14th Oct 2014 And now good news for tech entrepreneurs everywhere, with the news that Nigeria is almost set to launch its government seeded IT Innovation Fund with plans to invest in not just Nigerian, but African startups. Techcabal which brings us the story, shares that the Nigerian Government has committed $9m as seed capital ... Read More
13th Oct 2014 Some time ago we informed you about Libya’s withdrawal of its bid to host the 2017 Afcon Nations Cup. The bid was thrown open,with African nations given till the 30th of September to indicate interest. TimesLive SA tells us that 7 countries have made the cut to host Africa in 2017. They ... Read More
13th Oct 2014 Howdy EL Now faithfuls! Have you heard that Ghanaian reggae and dancehall artist Shatta Wale has been slammed with a 10 million Ghanaian cedi lawsuit for defamation against Ghanaian event management and production house Charter House? Shatta Wale had posted videos on Facebook where he attacked Charter House, insulting the company and ... Read More
13th Oct 2014 And Nigeria’s afro-beat megastar D’Banj aka Bangalee has been made the first African ambassador to Apple’s newly acquired Beats by Dre headphone brand. The lucrative deal D’banj signed with Apple also comes with custom made studio wireless Beats by Dre headphones which has D’banj’s name on it, which will be launched in ... Read More
13th Oct 2014 In related news, Still on D’banj going places, the Koko Master has been in studio with Senegalese-American superstar Akon working on a new track of Akon’s titled “Frosh”. An unofficial version of “Frosh” has recently surfaced online courtesy of DJ Fully Focus of Atlantic Records, while Akon’s and D’banj’s fans are eagerly ... Read More
13th Oct 2014 Checking out the new music videos, Nigeria’s “Double Wahala” singer Oritse Femi keeps waxing stronger as he drops the video to his new song “Sexy Lady”, featuring his good friend O.B.O himself – Davido. The self-proclaimed Musical Taliban hits the beach with a bevy of sexy ladies and of course with Davido. ... Read More
13th Oct 2014 And Ghana’s foremost rapper and hip hop artist Sarkodie unleashes the video to his multi-national song, “Special Someone” which features Nigeria’s celebrated dancehall artist Burna Boy and South Africa’s ace rapper AKA. “Special Someone”, which is off Sarkodie’s latest album “Sarkology” talks about Sarkodie’s romantic exploits with ... Read More
9th Oct 2014 Howdy everyone! So, Nollywood’s heavyweight Genevieve Nnaji re-launched her clothing line “St Genevieve” at Social Place in Victoria Island, Lagos, during the weekend, in conjunction with online store Jumia. The event was graced by renowned celebrities such as Nollywood actress Funke Akindele, Stephanie Okereke, hip hop artist Lynxxx, celebrated model Oluchi and ... Read More
9th Oct 2014 Nigeria’s Lagos state government has taken a another step in building its energy capabilities by placing a 14.3 Mega Watt power plant which will guarantee steady electricity supply to some public institutions and streets in the state. The 8.8megawatts Mainland Independent Power Plant will be launched on the 31st of October, by ... Read More
9th Oct 2014 As we rock the new-album-release season, Nigerian ace Yoruba rapper Olamide has announced via his Instagram account that he is set to release his new album on the 14th of November. The album titled “Street OT”, which stands for “Street Orientation”, will be Olamide’s 4th album, made up of 21 tracks. “Street ... Read More
