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By Mike Cassidy, Director, GoogleX, Google There are many terrestrial challenges to Internet connectivity—jungles, archipelagos, mountains. There are also major cost challenges. Right now, for example, in most of the[...]
After receiving additional $35M, the largest Nigerian online company investment, JUMIA moves to a 90,000 sqft warehouse in Lagos Announces education program and International partnerships, including MasterCard, Dell, Intel and Nokia Press Release – Lagos, 17th June[...]
Interswitch Transnational Holdings, a pan-African integrated payment processing and transaction switching company, announces the spin-off, of two of its core divisions: Verve International (“Verve”) and Switching and Processing, as separate, autonomous[...]
Pirate3D, Inc will be providing 3D technologies and training programs to selected African institutions as part of its corporate social responsibility program (CSR) in partnership with Professor Calestous Juma of[...]
Emerging markets research firm, Jana recently released insights on the e-commerce preferences of African consumers in Nigeria, Kenya & South Africa. Surveying 600 consumers in each country, the company asked[...]
The Nigerian Government recently released its Broadband Investment Plan for the next five years (2013 – 2018). With the plans’ release, President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria also officially commissioned the[...]
Google has just invested about $12 million in South Africa’s Jasper Power Solar Project. According to Rick Needham, Director of Energy & Sustainability at Google, the project will power about[...]
Editor’s Note: This guest contribution is by Gbenro Adegbola, former Managing Director of Evans Publishers. While at Evans Publishers, he worked with the Osun State Government on the launch of[...]
“Google Internet balloons” to bring Internet access to rural and remote parts of the worldJune 17, 2013
Johannesburg and Lagos are Africa’s most popular destinations with over 4.6 million visitors expected in 2013June 7, 2013Infographic: E-commerce in Africa – Preferences of African consumers in Nigeria, Kenya & South AfricaJune 3, 2013Broadband Investment Plan: Nigerian Government targets 80 percent nationwide Internet coverage by 2018June 1, 2013Google invests $12 million in South African Solar Project; project to power 30,000 homesMay 31, 2013
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