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110.43 Million SIM Cards registered by 95.89 Million Subscribers in Nigeria

110.43 million lines have so far been registered in the ongoing registration of SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) cards against official figure of 95,886,714 active mobile lines in the country.This is a huge difference of 14.54 million According to the Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Eugene Juwah: this is More »

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5 Reasons Why You Should Start a Business as a Student

Are you among those who think that running a business is the game of experienced graduates and professionals? I am going to show you five reason why that believe is wrong. If you are a student reading this or you are a fresh graduate and you have never thought of More »

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How You can Buy or Sell on Google Trader through SMS

You can now search, buy, post or sell your products/services on Google’s classified ads site Google Trader. It is very simple, you only have to send a message to a short code via SMS. To start using the SMS service Text START to 6007. Posting on Google Trader is free! More »

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Wikipedia to Go Free on Mobiles in Africa and Middle East This Year

The Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organisation that operates Wikipedia and Orange, a mobile network provider have concluded a deal that will allow millions of people from Africa and Midddle East to gain free unlimited access to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia from the mobile phones. The project is targeted at the More »

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Google+ integrates with Google Trader: Personalize your Listings

Google announced today that it has integrated Google+ (its social network) with Google Trader (it classified ads site). This means users on google trader can personalize their listings. According to press release on Google Africa blog: We wanted to make Google Trader a little bit more personal. So today, for More »

Category Archives: StartUps

AfriTickets: New Website for Buying and Selling Event Tickets Launches in Nigeria

December 14, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

We announce the entrant of a new service based website Afritickets which is a startup poised to provide gateway services for event ticketing in Nigeria. A lot of challenges face event organisers in Nigeria and ticketing is one of them. Challenges range from printing quality tickets, preventing counterfeiting, ensuring their tickets are distributed in as

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Dealfish Introduces Free Print Edition of its Classified Ads

December 13, 2011   Andy Chuks   1 Comment

The coming of competitors like Google Trader and Tradestable into the free classified ads market has certainly got Dealfish thinking outside the box. the free classifed ads site has announced the launch of a print version of its classified ads. In an attempt to get at number of its target market that are not active

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Procurement Services Website That Helps You Shop in The US From the Comfort of Your Home or Office

December 05, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

Nigerians have always spent huge amounts of money annually sourcing various goods ranging from auto spare parts to office equipment from overseas (especially the United States). The channels undertaken to procure these items and useful equipments mean added and often substantial costs to the trader/buyers who naturally transfer these costs to the end users. CircuitAtlantic

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Hoping To Raise Funds for Your Startup? 7 Questions to Expect From Investors

November 30, 2011   NairaBrains   2 Comments

Getting needed funding for your business idea or startup is probably the biggest hurdle you must pass if you are to succeed as an entreprenuer and grow that idea to worth millions or billions. I had personally witnessed how difficult it can be for an especially young entrepreneur (In my case in his early 20s)

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Skoola, Nigeria’s First Educational Networking and Information Sharing Startup to Launch Fully in the New Year

November 18, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

Skoola.com, an innovative educational networking and information sharing startup for Nigerian students of various levels is ready to launch fully in 2012. The site which has been in beta test with over 5,000 members will be going fully active with new features which are going to be added to enhance user experience. The startup features

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OnlineNaira to Stop Paypal Payment Processing

November 18, 2011   NairaBrains   3 Comments

Nigerian online payment processor OnlineNaira is to stop processing and accepting paypal payments for Nigerians with effect from Dec 1, 2011 according to a statement from them. The reasons for suspending the one aspect of their operations which has helped several Nigerians overcome challenges associated with accepting Paypal payments online are not yet clear. The

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Otondoh, New Mobile Community for Youth Corpers in Nigeria Launches

November 14, 2011   Andy Chuks   No comments

As more tech startups come up in the Nigerian online space another mobile startup has been announced for youth corps members in Nigeria. the startup called Otondoh is a networking community for memebers of the National Youth Services Corps serving in different parts of the country. The startup luanched few days to the National Youth

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Introducing Njorku, an Emerging African Job Search Engine and Aggregator

November 11, 2011   NairaBrains   2 Comments

African tech entreprneurs continue to push limits and come up with varied solutions to the continent’s daily problems through creative use of technology. Today we introduce you to Churchill Nanje Mambe, the founder of Njorku.com, a job aggregator and search engine that crawls various job portals and sites in Africa to bring to visiotrs relevant

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New Professional Networking and Casting Platform for Nollywood

November 07, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

A new talent resource network called NollywoodCasting for Nigeria’s movie industry (aka Nollywood) has launched. The site is Nollywood’s first online professional self-management and casting resource for performers and casting professionals. NollywoodCasting assists casting directors, producers and filmmakers to efficiently source, locate and cast performers across Africa, Europe and America. It also helps performers such

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Google Launches a Free Classifieds Site in Nigeria (Google Trader).

November 06, 2011   Andy Chuks   1 Comment

Google Trader Launches in Nigeria. The internet in Nigeria is experiencing influx of startups and Google don’t want to be left behind. Few months back they launched a Startup “Get Nigerian Businesses Online” in collaboration with MTN and Ecobank. Yesterday they followed up with official launching of a free classifieds website for Nigeria, Google Trader

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