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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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Nigeria’s web startups to watch in 2010!

By Loy Okezie On January 15, 2010 · 26 Comments

As we expect to see new and exciting web and mobile 2.0 startups and applications to be launched in 2010, I thought it would be nice to profile some of the start-ups that were launched in 2009 (or yet to…

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Glo’s BIIIG DASH Promo Crashes

By Loy Okezie On December 9, 2009 · 5 Comments

When Globacom announced last week Tuesday that their subscribers can make free on-net Glo-to-Glo calls for a daily charge of N40.00 only, in a promo tagged Glo BIIIG DASH, it seemed like the smartest marketing campaign ever in the…

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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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Glo Connect: Globacom’s Facebook App

By Loy Okezie On November 26, 2009 · 10 Comments

Globacom, Nigeria’s second largest mobile operator recently introduced a new service called Glo Connect that lets their subscribers and customers to interact with their friends, families and loved ones via Facebook.

Glo Connect is a service  that allows Glo…

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Jobberman.com – Most Intuitive Job Search Portal in Nigeria

By Loy Okezie On November 18, 2009 · 19 Comments

When you are talking about Web 2.0 and social media solutions to searching and finding jobs in Nigeria, Jobberman.com is the place to go to. Launched in August 2009, Jobberman.com is a job search and career development web site…

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Skye Bank: “No Limit” Television Commercial

By Loy Okezie On November 13, 2009 · 2 Comments

Skye Bank, one of Nigeria’s leading banks teamed up with Platform, a leading branding company to produce a new high-profile television advertising campaign which shows creative thinking and inspires a great user experience.

The TV Ad demonstrates how Skye…

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GTBank: TV Commercial “Questions”

By Loy Okezie On November 12, 2009 · 4 Comments

GTBank is one of Nigeria’s most dynamic and innovative banks. They’re actively using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. A recent TV commercial ad shows how they…

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Loy Okezie: Version 2.8 Released!

By Loy Okezie On November 12, 2009 · 7 Comments

Recently, I’ve been working on a huge project being managed by one of Nigeria’s top branding companies that will redefine the way we search information about Nigeria online.

The project’s mission is to “organize Nigeria’s information” in one place and…

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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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