Articles by Paul Adepoju, Page 25
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Thu, May 29th, 13:30 · Paul Adepoju
Brideprice.com.ng allows potential brides to calculate dowry
Anakle, a design and coding company in Lagos, Nigeria, has launched a platform that allows potential brides to “consult the elders” and calculate their bride price using preset values for qualities that Nigerian men generally desire. → Read more
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Thu, May 29th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
SA, Nigerian apps win at Ericsson Application Awards
South Africa’s Team WorkMode and Nigeria’s Team SOP won first prize in the Student and Company categories respectively at the 2014 Ericsson Application Awards, beating off competition from 300 teams from 63 countries. → Read more
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Wed, May 28th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian state government shuts down MTN base stations
The government of Osun state in Nigeria has shut down a number of base stations belonging to MTN Nigeria as a result of the network’s failure to pay taxes, fees and charges for the laying of its fibre optic cables since 2013. → Read more
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Wed, May 28th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
CapitalSquare holding second Demo Day next week
Lagos-based co-working space CapitalSquare has announced its second Demo Day would be held on Tuesday, June 3. → Read more
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Tue, May 27th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Blue collar revolution is coming online – Sesan
The blue collar revolution is coming online, according to Gbenga Sesan, executive director of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN), who is interested in investing in the area. → Read more
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Tue, May 27th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Ask The Lawyer app wins DevCon Alpha challenge
Nigerian app Ask The Lawyer, which allows users to interact with a vast database of legal content, has won the DevCon Alpha competition organised by Microsoft in conjunction with Mobile Monday Nigeria, Nokia and Verve. → Read more
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Tue, May 27th, 12:30 · Paul Adepoju
Additional costs hindering .ng domain uptake
The costs of changing the details on a company’s letterhead paper, business cards and other branded documents are responsible for corporate and organisational reluctance to switch to .ng domain names, according to Ope Odusan, managing director of Africa.com and former chief operating officer (CEO) of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) → Read more
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Tue, May 27th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Public libraries in Nigeria to become public access points
The Nigerian government has announced plans to transform public libraries across Nigeria into public access points to allow them to provide reliable and affordable internet access. → Read more
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Tue, May 27th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
We are as selective as Harvard University – Wennovation Hub
Nigerian startup accelerator programme Wennovation Hub is very selective, accepting less than five per cent of the ideas presented to it, according to co-founder and executive partner Michael Oluwagbemi. → Read more
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Tue, May 27th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Emeka Onyenwe, co-founder, Find-A-Med
The Find-A-Med healthcare app won the apps challenge at the recent Mobile West Africa 2014 conference in Lagos, Nigeria. Co-founder Emeka Onyenwe spoke to HumanIPO on the app, the challenges the company is battling with and deployment strategies being considered, in addition to the influence the challenges is having on the startup. → Read more
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Mon, May 26th, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
Etisalat Nigeria files defence over fraudulent promo lawsuit
Etisalat has filed a defence in a lawsuit brought against it by Mr Pascal Ozioko, who is asking for NGN100 million (US$615,000) in damages after the operator allegedly misled its subscribers in a fraudulent lottery promotion. → Read more
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Mon, May 26th, 17:00 · Paul Adepoju
Telecoms lose $4.6bn annually to terrorism – NATCOMS
Nigeria’s National Association Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) has said telecoms companies operating in Nigeria lose more than NGN750 billion (US$4.6 billion) every year to terror attacks in northern Nigeria. → Read more
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Mon, May 26th, 12:30 · Paul Adepoju
New regional directorial appointments announced at Airtel Nigeria
Airtel has announced the appointment of Femi Oshinlaja and Wole Abu as the network’s operations directors for the Lagos and Northern regions. → Read more
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Mon, May 26th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Globacom Nigeria targets 90% 3G coverage in 6 months, set to upgrade network
Globacom has announced plans to increase its 3G coverage in Nigeria to 90 per cent from the current 43 per cent, while it will also invest in network upgrades in order to tackle quality of service (QoS) issues. → Read more
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Sat, May 24th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Marek Zmyslowski, managing director, Jovago Nigeria
Jovago.com is one of Africa’s leading hotel booking sites, which facilitates the booking process for its users to provide them the with fast, transparent and easy-to-use services. The Africa Internet Holding (AIH)-founded company said it has more than 5,000 hotels signed up, and in this interview managing director Marek Zmyslowski speaks on the platform’s uniqueness and how it is positioned to be the biggest OTA in Africa. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
NCC extends ban on Glo, MTN, Airtel SIM card sales
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has extended the one month ban it placed on the sale of new SIM cards by operators Glo, MTN and Airtel last month over poor quality of service (QoS). → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s largest TV network to be split to achieve digital switchover
Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has announced plans to split the government-owned Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) into two independent parts as directed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) towards achieving digital migration. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
Ghana regulator bans Expresso from adding subscribers over QoS
Ghana’s National Communications Agency (NCA) has banned operator Expresso from adding new subscribers to the network over its poor quality of service (QoS). → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 11:30 · Paul Adepoju
Internet abuse a universal plague – Soyinka
Nigerian Prof Wole Soyinka, a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, believes internet abuse is becoming a universal plague, and has called for collective, professional action to protect the integrity of the medium. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 18:30 · Paul Adepoju
Smile to launch in Abuja, Port Harcourt in August
Smile Communications has announced plans to extend its services to Nigeria’s capital city Abuja and Port Harcourt in August following launches in Ibadan and Lagos. → Read more
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