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11 Nigerian Tech Entrepreneurs Nominated for Future Awards 2011

By Loy Okezie On December 8, 2010 · 2 Comments
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The most influential youth event in Nigeria, The Future Awards has just unveiled the nominee list for the brightest and best in various categories over the last

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Announcing Nigerian Internet Entrepreneurs Meetup!

By Loy Okezie On October 5, 2010 · 5 Comments

Are you an internet entrepreneur? Or perhaps you are interested in Nigeria’s emerging tech startups eco-system.

My friend, Oo Nwoye (@OoTheNigerian), co-founder of OnePage and Lotaar is organizing a meetup of Nigerian Internet Entrepreneurs.

He’s been…

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Live TED Events Coming to Nigeria This July

By Loy Okezie On July 1, 2010 · 4 Comments

With two independently organized TED events coming to Nigeria this July, we can’t wait to see innovation and disruptive technology from Nigeria soon.

TED conferences gather the world’s leading thinkers and doers who are devoted to the converging fields…

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Pagatech’s CEO Tayo Oviosu to Speak at Tech4Africa Conference

By Loy Okezie On June 14, 2010 · 3 Comments

Tayo Oviosu, a leading expert in M&A and private equity investment opportunites in Africa will be speaking at the inaugural Tech4Africa Conference in Johannesburg, August this year.

Tayo founded Pagatech in April 2009 with a vision to enable a cashless society and bank…

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Today is Techcrunch Lagos Meetup at Debonairs

By Loy Okezie On June 11, 2010 · 1 Comment

Earlier this week, I announced that Lagos will be celebrating five years of tech/web trends as part of Techcrunch’s 5th Anniversary with the rest of the world. So far, over 350 meetups in 80 countries have been planned from Bangalore and…

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Announcing TechCrunch Meetup in Lagos, Nigeria:)

By Loy Okezie On June 8, 2010 · 1 Comment

TechCrunch, the world’s most popular and influential technology blog is celebrating its 5th Anniversary on June 11.

They want to celebrate it with as many people as they can all around the world, so I thought it’d be nice…

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10 Reasons You Should Attend Barcamp Nigeria 2010

By Loy Okezie On May 20, 2010 · 1 Comment

Here are 10 reasons why you should attend Barcamp Nigeria 2010
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The Encipher Tablet: starting at N55,000 ($399)

By Loy Okezie On May 5, 2010 · 10 Comments

Today, Encipher Limited announced that their ‘highly controversial‘ Andriod-powered tablet will be available only in Nigeria (for now) and starting at N55,000 ($399).

Update: 07/05 – The Encipher Tablet will be unveiled at…

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Barcamp Africa Cancelled. Tech4Africa “still in the horizon”.

By Loy Okezie On May 5, 2010 · 1 Comment

The much anticipated Barcamp Africa (made in Africa) which was scheduled for June 4 – 7  in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire has been cancelled until further notice. It is not the first time that an African organized event has been…

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Slide: Digital Sense Forum 2010

By Loy Okezie On April 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Last week, I gave a presentation at the Nigeria Digital Sense Forum 2010 about the startup ecosystem in Nigeria. The event which held at the Golden Gate Restaurant in Ikoyi gathered ICT experts, industry leaders, technology entrepreneurs…

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