 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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Fri, August 15th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Q&A: Okeke Emeka, founder of Friendite.com and Frienditeplus.com
Nigerian online dating platform Friendite.com and sister social network Frienditeplus.com intend to become Africa’s biggest dating and social networks within the next three years, and have already gathered over 75,000 and 600,000 users respectively. Founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Okeke Emeka spoke to HumanIPO about the platforms, the online dating space in Africa, and his plans to raise US$500,000 VC funding while also attracting 2.5 million users before the end of the year. → 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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Wed, August 13th, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju
Friendite.com is 99% safe from fake profiles – founder
Nigerian online dating platform Friendite.com is 99 per cent safe from fake profiles, which pose one of the major setbacks to online dating, according to Friendite founder Okeke Emeka. → Read more
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Wed, August 13th, 14:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Jumia launches Windows Phone app
Nigerian e-commerce startup Jumia has launched a Windows Phone app, making over 200,000 items available for purchase via mobile. → Read more
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Wed, August 13th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Lagos state launches ebola response website
Nigeria’s Lagos state government has launched a response website in furtherance of the fight against ebola, providing information on the disease via the www.lagosebolaresponse.org website. → Read more
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Tue, August 12th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Jovago.com, SimplePay partner for Nigeria hotel bookings
Online hotel booking platform Jovago has partnered with web and mobile financial services company SimplePay, to allow Jovago customers to pay for their hotel booking through the SimplePay mobile application. → Read more
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Tue, August 12th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
IHS acquires 2,136 Etisalat Nigeria towers
Etisalat Nigeria has announced the sale of 2,136 towers to IHS Holding Limited (IHS), in a move Etisalat said will drive improvements in the its network performance, and allow the operator to speed up roll out of 2G and 3G coverage to its customers. → Read more
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Mon, August 11th, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Online laundry platform Washist.com launches in Lagos
Online on-demand laundry service Washist.com has launched in Lagos, Nigeria, offering busy professionals increased efficiency in getting their laundry done. → Read more
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