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#SMWLagos | Lagos City Gets Ready For Social Media Week 2014

Social Media Week Lagos (SMW Lagos) co-produced by Dragon Africa and AFRIKA21 returns for a second year to Lagos February 17 – 21, 2014. In…

Alliance For Affordable Internet To Lower Access Cost To Users

This October saw a diverse group of private and public sector players come together in Abuja, Nigeria to launch the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI),…

9japps Microsoft App Challenge Winners Announced

Microsoft Nigeria has announced winners in the Windows Phone category of the inaugural 9japps Competition, a local app development contest for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8…

70TH PRECINCT To Host Nigeria’s First Mobile Application Summit

Global content provider for mobile applications – 70th PRECINCT is planning to host what would be the very first Nigerian mobile applications summit in…

Two Nigerian Startups As Finalists For VentureOut Mobile App Competition

Following an intensive process, two Nigerian startups, Nearest Locator and Prowork, are among 13 finalists selected for the VentureOut Challenge—an initiative of infoDev and…

Microsoft Rated Top Employer In Africa Once Again

Based on the CRF Institute Top Employers in Africa Index for 2013/2014, Microsoft has been found to be one of top employers in Africa….

Nigeria At Web Summit This October With Insidify And MyMusic

Two Nigerian technology startups, Insidify, a kind of ‘Google for Jobs’ with peerless job meta-search engine with deep social media integration, as well as MyMusic,…

BBM Available For Android And iPhone September 21 – 22

Looks like the wait is over as the instant mobile to mobile messaging that boasts of the best privacy and control you can count…

Edo Technology Day 2013: Broadband, Big Data, And IT Policy – Sept 12 & 13

At the inception of the government of Comrade Adams Aliu Oshiomhole (mni, CON) it identified Information Communication Technology (ICT) as a key driver in…

Microsoft Launches Localized MSN Portal in Nigeria

Software giant, Microsoft, recently announced the launch of its localized content portal in Nigeria. In a media parley with both the traditional media journalists…