Africa

Nigeria: eTransact Makes History With First SMS Based PoS

eTranzact Limited, the first award winning multi-application and multi-channel electronic transaction switching and payment processing platform has etched its name in the history book…

TECNO Brings Opera Mini To More Countries In Africa

TECNO, a leading mobile phone brand in Africa, and Opera Software, leading browser provider, today unveiled their partnership to offer a co-branded Opera Mini…

[EVENT] The Technology Outlook For Nigeria In 2013 – #MoMoNigeria, Jan 28th

Technology over the years has vastly improved the lives of people globally. In Nigeria, technology has improved various sectors of the economy and business,…

East Africa’s Best Mobile Conference Is Back In Nairobi, February 2013

It’s official: Mobile Web East Africa (MWEA) 2013 will take place at the Southern Sun Mayfair in Nairobi on February 20th and 21st.  The agenda…

LAGbook Organizes One-Month Coding Marathon To Fix Privacy Concerns

Social network has become a way of life in Africa, especially Nigeria. It has become a place where people meet old and new friends,…

Registration For MobileMoneyExpo 2013 Is Open, With Only Two Weeks To Go

The 3rd MobileMoneyAfrica’s Annual event will take place on 6th – 7th Feb 2013 at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lagos – Nigeria with the…

The New Facebook Social Graph: Coffin or Springboard

Editor’s Note: Deola Kayode is a Managing Partner at Teleios Consulting, a Lagos based brand consultancy with competencies in Brand Strategy, Social Media & Marketing. He…

World Bank Social Media Internship Search – #iwant2work4africa

The World Bank is on the look out for two Social Media interns who are creative, smart, and committed to excellence, to help do more…

Eskimi Sponsors Expo, Allowing Users Test MobileMoney Innovations

Leading social media platform in Nigeria Eskimi is actively partnering with the organizers of the Mobile Money Expo to promote mobile financial services to…

Nigeria Will Not Licence Telcos For MobileMoney – Lemo Says

Tunde Lemo, Deputy Governor, Operations, at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has pooh-poohed what appeared to be the global model for mobile money…