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SXSW Looks To Africa As The Next Big Market

After the overwhelming success of Social Media Week Lagos held in Nigeria last month, Society HAE/AFRIKA21 heads to the annual South By South West (SXSW) Conference in Austin, TX to…

Twitter-Owned Client, TweetDeck Launches Keyboard Shortcuts

If you are a keyboard freak, and prefer combining keys for action over using a mouse, then you’d appreciate this development – well maybe…

Voice Against Piracy With Microsoft’s ‘Play It Safe’

Microsoft recently introduced a new initiative, the Play It Safe campaign, to create awareness about piracy and educate users on the dangers of pirated software. Microsoft Nigeria, in…

Opera Launches Mobile Browser for Andriod In Beta

Opera browser for Android is now out in a beta version, providing mobile web navigation that is sleeker and easier to use than ever….

Challenges Facing E-Commerce In Nigeria – #MomoNigeria Recap

It was yet another #MoMoNigeria event on the 25th of Feb. 2013. The turnout was impressive although the event kicked off at 6:45pm due to…

Eskimi Partners With Tiketmobile, Giving Mobile Users Easy Access To Buses

Eskimi and Tiketmobile have partnered to bring bus tickets to the mobile phone. Tiketmobile provides an easy and convenient means for travellers to find, buy and…

BlackBerry Trials Mobile Money Transfer Service Over Messenger

BlackBerry  is testing a new mobile money transfer application integrated into its signature Messenger chat service, a move the beleaguered device maker hopes will keep…

Nigeria’s Biggest Social Network, 2Go Brings Afrobeats From iROKING To Its Users

A few months have passed since the Eskimi-iROKING partnership to kick off music.eskimi.com, and both parties have reported a degree of growth and exposure…

World Summit ‘m-Government’ Award Winner, Ihesei Peter of iPolice [INTERVIEW]

During the Social Media Week, Minster for Information and Communication Technology, Hon. Mobolaji Johnson mentioned what the government is doing to raise help for local developers and how…

#MWC13 | Opera Lands On Fun I WIT Tablets For Children

Opera Software today announced a collaboration with I WIT Digital to pre-install Opera Mobile and the Opera Mobile Store on their Android tablets for…