As notified on our recent post here about the above event, it has come and gone. I was thrilled and happy to see as many as around 700 people gathered under one roof to learn how to use Facebook and Twitter for Business. The event was put together by SEC (Successful Entrepreneurs Club an offshoot [...]
I have written couple of times on how to use Social media to brand yourself and promote your business. A barcamp event was held in Nigeria to bring people in the Websphere together to think on web 2.0, the challenges and the benefits. Also just this may, Internet Marketers Association of Nigeria (IMAN) held the [...]
10th of August 2009 Facebook made acquisition of FriendFeed official, making it expand its influence in the social networking sphere. FriendFeed: “FriendFeed aims to be a one stop shop for all your social networking updates and news items. The four founders were all team members at Google and helped to launch such products as Google [...]
Our last blog on Facebook users in Nigeria was June 12th 2009. A new review has been done with a staggering increase in less than 2 months. Facebook Nigerian users was 489,500, it has increased by 25% to stand at 657,360. It is quite apparent how rapid Facebook is growing in Nigeria. A break down [...]
It is no news anymore that the historic victory of President Barack Obama is largely influenced or made possible by the application of social media and web 2.0. I must say that it revolutionized both the business and the political world! Many social media practitioners wrote about it and some even wrote books on the [...]
For the past one week, Internet connection in Nigeria has been a nightmare owing to the problem on the SAT-3 cable that links Nigeria to the world. The downtime is said to have grounded the activities of cyber cafes and other institutions including banks. Bank were said to be struggling with alternatives that are not [...]
Since 2006 we have experienced what is generally called “Social Network Proliferation”. From HI5 to Friendster to Myspace enter Facebook then Linkedin and Twitter. Looking at all these SNS, they offer good services and have transformed the way we communicate on the internet. Thanks to Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin for a new perspective to social [...]
Punch News Paper, a top Nigerian Media outfit has decided to restrict its web content to paid users. The Punch first launched the restriction policy on its WAP application, people were asked to go get scratch card from their sales outlet which are not available nationwide. As someone pointed out on Nairaland that; He’s been [...]
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Talking about funding for Tech-preneurs, its the engine room for sustainable idea to launch on the internet. We cannot underestimate the importance of finance on internet business; take a look at current internet giants now (Google, Yahoo, Facebook), most were funded by VCs and following suit in Africa, will help us grow faster. VC4Africa.com and [...]
