Mon, April 28th 2014, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
BBC has announced a partnership with BlackBerry to deliver news from its Hausa service to its users in Nigeria, offering five BBC Hausa news alerts daily via BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). → Read more
Thu, April 24th 2014, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Online food ordering service hellofood has announced its app has been selected as one of six apps that will be preinstalled on all Samsung Galaxy S5 devices in Nigeria as part of the Galaxy Gift Package. → Read more
Thu, April 17th 2014, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s leading payment card company Verve International has announced the launch of a programme called Verve Rewards for cardholders that make purchases on more than 100 online merchant platforms with their Verve cards. → Read more
Tue, April 15th 2014, 10:30 · Paul Adepoju
A new platform has been launched in Nigeria to allow online shoppers to purchase products on a buy-now-pay-later basis. → Read more
Thu, April 3rd 2014, 10:30 · Paul Adepoju
The majority of Nigerian ATMs are still running on the Windows XP operating system (OS) in spite of the fact there will be no security updates available for the platform from April 8. → Read more
Thu, April 3rd 2014, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
EntrepreneurshipCircle.com has been launched to bridge the entrepreneurship gap in Nigeria, with the company saying the website will enable entrepreneurs to contribute to the nation’s economy. → Read more
Tue, April 1st 2014, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Internet users in Nigeria and Kenya lead the world in terms of believing internet access fosters freedom, feeling safe to express their opinions online and feeling free from government surveillance online, according to a new study. → Read more
Mon, March 31st 2014, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Africa Internet Holding (AIH)-founded online real estate platform Lamudi Nigeria has announced it now has more than 10,000 listings on the platform nine months after its launch, while it has also extended its services to provide wider property selections in major Nigerian cities such as Lagos, Abuja and Ibadan. → Read more
Mon, March 31st 2014, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Integrated payments company Interswitch Transnational, and international payment services firm Western Union have announced the introduction of an account-based money transfer service (ABMT) in Nigeria. → Read more
Tue, March 18th 2014, 19:00 · Paul Adepoju
Global money transfer company Western Union has launched a mobile money transfer service to increase the reach of its payout options in Nigeria, with the new service directly integrated with Paga, a major mobile payment platform in Nigeria that currently has around 1.2 million users. → Read more
Fri, March 14th 2014, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
The Nigerian army has disconnected telephone lines in Borno state as officers of the armed forces continue raiding camps of the Boko Haram group. → Read more
Fri, March 14th 2014, 07:00 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Nigeria’s MTN Business has chosen SAP as its technology partner to provide managed mobility services to enterprise customers across various industries. → Read more
Wed, March 12th 2014, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has inaugurated a compilation of the rights of telecommunication subscribers in the country, as part of efforts aimed at improving consumer education and protecting the rights of subscribers. → Read more
Wed, March 12th 2014, 10:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian telecoms operators MTN, Globacom and Airtel have paid the fines imposed on them by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for poor service quality, putting an end to speculation they were set to challenge the regulatory body’s decision. → Read more
Thu, March 6th 2014, 19:00 · Paul Adepoju
An NGN100 million (US$600,000) IT resource centre has been opened at Landmark University in Nigeria’s Kwara state, designed to equip students with IT skills and professional certifications. → Read more
Tue, March 4th 2014, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju
The number of mobile money subscribers of Nigerian commercial bank Stanbic IBTC will soon reach one million, Gbenga Agboola, the bank’s mobile platform product manager, has told HumanIPO. → Read more
Mon, March 3rd 2014, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s TrafficButter, a platform that provides updates on traffic and roads, has announced the official launch of its mobile app, which founder Uche Okafor told HumanIPO was the “logical next step” for the platform. → Read more
Thu, February 20th 2014, 11:40 · Chris Udemans
Kenya’s PesaPal will be expanding to Nigeria, Ghana and Zambia over the next few months, while looking at possible expansion into Francophone and South Africa. → Read more
Mon, February 17th 2014, 20:00 · Tom Jackson
Learning platform Sterio.me is targeting launches in Nigeria, Tanzania and Lesotho this year, despite experiencing setbacks in getting the project off the ground in Zimbabwe. → Read more
Mon, February 17th 2014, 09:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment has announced it intends to impose sanctions on telecoms companies operating in Nigeria that violated the nation’s Environmental Impact Assessment regulations. → Read more
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