BAU Research and Development recently relaunched her online education portal called BAU Online. BAU online is Nigeria’s first online university. The new portal was built from ground up to suit t…
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Ace.ng raises $850,000 from Interswitch’s new $10m e-Payment Growth Fund
Integrated payment company, Interswitch has announced the launch of a new $10 million ‘ePayment Growth Fund’. The fund is set up as a catalyst for funding innovation and disruptive busines…
7 must-attend events from the upcoming Social Media Week
Social Media Week Lagos will kick off in a week, and I couldn’t be more excited. It’s like a techie’s paradise, but with 135 events to choose from, the 2015 edition SMW Lagos is well, simply put, A LO…
Most creative campaign video? APC thumbs Boko Haram #CrushBH [Watch]
Most of the election flurry and debates and everyother thing has passed by me really quickly. Of course, I have seen the campaign posters, interviews, manifestos and the slurs that the candidates have…
This is how you will your Facebook account to someone else
Facebook is a place to share and connect with friends and family. And now, Facebook also recognizes that for some, it’s also a place to remember and honor those we’ve lost. Often when a person p…
Airtel announces the winners of the Catapult-a-Startup competition
Yesterday, at a very brief event held at the Airtel Headquarters in Banana Island, Airtel announced the seven winners of its Catapult-a-Startup event. The winners were: Yuzah Yuzah is a diesel deliver…
Flipboard is now available on the web
Flipboard, one of the best reading apps out there, has made its way from mobile devices to the web. Though the experience on the bigger desktop screens is a tad different from what we’ve gotten used t…
Facebook reveals buy & sell features for Groups
Facebook has implemented improved new ways for people to buy and sell things on the platform – aimed at selling goods. As an alternative to services like eBay, Facebook users sometimes turn to Faceboo…
Konga signs NIPOST for pickup centre expansion
Konga.com is set to deliver through NIPOST (Nigerian Postal Service) across the Country, according to our source; Konga has been working behind the scene on the agreement with NIPOST as a point to del…
Innjoo One Nigeria launch: Pricing and other details
Innjoo, the company behind popular budget smartphones like the Innjoo i1s and Innjoo i2, yesterday unveiled it’s 2015 flagship device — the Innjoo One — during it’s first ever …
The $34 smartphone device that can test for HIV in 15 minutes
While making rounds of the internet today, I came across a very interesting piece about a smartphone that can test for sexually transmitted diseases. In 15 minutes, no less! The new device for smartph…
Gloo.ng is launching in Abuja this April
Gloo.ng, founded by Olumide Olusanya, a former Medical Doctor back in October 2012, along with his wife, is a Lagos-based online supermarket. Well, not for long, they are moving to Abuja come April. G…
FuelVoucher unveils new Android app
FuelVoucher, one of the startups in 440.ng‘s first cohort, has unveiled a new mobile Android app. Fuelvoucher is a solution that allows individuals and corporate organizations to make purchases …
Here are the winners of the #YouCAN startup competition
The #YouCAN pitch competition is an entrepreneurship competition organized in partnership with ActivSpaces, VC4Africa and Sanaga Ventures open to all startups in Cameroon. Cameroon Angels Network (CAN…
Inter-Bank mobile money operations go live In Ethiopia
Lion International Bank and Somali Micro Finance in partnership with Ethiopia’s BelCash Technology Solution, a technology service provider for the financial industry, launched the official pilot of th…
Travel Bay opens shop with #KeepOnMoving photo exhibition at SMWLagos
Everyone loves destination holidays. From celebrities to professionals, we all want to get away [for me, it’s Bora Bora *fingers crossed*]. And so Travel Bay is here to democratize the destinati…
Attend the first Bitcoin conference for Africa in South Africa
The first Bitcoin conference in Africa is set to hold at the Atlantic Imbizo Conference and Function Studio, Cape Town, South Africa on the 16th and 17th of April, 2015. The Bitcoin Africa Conference…
Race to Aso Rock with ChopUp’s latest game — Oya Run with Friends
Oya Run With Friends, the game based on Nigeria’s forthcoming general elections, that allows players to run with fictional candidates in an Olympic track event; an interesting metaphor for the country…
Mark Essien, Abiola Olaniran and Iyin Aboyeji make the Forbes’ 30 under 30 in Africa
Last Month, Mfonobong Nsehe called on Africans to help compile the list of Africa’s brightest and most ambitious young entrepreneurs for the Forbes’ 30 Enterpreneurs Under 30 in Africa list. He …
Finally! The Steve Jobs biopic we deserve
I really love biopics. I don’t even have to be a fan of the person whose story is being told to fully appreciate the beauty of a biopic. I mean, I can’t stand Mark Zuckerberg (he really just seems lik…