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MTN Ghana’s lofty broadband promise

28 May 2011 ~ 571 views

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MTN Ghana’s lofty broadband promise

I was a bit amused by a bold promise from MTN Ghana’s Facebook update recently: Dear All Thank you for your commendations .We are working hard to even give you much more better coverage for both voice and data services Indeed, MTN’s USD 90 million West African Cable System (WACS), the biggest in Africa, has [...]

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Glo Mobile launch in Ghana imminent

22 May 2011 ~ 1,740 views

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Glo Mobile launch in Ghana imminent

Hints have floated in the Ghanaian media several times and each time, the dates have been moved forward. Despite acquiring a license to operate a mobile telecommunication network in Ghana since May 2008, going live to the general public has been a struggle on several fronts, for Glo Mobile Ghana Ltd. However, I am inclined [...]

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Android Market paid Apps now accessible to 26 African countries

14 May 2011 ~ 737 views

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Android Market paid Apps now accessible to 26 African countries

Google recently announced that more smartphone users on the Android platform in some 99 countries now have access to paid apps in their official apps store, Android Market. The newly-added countries include 26 African countries including South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria. The Android users in this category had hitherto been restricted to [...]

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Big Brother Amplified (Big Brother Africa 2011)

1 May 2011 ~ 4,391 views

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Big Brother Amplified debuted this evening with the 28 contestants from 14 African countries. The 28 were selected out of over 7,000 applicants. As always, Big Brother Amplified came with its unique set of innovations among which is Live Video streaming available 24/7 on Big Brother Africa’s official website http://bigbrotherafrica.dstv.com Sponsored by Coca-Cola, this edition [...]

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Free Super Broadband in Accra Mall, Ghana

11 March 2011 ~ 884 views

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Free Super Broadband in Accra Mall, Ghana

MainOne “Feel The Impact” broadband promo for Accra Ghana MainOne Cable Company is set to launch a free broadband promo from  14th to 26th March inside Accra Mall, in collaboration with a local partner BusyInternet. The promo is similar to what they unleashed in The Palms Mall Lekki Nigeria in December 2010. The promo is [...]

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My Tablet story

5 March 2011 ~ 2,112 views

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My Tablet story

In December 2010, a few factors aligned perfectly and I felt a strong need to buy a tablet computer. I was stuck in Lagos at that time and though a few variety of tablets were available in the market, making a choice was difficult. With the announcement of iPad 2 on 2nd March 2011, I [...]

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What Makes Nokia N8 Thick?

8 January 2011 ~ 814 views

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What Makes Nokia N8 Thick?

The Nokia N8, launched in October 2010, is a feature-packed multimedia smartphone from the stables of Nokia. From Wikipedia: The Nokia N8 is a Symbian^3 smartphone from the Nokia Nseries. Featuring Carl Zeiss optics and xenon flash, the N8 is the first Nokia camera phone to utilize a 12 megapixel camera sensor size of 1/1.83?, [...]

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Free Super Broadband @ The Palms, Lekki

30 December 2010 ~ 1,063 views

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Free Super Broadband @ The Palms, Lekki

I am now headed back to my abode after a day at The Palms Shopping Mall in Lekki Nigeria. I had stumbled on a Facebook update from MainOne Cable just yesterday offering free broadband via Wi-Fi and so this dawn, I set-off to take “undue” advantage of the free broadband service. I was more excited [...]

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West Africa’s first commercial datacentre launching in 2011

17 December 2010 ~ 1,001 views

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West Africa’s first commercial datacentre launching in 2011

At Combit Africa 2009, I gave a presentation on The impact of submarine connectivity on West Africa’s web hosting industry. The premise of the presentation was simple. The presence of more submarine fibre connectivity in West Africa would give birth to commercial data centres in the sub-region. At this time, an overwhelming majority of West [...]

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BarCamp Ghana 2010 (official statement)

15 December 2010 ~ 285 views

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BarCamp Ghana 2010 (official statement)

BarCamp Ghana 2010, an ad-hoc gathering where attendees meet for discussions, demos and networking, will take place on December 18 2010 at the Ashesi University campus in Accra. The theme is  “Create dreams, work smart and shape the future”. Following the successes of BarCamp Ghana ’08 and BarCamp Ghana ’09, regional BarCamp events were organized [...]

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e.TV Africa comes to DStv

13 December 2010 ~ 7,886 views

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e.TV Africa comes to DStv

e.Tv is one of the truly world-class TV channels on the African continent today, airing compelling soap-operas, blockbuster movies and much more. e.Tv has since evolved from a single free-to-air TV station in South Africa, to a pan-African network of channels with even a spin-off dedicated news service called eNews channel. From tomorrow 14th December [...]

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Africa’s most innovative and progressive mobile conference to debut in Lagos, Nigeria in February 2011

13 December 2010 ~ 411 views

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Africa’s most innovative and progressive mobile conference to debut in Lagos, Nigeria in February 2011

I had the pleasure of attending Mobile Web East Africa in Nairobi Kenya, earlier this year 2010. The event turned out to be well-patronized with mobility experts mostly from East Africa descending on Nairobi for the two-day conference. Granted that we all know the impact of mobile telecoms in Africa, the Kenya event further opened [...]

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Web4Africa Ltd acquires Nairahost, a web hosting firm

6 December 2010 ~ 267 views

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Web4Africa Ltd acquires Nairahost, a web hosting firm

… a new dawn for web hosting and domain registration in Nigeria as Web4Africa acquires Nairahost 6th December 2010 Web4Africa Ltd (www.web4africa.net) today announces its 100% client acquisition of Nairahost, a company that provides domain name services and web hosting to Nigeria. Established in 2004, Nairahost started with a vision to dominate the Nigerian web [...]

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African Hip-Hop Joins Technology Revolution via new website

29 November 2010 ~ 1,615 views

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African Hip-Hop Joins Technology Revolution via new website

…..as African Mixtape website is launched with endorsement from artists PRESS RELEASE: Johannesburg, 24 November 2010 – Mixtape culture has enjoyed a resurgence in the past few years as artists look for ways to reach their fans directly in an increasingly crowded online marketing environment. The Mixtape has also become an innovative way for artists [...]

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Announcing Africa Portal, a new knowledge resource for Africa

25 November 2010 ~ 436 views

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Announcing Africa Portal, a new knowledge resource for Africa

Though Africa is still playing catching with the world in terms of getting connected to the Internet, the next phase of participation on the international information superhighway is already catching-on this parts. More African content is getting online everyday, as published by Africans and non-Africans. Today 25th November 2010 marks another milestone in the quest [...]

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