A video of a Cameroonian US-based doctor, Stella Emmanuel claiming that hydroxychloroquine cures coronavirus was pulled down by Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube after going viral online on Monday. Emmanuel said she had successfully treated more than 350 people in the United States with coronavirus using hydroxychloroquine, zinc and Zithromax. US President Donald Trump shared multiple versions of the video with his 84 million Twitter and has always advocated that hydroxychloroquine could prevent or treat COVID-19. The video quickly went viral on Facebook, becoming one of the top-performing posts on the platform with over 14 million views. It was shared nearly…
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Launches KGExpress For Delivery Plans Mobile App Launch For Android And iOS Users It was cheering news for Kaiglo, an online marketplace as the eCommerce operator recorded a milestone of crossing 50, 000 users, one year after commencing operations. Similarly, the company recorded over two hundred per cent (200%) growth rate in merchants’ enrolment since the first quarter of this year. Kaiglo is an online marketplace set up to assist traders in giving their business a boost in terms of sales and outreach to potential customers. It aims to improve eCommerce activities, addressing issues of trust, reliability and efficiency in…
MultiChoice Group (MCG) and The Walt Disney Company Africa Monday announced that they have signed an exciting partnership, which will see a significant addition to the sports available to its customers across the continent. The agreement will result in two 24-hour ESPN channels being made available to DStv and GOtv Max customers from 29 July, where they will be able to enjoy the very best of US sports. Featuring every major US sport, as well as European football, fans across the continent can now look forward to popular premier American leagues including the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League…
Huawei Monday announced the launch of a South Africa-based Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation Centre to drive innovation, knowledge transfer and economic growth through app development in the AI industry. Ray Rui, President of HUAWEI CLOUD Africa Region, made the announcement during the Huawei Cloud Summit Africa 2020, an online event to unpack the opportunities of cloud computing for African business under the theme “Building an Intelligent Africa”. “AI will be critical to social evolution and industrial growth in future,” said Mr Rui. “We also believe that when you grow economic opportunities, everyone benefits. For this reason, we are…
As part of its ongoing commitment in connecting people to accurate sources and combating misinformation, specifically around COVID-19, Facebook will begin rolling out a new on-platform campaign across a number of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Named ‘Three Questions To Help Stamp Out False News’, this campaign aims to educate and inform users about how to detect potential false news, and was created in consultation with a number of its third-party fact-checking partners. Delivered on Facebook’s platform, users will see a series of creative and educative adverts, featuring a link to a dedicated website, www.stampoutfalsenews.com which asks users to challenge the information they…
In a bid to achieve greater effectiveness in the telecoms sector and to strengthen the protection of telecoms consumers and other stakeholders, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it undertook a revision of the framework stipulating the processes for resolving consumer complaints arising from service delivery by telecoms operators. The framework tagged: Complaints Categories and Service Level Agreements (CC/SLA), was revised by the Commission in November 2019 at a programme attended by representatives of telecoms operators, consumers and other consumer rights advocacy groups in the country. Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said: “The 2019 review of…
Business tycoon and former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has revealed how he lost out on an opportunity to invest in the popular teleconferencing and online chat services app, Zoom. He said this at a webinar which held on Saturday, according to a report in the PUNCH. Obi who disclosed that the investment was less than 30 cents, regretted missing on an opportunity he should have seized with both hands. Zoom has grown during the course of the pandemic, with its market capitalization skyrocketing to $50 billion as at May 30, 2020, despite recording a revenue of $623m in 2019.…
Telco Orange has joined with bancassurance outfit NSIA to launch Orange Bank Africa, catering to the needs of the Continent’s financially underserved. Launching initially in Abidjan and Côte d’Ivoire, Orange Bank Africa will offer clients a range of simple savings and credit services, allowing customers to borrow as little as 5,000 CFA francs instantly using their mobile phone. Orange chairman and CEO, Stéphane Richard, said, “New technology is needed to strengthen financial inclusion and support economic development, as proven by mobile money over the past few years. Banking is a new area of business for Orange in Africa. “Based on…
Nigeria’s Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has been announced as the Keynote Speaker at the 2nd edition of Re-ignite Public Affairs National Dialogue Series. This year’s edition of the National Dialogue Series in partnership with Businessday Media holds on Tuesday, 28th July 2020 at 2:00 PM, with the theme: “Rebooting Nigeria’s Economy: The Way Forward”. The second edition of the 7-part virtual event is aimed at having a robust conversation about Nigeria’s economy according to a statement by the organisers of the event. “As the nation marches towards her 60th independence anniversary, there is…
Airtel Nigeria has announced a partnership with Dynamiss, an Educational Technology company, to subsidize data and mobile Internet for all Nigerian schools and students using the Dynamiss Learning Management Systems. Airtel said the partnership is part of the effort to accelerate and deepen the growth of online education in Nigeria. Under the partnership, both organizations are collaborating to ensure that Data access for educational purposes on any of the platforms provided by Dynamiss will now be subsidized and made more affordable for schools and young Nigerians. Specifically, customers of Airtel Nigeria who access the Dynamiss platforms will now enjoy up…