Posts Tagged with "social network"

Would you use a .ng domain name for your website? Why?

Monday, October 25, 2010

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.ng is the country-code Top Level Domain (cc-TLD) for Nigeria. In plain English, it is Nigeria’s domain name system that identifies websites related to Nigeria. It is currently available for registration only in the following variants, with most of them being restricted to Nigerian entities: com.ng – open domain, commercial entities and businesses org.ng – [...]

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Facebook outage: the funny side of it all

Friday, September 24, 2010

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Facebook outage: the funny side of it all

It was near my bedtime last night when I decided to punch the magical www.facebook.com into the address bar of my favourite web browser. Loh, I got an error message reading something like “peer connection reset”. “My ISP has gone bonkers again”, I thought to myself. Then, I decided to take a peep at another [...]

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Africadiscuss.com, an all african forum aimed at providing a platform for Africans

Friday, August 20, 2010

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Africadiscuss.com, an all african forum aimed at providing a platform for Africans

I recently had a short interview with Chris-Vincent, founder of Africadiscuss.com, an all african forum aimed at providing a platform for Africans and those of interest in Africa to discuss issues of common concern. Enjoy. Chris-Vincent: I am Chris-Vincent a law student at the University of East London in the UK. I am a Ghanaian [...]

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Interview: Ahmad Mukoshy shares the vision behind Yrn.me & Yarnable.com

Friday, July 16, 2010

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Interview: Ahmad Mukoshy shares the vision behind Yrn.me & Yarnable.com

Ahmad Mukoshy is a young Web Developer based in Sokoto, northern Nigeria. He describes himself as: … a young 20 year old Nigerian serial entrepreneur who founded of Yarnable, an elegant micro-blogging platform and YRN.ME a URL shortener. I recently granted him an interview after meeting him at BarCamp Nigeria 2010. He shared the motivation [...]

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Limitations with ranking the most influential Twitter users

Sunday, April 18, 2010

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Limitations with ranking the most influential Twitter users

Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author’s profile page and delivered to the author’s subscribers who are known as followers. Ranking is a part of our everyday life. It [...]

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How to make Gatorpeeps work for you

Sunday, November 22, 2009

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How to make Gatorpeeps work for you

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 [...]

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Kayode Muyibi speaks about nairajobs.com, the first Vertical Job Listing website in Nigeria

Monday, November 2, 2009

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Kayode Muyibi speaks about nairajobs.com, the first Vertical Job Listing website in Nigeria

Based in Malaysia, Kayode Muyibi is not only one of the well-known names in the Nigerian dotcom industry, but is also an avid lover of technology. His first experience with using the Internet was in 1997. It has been a long journey since then and he now commands some respect in Nigeria’s web space due [...]

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Facebook for Africa: Facebook Lite

Monday, September 14, 2009

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Facebook for Africa: Facebook Lite

World’s number 1 social networking website Facebook last week launched a very light version of their popular platform, for people in low-bandwidth situations who still need to connect to Facebook without opting for the mobile phone versions. Facebook Lite is truly light. Announced in August 2009, Facebook Lite is optimized for users on slower or [...]

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Francis Omokhape Oghuma (CEO of Naijaborn.com) speaks

Sunday, August 30, 2009

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Francis Omokhape Oghuma (CEO of Naijaborn.com) speaks

Francis Omokhape Oghuma is the CEO of  Naijaborn. In this interview, he shares the vision behind Naijaborn as well as the future plans of the new Nigerian social network. Enjoy and remember to share your thoughts as well. Oluniyi: Please introduce yourself and tell me about your background. Francis: My name is Francis Omokhape Oghuma [...]

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Introducing Naijaborn.com: Nigeria’s hottest online social network

Sunday, August 30, 2009

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Introducing Naijaborn.com: Nigeria’s hottest online social network

There are several websites today, sharing the “Naija” brand. Naijaborn.com is one of such websites. Naija is the funky word Nigerians and friends of Nigerians use to replace “Nigeria”, out of affection for the country or more for the sake of brevity, in speech. Naijaborn.com is more than your average website. It is a platform [...]

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5 Things I love about GatorPeeps. A Review of Gatorpeeps.com

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

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5 Things I love about GatorPeeps. A Review of Gatorpeeps.com

I had the privilege of witnessing Justin Hartman announce Gatorpeeps.com to the world during BarCamp Nigeria 2009 in Lagos Nigeria. After a few weeks of use, I am still excited about it. Gatorpeeps – essentially a subset of Afrigator – is a micro-blogging platform that enables users to share their thoughts in just 140 characters [...]

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