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Is Kenya beating Nigeria in Internet Business Opportunities?

15 March 2010 ~ 239 views

This blog post is in reaction to The 3 Reasons Why Kenya is Beating Nigeria in Internet Business Opportunities as published by ICTworks. I was perplexed at the title of the blog post. Could the author Wayan Vota simply be courting controversy as a means of drawing traffic to the blog? I would attempt to review [...]

How Aero Contractors offers very low airfares. The catches!

8 March 2010 ~ 552 views

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Aero Contractors in my view is a budget airline only that it is not so-called. The airline has been advertising very low fares to all its destinations, for some time now. I dragged myself into flying Aero twice in recent times, to satisfy my curiosity on how they could offer such low fares. This blog [...]

A review of MTN Nigeria Mobile Broadband service

21 February 2010 ~ 830 views

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I picked-up an MTN Nigeria mobile broadband kit recently and have used it heavily, since then. Find below my review of the service. The entire kit cost N18,650: HSDPA USB stick: N8,500 MTN SIM: N150 Airtime: N10,000 (24/7 monthly plan) The MTN agent asked for an ID and passport photo. As I had no prior knowledge they would demand this, [...]

Erik introduces iHub @ Skunkworks in Nairobi, Kenya

3 February 2010 ~ 585 views

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I was privileged to be at last night’s Skunkworks meeting. The 2-hour meeting held at KCCT Teleposta Towers focused on a new project aimed at physically bringing the tech community in Nairobi & environs together. The audience included staff from Kenyan Youth Fund, staff from Kenyan ICT Board, freelancers, application developers, 4 members of the iHub [...]

Kenya: Mobile Web East Africa 2010. Free MobileWorld magazines.

2 February 2010 ~ 600 views

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Nairobi, Kenya – Mobile Web East Africa, an event that focuses on “harnessing the potential of the internet and applications on mobile devices”, starts tomorrow 3rd February 2010 and ends on 4th February 2010, at Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi. The innovative event already has a long roll-call of speakers and facilitators, and has special round-table sessions [...]

BarCamp Ghana 2009 Live Report

21 December 2009 ~ 1,006 views

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BarCamp Ghana 2009 took off to a great start here at MEST in Accra with Patrick Awuah delivering the keynote address. He cited examples from his experience at Microsoft and his current experience with Ashesi University, to drive home the importance of key values like honesty, integrity, trust etc. The theme of this year’s event is [...]

Jobberman.com: A Job Search Website for Nigeria

10 December 2009 ~ 1,861 views

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With a population of about 154,729,000 (UN estimate), Nigeria ranks as the 8th most populous country in the world. Add the fact that a sizeable percentage of this population is made-up of the youth, plus Africa’s 2nd largest economy (GDP nominal) and what you have is a very vibrant job market. It is thus not [...]

Mobile Web East Africa 2010 for Nairobi Kenya

9 December 2009 ~ 648 views

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Mobile Web East Africa takes place between 3rd and 4th February 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya. From the organizers: Following the unrivalled success of Mobile Web Africa, which was a true “sell-out” conference held in South Africa in October, Mobile Web East Africa is the next in a series of progressive and innovative events to focus on [...]

More Naira dot-com Websites

6 December 2009 ~ 1,187 views

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I have noticed a few new naira dot-com websites since my initial blog post: The Naira Brand: Naira dot-com websites earlier this year. Nairaparking.com The domain parking website is owned by AIMTECH NG web hosting service, itself an enterprise of Ahmed Mukoshy. It basically offers a free platform to residents of Nigeria to sell their active domain [...]

5 Liberty Reserve alternatives

5 December 2009 ~ 1,220 views

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Liberty Reserve appears to be the leading digital gold currency in terms of patronage, at this time. It is popular especially in countries where credit/debit cards are not yet mainstream. It has the bulk of its users in Nigeria, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Vietnam, Ukraine, Belarus, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Egypt, Iran, Russia, China, Sweden, Colombia, [...]

Effective Blogging: How to generate links to your blog from other websites

1 December 2009 ~ 1,856 views

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This blog post is part of a series of blog posts focused on how to blog more effectively. In an earlier post titled “How to be a better blogger“, Kenyatykoon asked: “how should i ask for back links from blogs that are more popular than mine but in the same niche?? there are a few that i [...]

My expectations of Glo Mobile Ghana

29 November 2009 ~ 4,132 views

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Glo Mobile is very likely to be launched in Ghana before the end of this year 2009. Having shifted their launch date severally, a launch in December 2009 seems imminent. Glo Mobile’s entry into Ghana comes at a time when Ghana’s mobile communications industry appears to be saturated already. For a population of about 22 million [...]

How to make Gatorpeeps work for you

22 November 2009 ~ 1,005 views

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If you are an African blogger and have your blog listed on Afrigator, chances are that you know about Gatorpeeps but can’t seem to understand what it is nor how to use it. Thus, the social networking website is grossly under-utilized by its users with the exception of a few who dominate the platform. This [...]

Effective Blogging: Why Do You Want To Blog?

11 November 2009 ~ 2,186 views

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This blog post is part of a series of blog posts focused on how to blog more effectively. This week, I am examining an issue that has cropped-up since I started this “Effective Blogging” series. All the tips I offer are meaningless, when they are not put in proper context. Defining your motives at the very [...]

Free-to-air Ghanaian TV Stations on Satellite

9 November 2009 ~ 4,525 views

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Ghanaians abroad are keen to stay in touch with social and political affairs back home. Some relatively comfortable Ghanaians within Ghana live outside the urban areas, deep in the rural parts. Friends of Ghana living in nearby countries who are interested in following news and entertainment from Ghana. These three groups of people are not [...]

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Is Kenya beating Nigeria in Internet Business Opportunities?

How Aero Contractors offers very low airfares. The catches!

A review of MTN Nigeria Mobile Broadband service

Erik introduces iHub @ Skunkworks in Nairobi, Kenya

Kenya: Mobile Web East Africa 2010. Free MobileWorld magazines.

BarCamp Ghana 2009 Live Report

Jobberman.com: A Job Search Website for Nigeria

Mobile Web East Africa 2010 for Nairobi Kenya

More Naira dot-com Websites

5 Liberty Reserve alternatives

Effective Blogging: How to generate links to your blog from other websites

My expectations of Glo Mobile Ghana

How to make Gatorpeeps work for you

Effective Blogging: Why Do You Want To Blog?

Free-to-air Ghanaian TV Stations on Satellite

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