Seedstar’s Start-up pitch will be coming to 12 cities in Africa this May 26th 2015 till November 27th 2015. If your Start-up is in Africa you can apply on their website here. If you win then you stand a chance of competing for the $1.5 million dollars in equity at the Seedstars World competition. The 12…
Lenovo introduced 3 new stylish Android based smartphones into the Nigerian smartphone market at their launch event on April 29, 2015. At the event the Lenovo Executive Director of Mobile Business Group, Middle East and Africa said that: “Nigeria is one of the fasted growing smartphones market globally. With about 30 per cent smartphone penetration,…
Konga.com the largest online mall in Nigeria is now selling Dangote cement online. It was reported by techpoint.ng this morning that the CEO of Konga, Sim Shagaya tweeted the listing of Dangote Cement on its website for a whooping price of 1.935 million Naira. This is somehow a signal of the growth of E-commerce websites…
Labour and employment in Nigeria maybe facing its toughest challenge yet soon. This is in-line with a World Bank warning. The world is facing a global jobs crisis that is hurting the chances of reigniting economic growth, and there is no magic bullet to solve the problem, the World Bank warned on Tuesday. In a…
Jide Awe is the Founder/CEO of Jidaw Systems Limited, a provider of IT education, consulting, and Internet content services. He has significant experience, broad knowledge and vision in the technical and management areas of Information and Communications Technology (ICT); building up competences and expertise through his contributions as a staff of organizations such as LM Ericsson, United…
Dr. Philip Emeagwali, who has been called the “Bill Gates of Africa, and also “a father of the Internet “called by CNN and TIME, and extolled as a “Digital Giant” by BBC and as “one of the great minds of the Information Age” by former U.S. President Bill Clinton. He is the noted black man inventor received acclaim…
Kenneth Omeruo is the CEO of Emerging Media, a new media company. He is the Founder of Techtrendsng.com. Kenneth is a highly sought-after Internet Marketing Consultant who has through his seminars, articles, training and consulting, helped many organizations, Individuals, Businesses maximize the Internet for business purposes. Kenneth has also being featured as a guest on…
Emmanuel Alli (MBA, MMP, BSc, and ACIB) was originally a trained and professional banker who later changed his career to become an e-Commerce/Business expert when he travelled to United Kingdom for further career development. His areas of expertise are Affiliate Marketing & Management, Digital Media Buying, Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Lead Generation,…
Akin Olaoye is the Co-Founder/President at www.Whereyoudey.com and CEO/Principal Akin Consulting Inc. Mr. Olaoye, has a lot of experience in the field of Information technology consulting and project management. Mr. Olaoye’s consulting his firm has provided services for some of the largest fortune 500 companies in America stems from his ability to network and understand client…
Gbenga Sesan, an Ashoka Fellow, is the Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria and he serves on the board of Africa Mentor Foundation, African Youth ICT4D Network, Alliance of Change Empowerment Speakers, Digital Divide Network, Global Network for Cyber solution, HiiT Limited, International Young Professionals Foundation, Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre and the World Summit Youth…
Harvard Universityand the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) today announced the launch of edX, a transformational partnership in online education. Through edX, the two institutions will collaborate to enhance campus-based teaching and learning and build a global community of online learners. “EdX represents a unique opportunity to improve education on our own campuses through online learning, while…
Recent report from New York Times suggested that Twitter tried to buy Instagram before Facebook acquired the company last week. The NYT writes: Mr. Systrom may have lost one connection in the deal: Mr. Dorsey of Twitter. His company, according to several people briefed on the matter, had expressed interest in buying Instagram in recent…
Yesterday, I wrote a post on what the excessive white space on Googleplus is for. At the end of the post, I shared a couple of funny pictures about what people are using the white space for. Today, I want to share more funny pictures on what you can do with the white space on…
By now you should have read the news about the new design update for Google+. Most Google+ users are excited about this update because it looks great. However there is one creepy thing about this new design – There is a lot of whitespace. Yesterday, Frederic Lardinois of TechCrunch wrote an article titled “Why Does…