Nigerian news sources took their sweet time getting on the web, but it’s 2015, and most of them not only have websites, but mobile apps. In fact, news apps are some of the most downloaded Android apps in Nigeria.
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In no particular order, here are the seven Nigeria universities that have consistently come up in the course of our inquiry.
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Instant messaging applications are now everywhere. They allow for swift and realtime interaction with friends, family, colleagues, your boss — anyone. Here is a list of instant messaging apps on any regular smartphone in Nigeria.
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Konga has finally launched its proprietary payment method, Konga Pay, two full months (and a week), after TechCabal discovered the product and said just as much. And in South Africa, Zomato is coming to town. Check out these and other stories making the rounds today.
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Lagos-based co-working space, the Co-creation Hub, has started accepting applications for its training and internship program, CodeCamp. CodeCamp is an intense 4-week residential training…
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Intel, has reiterated its commitment to closing the gender gap in technology participation in Africa through its digital literacy programme for young women in developing countries, ‘She Will Connect’.
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Who doesn’t like an interesting and accurate gossip, about any other person than themselves? Definitely no one. Nevermind I just used accurate and gossip in the same sentence.
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South Africa-based Ratescanner is a platform that offers a listing of banks and registered financial service providers, that gives users an avenue to view lenders, compare rates and fees before they settle on who to borrow from.
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The winners will now move on to the acceleration phase which will focus on development and launch of their products
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Jovago has announced it is expanding its services to Myanmar and Bangladesh by July this year with a full customer service team.
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Facebook has released a new feature to allow users send locations in a chat window. Huawei wants to train a thousand African students in ICT over the next five years. Here are the news making the rounds in the African tech space.
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Nigeria now has 145.4 million active telephone lines with teledensity at the 103.9 percent, according to the latest figures released by the Nigerian Communications…
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The Chinese multinational firm, Huawei announced at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2015, that 1000 students will join in its technical training program ‘Seed for the Future’ over the next five years.
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Telkom has announced it will introduce an uncapped LTE-based high-speed wireless broadband by June 10, available only in Gauteng for now.
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Airtel Kenya has connected the Kambui school for the deaf in Kambui Kenya to free access to the internet, enabling them access to educational materials on the web.
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With the USSD code; *737*, GTBank customers can transfer funds to another GTBank account or to a beneficiary in another bank. But that’s not all there is to it. Here is all you need to know about that.
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Nigerian payments company, Interswitch, may launch an IPO in London and Lagos. In Tunisia, the government devices a new way to collect reports on environmental abuse. Here are the stories from the African technology space today.
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The government of Tunisia has launched a mobile application to enable citizens send realtime reports on environmental abuse and violation in their vicinity.
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We’ve come to know Marek Zmyslowki only as Jovago Nigeria’s CEO, but now he is more. And in South Africa, a Vodacom customer finally got the telco’s attention, thanks to three giant banners. Check out the stories that made the rounds across African techspace today.
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The property listing and rental startup, Ekaya, has announced it is expanding its coverage to Gauteng province, South Africa, reports Disrupt Africa. The expansion…
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The Kenyan pay-per-use solar power system, M-KOPA, has announced it now powers 200,000 homes across East Africa. In a release obtained by TechCabal, M-KOPA…
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The product aims to bridge the distance between registered BDC (bureau de change) operators licensed by the CBN with clients looking to convert currencies.
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The Morocco-based DabaDoc, a startup that allows users find doctors and book appointment on its website has expanded to Algeria and Tunisia.
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Here are the news making the rounds on the African tech space:
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There are talent who have managed Rocket businesses but have since exited to create personal ventures. Here are a couple of them.
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The programme was designed as part of the foundation phase of developing Johannesburg’s smart city plan.
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Wanos Networks is seeking ZAR 600,000 (USD 50,000) in funding and advice on business development as it looks to expand its operations and boost profits.
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Automobile manufacturers, Nissan and BMW have signed MOU to expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure across South Africa.
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Kenya-based non-profit organisation, Gearbox has announced it is kicking off its hardware incubation programme.
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MTN and Ericsson have concluded their e-waste collection and awareness programme in Benin.
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Etisalat, has launched a data centre in Abuja, Nigeria to dress the network’s growing demand for colocation, cloud and disaster recovery services.
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Alcatel-Lucent and National Information Technology Agency (NITA), the ICT policy arm of Ghana’s ministry of communication have announced a successful completion of the eastern corridor rural fibre-optic backbone project
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Samsung and online retail store, Jumia have partnered with Worldreader, a non-profit organisation in an initiative to promote literacy and education by pre-installing 15,000 free e-books in Samsung entry-level smartphones.
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Here are the news making the rounds on the African tech space today.
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The Moroccan commercial bank BMCE Bank, has opened applications for its African Entrepreneurship Award (AEA).
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Telkom has widened its commercial next-generation LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network coverage to additional 22 suburbs across South Africa.
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Africa Internet Group (AIG) owned e-commerce outfits, Jumia and Kaymu have launched its logistics network, AIG-Express across Africa.
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A five-day celebration of entrepreneurs/startups community, where entrepreneurs engage and learn from local and visiting mentors and investors.
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The South African Civil Aviation Authority (Sacaa) has announced new regulations on the use of drones in the country.
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Facebook’s FbStart, a program launched in 2014 by the social networking company to scale early-stage startup has started its 2015 FbStart World Tour to meet and coach startups on business growth in 20 cities across the world.
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