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Gadgets, Press Release, Products May 24, 2012

Samsung Galaxy Pocket Released in Conjunction with Spinlet in Nigeria

Nigeria, a country where only 5% are smartphone users–the others are using dumb phone and  feature phones. Samsung has again raised the bar in…

News, Press Release May 23, 2012

BAU, Beni American University, Partners with a College in Atlanta

The young Nigerian, Gossy Ukanwoke, who created Students Circle, spoke to us about a project he’s working on which is focused on disrupting education…

Mobile, Press Release, Tech May 11, 2012

Nokia Still Leads The Pack according to Inmobi report, has 77% mobile ad Impressions

Early this morning, I got a Google doc from a friend that listed the different percentage of mobile and desktop access to the web….

News, Press Release, Tech May 2, 2012

Mobile Ads Meet Job Site.Twinpine Partners Jobberman.com

Twinpine, the Africa-focused mobile advertising network has just announced a landmark partnership with Jobberman.com which will give it exclusive access to reach the users…

News, Press Release, Products, Tech May 2, 2012

Microsoft Replaces Skype P2P Supernodes with Linux Boxes

If you have being using Skype for a while, you may have heard the news a while back that Microsoft aquired Skype. Skype is…

Developers, News, Press Release, Products, Tech April 27, 2012

Microsoft Launches SQL Server 2012 to Control Data Explosion

oTeKbits —2012 — Microsoft has launched the latest version of the world’s most widely deployed data platform, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 in Nigeria. The…

Events, Mobile, News, Press Release, Tech April 17, 2012

Spinlet Adds Support To Mobile Web West Africa 2012 Conference – All Amber

oTeKbits –   Lagos based company Spinlet officially announced today that a partnership with UK-based company, All Amber, for Mobile Web West Africa 2012 has…

Developers, Press Release, Tech April 11, 2012

The Tony Elumelu Foundation Partners Co-Creation Hub To Boost Social Technology Entrepreneurship in Nigeria

Co-Creation Hub Nigeria and The Tony Elumelu Foundation have signed a partnership to provide managed seed funding to up to 20 social technology start-ups in…

News, Press Release, Products, Tech April 4, 2012

Google: The Big Brother, Providing Insights for Free to Internet Use in Africa

Just yesterday we published a post on the grant given to iHub and KENET to deepen internet penetration and access in Kenya. Google’s message…

News, Press Release, Tech April 3, 2012

Google Gave iHUB and KENET in Kenya USD$350K as Funding

In a recent post on Techloy, Bankole Oluwafemi wrote an insightful expository about how Google is pushing it harder and harder into the deeper…