Entrepreneurs

Video: Chinedu Echeruo shares what he’s been up to since Apple bought Hopstop for $1billion

Chinedu Echeruo, founder of Hopstop which Apple bought in 2013 for $1billion, talks with Allison Fass, executive director of Inc.com, about why he left his own tech startup to invest in West African food companies, and later returned to the U.S. He also shares brilliant insights on growing a company, creativity, business development, marketing and …

Music

Video: ‘Gbo gan gbom’ by Flavour ft. Phyno & Zoro | #LadybrilleMusic

Prolific hit maker Flavour teams up with Afro hip-hop artists Phyno and Zoro to release the audio-visual to their hit single ‘Gbo gan gbom’ (Une soul).  The song produced by Kezyklef captures the traditional festivitiy songs of the Igbos, located in the Southeastern region of Nigeria, and combines modern African rhythms to deliver an exciting …

Events

Chinedu Echeruo, Lola Ogunnaike to judge the 2016 African Diaspora Awards

Organizers of the African Diaspora Awards have announced a stellar line up of judges who will help determine the 2016 honorees for the respected event. Judges include Chinedu Echeruo, a serial entrepreneur, and Lola Ogunnaike, a media personality. Meet all the judges. Chinedu Echeruo – Serial entrepreneur and investor Chinedu Echeruo. Founded two U.S-based internet companies; HopStop.comand Tripology.com and …

Entrepreneurs

Linda Ikeji to CNN: “Facebook is my competition,” says founder of new social network

Last week, Nigerian celebrity blogger Linda Ikeji launched her own social network called ‘Linda Ikeji Social’. The launch was successfully gardening over 86,000 followers and has attracted media attention, including from CNN. Read excerpts from her CNN feature where she boldly declares to the American news network that her competition is Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook. : “(CNN)Love …