7 TechCabal Battlefield Finalists to Contest For $20,000 in Grand Finale

Friday 17th January 2014, TechCabal, “Nigeria’s leading tech online publication“, announced the inaugural version of its start up competition, TechCabal Battlefield with the support of Stanbic IBTC, Iroking, Jobberman, Konga, Etisalat and others. TechCabal searched out young Nigerian technology mavens to compete for fame, glory and the ultimate prize of $20,000 — the largest reward of its kind for tech start ups in Nigeria ever.

The competition which is now officially underway with the emergence of seven finalists out of a fiercely competitive pool of over ninety applicants. The successful contenders will proceed to training with seasoned professionals in technology and business, preparing them for the an epic finale at which they will present their ventures to an experienced panel of judges as well as an audience of press, investors and the general public.

NEW VIDEO: Maheeda - Naija Bad Girl

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iROKING ANNOUNCES NEW CEO - JASON NJOKU

Njoku was the original founder and CEO of iROKING alongside his role at iROKOtv, the world's largest online catalogue of Nollywood movies. Njoku will now return to take overall control of iROKING artist management, all aspects of music distribution, including YouTube, iTunes and Amazon distribution, and oversee platform partnerships with the likes of Mxit and Eskimi. 

Speaking on returning to a company he founded, Jason Njoku says: "What we've built with iROKING in its 23 month history is pretty incredible. There's a lot of chat amongst the technorati about the potential of the African online music space - now is the time to put words into action, hence why I'm taking a more hands-on approach to growing iROKING from a solid online Nigerian music distributor into a behemoth of a pan-African music platform".   

As of 2014, there will also be a renewed focus on the monetization of Nigerian digital content, as well as greater emphasis on strategic partnerships with leading companies in the industry. 

Basky Freestyles on Vendredi Tv

Honored By Kings Records freshest act; Basky made an appearance on Vendredi Tv, and decided to do a little freestyle rap, to give us a test of what the industry has being missing.

The New Jersey born M.c shows his lyrical dexterity in this video, as he goes in hard during this freestyle session.

Watch & enjoy!

NEW VIDEO: OJB JEZREEL - LOCHO

Amazing Records releases the official video for  Locho by OJB Jezreel .

The video show as OJB announces the new dance move in town called ''locho'' with

the help of some sexy ladies to give us visual lessons.

iRoking, Eskimi ink partnership on mobile music

African music site iRoking announced that is has joined forces with mobile social network Eskimi to bring African artists directly to users' mobiles. The new site music.estimi.com is for the exclusive use of Eskimi's millions of users, more than 5 million of which are in Nigeria. Registered Eskimi users can download tracks from iRoking's catalogue of over 35,000 tracks from over 400 of West Africa's top recording artists, directly onto their mobile via music.estimi.com. Eskimi users can also chat with their friends whilst downloading tunes from stars such as PSquare, Iyanya, Flavour and Bracket, thanks to an integrated header that shows new messages and alerts.