With two independently organized TED events coming to Nigeria this July, we can’t wait to see innovation and disruptive…
Live TED Events Coming to Nigeria This July
Thursday, July 1st, 2010Posted in Industry News, events | 12813 Comments »http://www.loyokezie.com/2010/07/01/ted-events-nigeria/Live+TED+Events+Coming+to+Nigeria+This+July2010-07-01+15%3A46%3A03Loy+Okezie
Pagatech’s CEO Tayo Oviosu to Speak at Tech4Africa Conference
Monday, June 14th, 2010Tayo Oviosu, a leading expert in M&A and private equity investment opportunites in Africa will be speaking at the inaugural Tech4Africa…
Posted in events | 1201No Comments »http://www.loyokezie.com/2010/06/14/pagatech-oviosu-tech4africa-conference/Pagatech%27s+CEO+Tayo+Oviosu+to+Speak+at+Tech4Africa+Conference2010-06-14+13%3A20%3A54Loy+Okezie
Today is Techcrunch Lagos Meetup at Debonairs
Friday, June 11th, 2010Earlier this week, I announced that Lagos will be celebrating five years of tech/web trends as part of Techcrunch’s 5th Anniversary…
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Announcing TechCrunch Meetup in Lagos, Nigeria:)
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010TechCrunch, the world’s most popular and influential technology blog is celebrating its 5th Anniversary on June 11.
They want…
10 Reasons You Should Attend Barcamp Nigeria 2010
Thursday, May 20th, 2010…
Posted in events | 10841 Comment »http://www.loyokezie.com/2010/05/20/10-reasons-you-should-attend-barcamp-nigeria-2010/10+Reasons+You+Should+Attend+Barcamp+Nigeria+20102010-05-20+19%3A11%3A21Loy+Okezie
The Encipher Tablet: starting at N55,000 ($399)
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010Today, Encipher Limited announced that their ‘highly controversial‘ Andriod-powered tablet will be available…
Posted in Cloud Computing, events | 10418 Comments »http://www.loyokezie.com/2010/05/05/the-encipher-tablet-starting-at-n55000-399/The+Encipher+Tablet%3A+starting+at+N55%2C000+%28%24399%292010-05-05+13%3A43%3A46Loy+Okezie
Barcamp Africa Cancelled. Tech4Africa “still in the horizon”.
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010The much anticipated Barcamp Africa (made in Africa) which was scheduled for June 4 – 7 in Abidjan, Cote…
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Slide: Digital Sense Forum 2010
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Last week, I gave a presentation at the Nigeria Digital Sense Forum 2010 about the startup ecosystem…
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It’s Official: Barcamp Nigeria 2010
Monday, March 22nd, 2010Described as “the best technology event that has ever happened in the history of the Nigerian web industry”, Barcamp…
Posted in Promotional, Twitter, Web 2.0, events | 9299 Comments »http://www.loyokezie.com/2010/03/22/its-official-barcamp-nigeria-2010/It%27s+Official%3A+Barcamp+Nigeria+20102010-03-22+14%3A36%3A31Loy+Okezie
ICT4D Skype Chat: Nigerian Internet Business Opportunities
Friday, March 19th, 2010
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Posted in Broadband, Marketing 2.0, Social Media, events, venture capital | 91815 Comments »http://www.loyokezie.com/2010/03/19/ict4d-skype-chat-nigerian-internet-business-opportunities/ICT4D+Skype+Chat%3A+Nigerian+Internet+Business+Opportunities2010-03-19+11%3A36%3A38Loy+Okezie
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Loy Okezie is an online marketing strategist and start-up analyst. He has consulted for several small and mid-size companies and has advised start-ups such as Careers Nigeria, one of the leading job portals in Nigeria.
He currently works as Content Manager for a branding and advertising company based in the U.S and Nigeria, and is helping to start-up a search and information portal similar to Yahoo!
In this blog, Loy writes about companies and their use of new and emerging technologies as well as their brand marketing and advertising campaigns seen on traditional media and digital media.
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Memeburn
- Apple presents musical social networkOn Wednesday the 1st of September, Apple introduced a music-centric social network called Ping, and unveiled updates to its lineup of iPods and Apple TV. Ping is built into the new iTunes 10, and is available for download to its 160-million users with immediate effect. The service will allow users to discover new music by allowing […]Martin Carstens
ReadWriteWeb
- One Week Later, Digg VP Talks v4 Launch, Backlash & FutureThe Internet was in flames last week as popular social news curation site Digg.com launched the latest iteration of its platform, unleashing a groundswell of outrage and protest from a majority of the site's loyal users. A week later, Digg has begun to respond to its passionate community, making rapid changes and bug fixes as its exhausted back-end infr […]
DigitalCrossings
- PauseThis is my 100th blog post on Digital Crossings.I started this blog in order to start writing again. As a university student, I had fully planned writing to be a key part of what I do for the rest of my life. Of course, like many can imagine, things didn’t work out that way. After putting writing on my New Year’s resolutions lists for several years, in 2009 […]Oladejo Fabolude
TechCrunch
- Mark Zuckerberg Is On iTunes Ping — But Only One Is RealPerhaps you've heard that Apple and Facebook are having a little bit of an issue at the moment. Despite launching with Facebook Connect integration yesterday, it's now nowhere to be seen on Apple's new music social network, Ping. And that's too bad because even Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg signed up to try out Ping yesterday, we hear. Whi […]MG Siegler
GigaOM
- Seriously, FCC, Get a Move OnThe FCC today released a new report, Internet Access Services, which gives the state of Internet in the US -- at the end of June 2009. The problem is that the report has data that is 14 months old, which makes it pretty much worthless. […]Om Malik
TechnologyTimes
- Multi-Links Telkom reduces Internet service tariffsBy Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. August 25, 2010. Multi-Links Telkom, has announced new cuts in entry and subscription costs Rocket Mobile Broadband, the pioneer private phone company’s Internet service. Acting Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Multi-Links Telkom, Chris Bannister, announced in a stament today that the reduction in the cost of acquiring the Intern […]admin
Mashable
- How Social Data Built a Better Health Care AppAlexander B. Howard is the Government 2.0 Washington Correspondent for O’Reilly Media, where he reports on technology, open government and online civics. He’ll be reporting live from the upcoming Gov2.0 Summit in Washington, D.C., on September 7-8.Every year,… […]Alex Howard
