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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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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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VanguardNgr.com Ranks 8th On Opera’s Mobile Web Report

By Loy Okezie On February 19, 2011 · 5 Comments

There are two things that you can’t take away from Nigerians: Facebook and News.

If you give a Nigerian a mobile phone with internet access, he’ll most likely visit Facebook or search for news on Google.

And just make…

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Nigeria Surpasses U.S in Opera Mini Users for November

By Loy Okezie On December 21, 2010 · 4 Comments

The growth of Opera Mini users in Nigeria has increased by over 300 percent since November 2009.

This is shown from Opera’s State of the Mobile Web report for November 2010 which ranks Nigeria 8th above the U.S and Brazil.…

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Vanguard Launches Mobile App. But It’s Not Their Own.

By Loy Okezie On July 2, 2010 · 12 Comments

Last year, I wrote about Punch Newspapers subscription-based mobile news service called MobilePunch which attracted a lot of criticism given the fact that it simply makes no sense for users to pay to read news on…

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Pagatech’s CEO Tayo Oviosu to Speak at Tech4Africa Conference

By Loy Okezie On June 14, 2010 · 3 Comments

Tayo Oviosu, a leading expert in M&A and private equity investment opportunites in Africa will be speaking at the inaugural Tech4Africa Conference in Johannesburg, August this year.

Tayo founded Pagatech in April 2009 with a vision to enable a cashless society and bank…

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Nigeria is 9th Largest Country in Opera Mini Usage

By Loy Okezie On January 26, 2010 · 3 Comments

In the recently released State of the Mobile Web Report by Opera.com, Nigeria is the 9th largest country in the world in terms of Opera Mini usage pushing out Poland to become one of the Top 10…

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