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Mobile, News, Tech February 22, 2012

MTN Cameroon offers bonus on mobile money recharges

Cameroon mobile market leader MTN is offering a 15% bonus on every recharge made via mobile money accounts. The promotion runs until March 25….

News, Tech February 16, 2012

Apple Made $22 Billion In Revenue From Developing World In 2011, Just $1.4B in 2007

  CEO Tim Cook described Apple’s conquest of emerging markets recently at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference. He said “In 2007, and we…

Events, Tech February 3, 2012

The Crunchies Award: The Nominees and Winners

  The Crunchies awards have come and gone again. This being the fifth edition, it turned out to be a 5-star event, with highlights…

Tech February 3, 2012

Google Announces 2012 Campus Ambassador Application for Sub-Saharan Africa

Are you currently a student and technically savvy? Do you love technology and enthusiastic about Google products? Then, the Google Campus Ambassador role might…

Products, Tech November 30, 2011

Google Maps updated to include indoor navigation

Google Maps has been one of Android users’ best friends. Even before Android, this nifty service has been a life-saver for all of us,…

Developers, Events July 1, 2011

Nokia Launches “Apps to Empower Women” Challenge

Nokia has just launched a new competition focused on encouraging developers to submit ideas for apps that will empower women. The competition is called…

Products June 30, 2011

MTN launches Mobile Money with GTBank in Nigeria

MTN, the leading telecommunications service provider in Africa, has just announced its plan to launch its mobile money services in three further countries over…

Products June 6, 2011

Etisalat Nigeria Launches SMS-based Bulletin Board Service

In what looks like a move to ensure their subscribers get value on their network, Etisalat Nigeria recently launched DotMe – a new SMS-based…

Products May 18, 2011

MTN Re-launches Virtual Top-up in Nigeria

MTN Nigeria, Africa’s leading cellular telecommunications company, has relaunched its Virtual Top-Up (VTU) service in Nigeria. VTU is an MTN service that allows the…

Developers, News May 17, 2011

PIN’s TENT started with first workshop in Warri

Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) held its TENT workshop, the first in the series of its pre-platform workshops, in Warri, Nigeria on 13 and 14…