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12 November 2009 0 Comments

Starcomms iZap@Trendy another Fast Internet Connection in Nigeria

I wrote about MTN F@stlink earlier this week and now again Starcomms. I am convinced that Nigeria is on the right path towards getting a real broadband internet connection. Starcomms as you may have known are a top performer in the internet connection market having spearheaded the launching of creative internet products. Starcomms iZap is [...]

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09 November 2009 1 Comment

MTN F@stlink Internet Connection, truly fast!

I got an MTN F@stlink datacard yesterday to check how efficient it is, to my amazement, it was cool! Well I used it first in the early hours of Sunday… my location (K2, Lagos) allowed me to get HSDPA network which increased the speed astronomically! I chose the daily plan which is N500 for 50 [...]

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01 November 2009 9 Comments

Etisalat Launches Easynet, a cheap internet connection in Nigeria

As the internet market in Nigeria grows, the competition among telecoms companies have been very aggressive recently. Etisalat entered the market just last year and adding to the ever increasing internet packages offered by various telecoms operators. Before this, Etisalat offered internet connection through Pay-as-you-go model. The new products now offer three bundle internet plans [...]

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21 October 2009 3 Comments

Corporate Web Strategy: Setting up the implementation team

In my last post I discussed about what corporate strategies was and how to get started defining one. Title for today simply wants to focus on how to form a team that will deliver a fulfilling web strategy. The Team Snap shot of those who should be on the team; The CEO or COO The [...]

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08 October 2009 0 Comments

World Bank to invest $215 million in African internet

To further improve broadband penetration in Africa, World Bank has pledged $215M to span 10 years, a deal signed with African Development Bank. Africa is currently the fastest growing telecom market in the world yet cost of broadband internet  access is exorbitant. The program will cover the following countries in the initial phase of $26.2 [...]

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24 February 2009 4 Comments

SWIFT Broadband Free Wifi Hotspot

Living or working around these areas? – Silverbird galleria – Tetrazinni, Akin Adesola, V/Island – Tetrazinni, Ajao Estate – Tetrazinni, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi – Tetrazinni, Kofo Abayomi Street, Apapa Get to use the SWIFT broadband free wifi connection. We recently recommended swift as one of the reliable ISP in Nigeria. Also people voted for them [...]

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18 February 2009 0 Comments

Facebook Terms of Use Review

Facebook recently reviewed its Terms of Use, which brought about arguement and disagreement from the community. The dissent from around the web has made Facebook revert to its old terms. Well, this could be said to be the power of community. The new term said thus: “You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, [...]

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16 February 2009 2 Comments

Reliable Internet Service Providers in Nigeria

I wrote an article recently about how Direct on PC treated me, since then I have been shopping around for a better internet service provider in Nigeria. I also conducted a poll on this site, to also hear people’s opinion. When I first tried Direct on PC, they awed me! I setup about 3-4 branches [...]

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29 January 2009 2 Comments

Direct on PC and Poor Service Delivery

I was extremely perplexed by the service provided by Direct on PC. For the past 2 months the service has been extremely poor! Even though I just upgraded our subscription to a higher bandwidth, the service is on is 52 weeks low (if I may borrow the terms used by Stock Analyst). We used to [...]

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