Here’s How Government Can Actually Help Startups
Ten years ago, the 5 largest publicly traded companies in the world included 2 oil firms and one tech firm. Today, all 5 are…
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Zoto Announces 1 Naira Sale on its App
Zoto, a mobile payment app used by over 1 million Nigerians, has announced a new app design. According to company officials, the new app…
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No, Taxify Is Not “Winning” the “War” Against Uber
We’ve seen this before. There is no universe in which any of these players beat Uber.
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Will Linda Ikeji Social succeed?
It’s safe to say that we don’t know how this product will end up because we don’t know anything
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Flutterwave sounds awesome, but how long before it competes with its customers?
Is there room for more than one payment processor in this market?
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How to Follow the Nigerian Presidential Inauguration Online
In case you can’t (or won’t) get in front of a TV, here are some places you can watch the Nigerian Presidential inauguration online….
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Cruncher Helps You Analyse Your Spending. And It’s Awesome.
Opemipo Aikomo told the tech community on Radar that he’s just learning how to use Ruby on Rails. The results are awesome. Ope just…
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The One Reason You Should Own Your Domain Name
Most people wander around life without caring who owns their domain name. When I say domain name in this context, I’m talking about their…
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Why is Mara Messenger Joining the Chat Wars?
The Mara Group recently released Mara Messenger, a free chat app designed for the African market. Mara is headed by Ugandan billionaire Ashish J….
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Can You Replicate Virality? Between BridePrice & TakeTomorrow
After the stunning success of BridePrice.com.ng, Access Bank hired the company behind the site – Anakle – to create their own viral phenomenon. It…
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8 Nigerian Startups to Watch in 2015
2014 has practically ended and we’ve seen the new and the old in startups. It’s been a year for new arrivals and old giants…
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Where are the Angels?: Uyo Edition
Mark Essien, founder of Hotels.ng, was a guest of the Uyo developer community last Thursday 6th November. He spoke at an event organised by…
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Taylor Swift in the Age of NotJustOk.com
By now, everyone has heard that Taylor Swift, pop star goddess, has pulled her entire back catalogue from Spotify. Her representatives state that her…
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Linda Ikeji’s Copyright Debacle
Nigeria’s most successful blogger, Linda Ikeji, is under fire. She’s severally been accused of plagiarism which is defined as “the practice of taking someone else’s…
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BlackBerry Passport Launch in London (Live Blog)
It’s happening now. BlackBerry is officially unveiling the Passport device, and Seyi is at the London event to provide live coverage. There’s no need to…
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4 Days Till Deadline for NITDA’s E-Solve Competition
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in association with Microban Standard Communications limited have put together a software development competition they’ve tagged e-Solve….
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So Who Got into the 440 Accelerator?
440NG, the accelator created out of the joint venture between 88mph and L5 Labs announced via their Twitter feed that they’d picked their finalists….
Read MoreIt’s Official: MTN Is No Longer A Telco
Before MTN came to Nigeria, they were a mid-sized telco in playing in South Africa. 14 years later, MTN is a regional juggernaut, controlling…
Read MoreNIRA Website Defaced
The website of the Nigerian Internet Registration Association (NIRA) has been defaced by a hacker team identifying themselves as “TeaM MaDLeeTs. The home page…
Read MoreSwift 4G LTE is Down.
Customers across the Lagos metropolis are reporting widespread outages to their Swift 4G LTE service across the Lagos metropolis. Swift hasn’t yet explained why…
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Is This is The Man Who Started Bitcoin?
If you know anything about Bitcoin, you would know that one of the most fascinating things about it is the mystery around the identity…
Read MoreLeadpath Launches Accelerator to invest up to $100,000 in Nigerian Startups
As the footprint of technology continues to impact Africa, it is obvious that the next frontier in business development will be in the tech…
Read MoreWe Believe in the Nigerian Tech Ecosystem
Contrary to what I’ve heard said, I didn’t found TechCabal. That honor belongs to Bankole. But we share a common vision for Nigeria and…
Read MoreRoyalAmebo Unmasked: Sexts, Lies and DMs.
If you haven’t been following the @RoyalAmebo Saga, you should read the first part of this story – How RoyalAmebo Catfished Twitter for some background….
Read MoreForming Voltron: MTN Joins Rocket & Millicom to Take on the African Internet
Today, we hear that MTN has acquired one-third of Africa Internet Holding, the holding company created by Rocket Internet & Millicom in 2012. In…
Read MoreHow RoyalAmebo Catfished Twitter
On 11th December 2013, Ifeoluwa Ojikutu, who tweeted with the handle @RoyalAmebo, died in the United States. Her friends described her as witty, fun, active and full of life. Except that Ife didn’t exist.
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#GunmanPose – How Olamide Created an African Meme
Olamide is quite the prolific artiste. He’s had two of the biggest hits in recent history – First of All (Go Down Low) and…
Read MoreWill Spinlet & co Survive Spotify, Deezer & Google Music?
Note: The big question was “Will Spinlet and others survive the coming onslaught from Deezer, Spotify, Google Music and others?” When I say Spinlet…
Read More5 Things To Learn From The Tiketmobile Fiasco (Yes, I’m Calling It A Fiasco)
1. Hindsight is 20/20. And Not Even Then. We don’t know the terms Jason offered for his $25,000 and I won’t speculate. What I…
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Here’s Why Opon Imo Matters to Nigeria’s Future
Nigeria’s Osun State has launched Opon Imo – a program to give secondary school students free tablets with educational content. Here’s why it matters.
Read MoreThe Three Pillars of Great Content
This Content Of A Thing is a series on… well… the content business. The Three Pillars of Great Content is episode 1 or 2…
Read MoreThis Content Of A Thing Sef
I’ve been obsessed with the content business since I was a kid. Or at least I think it’s been that long but recently, I…
Read MoreCaptain Obvious says “Logistics is the Killer [e-Commerce] App”
If you throw a rock today, you’re going to hit someone or something that’s working on a “platform that will help small businesses sell…
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