President Goodluck Jonathan hits 100,000 fans on Facebook [updates]

We recently wrote about our President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan joining Facebook to engage Nigerian youth. He has consistently used the platform to communicate with fans on the page and it went from 2,ooo fans at our last writing to a whopping 100,000 today.
With just about 11 comments posted by the president, he got the following [...]

My startup story – Sheriff Shittu O.

My Startup Story – Sheriff Shittu O.
Not too many people have heard my story though some have. I specifically withdrew from writing about myself in the media, particularly because I have not got to where I really want to go, am still in the making. So let me share a brief of the journey so [...]

Nigeria; Our startup stories

We will be writing a series of post highlighting how technologist in the country started their companies; the challenges they encountered, how they overcame and how they have been able to sustain and grow their businesses over the years.
For now, we are covering Nigeria but plan is under way to cover whole of Africa in [...]

Main One Cable Commissions Fibre Optic Submarine Cable System … great news for the Web Industry

ccording to 234Next; “Main One Cable, a submarine cable company offering broadband capacity in West Africa on Tuesday in Lagos, announced the completion and commissioning of its 1, 920 Gbps, 7000 kilometres long, submarine fibre optic cable system linking West Africa to Europe. The service is targeted mainly at improving the efficiency and capacity [...]

TEDx VI, Abuja holds this weekend [update] Venue changed

TEDx Victoria Island will be holding tomorow while TEDx Abuja holds on Saturday at Yar’Adua Conference Centre, Abuja.
TEDx VI
Venue: Grand Ball Room, Oriental Hotal, 3, Lekki road, Lagos.
Time: 10am-5pm
Theme: Recreating our World
Registration cost: $100 or N15,000 (covers lunch and brunch and conference materials.
You can register via SMS by sending “YES to TEDxVI” to 08023053575
Visit tedxvictoriaisland-ng.com [...]

Exxset.com; a Trusted Business Information Resource with focus on Nigeria

Ever thought of a site where you can get an informed review of products and services that resonates with Nigeria? Exxset.com could be the right one for you. The site hopes to solve the lack of information about products and services in Nigeria and other west African countries.  In their press release (made available to [...]

Top 20 Nigerian websites worth N.66 billion Naira

If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage; so goes the saying! We believe that if we are able to quantify Nigerian websites and internet market as a whole, the better the possibilities of attracting investors. Our last year’s “Nigerian Internet Report” was eye-opening but this year, we have taken it a step further by [...]

Interview with James Abinibi; CEO of Abinibi Multimedia

In our effort to continue to showcase Nigeria’s best talents, we caught up with the wave making Creative Artiste/Web Designer, international multi-awards winner,  James “Abinibi” Alabi, CEO of Abinibi Multimedia  to share with us the journey so far in Nigeria tech market.

WTN: Let’s meet you
Abinibi: My name is James Alabi popularly know as ABINIBI. [...]

Most Visited Nigerian site in June 2010

The year just halved! What has happened thus far? Ok. In a separate report, we will detail key happenings in the web industry in the country, internet growth pattern and trends. But first off, let’s look at sites that have made leaps this recent month.
The top sites
I’m still looking for that site that will effectively [...]

Yrn.me; URL shortening site improves interface, add new features

The Nigerian url shortening site, launched in February this year and currently making waves. The new features, was announced on Sunday morning by the founder Ahmad Mukoshy.
What are the new features?

User accounts,
Custom url for users,
Mini statistic report,
Home page display of top links
Remove link to statistic report for any link.

For me, the statistics feature is a [...]