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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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Enspire – An Incubation Programme for Nigerian Start-up Businesses

By Loy Okezie On March 22, 2010 · 7 Comments

We are looking to support a number of individual or group project owners through the provision of our services such as business accomodation, telephone

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Yrn.me – Nigeria’s first URL Shortener Service

By Loy Okezie On February 8, 2010 · 20 Comments

Nigeria has made its own mark in the url shortening space with the launch of Yrn.me on February 4th, 2010.

Since Twitter limited web users to publishing not more than 140 characters, url shortening services have continued to populate…

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Google Announces G-Nigeria Day 2010

By Loy Okezie On January 22, 2010 · 15 Comments

Last August, I gave a hint that Google could be launching their G-Africa Initiative, a series of events in Sub-Saharan Africa for software developers, marketers and entrepreneurs in Nigeria.

Well, I think Google got my hint. The…

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Nigerian Computer Student Seeks to Improve Google’s Search Results

By Loy Okezie On December 9, 2009 · 1 Comment

A Nigerian MSc in computing student based in the UK has found a new way to improve the performance of Google’s search results. By the way, Google just launched real-time search after a deal with Twitter.

Using…

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Google Zeitgeist 2009 for Nigeria

By Loy Okezie On December 1, 2009 · 5 Comments

Last year, I wrote about Google’s 2008 Year-End Google Zeitgeist for top and rising search words/phrases around the world and wondered why Google deliberately left out Nigerian top searches, but

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Google Announces Business Development Manager Role for Nigeria

By Loy Okezie On November 6, 2009 · 2 Comments

It is no longer news that Google has been making its footprints across Africa, starting with South Africa and Kenya and now spreading to all sub-Saharan African countries.

Last year, Google announced an

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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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Top 3 Ways to Create Your Brand – #3: Design

By Loy Okezie On July 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Developing a brand image – personal brand or business brand – is one of the most important strategies for success. Corporate brands such as CNN, Coca-Cola, Google, Globacom, Oceanic Bank, Dangote, and a host of others have created a huge…

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