Tag: amazon

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Ayomitide AdeyinkaMarch 8, 2024

Did They Say Amazon Has Left? See Its March Roll Call of Nigerian Titles

In January 2024, Amazon Prime announced that it would gradually reduce its operation in Africa and the Middle East but ...

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Ayomitide AdeyinkaJanuary 19, 2024

Prime Video Halts Funding for Africa and the Middle East to Focus on European Originals

Amazon Prime Video has announced that it would be restructuring its modus operandi considering international business and funding. The streaming ...

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Ayomitide AdeyinkaSeptember 26, 2023

AWS report: Cloud adoption in Nigeria set to yield NGN $30.2 trillion economic uplift by 2033, new study reveals

Lagos, September 26, 2023 – Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), commissioned a new report ...

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YNaijaMay 23, 2023

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Announces Engagement to Longtime Girlfriend in Spectacular Yacht Proposal

Jeff Bezos, the visionary CEO behind the global e-commerce giant Amazon, recently made headlines as he announced his engagement to ...

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YNaijaMay 1, 2023

Potential Hollywood Writers’ Strike Threatens Survival of Popular TV Shows

Your favorite TV shows may not make it if Hollywood writers go on strike tomorrow. The writers are suffering from ...

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Culture Intelligence from REDNovember 5, 2021

Fake reviews are eroding customer trust to everyone’s detriment | There are no quick fixes

Perhaps one of the better things the pandemic year left us with is a strengthened e-commerce industry after the global ...

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Ado AminuJuly 21, 2020

Deep Dive: What made Jeff Bezos earn double of Dangote’s net worth in a day?

Jeff Bezos got a whole lot richer in one day than Africa’s richest man has methodically built himself to become ...

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Bernard DayoMarch 30, 2019

Viola Davis taps Nnedi Okorafor, Wanuri Kahiu to adapt Octavia Butler’s ‘Wild Seed’ for Amazon!

It’s the biggest news this week in black popular culture: Viola Davis will help to adapt the first of Octavia ...

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SponsorDecember 6, 2018

Quickteller launches e-commerce platform for its consumers

Shoppers across  Nigeria can now make online purchases from over 100 international shops, pay in Naira and have their items ...

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Adegbite AdedotunOctober 13, 2017

Amazon studio chief, Roy Price suspended for ignoring sexual assault claims against Weinstein

In a latest development arising from the Harvey Weinstein sex scandal, Amazon Studios chief Roy Price has been suspended amid ...

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EditorAugust 17, 2017

One tweet from Trump just lost Amazon $6bn in value

by Adedotun Michael Just hours following President Trump’s criticism of Amazon yesterday, the online retail outfit has lost tons in ...

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EditorAugust 16, 2017

Trump blasts Amazon over damage to taxpayers

by Adedotun Michael President Donald Trump who touched down at New York City yesterday for military purchases and trade deals ...

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ToluJuly 30, 2017

N329bn recovery from oil marketers; Jeff Bezos’ $90bn net worth | The 5 numbers that mattered last week

$90 billion – Amazon founder and owner of Washington Post, Jeff Bezos became the richest man in the world on ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiJuly 27, 2017

Jeff Bezos’ reign as world’s richest man only lasted hours

It was earlier reported that Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos was the world’s richest man, displacing Microsoft’s Bill Gates, but the ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiJuly 27, 2017

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is now the richest man in the world

Amazon founder and owner of Washington Post, Jeff Bezos becomes the richest man in the world.  He now overtakes Bill ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 29, 2017

The Media Blog: Hope you heard that Facebook is now in the business of TV production

This was announced Monday. It is working with a small group of partners to start releasing episodes from around August. ...

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ItunuoluwaJune 20, 2017

Zuckerberg snubs White House invite to meet with President Trump and other tech CEOs

President Trump is asking the CEOs of the world’s largest tech companies for help in modernizing the American government system. ...

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ToluJune 17, 2017

200 years of APC, $1million ransom | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

200 – The number of years the All Peoples Congress (APC) will exist and remain in power for, according to ...

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AzeezJune 16, 2017

Amazon to acquire Whole Foods in $13.4 billion deal

Amazon said it has agreed to grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.4 billion. Amazon had earlier said it would want to conquer ...

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Media BloggerOctober 31, 2016

Reading material: For those who work in media content (6)

Because sometimes, you’re here today and gone tomorrow. (RIP Vine) Read. It’s 2016, nobody is going to let you get ...

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RoqeebahSeptember 7, 2016

7 things to know about the new iPhone 7

We predicted the launch of Apple’s new iPhone and we were right as the unveiling is currently happening at the ...

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Kolapo OlapojuMarch 4, 2015

With over 12,000 stores, you’ll find all you need on Konga.com

by Jewel Stephen With over 12,000 different stores registered on the website today, konga.com is the largest online mall in ...

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May 9, 2014

The stars come out to play with Kingsley Iweka’s novel, Dappled Things

by Zara Mustapha Looking for the right book to pass time with? Then Dappled Things written by Kingsley Iweka should ...

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March 5, 2014

Ayodeji Rotinwa: Chimamanda Adichie – Beyoncé’s favourite novelist? Or great novelist… period

by Ayodeji Rotinwa Please, do bare in mind that some of us would never know of Chimamanda if it wasn’t ...

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September 1, 2013

DISTURBING: Snake caught on tape swallowing a monkey in one piece (WATCH)

WWW.LIVESCIENCE.COM Scientists said the howler monkey likely didn’t see the snake. This snake wasn’t monkeying around. For the first time, ...

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July 5, 2013

Opinion: The Okada Books revolution and what it means for African authors

by Kemi Ogunniyi Something new and exciting has just happened in the world of books. It happened in Africa. The ...

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April 21, 2013

Feyi Fawehinmi: What Nigerian investors and entrepreneurs can learn from Pastor Paul Adefarasin

by Feyi Fawehinmi The story of the Amazon we all know (and mostly love) today is an amazing one. Jeff ...

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April 11, 2013

Opinion: Yes, Margaret Thatcher was a witch (and I will sing to that)

by Adam Jung In short, she was a vile human being whose ‘bravery’ can be attributed to just not giving ...

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February 16, 2013

TRIBUTE: She wasn’t Beyonce or Lady Gaga, she was Goldie and she was untouchable

by Ameena Dede Goldie was a trendsetter, nobody had the gall to put on garters and lace and strut about in ...

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September 16, 2012

Opinion: No more magic: How Tim Cook botched Jobs’ product-launch formula

by Rob Enderle For the last decade, Apple has set the gold standard for product launches, and credit has always ...

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