One year can be a lot of time or a blink, depending on the lens you’re viewing from. When it comes to social media platforms, the journey to prominence varies. It took Facebook years before it became a mainstay social community, while TikTok exploded in months. However, Meta’s Threads— which was heralded as Twitter’s (now […]
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Afrobeats, Amapiano, and other genres from Africa owe their global penetration not only to the continent’s rich talent pool and vibrant community but also to the advent of streaming platforms. Digital music streaming services like YouTube Music, Boomplay, Audiomack, and Spotify have played a pivotal role in offering on-the-spot accessibility, documentation, and performance indicators to […]
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Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to weave its way deeper into our everyday lives due to the revolutionary advancements from various technological, digital and media service providers. The latest addition to this growing list of impressive AI-backed advancements is TikTok’s Symphony–a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to enhance creative ideations on the social media platform. […]
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As we take on the last leg of 2024 first half one of the exciting technological releases we’re looking forward to in the second quarter is Samsung’s latest and smallest form of wearable device—the Galaxy Ring—built for comfortable 24/7 wear as an “all-new way to simplify everyday wellness.” The first quarter of the year […]
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One of the world’s largest mobile network providers, Radisys Corporation is set to venture into the African market with its 5G mobile broadband services. Radisys, a subsidiary of multinational telecommunications company—Jio Platforms—owned by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, has partnered with Ascend Digital, K-Net, Nokia, Tech Mahindra, and Ghana’s government to boost digital inclusion […]
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Last Friday, May 17th, 2024, at the Alliance Francaise Hotel in Lekki, Lagos, aspiring filmmakers in Lagos got a chance to impress the big leagues at the Shoot Edit Repeat (SER) Portfolio Review, an initiative led by Dada Temitope (Oluwadabest), a filmmaker passionate about the scene. This exciting event provided a platform for aspiring directors, editors, […]
Dr Bosun Tijani, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, has announced the government’s plans to establish the Nigerian Digital Technology Exchange Program Hub (Nigeria Startup House) at a government-owned property in San Francisco, United States of America (USA). Minister Tijani announced this via his official X (formerly Twitter) account on Tuesday, where […]
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On Tuesday, May 7, Richard Teng, the Chief Executive Officer of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange platform, made a startling revelation by accusing certain Nigerian officials of attempting bribery with the firm’s representatives in Abuja. What happened? Over 70 days ago, the Nigerian government during a probe into an alleged market manipulation […]
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Some never-before-seen incidents happened in the African NFT sector this year. From Ghana’s popular dancing Pallbearers auctioning their viral video for a mouth-watering sum to Nigeria’s Adisa Olashile selling a piece of his photograph as an NFT, 2022 was good for NFT in the continent. In case you missed it In 2020, […]
The Nigerian nightclub scene is relaxing, yet oppressive. In the blue-hued scenery of Cubana and the smoke clouded rooms of Club DNA, music and money are kings. A new entrant in the Nightclub scene may be taken aback at first encounter, as music is stopped at intervals to hail the latest big spender. The hypemen […]
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“MTN took a step into the era of telecommunications, broadcasting and media convergence”, Punch Newspaper said in 2016 as MTN announced its digital broadcasting service in Jos. The telecommunication giant had paid the whopping sum of N34bn to the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation the previous year to obtain the license for this, the first time a […]
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