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Oluniyi D. Ajao is an Internet entrepreneur with strong interests in web design & hosting, mobile communications technologies, and blogging. He is also a photography enthusiast and enjoys tech-related websites, magazines & TV/Radio shows. His personal website at www.davidajao.com serves as the central point of his personal web activities.
Airtel Ghana upgrades network for faster broadband
Airtel, Ghana’s second national operator announced an upgrade of its cellular network to a newer/faster mobile broadband technology called 3.75G earlier this week. 3.75G, otherwise known as HSPA+, is the latest iteration of the 3G mobile broadband technology. The launch makes Airtel the pioneer of 3.75G in Ghana, and the fastest mobile broadband service in [...]
Continue reading...Glo Mobile soft launches in Ghana
19 January 2012
After several false starts, Glo Mobile Ghana appears to have taken its most remarkable step yet, towards a commercial launch. The cellular network obtained its operating licence since 2008 but had failed to launch its service to the public, citing logistical difficulties. Its last false start was 17th November 2011. A much-publicized commercial launch slated [...]
Continue reading...GOtv Africa. A new digital pay TV service.
16 January 2012
I noticed multitudes of GOtv Africa banners and balloons in the ancient city of Ibadan Nigeria in the last quarter of 2011. The similarity with the name/logo of DStv was clear. Promotional drives were ongoing at different vantage points in Ibadan. GOtv is a new digital terrestrial TV (DTT) service by Multichoice Africa, operators of [...]
Continue reading...App spotlight: DStv Guide for Android
14 January 2012
DStv Guide is an Android app by Multichoice Africa (PTY) Ltd, operators of Africa’s leading direct-to-home digital satellite platform, DStv. The app offers the program guide of some of the television channels on DStv. Its features include: 7 day schedule information Extended programme information Localized information for all countries where DStv is available Set reminders [...]
Continue reading...Toshiba shines with world’s thinnest tablet at CES 2012
13 January 2012
The 2012 edition of Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas USA did not disappoint. Being the biggest platform for tech companies to show-off their latest innovations, a lot of new tablets (mostly running the Android OS) were among the announced. I have followed the news reports and one tablet that stood-out of the crowd was [...]
Continue reading...TEDxDzorwulu to be held in Accra, Ghana
8 December 2011
TEDxDzorwulu comes-up in Accra Ghana this Saturday 10th December 2011. Find the full press release from the organizers, below: On Saturday, December 10, 2010, from 8:00AM – 5PM GMT, the inaugural TEDxDzorwulu conference will be held at the African Regent Hotel in Accra Ghana on the theme: Think, Create and Innovate. TEDxDzorwulu will focus on [...]
Continue reading...Fly540: the budget airline for African destinations?
23 November 2011
Too many people in Africa happen to fall within the low-income bracket. Thus, one would expect budget airlines to be commonplace on this continent, catering for the masses. This is not so. Budget airlines are rather common in high-income countries of Western Europe, North America, India and many Asian countries. The relatively few airlines that [...]
Continue reading...Harnessing the full power of WordPress for multimedia publishing – WordCamp CT 2011
9 October 2011
My summary of WordCamp Cape Town 2011. This post includes a video of my presentation, titled: Harnessing the full power of WordPress for multimedia publishing.
Continue reading...Have smartphones become indispensable business tools?
17 September 2011
...You can thus understand how frustrating it has been in the past 10 days that I have been without the full benefits of my BlackBerry smartphone. Most personal emails remain unread, I'm struggling with a piling workload, over 150 comments are pending moderation on my personal blog alone, I'm out of touch with friends I normally chat with regularly.
Continue reading...Petition: Cybercrime Legislation for Nigeria
25 August 2011
Nigeria hasn't always been in the news for the reasons her stakeholders desire but recent events have even made the bash-Nigeria-at-the-earliest-opportunity situation worse. Unfortunately, the Internet Crime Complaint Centre's popular 2010 Internet Crime Report had Nigeria retaining its #3 position (after only the US and the UK) again.
Continue reading...WordCamp Cape Town 2011
31 July 2011
WordCamp is a conference that focuses on everything WordPress. There have been dozens of such events around the globe in the past, and there will be WordCamps for as long as WordPress continues to exist in its current shape and form.
Continue reading...Google introduces Hotel Finder
31 July 2011
Google, despite being the number 1 destination on the web today, keeps diversifying so much that its hard to keep up with all the real estate it owns on the Internet. Over its 13 years of existence, Google has evolved from being a simple search engine, into being the monolithic juggernaut that dominates all the [...]
Continue reading...Help famine victims in East Africa
21 July 2011
Jerry Rawlings, the African Union envoy to Somalia, makes a plea to international governments to put aside their prejudices and help the horn of Africa.
Continue reading...MNP in Ghana: over 6,000 mobile subscribers ported so far
18 July 2011
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) launched in Ghana on 7th July 2011, enabling mobile subscribers to move from one mobile network to another, whilst still retaining their full mobile number. It has generated some buzz in the Ghana’s mobile communications sector with all the mobile providers offering mouth-watering incentives to woo subscribers from other networks whilst [...]
Continue reading...BB OS 6 on your BlackBerry 9700 (follow-up)
17 July 2011
Research in Motion (RIM), makers of BlackBerry smartphones, released the current version of their operating system (OS 6) along with the BlackBerry Torch smartphone. They later released official versions of OS 6 for some of their earlier smartphones: BlackBerry® Bold™ 9700, BlackBerry® Pearl™ 9105 and BlackBerry® Curve™ 9300. I blogged about running OS6 on BlackBerry 9700 and [...]
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At last, true reform is coming to the .gh domain name system. http://t.co/K5qS6ihC Long overdue, if you asked me. I can't wait. :)
20 January 2012
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