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Introducing Techloy.com’s URL Shortener!

By Loy Okezie On November 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Today, I’m excited to announce that Techloy.com now has its own unique URL shortener, Teck.ly which has officially debuted on Twitter.

Techloy joins leading technology sites such as TechCrunch (tcrn.ch), Mashable (on.mash.to) and Engadget (engt.co) that have…

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Nigerian URL Shortener Yrn.me Redesigns

By Loy Okezie On June 13, 2011 · 3 Comments

Local URL shortener service, Yrn.me has redesigned its logo and website which went live today. The service which launched in February 2010 was the first URL shortening service to come out of Nigeria. [Here’s what it looked like before…

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Lotaar Goes Live.

By Loy Okezie On November 10, 2010 · 1 Comment

Remember the Nigerian startup that wants to remind you when your favourite TV and Radio programmes are about to start, so you can tune in? Yeah, Lotaar!

It just went live a couple of hours ago,…

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OnePage co-founder Osita Nwoye Launches Lotaar

By Loy Okezie On July 29, 2010 · 7 Comments

Last month, Nigerian-born-UK-based, Osita Nwoye quit OnePage, a startup he helped found in 2009 along with British-born Joel Gascoigne. Yesterday, he announced the launch of Lotaar, which he is co-founding with his friend, Roland Ukor.

Lotaar (pronounced Lo-taar,…

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Yarnpad.com – Twitter Gets Cloned. Again.

By Loy Okezie On July 29, 2010 · 8 Comments

With so much love for Twitter, yet another Twitter-clone has been launched on the micro-blogging space. This time, YarnPad! has emerged from Nigeria and lets you “see wetin people they yarn about“, that is, what people are talking about.…

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Vincent Enyeama Trends On Twitter. Domain Names Registered Today.

By Loy Okezie On June 17, 2010 · 3 Comments

In a world cup match soaked with adrenaline pumping tension, the Super Eagles of Nigeria couldn’t turn an adversity (10-man against opponents) into an adventurous victory over the Greeks.

But one man, Vincent Enyeama made a difference. His goal-keeping prowess and…

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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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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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Are you (or your startup) Memeburned yet?

By Loy Okezie On May 18, 2010 · 1 Comment

You’ve probably heard of Internet words such as Facebooked, Googled, Youtubed, Twittered, Afrigator’d, Crunchbased and many others. Now you can add “Memeburned” to your Internet lexicon:-)

Here’s my own definition:

Memeburned is the act of being tech-fed with web-savvy

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Yarnable Goes Into Private Beta (Invites)

By Loy Okezie On May 6, 2010 · 15 Comments

With Twitter’s success in providing real-time information to users around the world, we’re left second-guessing what the future of the web would become. At the time of writing this, Twitter is the 11th most visited site in the world…

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