NextSpeel, a new online streaming site for TV episodes and series wants to let you watch the best TV series and soap operas from Nigeria and Africa for free. With popular soap operas from Nigeria such as Super Story and AY’s Crib, the platform says it would be launching this Friday, May 3 with at [...]

After about 10 years of working with South African media group, Naspers, Neil Schwartzman has finally left the company to join African digital music platform, Spinlet as its new Chief Executive Officer, Techloy has learnt. Born in Canada, Schwartzman studied Computer Science at the University of Manitoba. He later moved to South Africa where he worked for various Internet [...]

A new music streaming service called Orin has launched to help you discover new African music and share with your social sphere. Founded by Finbarrs Oketunji, a Nigerian product designer based in the UK, Orin (pronounced Oh-rin; which is a Yoruba word for song) has a cool design interface that is very similar to Ex.fm, a [...]

Eurochannel, the international TV channel dedicated to European films and series, has extended its broadcasting reach to sub-Saharan Africa via the EUTELSAT 16A satellite. According to a statement, Eurochannel’s selection of EUTELSAT 16A marks the latest step in its international expansion and comes three months after its launch into all Europe via Eutelsat, after it signed [...]

Samsung has introduced its HomeSync, a home entertainment hub storage solution providing the best experience on a big screen TV with a great Android user experience into the Nigerian market. The Jelly Bean-powered HomeSync runs a 1.7GHz dual-core processor and comes with 1 Terrabyte of storage drive allowing users to synchronize multiple devices, upload and download [...]

At the Samsung Africa Forum 2013, Samsung Electronics Africa on Wednesday officially signed a strategic partnership with Africa’s leading pay TV operator, MultiChoice Africa to deliver world-class entertainment, content and technology to customers.

As international music streaming services such as Deezer are launching across Africa to give listeners new choices in music discovery, Universal Music Group has teamed up with Samsung to launch a new pan-African music streaming service, Kleek.

In recent years, Africa has always been represented at the South by Southwest (SXSW) event that holds annually in Texas, U.S., which delivers conference and festival events for entertainment and related media industry professionals. This year, the week-long event will host a panel dedicated to Africa to discuss the huge opportunity that exists for content creators, service [...]

Africa’s most influential business magazine, Forbes Africa has released its apps across multiple platforms to help you stay on top of the most influential business people in Africa, even on the go. The magazine helps readers connect the dots, form patterns and see beyond the obvious, giving them a completely different perspective. It also delivers [...]

Bloomberg Media Group has teamed up with Nigeria-based content provider, Optima Media Group in a multi-year rolling partnership agreement to launch an Africa-focused business and financial news television service across the African continent. The new entity, Bloomberg Television Africa, expected to launch in the second half of this year, would “provide a dynamic and relevant context for [...]

In an audio interview with the BBC World Update today, iROKOtv founder, Jason Njoku said that the world’s largest distributor of Nollywood movies online is currently working with telcos and broadband providers in order to make access easier for its users.

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, one of the most innovative banks in Nigeria, which has been a pioneer in the brand use of social media in Nigeria has become the first commercial brand and bank in Nigeria to reach 1 million fans on Facebook. Techloy gathered that the company’s Facebook page grew from 199,000 fans in February [...]

For some time now, the local tech space has been buzzing with conversations around the hottest topics from e-commerce to mobile payments, following coverage from technology and mobile-focused blogs. But there has been a missing link: a radio talk show that brings together all of these conversations and provides the growing community of tech enthusiasts a place to get their voice heard.

A new 24-hour international TV news network called ARISE.TV set to rival existing giants in the global market is soft launching today, after two days of test broadcasting from its news centres in London, New York, Johannesburg and Lagos.

If you missed the African Cup of Nations 2013 Opening Ceremony held in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday, January 19, or you just want to re-live the moments, we’ve got your back.