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24 October 2011 2 Comments

First Nigerian Internet Billionaire (in USD)

The internet space is Nigeria is growing really fast and a lot of money (not enough yet) is coming into the industry to fund innovation. It is good to note that the internet has given birth to young millionaires (in USD) in Nigeria who are doing great works. Things that can work for us include; [...]

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19 October 2011 0 Comments

[Breaking News] MIH to Shut down Kalahari, Dealfish and Mocality operations in Nigeria

This is hot, MIH, the operator of the brands above has decided to shut down the services. Kalahari was expected to relaunch the site but a management decision from MIH south Africa has notified Kenyan Staff about the decision. This means that, the company may want to be operating from South Africa or forget the [...]

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18 October 2011 0 Comments

Attend Microsoft’s Open Door Event in Lagos

Microsoft will hold an event next week in Lagos. The event is targeted at professional programmer and it is held worldwide. The lagos edition comes up next week Tuesday at The Civic Centre. It’s invitation-only though, plan to attend by Registering. Microsoft Open Doors Lagos. Developers Event ID: 1032496192 Civic Centre, Lagos Ozumba Mbadiwe Road,Victoria [...]

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11 October 2011 2 Comments

Nigerian Government Launches #YOUWIN: A Youth Enterprise Development Initiative to create 50,000 jobs

  Today, the federal government of Nigeria launched Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (You WiN!) Programme to help young people with innovative ideas to get funding and mentorship. The program is between 3 ministries; Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Communication Technology (CT), and the Ministry of Youth Development. The initiative is very brilliant [...]

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04 October 2011 0 Comments

Most visited Nigerian sites in September 2011; Trends and Analysis

It’s a new month again, another time for us to check out how Nigerian sites performed last month. At the top of the rank is vanguardngr.com keeping in it strong on the number one spot for 3rd consecutive month as nairaland.com still find it a tough task to take on. As expected, there is nothing [...]

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30 September 2011 1 Comment

Inside CC Hub: Mobile Startups Show cased at Developer Parapo #DevParapo

On Wednesday, we gathered at the Co-creation hub to learn how to monetize mobile apps and web, led by InMobi, the fledging mobile ad network. We had an interesting time, and I really learnt a lot from interaction I had with developers present. The whole event really gave me hope that, Nigerian developers are not [...]

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29 September 2011 0 Comments

Nigerian Startup got N450Million ($3Million) funding to redefine entertainment

In what I will call a massive validation of the Nigerian internet market, I got a scoop from a reliable source that NollywoodLove just raised a whopping 3Million dollars to bring Nigerian entertainment online. They got the funding from a US-base investment fund that has continued to shine its light on Nigerian tech market. The [...]

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27 September 2011 0 Comments

Today, Google Launched “Get Nigerian Businesses Online (GNBO)” Initiative; The benefit for Google, Businesses and internet users

Today opens a new chapter in web industry in Nigeria as Google is leading the change to bring about a revolution in web presence of small and medium businesses in Nigeria. The initiative according to Google is to help businesses benefit from the enormous potentials the internet have for them. About GNBO and what Google [...]

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14 September 2011 0 Comments

YourBudgIT.com, Nigeria’s budget monitoring startup gets 80,000 hits in 7 days

YourBudgIT.com is a social innovation startup focus on helping Nigerians know how the country’s budget is being spent. Launched this year, at Tech-in Governance startup event. The site has got good media coverages including a story on top Nigeria mainstream media site, 234next.com. Joseph Jones, one of the site’s co-founders, post on his Facebook wall [...]

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14 September 2011 0 Comments

Jobberman.com launches Mobile site; Find Job Everywhere You Go!

Jobberman, Nigeria’s leading job search portal has launched a dedicated mobile platform to cater for the growing need of job seekers in Nigeria. Founded in August 2009, the site has since dusted others in the space. “We have seen an increasing shift of internet usage from PC to mobile over the months and the time [...]

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