CarXie: new taxi service app debuts in Nigeria
A new mobile driver-rider app, CarXie, was recently launched in Nigeria. The app boasts of having hundreds of cab owners and commuters in Nigeria downloading it, claiming that the indigenous app will...
Zoomed: Africa’s first SMS car tracking app
Zoomed is a car tracking application that uses cheap and affordable SMS technology to locate any Zoomed-equipped vehicle in real-time without the need for Internet connectivity. Zuo Bruno is the founder of Zuoix...
Visa partners Branch to grow its SME client base in Kenya
Visa and mobile financial services firm Branch have signed a deal that will see Branch offer custom financing to merchants who accept payment via Visa (Visa on mobile or Card). The...
NIBSS, MTN, banks, others relaunch mCASH
The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems has relaunched its mCASH with MTN Nigeria, with sixteen banks and major mobile telcos being a part of it.
mCASH is a mobile payment platform for making...
WhatsApp Business: UBA, GTBank create additional channel for customer enquiries
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has announced that its chat banker, Leo has launched its pilot mode on WhatsApp and will be openly available to customers by September 2018.
According to...
A spotlight on Big Data SmartSurveyApp
Big Data SmartSurveyApp or SmartSurveyApp is an innovative and proven cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) application equipped with machine learning engine, Big Data Classification and predictive analytics tools.
These tools are...
Why Nigeria’s Top Level Domain is making slow progress
.ng, Nigeria’s Country Code Top Level Domain Name (ccTLD), the country’s identity on the super-high is making little progress, 13 years after Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) took over its management.
According to...
Benefits of owning a .ng domain
.NG is Nigeria’s Country Code Top Level Domain Name (ccTLD). It is increasingly becoming popular in Nigeria for use in website and email addresses. As at August 2017, there are over 120,000...
poa! internet doubles internet speeds to home users
poa! internet, a low-cost community internet service provider in Kenya, has upgraded its home connections in Kiambu county to deliver internet speeds of up to 4Mbps, more than twice the previous...
Liquid Telecom plans to unlock its spectrum assets in South Africa
Newly appointed Liquid Telecom South Africa CEO Reshaad Sha has said that one of his top priorities is unlocking the potential of its valuable spectrum assets and he is exploring various...
