Nigeria, Page 3
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Fri, November 21st, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
ICT to be largest contributor to Nigeria’s GDP by 2020 – Johnson
Omobola Johnson, Nigeria's minister of communication technology Omobola Johnson has predicted ICT would be the highest contributor to Nigeria's GDP by 2020. She said this at the just concluded eNigeria 2014. → Read more
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Thu, November 20th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Mobile subscribers in Africa set to hit one billion – Ericsson
The latest Ericsson Mobility Report launched yesterday (Wednesday) revealed that proliferation of mobile technology continues to grow at a rapid pace. According to the report, Africa has topped 880 million in mobile subscriptions for Q3 2014, whilst 90 per cent of the world's population over six years old is predicted to have a mobile phone by 2020. → Read more
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Mon, November 17th, 22:30 · Paul Adepoju
Tecno kicks off #TecnoCamContest promo for Phantom Z
Smartphones manufacturing company Tecno has announced the official kickoff of its #TecnoCamContest promo through which users of can win prizes from the company. → Read more
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Mon, November 17th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
MTN, others promise to improve QoS
Wale Goodluck, Corporate Service Executive for MTN Nigeria has announced the network's commitment towards improving its quality of service (QoS). He said this at the recently held 76th Telecoms Consumer Parliament organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in Lagos. → Read more
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Mon, November 17th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Internet threatens scholarship – Nobel laureate
Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has warned that continual reliance on the internet poses great threat to scholarship. He said this while delivering the 3rd annual Zik Lecture at Nigeria's Nnamdi Azikiwe University. → Read more
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Fri, November 14th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Lola Olusola, Founder, Ella.ng
As experts rightly predicted, the next phase of ecommerce in Nigeria would be dominated by companies specialising in specific lines of products. Ella.ng is one of such and is focusing on fashion for middle class businesswomen in Lagos and across the country. Lola Olusola, Founder of the startup spoke to HumanIPO on the company that has better eyes for fashion that ecommerce giants Jumia and Konga. → Read more
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Fri, November 14th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Microsoft, Skrill, operators to launch new portal
Microsoft through its 4Afrika initiative is partnering with Skrill to launch a platform that would allow Africans to purchase products from lobal internet brands; they would also be able to access Microsoft products and educational contents. → Read more
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Fri, November 14th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
We have better eyes for fashion than Jumia and Konga – Ella.ng
Lola Olusola, Founder of Ella.ng a 440.ng startup that focuses on female fashion has said the one-year old platform is better positioned to cater for the fashion needs of Nigerian middle class businesswomen than e-commerce giants Konga and Jumia. → Read more
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Thu, November 13th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Organisers announce Lagos Startup Weekend entrepreneurial boot camp
Organisers have announced the second edition of Startup Weekend, a 54-hour entrepreneurial boot camp initiative, will hold from November 21 - 23 in Nigeria's commercial capital city of Lagos. → Read more
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Thu, November 13th, 10:26 · Paul Adepoju
SimplePay, UBER partner to offer new users free rides
SimplePay has announced it is offering new UBER Lagos users two free rides. To get the free rides, SimplePay enjoins new users to click the “Get Uber” button in the latest version of the SimplePay web and mobile apps. → Read more
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Wed, November 12th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s Chief Justice commissions e-court
Justice Mariam Aloma Muhktar, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) has commissioned a case management system referred to as e-court that is aimed at improving the efficiency of the country's judiciary system. → Read more
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Wed, November 12th, 12:11 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s IroFit secures $600k funding
Nigerian internet-free mobile payment startup IroFit has secured US$600,000 seed funding from investors including Inventure, Solinor, and Rasheed Olaoluwa a Nigerian angel investor. → Read more
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Tue, November 11th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
80% of respondents in Nigeria, South Africa annoyed when receiving unsolicited messages – survey
A new Gemalto survey conducted in South Africa and Nigeria on consumers’ perceptions of mobile marketing has revealed although 80% of respondents feel annoyed when receiving unsolicited messages, the same proportion could be won back by operators and brands if they implemented best practices to improve customer engagement. → Read more
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Mon, November 10th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Over 664,000 rural dwellers in Nigeria connected to telephony services
More than 664,000 rural dwellers in Igbo Olodumare, Ondo state southwestern Nigeria have been connected to telephony services by Odu’atel through subsidies provided by the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF). → Read more
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Mon, November 10th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Korean officials to deliver Nigeria eGovernment Framework
Nigeria's National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has announced that Korean officials will next week deliver Nigeria eGovernment Framework at the eNigeria 2014 conference. → Read more
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Fri, November 7th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Orange Academy CEO, others to speak at Social Media Marketing Nigeria 2014 Conference
Organisers of the Social Media Marketing Nigeria 2014 Conference have announced speakers for the event scheduled to hold on November 29 in Lagos, Nigeria. → Read more
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Fri, November 7th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
HaltEbola app wins AMPION’s West African Venture Bus competition
Mobile application using voice messages to connect people in rural areas to share information on Ebola in their local languages HaltEbola has emerged winner of AMPION's West African Venture Bus competition. → Read more
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Thu, November 6th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Major challenge in Lagos is ease of movement – Supermartng.com
Supermartng.com's co-founder Raphael Afaedor has described ease of movement as the major challenge that the Lagos-based online grocery store is dealing with in its operations. He said this while appearing on CNN’s ‘African Start-Up’. → Read more
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Thu, November 6th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s games startup launches $4,000 prize competition for illustrators
Nigerian gaming company Gamesole has announced a competition for illustrators, winners will receive US$4,000 in prizes and career opportunities. → Read more
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Wed, November 5th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Cataleya to offer Nigerian mobile operators access to intelligent IP infrastructure
Epsilon Global Communications-owned Cataleya has announced the deployment of its Orchid One Network Session and Application Manager for Interconnect Clearinghouse Nigeria (ICN) to give local mobile operators in Nigeria access to intelligent IP infrastructure. → Read more
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