Abiola Olaniran:The Energy behind Gamsole

                                         

 Abiola Olaniran is the Founder and CEO of Gamsole, one of the most successful game developer in Nigeria on the Windows Phones and PC platforms in terms of game downloads and gross revenues.

He Studied Computer Science and Mathematics at Obafemi Awolwo University Nigeria

Within six months of launch on the Windows Phone Store, over three million people from all over the world had played Gamesole’s games. As at February 2015, Gamsole’s games have been downloaded over 10 million times across 25 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. Gamsole has created more than 35 games, and releases new titles every month. Gamsole’s investors and partners are 88mph and Microsoft.

              

Abiola studied computer science and mathematics at the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He was the winner of the Microsoft Imagine Cup software competition 2010 Nigeria, earning a place on the team that represented Nigeria at the world finals in Warsaw, Poland. In the same year, he was the winner of the Samsung Nigeria Developer Challenge in the games and entertainment category.

In January 2015, Forbes listed Abiola as one of Africa’s most promising entrepreneurs.

He can be reached through  www.facebook.com/olaniran.abiola

BREAKING: Pope Francis grants priests power to forgive abortion

                                                  

Leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis on Monday empowered all Roman Catholic priests to forgive abortion, a right previously reserved for bishops or special confessors.

The Pope who has demanded more inclusiveness and forgiveness in the Roman Catholic Church made the announcement in a document known as an “apostolic letter” after Sunday’s close of the Church’s “Holy Year of Mercy.”

Recall that Pope Francis had on several occasions called on the church to apologize to gay people and embrace them

The Pope said, “That abortion is a grave sin, since it puts an end to an innocent life” but “there is no sin that God’s mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled with (God).”

He had already temporarily allowed all priests to give what is called “sacramental absolution” for abortion during the Holy Year, from December 8 to November 20, but Monday’s letter suggested that the change would last for at least the rest of his papacy.

He added, “I henceforth grant to all priests, in virtue of their ministry, the faculty to absolve those who have committed the sin of procured abortion.

“The provision I had made in this regard, limited to the duration of the Extraordinary Holy Year, is hereby extended.”