Nigeria

The Lion King made R24.5m in South Africa in its first weekend

Disney’s new uncanny valley Lion King remake may have been disliked by critics, but it sure is appealing to South African movie goers. In…

Africa Check’s Promise Tracker reveals how little your government has done

Governments, like potential Bumble matches, will say anything to get you to swipe right on that election ballot paper. And often, those promises made…

Watch: Major Lazer’s ‘Particula’ video flaunts South Africa and Nigeria’s creative genius

American recording trio Major Lazer may have been slammed in the past for making coin from cultural appropriation, but its latest track brings out…

Uber celebrates its 4th birthday in Africa

Uber today celebrates its fourth anniversary in Africa. Our sister site Ventureburn first revealed the company’s plans for an African expansion in July 2013….

Married at First Sight SA season 2 will not include gay couples

Married at First Sight SA‘s second season will not feature any same-sex marriages, an executive producer revealed yesterday at a DStv showcase. The series…

Opera: Women in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya use more data than men

How do women in Africa use the internet? This is what a study conducted by Opera and Worldreader aimed to answer. The study took…

Uber by the numbers in South Africa, Kenya & Nigeria

Uber tracks you all the time, so it knows a lot about you. It knows when you’re sleeping, it knows when you’re awake. It…

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg visits Nigeria in African knowledge quest

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is currently on a business trip to Africa, according to his Facebook page. Zuckerberg stopped over in Nigeria, Facebook‘s largest…

Amplify hopes to strike gold in Nigeria with recurrent payments

2016 is fast becoming a payment-focused year in Nigeria’s tech ecosystem considering the numerous updates in the ecosystem and the launch of new platforms,…

On Nigeria’s digital integration: Q&A with Anakle COO

Nigeria’s digital industry is getting very interesting. More social media campaigns are popping up and during the last elections digital ideas took centre stage….

10 of Africa’s most innovative apps of 2015 you should know about

Pan-African competition AppsAfrica has concluded earlier this week, announcing the continent’s ten most innovative mobile applications of 2015. With entries stretching from Nigeria to…

What does success mean for women in Africa?

Over the last few weeks, Nigerians have taken to Twitter to discuss what it meant to be a woman in Nigeria. The conversation highlighted…

Majority of Facebook users in Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria connect to small businesses

The majority of Facebook users in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria use the platform to connect with small businesses. This is according to new…

Wella Health: Charting course for digital health startups in Nigeria

In Nigeria, very few professionals enjoy job security like doctors. This is why it is not every day that you see someone no longer…

#Fuelpocalypse: 10 tweets that sum up Nigeria’s crazy fuel crisis

Nigerians are not having fun right now. The current fuel crisis has left many in the country stranded as most domestic flights have been…

6 trends that will help accelerate Nigeria’s tech revolution #MWA2015

On Day One of Mobile West Africa in Lagos, Nigeria, a panel of five experts predicted what they believe are the next things that…

Facebook’s Internet.org is coming to Nigeria #MWA2015

Facebook on Wednesday announced plans to launch Internet.org app next month in Nigeria. The Internet.org app encourages telecoms to provide free and affordable access…

Why Africa’s mobile games should become powerful marketing tools #MWA2015

Even though the opportunities for them are quite vast and numerous, mobile game companies in most parts of Africa are still trying to crack…

African women in tech: Nkem Begho on being geeky and manly in the tech space

“Women in tech are thought to be geeky and manly. They are thought to have no fashion sense and probably all wear nerd glasses….

How is the internet improving people’s lives in Africa? [T4A]

There are five key characteristics reflecting how the internet has “greatly improved” people’s lives in Africa, so says research conducted by On Device Research….

Screw the robot apocalypse, our tech future is all about doing good

After a 20-something-hour flight, I am about to face an immigration officer in the United States – not always the best experience. It’s my…

Tracking ebola: 8 internet resources to help keep abreast of the epidemic

Ebola is fast becoming Africa’s (and indeed, the world’s) biggest contemporary health problem. The latest outbreak, originating in Guinea, is now the largest in…

New Samsung Android handsets in Nigeria to feature Celltick Start-based UI

Celltick, creator of the Android lockscreen replacement app Start, has announced a new partnership with Samsung West Africa that will see it develop a…

The Amazon rainforest is on fire, Twitter calls for action

Sho Madjozi’s ‘John Cena’ trends after hitting one million views on YouTube

FNB eBucks Rewards introduces monthly freebies for Kauai fans

Gugulethu entrepreneurs issue Nedbank with new summons but drop R280m bid

Here are the eight Senegalese startups pitching today at Seedstars Dakar

Canon accidently leaked video for upcoming EOS 90D, specs revealed

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 duo get their first firmware update

HMD Global to drop Nokia 6.2 and 7.2 with round camera bump in September

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals