Apple iStore to Feature in Jumia's Mobile Week

Apple iStore has announced its special participation in Jumia’s Mobile Week Megathon, the one and only mobile sale of this size in Nigeria, taking place from 1-7 June.

A release obtained by onlinerommy.blogspot.com says iStore and Jumia are partnering to offer mega deals on its finest and latest Apple products, from iPhones to iPads on iStore Online - Powered by Jumia - for seven days in a row, offering customers nationwide the chance to purchase the Apple device of their dreams at a price they would not be able to find anywhere else.
Jumia has been revolutionizing the way of accessing the Nigerian market for mobile brands for three years now, providing trustworthy, direct and fast access to Apple products for the end customers. It is, therefore, natural that iStore collaborates with Jumia to bring to its customers exactly

Glo Launches Nigeria’s First Airport Wi-Fi with FAAN

Globacom has launched the country’s first ever comprehensive airport Wi-Fi facility in collaboration with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), according to a release by the company.

With this development, passengers and other users of the airports will now be able to connect wirelessly to the internet through their smart phones, tablets, laptops and other smart devices. 

Globacom’s Coordinator, Business Solutions, Mr. Ike Oraekwuotu, said Globacom was "delighted to bring Nigeria up to speed with one of the best trends in the aviation industry worldwide by introducing ultra high speed Wi-Fi data experience for travellers and other users of our airports, beginning with Nigeria’s flagship airport, the MMIA."‎

According to Oraekwuotu, the facility, which will be available at both the domestic and the international wings of key airports across the country, has been made possible due to the great

MultiChoice Subscribers to Watch Live TV With DStv Now App

*John Ugbe, Multichoice Nigeria CEO

Multichoice has introduced a new App that allows its subscribers to watch Sport, movies, series and so much more anytime, anywhere.

Known as DStv Now, the new App allows Multichoice subscribers across Africa to watch Live TV, enjoy DStv Catch Up and view the TV Guide from their mobile phones and tablets. 

The mobile app is currently on offer to DStv Premium subscribers with a PVR or Explora decoder, on both iOS and Android tablets and mobile phones through 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi internet connections.

A release by the company asks subscribers to simply visit their mobile App store to download the free App.

“After logging in with your DStv Connect ID, link your Premium Smartcard to

ITU Gives Go-Ahead For G.Fast Standard

By Rommy Imah (with agency report)

A technology that lets copper telephone wires compete with fiber has finally been standardized, opening the way for affordable, interoperable equipment running at up to 1Gbps, according to a report by pcworld.com.

The technology that gives copper broadband a new lease on life is called G.fast. It offers speeds at up to 1Gbps at distances of up to 100 meters. As the distance increases, the speeds decreases to about 150Mbps over 250 meters, according to the International Telecommunication Union, which has developed the underlying standard and announced G.fast’s approval on Friday.

What performance users end up with depends on a number of factors, including the distance and the quality of the copper wires. The speeds quoted by ITU are just targets, which is far from the

Etisalat Celebrates Winners Of 2014 Innovation Prize

*CEO Etisalat Nigeria, Matthew Willsher; one of the winners, 

Anthony Oniwon and Member, Board of Innovators, Etisalat 

Pan-African Prize for Innovation, Funke Opeke, at the event

Winners of the 2014 edition of the Etisalat Pan-African Prize for Innovation, Anthony Oniwon, developer of Exammate Application, and Abdulganiyu Onabanjo, the developer of Interactive Media Interface Design, were presented with their prizes at a media reception held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Lagos, recently.

Matthew Willsher, Chief Executive Officer at Etisalat Nigeria who explained the rationale behind the innovation prize as well as the company’s continuous support for innovative platforms and initiatives stated that Etisalat was presenting its proof to the promise it made at the launch of the prize over two years ago and further reinforcing the telecom company’s uniqueness as the organisation that makes a difference in the society.

According to Willsher, “We are pleased to formally present these two gentlemen

From Airtel, lifeline for young Nigerians

By Erhumu Bayagbon

*Ogunsanya, Airtel Nigeria CEO

Erhumu Bayagbon writes that Airtel Nigeria has significantly increased its investment in youth development, providing a major lifeline for young Nigerians through a number of robust and credible platforms, including Catapult-a-Start-up, Adopt-a- School programme, Airtel Rising Stars and the One-Mic music initiative.

Whether it is a product, service, enterprise programme or Corporate Social Responsibility intervention, Airtel Nigeria has been consistent in its quest to establish solid platforms to empower young Nigerians and enable them secure a bright future. Indeed, the records speak glowingly of the leading telco that became famous for revolutionizing the GSM tariff one month after launching a new brand name in 2010. Even many cynics are becoming converts after a cursory look at the organization’s recent strides at providing a hope, a future and a lifeline for young Nigerians.

Just this week, Airtel announced a unique programme for young Nigerian entrepreneurs christened Catapult-a-Start-up. At the press conference, which held at the Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya, described the initiative as yet another major step to empowering Nigerian youths and creating a solid platform for them to leverage on to success, saying the initiative is in line with the company’s overriding ambition of becoming the most loved brand in the daily lives of Nigerians.

The Airtel Catapult-a-Startup programme is an entrepreneurial initiative designed to assist start-up application (app) developers to actualize their dreams of becoming

BlackBerry Launches Passport

BlackBerry Ltd's launch of its square-screened Passport device may have grabbed headlines this week, but it was the tech company's lower-profile roll out of the new Blend feature that appears to be garnering the plaudits.

Reuters reports that even as reviewers and analysts were torn on the prospects of the unconventionally shaped Passport, they were brimming with praise for Blend, which lets users seamlessly bridge messaging and content between a host of devices irrespective of operating systems.

"While the new Passport device attracted the most attention, to us the announcement of BlackBerry Blend is more important," said RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Sue in a note on Thursday.

He noted that Blend is one of the key elements of a strategy aimed at adapting to the needs of large companies, where workers are pushing for flexibility to use devices of their own choice.

BlackBerry, under the leadership of new Chief Executive John Chen, has been