Fri, December 19th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
A new app focusing on Nigeria's heritage has been launched by the School of Media and Communication of the Pan-Atlantic University. The app called the Centenary Project mobile app is powered by the Google Cultural Institute. → Read more
Fri, December 12th, 10:03 · Paul Adepoju
Prayerbox.co has been launched in Nigeria to allow Christians to connect with their churches on the go. In an exclusive interview with HumanIPO, Oyelaja Oyekan Adebambo, CEO and founder of the startup said users can share prayer points and testimonies on the platform. → Read more
Thu, December 4th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
BrighterMonday’s Marketing Manager Emmanuel Mutuma has said free access to the internet could go a long way in ensuring more qualified personnel get to see advertised jobs, apply and in the end ensure employers get the best human resource. → Read more
Tue, December 2nd, 13:01 · Paul Adepoju
A new #ISurvivedEbola multimedia campaign that features Ebola survivors from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea sharing their stories and perspectives with the world has been launched. The campaign is being supported as part of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation’s broader #TackleEbola initiative into which Allen has promised $100 million to support organizations working to end the Ebola outbreak. → Read more
Fri, November 28th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Social media network Eskimi has announced the launch of Africa's first mobile real time bidding platform (RTB). In a statement it said the new platform would further increase the mobile reach in Nigeria for advertisement clients and agencies. → Read more
Mon, November 17th, 22:30 · Paul Adepoju
Smartphones manufacturing company Tecno has announced the official kickoff of its #TecnoCamContest promo through which users of can win prizes from the company. → Read more
Mon, November 17th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Sigurd Vedal, founder and CEO of Victoria Milan has described online privacy as the new luxury. Vedal said this while commenting on the report of a survey that revealed over 80% of individuals seeking extramarital affairs are afraid that their device's data will end up in the wrong hands. → Read more
Tue, November 11th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Airtel has announced it is partnering with Facebook's Internet.org to offer its subscribers in Kenya access to the Internet.org mobile app that offers users locally relevant basic internet services free of charge with the aim of enhancing easy access for its prepaid and postpaid subscribers. → Read more
Fri, November 7th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Organisers of the Social Media Marketing Nigeria 2014 Conference have announced speakers for the event scheduled to hold on November 29 in Lagos, Nigeria. → Read more
Wed, November 5th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
In addition to his roles as founder of Transparency International, Peter Eigen is also a Trustee of the Millicom Foundation, a new organisation set up to invest in social innovators with digital ideas using a US$10m annual budget. In this HumanIPO exclusive op-ed, he shares what the foundation is doing - including its support of application of digital tools to make significant changes. → Read more
Wed, October 29th, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Royal Philips today launched its “Buy Original” campaign; an informative anti-counterfeit initiative that will make use of short text messages and online tools such as websites and social media to highlight the existence of counterfeit products in Kenya and sub-Saharan Africa. → Read more
Tue, October 28th, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Bharti Airtel’s prepaid customers in Kenya will now be able to access Twitter on their mobile phones for free till 15th January 2015, enabling them to enjoy posting Tweets, keeping up with news and what’s happening across the world. → Read more
Wed, October 22nd, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Omobola Johnson, Nigeria's communication technology minister has said technology played crucial roles in the successful containment of Ebola virus disease in Nigeria. She said this at the ongoing International Telecommunications Union ITU 2014 Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) in Busan, Republic of Korea. → Read more
Mon, October 20th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has launched an Ebola information service on the popular multimedia instant communication platform WhatsApp. → Read more
Fri, October 10th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Wikipedia has launched a photo contest in Africa with the aim of showcasing the continent's diversity via pictures. The contest is launched by WikiAfrica, an international collaborative project between Africa Centre and Lettera27. They are partnering with Fondation Orange to launch Wiki Loves Africa. → Read more
Wed, October 8th, 10:59 · Paul Adepoju
Submission of events for Social Media Week Lagos (SMW Lagos) has official begun today October 8 according to the producers of SMW Lagos Dragon Africa and AFRIKA21. → Read more
Mon, October 6th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Social media giant Facebook is expanding to healthcare according to Reuters. The plans still at the developmental stage could see Facebook creating online "support communities" that would connect Facebook users suffering from various ailments. → Read more
Thu, October 2nd, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Facebook has issued an apology to drag queens, drag kings, transgender, and extensive LGBT community over its real-name policy that sought to verify the authenticity of suspicious accounts. → Read more
Wed, October 1st, 11:13 · Paul Adepoju
Toby Daniels, Founder and Executive Director, Social Media Week (SMW), this morning announced the theme for SMW 2015. In a newsletter sent to subscribers, Daniel said the theme for next year is 'Upwardly Mobile: The Rise Of The Connected Class'. → Read more
Mon, September 29th, 16:12 · Susan Mwenesi
Quite a number of people have taken to social media to market their products and services and a young Kenyan designer Fredrick Gitari aka Young Freddie swears by the new marketing tool as well when marketing his African print shoes and accessories. → Read more
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