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Nigeria Becomes World’s 5th Largest Opera Mini User

By Loy Okezie On April 19, 2011 · 3 Comments

Nigeria has become the 5th largest opera mini user in the world, according to the latest Opera State of the Mobile Web report for March 2011.

With this new record, Nigeria has displaced South Africa (now placed 7th) as the…

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234Next.com Launches Its Own Votizens Election Report Platform

By Loy Okezie On March 30, 2011 · 1 Comment

Who would have guessed that the next election reporting tool to come out of Nigeria would be launched by a newspaper?

NEXT Newspaper, or rather 234next.com has launched an election reporting platform that allows voting citizens (votizens, if you…

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RIM’s Blackberry Protect Now Available in Nigeria

By Loy Okezie On March 26, 2011 · 1 Comment

Ever gotten your Blackberry misplaced, lost or stolen? Don’t worry, here’s a DIY application that helps you remotely locate your phone.

Blackberry Protect is a free application that allows Blackberry users to wirelessly backup, restore and locate their BlackBerry…

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Confirmed: Yarnable Has Been Acquired By MobiQube

By Loy Okezie On March 22, 2011 · 4 Comments

Yarnable, the Nigerian Twitter-like service has been acquired by MobiQube for an undisclosed fee.

Update: We just received a confirmation email on the acquisition detail from Yarnable’s founder. It was acquired by Le Proghrammeen Solutions Ltd and Mobiqube Nigeria…

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TELL Magazine Features Nigerian Constitution Blackberry App Developer

By Loy Okezie On March 21, 2011 · 1 Comment

Remember the Nigerian software developer who launched a Blackberry app for the Nigerian constitution in January? Yeah, Zubair Abubakar!

TELL Magazine on its Society section (Page 58) has a feature on the dude and the…

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1st MobileMonday (MoMo) Meetup in Nigeria Holds Today

By Loy Okezie On March 21, 2011 · 1 Comment

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

Since 2000, MobileMonday chapters have been meeting offline at physical…

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Crime Spotter App Coming Soon On A Blackberry Phone Near You

By Loy Okezie On March 16, 2011 · 1 Comment

Crime happens everyday and everywhere in the world. Government and NGOs have sought several ways to fight this trend.

In Nigeria, the case is different as there are no video surveillance cameras or even an equipped police force to…

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ReVoDa – An Election Report (Mobile) App for Nigeria

By Loy Okezie On March 16, 2011 · 3 Comments

It seems that technology and social media will play a huge role in this year’s elections in Nigeria in an unprecedented way.

One of the tools that would drive citizen participation in the forth-coming elections in Nigeria is ReVoDa,…

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State of Nigeria’s Mobile Telecoms Market (Q4 2010)

By Loy Okezie On March 9, 2011 · 7 Comments

In one of the major telecoms market upsets of 2010, Globacom has emerged the 2nd largest mobile operator in Nigeria, by subscribers.

The NCC Telecom Subscriber’s Report released recently showed Globacom Nigeria with 19, 627,415 subscribers…

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Opera Mobile Appstore Launches in Over 200 Countries, Including Nigeria

By Loy Okezie On March 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Opera Software has just announced the launch of its mobile appstore through a strategic partnership with Appia, the leading provider of open application marketplace technology.

According to the press release,

“This storefront is a featured Speed Dial link in…

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