News, Social Enterprise November 15, 2013

BudgIT Set To Pivot With Tracka As It Releases Mobile Apps

Having kicked off from the Co-Creation Hub, an innovation pool that boasts of developers, interface designers, programmers and entrepreneurs, BudgIT seem to be making…

bits November 14, 2013

Is Richard Branson right about what Entrepreneur is?

Entrepreneurship isn’t about selling things – it’s about finding innovative ways to improve people’s lives.

Business, People, Tech November 13, 2013

[INTERVIEW] 88mph Looking To Invest In Nigerian Startups – Kresten Buch

As the Nigerian tech startup space continues to grow, there is a huge need for investment and in response attracting local and foreign investors…

Business, Mobile, News, Press Release November 12, 2013

Transferbee To Offer Cheaper Fund Transfers From UK To Nigeria

UK based company Transferbee officially launches a new service transferbee.com to offer cheap and convenient money transfer from UK to Nigeria. Transferbee enables Nigerians…

Mobile, News, Press Release, Tech, Web November 12, 2013

MTN Group Renews Agreement With Opera Software

MTN Group and Opera Software have signed a new two-year agreement to offer a custom version of Opera Mini to MTN subscribers across 17…

Business, Web November 11, 2013

BattaBox Rethinks Monetization Strategy As It Pulls Down Paywall

We recently reported BattaBox switched from a free to paid offer for its videos on the web, as confirmed by the founder, Christian Purefoy, due to the cost…

LOL November 11, 2013

This is Why Africans Don’t Pick Their Calls

This dude had us cracking up big time. Ever wondered why your friend takes a while to answer your calls or hardly ever picks…

LOL November 9, 2013

This Is What Happens When Startup Employees Are Banned From Using Facebook

Yammer is unexpectedly popular in @hotelsng office — Mark Essien (@markessien) November 9, 2013 Of course this could just be a happy coincidence.

bits November 9, 2013

GTBank, Please Bring PayPal To Nigeria

@gtbank Pls bring Paypal"@Zalorians: PayPal is moving into Uganda, Kenya, & Rwanda with help of Equity Bank. http://t.co/uLxbdMVM1I" — Opeyemi Awoyemi (@opeawo) November 9,…

bits November 9, 2013

The Secret Origins Of Rocket Internet

This old Bloomberg article is supposed “proof” that Rocket’s existence and ruthless business model was not as a result of Samwer’s original genius but…