22 August 2011 0 Comments

D’banj Unleashed Oliver Fever; A YouTube Video Competition

D’banj, a top Nigerian music act has just released a new track from his upcoming album, the track is titled “Oliver”, taking its title from Charles Dicken’s classic work “Oliver Twist” . D’banj and the mo’hit crew launched a competition to crowd source a suitable video for the track So far, hundreds of videos have [...]

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17 August 2011 0 Comments

MainOne to provide free broadband internet access to Co-creation hub

MainOne, a leading Nigerian internet backbone service provider has signed up to provide free internet service to Co-creation Hub. Remember, Co-creation hub is an open living lab for co-working and idea launch pad for aspiring innovators.The hub will be opened this month end. Read details in our recent coverage here. With this support, MainOne has [...]

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17 August 2011 0 Comments

Co-creation Hub Nigeria announces Membership plans, go get yours

As we count down to the official launching of Co-creation hub, the co-working space has just announced membership structures for interested community members to bootstrap their startups. As outline on the site;   CcHUB is a membership based community of hackers, designers, tech companies, entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, academics, investors and everyone interested in technology innovation and [...]

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16 August 2011 0 Comments

Nokia holds second edition of its free Mobile Application Development Training

  To further cement its place as mobile phone of choice in the country, Nokia has planned to hold second edition of mobile application development training. The training is meant to help aspiring mobile developers know how to get it done. The training will also take participants through monetization of apps on Nokia’s OVI store. [...]

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16 August 2011 5 Comments

E-commerce in Nigeria, waiting for the e-payments

I really want us to start a conversation around e-commerce in Nigeria. Firstly, I need to let you know that as far as I’m concerned, e-commerce in Nigeria is as good as non-existence. Let’s agree, we have quite a number of e-commerce sites in Nigeria and no single unifying payment system people are comfortable with. [...]

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08 August 2011 0 Comments

Who can stop these hackers? Hackers take down syrian ministry of government website

Hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for taking down the Syrian Ministry of Defense website, posting in its place a message that calls for the removal of President Bashar Al-Assad. “To the Syrian people: The world stands with you against the brutal regime of Bashar Al-Assad,” the message begins in both English and Arabic. ” [...]

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08 August 2011 3 Comments

Visafone and IHS in partnership

Nigeria’s telecom infrastructure provider IHS Nigeria and Visafone Communications, a telecommunications operator, have signed a partnership deal that includes the sale and leasing of Visafone’s tower assets, the company’s announced in a statement last week. IHS Nigeria and Visafone Communications have signed a partnership deal (image source: file photo) The new agreement, valued at about [...]

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08 August 2011 0 Comments

Facebook or twitter which is better??

Key Elements of Facebook and Twitter Facebook appeals to people looking to reconnect with old friends and family members or find new friends online; the mashup of features like email, instant messaging, image and video sharing, etc. feels familiar, while Twitter is a bit harder to get your arms around at first. Most people can [...]

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08 August 2011 0 Comments

MTN App Challenge; build locally relevant mobile app and win prizes

MTN a  global telecom company has launch an app challenge to encourage developers to build locally relevant apps and win prizes. The competition will spread Across Africa and the middle-east and run from July to December. The statement said:  Your creations can deal with any facet of life in Africa and the Middle-East – from [...]

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08 August 2011 0 Comments

Most visited Nigerian sites in July 2011; Trends and Analysis

Firstly, let me apologize for a long absence of our monthly review of the Nigerian web industry. We are working to make it better. In the main time, we are back and will to take you through what has been happening in the industry, how the top sites feared and how technology business in Nigeria [...]

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