Interswitch Launches Empowerment Initiative

…Rolls-out Quickteller Paypoint to promote financial inclusion LAGOS | NIGERIA, July 29th 2016. Interswitch, Africa’s leading Digital Payments and Commerce Company has formally announced the rollout of its Agent Network Business ‘Quickteller Paypoint’. Interswitch Financial Inclusion Services (IFIS), trading as Quickteller Paypoint, has a mandate to build an extensive network of agents across Nigeria. The objective […]

Auditions For MTV Base VJ Search Opens In Abuja, Enugu & Lagos

MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) is going back on the road in Nigeria this August to audition thousands of potential new VJs to represent the youth and music channel.  The channel is on the hunt for a smooth-talking, quick-thinking, music-loving newcomer with swag and a big personality to become the stand-out new Nigerian VJ (TV […]

Ycee Joins Basketmouth On Debut Episode Of Ridiculousness Africa

MTV Base (DStv channel 322) will be heating up your screens this July with Ridiculousness Africa – a brand new video clip showing featuring bizarre video clips of crazy antics, shocking stunts and eccentric exploits from some of the internet’s craziest clowns. Embrace your own inner Ridiculousness as Nigerian comedian Basketmouth, is joined by South […]

Breaking: Controversial Episodes Of Nickelodeon’s Loud House Will Not Air In Africa.

Kiddies channel, Nickelodeon has confirmed that the episodes of Loud House featuringa same sex couple will not air on its channels in sub-Saharan Africa. As a global brand entertaining audiences around the world, Nickelodeon strives to ensure that content respects the varying traditions and the cultural sensitivity in each market. The Loud House is an animated series […]

Red Mist Nigeria Presents Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Others In New Movie, “The Duel”.

Red Mist Films, is set out to release into Nigerian cinemas another internationally acclaimed movie “The Duel” starring popular Hollywood actors Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Alice Braga, Emory, amongst others. THE DUEL features Liam Hemsworth as a Texas Ranger who investigates a series of murders in a small town led by a charismatic preacher played […]

Microsoft Founder, Bill Gates To Meet With African Youth On MTV Base Meets.

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa is excited to reveal that Bill Gates is to appear on a special episode of “MTV Base Meets…” The US entrepreneur and philanthropist will make a special TV appearance in MTV Base Meets Bill Gates,discussing his views on the future of African technology, innovation and development with a group of African youth. […]

My Favourite websites right now and why you should check them out

It was the New York Times obituary of Elie Wiesel that got me thinking, last week, about the importance of that one final piece of writing that seeks to sum up a person’s entire life and essence. I read a lot of NYT obituaries (well, I read a lot of NYT!) and was thinking aloud […]

Strongbow Apple Ciders Rewards Consumers… Partners With Jumia Food

In a bid to reward consumers and lovers of cider, Nigeria’s first locally brewed cider, Strongbow Apple Ciders, has announced a partnership with Jumia Food formerly known as Hello Food.   The partnership, which was announced today, Monday, July 4th on the Strongbow Facebook Platform, will have lucky consumers receive bottles of Strongbow alongside orders […]

Photos: Julius Agwu, Koker, Ozzy Bosco, Blossom, Temi Dollface, Others Celebrate With Nickelodeon.

Lovers of popular kids & family brand, Nickelodeon, filled the Genesis Deluxe Cinemas, at The Palms Mall last weekend for the official premiere of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of The Shadows. The event, which was supported by DStv, was highly attended by notable celebrities like Julius Agwu and wife, Chocolate City’s Koker, Award winning […]