Developers, News, Products, Tech May 24, 2012

UberConference Wins Third Annual TechCrunch Disrupt NYC

Editor’s Note: We had no idea when we did a post two days ago, that UberConference was going to be the winner at the…

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…

News, Products, Tech, Web May 23, 2012

So.cl, Yet Another Social Network Site From Microsoft

Microsoft has quietly launched its own social network for beta testing. It is described as a social search tool to share information and meet…

Mobile, Products, Tech May 23, 2012

Nigeria’s iROKO TV Launches SMS Service For Updates

One of Africa’s largest video on demand site, Iroko TV, yesterday launched a text service set to enable users send queries to a code,…

Developers, News, Products, Tech May 23, 2012

Celestine Omin Talks Gbedu.FM, BlackBerry, Nigerian Tech Hubs, and Developer Lifestyle

It started out as a regular Facebook chat, and before we knew it, we were discussing all sort of things. Celestin Omin is a…

News, Tech May 22, 2012

Google Motorola Deal, Finally Sealed

It has been a while since the news about Google acquiring Motorola has been broken. There were still protocols that needed to be met and contracts…

News, Tech May 22, 2012

From The MailBox: What’s New on Jobberman

Editor’s Note: The last time I got a mail from Jobberman (aside the job alerts), I did blog about it. I remember it was…

Mobile, News, Products, Tech May 22, 2012

Startup Stories: Dear Spinlet, Are You Sure You Have Got It Figured Out?

Spinlet, a music streaming service some people are refering to as the iTunes of Africa finally launched after months of media hype. Our very…

Developers, News, Tech May 22, 2012

How Failing Fast And Smart Can Grow Your Business

This is a post I wrote last year. It has some striking lessons for me and I believe that anyone working on a startup…