Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg left Nigeria yesterday for Kenya and is now in Nairobi. The CEO shared his experiences in Kenya so far, among with a few photos. “Just landed in Nairobi! I’m here to meet with entrepreneurs and developers, and to learn about mobile money — where Kenya is the world leader. I’m starting …
Today in Lagos, Nigeria, “ONE LAGOS” the tourism master brand of Lagos State Government duly represented by the Hon Commissioner for Tourism, Arts & Culture entered into a wide ranging strategic alliance with Filmhouse that covers Cinema and Film policy development as well as best practice advisory. By this alliance, Filmhouse is also now an …
Popular social media platform, Facebook, with over 1.8 billion users worldwide is now available in Hausa language. To switch your language setting to Hausa navigate to your settings, click on “Language” on the left menu and then edit the “what language do you want to use Facebook in” setting. Facebook is also available in some …
YNaija.com, the newspaper for young Nigerians, has launched its innovative hourly news broadcast via video, #YOnTheHour. Anchored weekdays by ‘your girl for the news’ Adenike Adebayo, #YOnTheHour airs the news summary every hour for YNaija’s jet-set audiences who consume news on the go. Detailing all the important news for the day, #YOnTheHour airs simultaneously on …
Facebook has successfully carried out the first test flight of Aquila, an unmanned solar powered airplane to bring affordable internet to millions of people in remote communities. When complete, Aquila will be able to circle a region up to 60 miles in diameter, beaming internet connectivity down from an altitude of more than 60,000 feet …
On July 22nd, Global Fashion Group (“GFG”) announced a successful funding round of EUR 330 million, which has been subscribed by existing investors including Rocket Internet SE (“Rocket Internet”) and the Rocket Internet Capital Partners fund (“RICP”). Due to high demand, the initial underwritten minimum capital raising of EUR 300 million was increased to EUR …