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Mobicanvas – An Innovative Mobile Site Builder

By Loy Okezie On June 24, 2011 · 1 Comment

Founded in January 2011, Mobicanvas is a web tool that helps small-to-medium enterprises and startups generally to easily and cheaply build, promote and monetise their own mobile websites.

The mobicanvas web interface provides a unique way…

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How Facebook Dominates Mobile Web Usage in Africa [Infographic]

By Loy Okezie On June 1, 2011 · 1 Comment

In April’s special highlight of the Opera Mobile Web Report, it answers the question: “In which countries do users browse social sites the most via their handsets?”

In the infographic below, Opera looks at the percentage of users who visit…

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Vanguard Emerges 5th Most Visited Site on Opera Mini Browser

By Loy Okezie On June 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Vanguard, one of Nigeria’s leading newspapers has emerged on the list of top 5 most visited sites in Nigeria on the Opera Mini browser, according to the April edition of the Opera Mobile Web Report.

The…

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NCC Shutdown Mobile Communications in Abuja

By Loy Okezie On May 31, 2011 · 2 Comments

We’ve received several unverified reports that mobile communications were shut down in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city on May 29, following a directive by the Federal Government.

ITNewsAfrica reported that,

“Nigerian customers are angry over the recent mobile network shutdown

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2nd MobileMonday (MoMo) Meetup Holds Today

By Loy Okezie On May 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

MobileMonday (MoMo), the global networking event that gathers mobile enthusiasts, developers and visionaries in the mobile space in different countries launched a Nigerian chapter, MoMo Nigeria in March 2011.

This May, the 2nd meetup of mobile enthusiasts…

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Google’s AdSense for Mobile Content Comes To Nigeria

By Loy Okezie On May 22, 2011 · 3 Comments

Google has just launched AdSense for mobile content in 15 new countries, including Nigeria. It was initially launched to 13 countries in September 2007.

Before now, web publishers in Nigeria could only earn…

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Deciphering the Google Way to Cloud Computing [An Analyst View]

By Loy Okezie On May 20, 2011 · 2 Comments

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Saheed Adepoju, Co-founder & CEO of Encipher Group where he shares insightful analysis into Google’s possible strategy towards merging the recently unveiled Chromebook with android-powered devices. He argues…

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ThisDay Newspaper Launches iPad App

By Loy Okezie On May 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

We’ve just learnt that Thisday, one of Nigeria’s leading newspapers have launched an iPad version, available on the Apple app store. The app was released on April 14, 2011.

Currently on version 1.1, the Thisday iPad app…

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Nigeria Sees Huge Mobile Advertising Growth

By Loy Okezie On May 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Nigeria’s mobile advertising market is currently undergoing a “seemingly unstoppable growth trajectory” according to BuzzCity’s recent quarterly report of the mobile internet.

Driven by an ongoing consumer demand for mobile content, a total of 189.9m ads were served to…

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The World’s First Social Media ‘Royal Wedding’

By Loy Okezie On April 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Perhaps the most memorable royal wedding to date is that between Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer who got married on the 29th of July, 1981 at St Paul’s Catheral before an invited audience of 3,500 and an estimated…

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