Posts Tagged with "Nigeria"

NN24: The Nigerian Presidential Elections Debate 2011

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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NN24: The Nigerian Presidential Elections Debate 2011

Are you a Nigerian or interested in Nigerian politics? Mark these dates on your calendar: 11th March & 18th March 2011. NN24, a 24-hour news channel in Nigeria, is organizing Nigeria’s first Presidential debate ahead of April elections. The debate hitherto scheduled for tonight was postponed since President Jonathan’s campaign team insisted on having questions [...]

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Making Money Online From Nigeria: 7 Big Lies You Should Be Aware Of

Monday, March 7, 2011

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If you are interested in making money online from Nigeria, there are some big lies you should be aware of. I never knew some of these things were big lies until I started my journey online 2 years ago and discovered for myself what worked and the real truth online. Here are a few of [...]

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App spotlight: Nigerian Constitution Blackberry App

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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App spotlight: Nigerian Constitution Blackberry App

1. (1) This Constitution is supreme and its provisions shall have binding force on the authorities and persons throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria. (2) The Federal Republic of Nigeria shall not be governed, nor shall any persons or group of persons take control of the Government of Nigeria or any part thereof, except in [...]

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Grab your free .com.ng, .org.ng domain names

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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Grab your free .com.ng, .org.ng domain names

If you are a website owner in Nigeria, and/or run a website that targets residents of Nigeria, you should seriously consider a .ng domain name for your website. It is the most cost-effective way to identify your website with your Nigerian target market or audience.

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Barcamp Nigeria 2011: Kaduna, Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

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Barcamp Nigeria 2011: Kaduna, Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt

The Barcamp Nigeria team is proud to announce the schedule for 2011 Barcamp events. The event was successfully organized two editions in 2009 and 2010, and having listened to the yearnings of tech professionals for engaging events, we are poised to take it further in 2011 by organizing it in various parts of the country. [...]

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Free Super Broadband @ The Palms, Lekki

Thursday, December 30, 2010

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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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e.TV Africa comes to DStv

Monday, December 13, 2010

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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

Monday, December 13, 2010

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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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Abuja Cable leaks: the innermost thoughts of President Goodluck Jonathan

Thursday, December 9, 2010

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Abuja Cable leaks: the innermost thoughts of President Goodluck Jonathan

Wikileaks has recently been releasing secret diplomatic cables sent from American diplomats to the State Department in the USA, causing a wild storm globally. What is WikiLeaks? WikiLeaks is a not-for-profit media organisation. Our goal is to bring important news and information to the public. We provide an innovative, secure and anonymous way for sources [...]

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Web4Africa Ltd acquires Nairahost, a web hosting firm

Monday, December 6, 2010

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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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Interview: Oluniyi featured on naijasmostincredible.com

Monday, November 22, 2010

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Interview: Oluniyi featured on naijasmostincredible.com

An interview Naijasmostincredible.com conducted with me has been published. In their own words: In this interview, Mr. Ajao reveals: How to take on the unique challenges of growing an Internet business in Africa. The secret competitive advantage easily available to every business in Africa… but ignored by most entrepreneurs. How to become a market leader [...]

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Internet Connectivity in West Africa: How MainOne is driving competition

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

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Internet Connectivity in West Africa: How MainOne is driving competition

Competition is good. It not only keeps prices down but also keeps innovation up. For close to a decade, SAT3 (a submarine cable system) was the lone player in the fibre internet connectivity marketplace for West Africa. Things have changed in recent times. The commercial launch of MainOne (another submarine cable system that currently connects [...]

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Interview: Meet Yeside of yesidefashionstore.com as she shares her background & outlook for the future

Monday, November 8, 2010

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Interview: Meet Yeside of yesidefashionstore.com as she shares her background & outlook for the future

Yeside is one of the few female entrepreneurs in Nigeria, who sell fashion items exclusively over the Internet. In this interview, she shares a bit about her background, tells us about yesidefashionstore.com and the future of the online store. She also shares a few tips that any discerning young entrepreneur would find useful. Yeside Fashion [...]

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How much are you willing to pay for DStv Mobile?

Thursday, November 4, 2010

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How much are you willing to pay for DStv Mobile?

I have received a lot of angry complaints in the comments area of A review of DStv Mobile and Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition from Nigeria, after DStv Mobile removed SuperSports 3 Nigeria (SS3N) from the bouquet of TV channels. SuperSport 3 is a 24 hour soccer channel. SuperSport 3 has the exclusive rights of [...]

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How to accept Credit Card payments over the Internet in Nigeria

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

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I received an email a few days ago, from one of the readers of this blog. I have reproduced the entire message below, and edited it a bit for the sake of clarity: Hi, I have been looking for how to accept payment online in Nigeria, without necessarily going through Interswitch. I have been reading [...]

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