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Is Kenya beating Nigeria in Internet Business Opportunities?
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 [...]
Continue reading...Is the Internet constraining how we develop as individuals?
6 March 2010 ~ 304 views
Whilst in Nairobi Kenya on 3rd February 2010, I was invited by the BBC World Service to join a discussion on “Is the Internet constraining how we develop as individuals?”. The week day radio show was “World Have Your Say” and that happened to be my second time on the programme. That day’s programme was [...]
Continue reading...A review of MTN Nigeria Mobile Broadband service
21 February 2010 ~ 761 views
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, [...]
Continue reading...Mobile Web East Africa 2010 Photos
3 February 2010 ~ 702 views
Mobile Web East Africa 2010 conference photos. Click on the photos for a larger view. Some rights reserved.
Continue reading...Erik introduces iHub @ Skunkworks in Nairobi, Kenya
3 February 2010 ~ 559 views
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 [...]
Continue reading...Kenya: Mobile Web East Africa 2010. Free MobileWorld magazines.
2 February 2010 ~ 582 views
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 [...]
Continue reading...DStv moving to new satellite Eutelsat W7
9 January 2010 ~ 1,453 views
Eutelsat W4, the satellite that beams DStv signals to residents of West Africa, is fast nearing the end of its life span. It was launched on 24th May 2000 from Space Launch Complex 36B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the USA. According to Wikipedia: Following its launch and on-orbit testing, it was placed [...]
Continue reading...A review of MTN Ghana Mobile Broadband service
24 December 2009 ~ 2,053 views
With over 7.4 million subscribers as of September 2009, MTN is easily Ghana’s leading telecommunications network, offering mobile telephony services, Internet connectivity and more. I recently picked up an MTN “Exclusive 3G Pack” for 100 Ghana Cedis (about $69) and have used it extensively for about 14 days mainly in Accra. The information below is based [...]
Continue reading...How I found my way to MEST Accra on Google Maps Mobile
22 December 2009 ~ 889 views
Meltwater Entrepreneural School of Technology (MEST) in East Legon (a suburb of Accra, Ghana) was the venue of the just-concluded BarCamp Ghana 2009. Aside having interacted with some of the entrepreneurs-in-training (as their students are called) in the past, I knew little about MEST and had no idea of its exact location within East Legon. I [...]
Continue reading...BarCamp Ghana 2009: GhanaBlogging.com Break-out Session
21 December 2009 ~ 901 views
GhanaBlogging.com Break-out Session started at 15:20pm and is moderated by Kajsa Hallberg Adu. She started blogged to tell people back home (Sweden) about life abroad (Ghana). Blogging is a conversation and so she sort to meet other bloggers, thus facilitating the creation of GhanaBlogging.com Steve Danso blogs about how technology can affect our business. He blogs [...]
Continue reading...BarCamp Ghana 2009 Live Report
21 December 2009 ~ 987 views
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 [...]
Continue reading...Google URL Shortener brings attention to Greenland & is Google dominating the Internet?
15 December 2009 ~ 817 views
Google Inc. yesterday announced the launch of their new URL shortener service: This morning, we launched updated versions of the Google Toolbar and FeedBurner that offer a new URL shortening service from Google called the Google URL Shortener. We mentioned our URL shortener as a feature in both announcements, so we wanted to say a little [...]
Continue reading...Jobberman.com: A Job Search Website for Nigeria
10 December 2009 ~ 1,827 views
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 [...]
Continue reading...Mobile Web East Africa 2010 for Nairobi Kenya
9 December 2009 ~ 632 views
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 [...]
Continue reading...BarCamp Ghana 2009
9 December 2009 ~ 751 views
Find below a release from the organizers of BarCamp Ghana 09, announcing the event: On December 22, 2008, over a hundred young Ghanaians met in Accra for BarCamp Ghana ‘08 to exchange ideas on entrepreneurship, innovation and development for a rising Ghana. This summer, the conversations moved to Washington, DC on July 25, 2009 where BarCamp [...]
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- Is Kenya beating Nigeria in Internet Business Opportunities?
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- 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
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- President Obama in Ghana. Why not Nigeria?
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- chi: I have a strong decoder and i'm able to watch all da multi tv channels..but can't get da radio and crtv and other free to air channels. any help guys...
- wayan @ ICTworks: David, The Nigerian bandwidth market has been crippled by poor regulation for years. Just look at ...
- nidal: hi i am from jordan look for trade betwen jordan and your country...
- peter kosine: i would be pleased if you could send me the mail address of multi tv ghana....
- Gracemaud Aryee: I Like the way Majid spoke the ga language....
- Oluniyi David Ajao: Come on Ms Angel, isn't it obvious to you that "Mr Odoka" was just joking? :-)...
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