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Business, Press Release, Social Media June 14, 2013

Jumia Nigeria Crosses 500,000 Facebook Fan Milestone

Jumia.com attains record breaking milestone of over half a million friends on Facebook in 1 year of operations in Nigeria. Nigeria’s number 1 online…

Entertainment, News, Social Media, Tech June 13, 2013

Jumia Nigeria Gets More Social With Instagram Fashion Show

Nigeria’s biggest online retailer, jumia.com.ng is set to dazzle Nigerian fashionistas with the country’s first ever Instagram Fashion show tagged “Reinvent” that went live…

Mobile, News, Press Release, Social Enterprise, Tech June 11, 2013

BlackBerry Targets Nigeria’s Best And Brightest Women In Scholars Program

BlackBerry is reaching out to women in Nigeria to urge them to apply for the new BlackBerry® Scholars Program,an initiative designed to inspire womenglobally…

Business, News, Social Enterprise, Tech June 11, 2013

OpenApps Crosses 1 Million Collective Visits With Interesting Outcomes

The Co-Creation Hub in a bid to improve the quality of digital business in the local space,  launched an initiative – Open Apps, and having…

Events, News, Web June 10, 2013

Open Data: Fostering Innovation In Nigeria [Hangout Session] – June 14

Open Data is a project geared towards making data from the public and private sectors readily available for consumption or use. It is usually…

News, Tech, Web June 8, 2013

Internet Freedom at Risk in Nigeria: Paradigm Initiative Nigeria Releases Policy Brief

More than 45 million internet users in Nigeria comprising the general public mostly are on the verge of losing their Internet privacy on every…

Developers, News, Tech June 7, 2013

9jApps Extended! Submit Your App Until July 19

It is Friday and we are ready to give you a #TGIF take-home by announcing that the 9jApps contest has been extended, giving room…

Events, News, Tech, Web June 7, 2013

[EVENT] The Government And The Internet – NIGF 2013

The Local Multi-stakeholders Advisory Group (LMAG) of the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum, comprising of the Ministry of Communication Technology (MCT), National Information Technology Development…

Entertainment, News, Tech, Web June 7, 2013

Google Nigeria Launches SYNC To Promote Local Content Culture

Google, between the 3rd and 5th of June, 2013, hosted industry experts from the business, content creation and entertainment communities to its SYNC Nigeria…

Mobile, News, Tech June 7, 2013

Opera Mini 4.5 Brings Better Browsing Experience To Basic Phones

With the Opera Mini browser, millions of users get online all over the world, even if their mobile phones aren’t the top of the…