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Hugo Obi, Jobberman Trio Emerge Winners At The Future Awards 2013

The names of the 15 winners of this year’s ‘The Future Awards Africa’ 2013 were formally announced last night, at an annual awards ceremony…

BlackBerry Announces Loss And Partnership With Foxconn

BlackBerry Limited today reported financial results for the three months ended November 30, 2013 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where…

MTN Group To Invest N65Bn Into Africa And Middle East Internet Holding

MTN Group today announced a partnership with Rocket Internet, one of the world’s leading internet incubators, to extend online retail and other essential digital…

GE Africa Launches Africa Learning Advisory Board

GE Africa today launched the first African Learning Advisory Board in Nairobi, which will provide leadership and support for both GE Africa and the…

Nokia Wins Most Innovative Smartphone At The 2013 African Product Awards

Country Director, Institute for Government Research and Leadership Technology, Ambassador Moses Essien explains that in a research conducted amongst various mobile phones using the…

VOD Platform iROKOtv Raises $8Mn In Series D

 iROKOtv, the Africa-based movie platform for Nigerian movies, known colloquially as ‘Nollywood’, today announces a funding round of $8Mn, led by existing investor Tiger…

[EVENT] Are You Ready For Mobile East Africa 2014?

Here are some news update from All Amber for the next big mobile conference on the African continent –  Mobile East Africa 2014.  Back…

Rancard Raises Second Round Growth Funding With Peninsula, Intel And Adlevo Capital

Rancard yesterday announced that it has concluded its second institutional investment round led by Peninsula Capital, a private investment management company, based in Menlo…

Nigeria: Most Watched YouTube Videos And Channels In 2013

From videos that got us laughing till we had tears in our eyes, to those that left us angry, worried and curious, this year’s…

#StanbicDelight: Radio Meets Web In Stanbic IBTC’s Social Media Campaign

Christmas is just around the corner but don’t worry if you haven’t been a good boy or girl, you could still get a present…