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Exclusive: Preview and Screenshot of Nigeria 2.0 Events Platform Released

By Loy Okezie On September 19, 2009 · 4 Comments

If you have been wondering what the term ‘nigeria 2.0′ (coined by Francis Oghuma) is, let me announce to you that Startups Nigeria in collaboration with Qubestreet has just released the screenshot and…

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SeedCamp for Africa?

By Loy Okezie On September 17, 2009 · 9 Comments

Since I started watching the African Technology scene, I’ve seen quite a good number of start-ups from Africa with great potentials. I’ve also reviewed some like Afrigator.

While we’ve also seen several techn0logy events such as BarCamps in several…

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Oceanic Bank Bans Facebook!

By Loy Okezie On August 27, 2009 · 9 Comments

I got the scoop just a few hours ago that Oceanic Bank PLC (the macro-finance bank, if you like), has banned their (over 6000) employees access to Facebook, the world’s leading social networking site.

This move by the…

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Isn’t It Time for a “Technology Community” in Nigeria?

By Loy Okezie On August 24, 2009 · 8 Comments

It’s been about 100 days since BarCamp Nigeria gathered software and mobile applications developers, technology enthusiasts and entrepreneurs in Lagos, Nigeria where discussions on building a tech community in Nigeria amongst others were highlighted.

“BarCamp was

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How to Turn Online Forums into Social Media Communities

By Loy Okezie On July 9, 2009 · 4 Comments

Online forums are becoming more and more popular in Nigeria especially with the success of Nairaland. Nairaland.com has been around since 2003 and has grown to become the hottest web destination for topical and societal issues that concern everyone.…

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Social Media Lessons Learned from Barack Obama

By Loy Okezie On June 27, 2009 · 1 Comment

It is no doubt that the U.S President, Barack Obama effectively used social media tools, which resulted in a successful campaign and gave him a landslide victory in the Presidential elections last year.

Here are a few social media lessons…

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