Archive For: The Crunch
24th June 2014 E commerce is all the rage these days, last week, we talked about Kenyan company Bit Pesa and its plan to introduce Kenyans to bitcoins as a means of currency transfer. Today, another e commerce company Hello Food is registering its presence. Hello Food is all about convenience, an online service that ... Read More
24th June 2014 And in a nod to the agricultural transformation currently travelling across Nigeria, the International Fertilizer Development Center has signed a MOU with Nigerian Breweries and Psaltry International Ltd; a cassava processing firm. The agreement is aimed at promoting commercial cassava production in Nigeria for the production of beer. Henk Wymenga Nigerian Breweries ... Read More
19th June 2014 How many of you have had this terribly frustrating experience – you’re online, trying to buy that awesome new product you just have to have, then the prompt comes for your paypal transaction and you see something along the lines of – this service is not available in your country. Annoying ba? ... Read More
19th June 2014 Following Nigeria’s less than impressive outing against Iran, opinion are flying about their quality of play and ability to make a mark. ThisDay Live tells us that the Argentinian playing legend believes that the only way Argentina can lose to Nigeria is if they are complacent. In his words “It’s clear our ... Read More
18th June 2014 A little while ago, we informed you that Mi-fone, Africa’s first mobile device brand, had announced their launch into the Nigerian market. The company also announced that they would be launching Oju – the Mi-Fone the first ethnically diverse emoticons. As you can imagine, the launch was a star studded event with ... Read More
18th June 2014 We’re doing our best to keep up with all the developments in the world and everytime we seem to have it covered, something else comes up! Not too many people might be familiar with Bitcoin; a digital currency that can be used for online exchanges and which is gradually gaining popularity offline. ... Read More
18th June 2014 The whole of Africa may have their eyes and minds in Brazil at this point, but there are at least 3 groups of people who are thinking of another tournament, this one in Seattle. The Imagine Cup is a student technology training program and competition. Every year, students from colleges around the ... Read More
17th June 2014 Sisters Chiney and Nneka Ogwumike are growing stars. The sisters are graduates from Stanford University and play for the WNBA. They are actually the second set of siblings drafted No. 1 in a major sports league. The sisters have now decided to use their growing fame to give something back. They aim ... Read More
17th June 2014 How many of you have heard of the TPL. Not EPL, TPL. Twitter Premier League. Well listen up. We know how Nigerians love football and social media, and so, a couple of friends thought about bringing the two together to create the Twitter Premier League. The inaugural TPL edition was a one ... Read More
17th June 2014 It was a nailbiting evening yesterday as 2 African teams squared off at the world cup. Everyone was on edge as Nigeria stepped onto the field but sadly, after 90 minutes of what some might term uninspired playing, the result was a goalless draw; the first since the World Cup started. Nigerians ... Read More
