Afrinolly crosses one million downloads milestone, Nollywood content provider says

MTN Afrinolly which was developed in 2011 is designed for the benefit of Nigerians Africans and lovers of the local (African) entertainment industry worldwide. It enables mobile phone users access the latest information on the African movie entertainment, movie trailers, music videos, comedy, among others.

  By Technology Times Lagos. September 8, 2012: Afrinolly has crossed the one million downloads milestone, the online provider of entertainment content has said noting that this was driven by the convergence of the exceptional growth of mobile penetration in Nigeria and the success of the local film industry, Nollywood. According to the company, “since [...]

Globacom launches App store supporting multiple mobile platforms

The Glo App Store has also eradicated the problem of foreign exchange sourcing for payments as subscribers can pay for their app purchases with the balance on their phones and only have to top up with naira if the credit is insufficient, the SNO says.

By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. May 23, 2012: Globacom Nigeria has launched a new App store for Android, Blackberry and Java supported mobile devices under a major bid by the Second National Operator (SNO) to explore new revenue stream in mobile content delivery. Globacom ventured into mobile content and application space in order to provide access [...]