Advertisement

Currently viewing the tag: "silicon valley"
zuckerberg

Zuckerberg to Startups: You don’t have to move to Silicon Valley

By Loy Okezie On November 2, 2011 · 2 Comments

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg has said that if he were to do it over again, he would keep his company, Facebook  — which he started in his Harvard University dorm room — in Boston.

“If I were starting…

Continue Reading →

Barcamp Africa Cancelled. Tech4Africa “still in the horizon”.

By Loy Okezie On May 5, 2010 · 1 Comment

The much anticipated Barcamp Africa (made in Africa) which was scheduled for June 4 – 7  in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire has been cancelled until further notice. It is not the first time that an African organized event has been…

Continue Reading →

Announcing Lagos [Startup Digest]

By Loy Okezie On February 4, 2010 · 4 Comments

Today, I’m excitedly announcing the first edition of the Lagos [Startup Digest].

For some weeks now, I’ve been discussing with Chris McCann, co-founder  of Startup Digest, a weekly curated email…

Continue Reading →

In Search of Nigeria’s Silicon City

By Loy Okezie On October 3, 2009 · 4 Comments

At a time when some states in Nigeria like Lagos and Ogun have set the ambitious goal to achieve a mega city status, one wonders if a silicon city is in their master plans.

By Silicon City, I mean…

Continue Reading →

How to Successfully Re-Launch Your Startup

By Loy Okezie On July 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Perhaps you’ve launched a startup which has become very popular on the web space, and for some reason, you had to re-launch the idea, website or features of the startup.

Recently, Silicon-based startup Synthasite founded by South African entrepreneur, Vinny…

Continue Reading →

5 Key Factors to Creating a Startup Hub in Nigeria

By Loy Okezie On July 5, 2009 · 14 Comments

A few years ago, an ex-Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, said

…the Nigerian government has worked out to invest 600 million US dollars (about 100 billion Naira) to establish

…

Continue Reading →