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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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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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RIM Releases Blackberry Travel App in Beta Version

By Loy Okezie On March 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the release of BlackBerry Travel, a new app that lets BlackBerry smartphone users plan, book, manage and share travel activities quickly and easily, on the go.

According to Jim Tobin, Senior Vice President,…

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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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MTN To Launch Appstore in 2011

By Loy Okezie On February 24, 2011 · 3 Comments

In a bid to enter the mobile content and applications space, the MTN Group has announced plans to launch an app store later this year that would offer digital music downloads and other value-added services.

TechCentral reports that, Christian…

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iCandi – A Mobile App That Rewards You When You View Mobile Ads

By Loy Okezie On February 17, 2011 · 6 Comments

Have you seen a cool ad that left you mouth agaped? No doubt, you’ve seen a terrible ad too that left a sour taste in your mouth.

How about the thought of being rewarded for the ads you view…

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Blackberry App World To Allow Users “Gift This App” Via BBM

By Loy Okezie On February 16, 2011 · 3 Comments

Soon, Blackberry users around the world including Nigeria can send apps bought off the Blackberry App World to a friend via the Blackberry Messenger (BBM).

RIM announced this new feature on Monday at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) holding…

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3 Ideas That Might Get Seed Funding At Social Innovation Camp

By Loy Okezie On January 11, 2011 · 4 Comments

This week at the first Social Innovation Camp in Africa to be held in Lagos, Nigeria, a total of 6 ideas out of 46 submitted will be given attention.

The launch48-like event will hold between 13th – 15th January, 2011.…

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Download and Vote For Your Favourite Mobile App

By Loy Okezie On November 10, 2010 · 2 Comments

In September this year, Samsung launched a mobile app development contest for Nigeria which surprisingly has attracted huge participation from Nigerian mobile app developers.

The Samsung Apps Developers Contest was open only to applications that had not been made…

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