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Kagiso's MSN moves into Kenya and Nigeria
Howzit MSN, reportedly one of Africa's largest portals with approximately 3.3 million unique browsers per month, is set to launch dedicated versions of its site for Nigeria and Kenya. 14 May 2013 09:20
iROKO to 'SPARK' Nigerian startups
Internet entrepreneurs of iROKOtv and Nollywood fame, Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter on Wednesday, 8 May 2013, announced the official launch of SPARK, a $1m-backed company to support and develop aspiring Nigerian tech and internet entrepreneurs. 9 May 2013 13:26
KULUYA to expand commercial activities
KULUYA.com, the online African gaming company, have announced that it has raised another small seed stage investment valuing the company at $2 Million. The investment will be used to expand the gaming site's commercial activities. 26 Apr 2013 13:11
Police rearrest leadership editors
[Chika Otuchikere] The Nigeria Police Force yesterday rearrested and detained the Leadership Newspapers' group news editor Tony Amokeodo and political correspondent Chibuzo Ukaibe. 16 Apr 2013 13:00
Short film competition winners presented with awards
Winners in the Afrinolly Short Film Competition were on 22 March 2013 presented with cheques for their respective cash prizes. The ceremony was part of the MTN Link Forum that took place at the Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria. 27 Mar 2013 12:46
Seeing beyond the stereotypes
[Richard Firth] More than half of Africa's one billion population has a mobile phone - and not just for talking. The power of telephony is forging a new enterprise culture, from banking to agriculture to healthcare. Africa has experienced an incredible boom in mobile phone use. 18 Mar 2013 11:14
Eskimi fanclubs exceed one million fans
Eskimi, one of Nigeria's social networking platforms, launched new fanclub function in December 2012 and in just over three months it is reported that the brand has reached and exceeded the one million fan mark. 7 Mar 2013 12:05
Spectrum: Key requirement for the Nigerian mobile broadband revolution
[Osondu Nwokoro] Access to "always on" and "fast internet service", generally referred to as broadband, is now an essential ingredient for participating in the global digital society. The presence or absence of it determines what side of the digital divide a country and its citizens would find themselves on. It has now become a basic need and an index of development such as access to electricity and telephones, etc. Indeed in Finland, broadband is now considered a fundamental human right. 5 Mar 2013 13:31
Broadcast regulator closes down radio station
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a decision by Nigeria's media regulatory body to shut down a radio station in connection with a broadcast that questioned the local government's motives in an anti-polio vaccination program. 5 Mar 2013 12:20
Bloomberg Television partners with Optima Media Group
The Bloomberg Media Group, a division of Bloomberg L.P., have announced a multi-year rolling partnership agreement with Nigeria-based content provider, Optima Media Group, strengthening Bloomberg's position as a supplier of global business and financial news television across the African continent. This partnership will create a new entity - Bloomberg Television Africa. 1 Mar 2013 10:37
Bill to safeguard personal information underway
[Onyebuchi Ezigbo] The Federal Government is in the process of enacting a bill to regulate the processing of personal information of individuals with regard to the collection, holding, use or disclosure of such information by persons and private organisations. 25 Feb 2013 12:55
Search for bravest women journalists
WASHINGTON, US: The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is seeking nominations for its 2013 Courage in Journalism Awards and Lifetime Achievement Award. 22 Feb 2013 10:33
A mobile Africa: innovation is key
[Dr KF Lai] 2012 saw the BuzzCity network grow by 67% with over 210.8 billion ads served across the globe and this extensive growth in mobile usage is certain to continue as we move through 2013. 21 Feb 2013 11:07
Mobile and digital trends in 5 African countries: a cultural interpretation
[Marcela Ospina] This piece addresses the intersections between technology and culture that I identified while doing fieldwork. Therefore, this is not the result of strict data analysis, but rather the outcome of an immersion in each of these cultures. 7 Feb 2013 12:15

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