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Africa’s Got Talent. $1 million Grand Price.
America's Got Talent is a talent-hunt show in the United States of America, seeking to find the very best of raw showbiz talent in that country. It is open to people of all ages, and does not restrict what type of performance the contestants put up. As a result, it has featured singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers. The $1 [...]
Pet Airways, a pet-only airline dedicated to pet-friendly travel
The Associated Press reports that the first flight for Pet Airways, the first-ever all-pet airline, took off from Republic Airport in Farmingdale, New York, USA on Tuesday. According to Wikipedia: Claimed to be the first airline designed specifically for pets, the company was founded by Dan Wiesel and Alysa Binder in Delray Beach, Florida, who [...]
President Obama in Ghana. Why not Nigeria?
From the moment the US government released information that President Obama was visiting Ghana between 10th and 11th July 2009, there have been a lot of grumbling from neighbouring Nigeria. Now that the US President is just a few days away, the grumbling is getting even louder with Senator Jubril Aminu (Chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee, [...]
Barack Obama’s Beast
The US Secret Service has released the first photos Wednesday of the new presidential limousine that will transport Barack Obama down Pennsylvania Avenue next Tuesday as part of the 56th Presidential inaugural parade after he is sworn in at the Capitol. BBC News quotes the Secret Service Assistant Director for the Office of Protective [...]
Barack Obama: Yes We Can!
I couldn't stop the tears of joy streaming down my black face as I watched Senator Barack Obama give his thanksgiving speech this dawn, live on CNN. This historic, smashing victory over the status quo only goes to emphasize a philosophy I always believed in: "Nothing is impossible". Now I can add this famous one to my lines of inspiration: "Yes We [...]
Is Google Adsense working for Africa?
I joined the Google Adsense as way back as 2004 and have been earning some residual income from that publisher program since then. I currently reside in a West African country and I consider myself qualified to comment on a blog post by Mambe Nanje Churchill, a Cameroonian IT enterpreneur: "Google Adsense is not working in Africa". Mambe [...]
Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana top cybercrime in Africa
The verdict is out: Nigeria is still among the top ten countries from which fraudulent credit card transactions and other forms of cyber-crime originate though USA and UK lead the pack. According to WikiNews: The United Kingdom is listed second in a report on global cyber-crime statistics, behind the United States and ahead of cyber-crime [...]
Making Money Online: Getting Paid via Paypal
In the first part of this blog post, I discussed Making Money Online: Getting paid by cheque and explained why you should avoid getting paid by cheque where and when possible. In this blog post, I will be highlighting another means of getting paid online: Paypal. There are several forms of e-currencies. There are digital gold currencies like [...]
Making Money Online: Getting paid by cheque
Whether you are an affiliate (a member of a multi-level marketing scheme ), an online forex or hyip investor, or you run an online store or make make money online somewhat, you need to get paid. There are several ways of getting paid but which one you choose will depend on your country of residence, and then what's more convenient for [...]
Nigeria for Obama (ObamaNigeria.org): A Misplaced Priority
I regularly glance through the leading Nigerian Internet-based discussion forum Nairaland, to keep an eye on the current trends in Nigeria. Knowing the typical lack of a sense of priority of some Nigerian leaders, I wasn't very surprised to see the topic: "Lagos Assembly Launches Website For Obama" on the Webmasters section of Nairaland last week. [...]
Is Cash Still King?
Nathan Vardi, writing for Forbes.com, discusses means by which one could move money anonymously. Digital currencies, particularly e-gold, was mentioned as one of the means: cash is king 4. Digital currency. According to the Justice Department, between 1999 and 2005 child pornographers, hackers and identity thieves made use of E-gold, an online [...]
UBA Group Plc. Embraces VTN Technology
A press release issued by Graphcard this morning: Tried, True and Visionary UBA Group Plc Embraces VTN Technology to power ecommerce in Nigeria Laurel, MD USA : December 12, 2007 The largest bank in Nigeria and Africa’s emerging global bank, United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) and LFR Communications, Inc., a ground breaking e-commerce [...]
Is a common African e-commerce platform possible?
This blog post is a direct response to Erik Hersman’s blog post: The problem with e-commerce and online payments in Africa. Erik Hersman, a fellow African blogger, shared his thoughts about the need for an African e-payment system. He starts with a lamentation that is indeed true: A lack of true online payment options is crippling African [...]
ValueClick Media now supports Direct Deposit
ValueClick Media, a leading online advertising company has now added Direct Deposit (Automated Clearing House) as a payment option for US and Canadian-based publishers on their advertising network. With this method, publishers who opt for it can receive money earnings straight into their US or Canadian bank account, in US Dollars for months when [...]
Withdraw Alertpay funds to US/Canadian Bank Account from Anywhere in the world
Alertpay is fast becoming the e-currency of choice amongst many users around the world. Its accepts e-gold, allows withdrawal to e-gold, it verifies the identity of its users, offers lower fees than Paypal, it has a great and responsive customer support, it is based in Canada, I cant list all the positive attributes here and now. Alertpay had [...]
