Odunayo Eweniyi

Attend The MEST Meet-Up with Prospective Nigerian Entrepreneurs-in-Training

Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), the Ghanaian incubator, has just released news of a meet-up being organised for prospective Nigerian Enterpreneurs-in-training. The event will hold this Friday, 10 am at the Lagos Garage (located upstairs at the Moo...

Odunayo Eweniyi

8 years ago

Apps & Gadgets

Chat With Non-BBM Contacts and Pay For Message Retraction With New BBM Update

I don't know that these new steps by Twitter and now Blackberry are the right ones. Twitter with their "anyone can DM you" update and BBM with this latest contact list upgrade. As of today, when you update your BBM app, you will find that your BBM contact list has been ...

Odunayo Eweniyi

8 years ago

Opinion

This is How The Nigerian Blue Collar Worker Uses His Phone

According to the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, there has been a sizeable increase in the use of mobile phones in Nigeria; 142 million active lines as at February 2015 as against the 90 million lines in 2011. And much of these smartphone usage numbers have bee...

Odunayo Eweniyi

8 years ago

ICT

Mark Zuckerberg's Internet.org Will Roll Out In Nigeria Next Month

Nigeria is the next stop for Mark Zuckerberg's Internet.org, following successful launches in Zambia, Kenya and Ghana. Next month, the internet.org app will roll out in Nigeria. The roll out in Nigeria could be on more than one network, making Nigeria one of the few c...

Odunayo Eweniyi

8 years ago

eCommerce

Konga's "Self-Fulfill" Model Allows Merchants To Make Their Own Deliveries

Since the launch of the Konga Marketplace in April 2014, over twelve thousand sellers have registered and are actively trading from their stores on Konga.com. And Konga has been hard at work making selling easier for all the registered merchants, including the new compl...

Odunayo Eweniyi

8 years ago

Startups

Join Jovago MD, Marek Zmyslowski at the April Edition of Startup Grind

Startup Grind is a global startup community event designed to educate, inspire and connect entrepreneurs. Every month, the event is held in more than 100 cities and 35 countries. And for the April Edition of Startup Grind Lagos, the Managing Director of Jovago, Marek Zm...

Odunayo Eweniyi

8 years ago

Fintech

ETranzact Records a Profit of N168.1 Million in the First Quarter of 2015

eTranzact International PLC, an African provider of mobile banking and payments services has recorded a Profit After Tax of N168.1 million in Quarter 1, 2015. The results, which have been officially received by the Nigerian stock exchange, represent a 91% increase from ...

Odunayo Eweniyi

8 years ago

Apps & Gadgets

Less Than A Month After Launch, Tidal App Goes Cold On the US Download Charts And Boosts Spotify's Ranking

Rapper, Jay Z might have found his 100th problem now, since his High Fidelity music streaming service, Tidal has not started the music streaming revolution that its A-lister panel had hoped, with early numbers for Jay Z's app suggesting it's flopping. Because as it turn...

Odunayo Eweniyi

8 years ago

Entertainment

English Premier League: Arsenal Dominates Nigeria. Where Are Your Club's Followers?

A few days ago, in this very brutal match that my club, Manchester City had against Manchester United; the very unfavourable scoreline at the end of the match read 4 - 2, in Manchester United's favor. Very painful. But even worse was the general consensus on Twitter: Yo...

Odunayo Eweniyi

8 years ago

Entertainment

ORIN, The Music Streaming Service For Nigerian And African Music

Nigeria’s online entertainment magazine, Nigerian Entertainment Today (NET) has launched ORIN, a music streaming service designed to allow users access exclusive Nigerian and African music content faster and help artists and labels reach new audiences. ORIN merges the...

Odunayo Eweniyi

8 years ago

Apps & Gadgets

Social Marketplace, MOBOfree Records Outstanding Performances in Africa

African social marketplace, MOBOfree.com, today announced that it has recorded an increase of more than 44% in the number of registered users of MOBOfree.com in Nigeria over the past 12 months, resulting in a 1042% increase in the number of classifieds published on MOBO...

Odunayo Eweniyi

8 years ago

Startups

Cregital design agency launches to set a new standard

Cregital is a design agency that specializes in web design, branding and online marketing. When it comes to getting your brand to stand out, what you need is an agency that is able to communicate just that. By understanding your business or campaign objectives,Cregital ...

Odunayo Eweniyi

8 years ago

Apps & Gadgets

iKon To Use Technology To Fight The Problem Of Kidnapping In Africa

The wave of kidnapping in Nigeria; case in point: over 200 Chibok school girls and the recent domestic maid that carted away with the 3 Orekoya boys in Surulere, Lagos; has emphasized the need to depersonalize security and up the usage of technology to prevent these o...

Odunayo Eweniyi

8 years ago

Governance & Policy

There Are Over 142 Million Active Telephone Numbers In Nigeria

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that the number of active telephone lines in Nigeria has risen above 142 million; 142, 589,775 in February 2015, to be very precise, showing an increase of 1,766,938 lines from the previously recorded 140,275,59...

Odunayo Eweniyi

8 years ago

Apps & Gadgets

The Resurrection? Nokia Buys Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6 Billion

Nokia may well soon become the largest manufacturer of telecoms equipment in the world, overtaking Ericsson and Huawei with the purchase of French telecom equipment maker, Alcatel-Lucent for 15.6 billion euros ($16.6 billion), which is more than double the $7 billion Mi...

Odunayo Eweniyi

8 years ago

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