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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 »

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Top Ten Most Visited and Popular Nigerian Websites in January, 2012

In continuation of our monthly review of Top Ten Most Visited Nigerian Websites and Blogs which we started in November of 2011 we bring to you the list of most visited Nigerian sites in January, 2012. 1. Vanguardngr.com: The online version of the well read newspaper has retained its top More »

YouTube Launches New Logo As It Warms Up For Nigeria Launch

December 07, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

As we had earlier written YouTube will be launching its fully Nigerian Version today. The video search engine has already come up with a new logo based on the Nigerian flag of green, whit, green. A look at the YouTube.com.ng domain however shows nothing close to Nigerian content.This we believe will change once the site

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State Governments in Nigeria Get Backing to Generate Electricity From 2012

December 06, 2011   Andy Chuks   1 Comment

Power generation and distribution, from the onset has been the exclusive responsibility of the federal government except in cases when big corporations have been given concession to produce units of power for industrial use. However in the spirit of ongoing attempts to reform and reposition the nation’s power sector to meet expectations of Nigerians a

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Top Three Most Recommended Internet Service/Connection Providers in Nigeria

December 06, 2011   Andy Chuks   3 Comments

Reliable internet access has been a challenge to everyone involved in accessing the internet in the course of their work or study. this is despite the fact that there are a host of internet service providers touting their stuff in the market. On a personal note I have turned to something akin to a modem

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How To Become Rich in 2012

December 05, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

All over the web there are thousands of article on ways to become rich. Some of the advice end up being nothing more than get rich quick schemes. First, lets tell what this article is not. This article is not a list of magic ways to get rich neither is it going to reveal an

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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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First Ever Text Message Sent 19 Years Ago

December 04, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

The first ever SMS message was sent over the Vodafone GSM network in the United Kingdom on 3rd December 1992 from a man named Neil Papworth using a personal computer to Richard Jarvis of Vodafone using an Orbitel 901 handset. This is according to Wikipedia. The message read,’Happy Christmas.’ The technology behind the SMS text

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Central Bank: Government to Begin E-Payment of Salaries From January 2012

December 03, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

The Central Bank of Nigeria says it has concluded plans to implement the electronic payment of all government slaries, pensions and supplies. This was stated by the CBN Head of Domestic Payment CBN, Mr. Emmanuel Obaigbona at a one-day Public Sector Stakeholders enlightenment programme on the e-payment initiative in Port Harcourt. According to Obaigbona the

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Ericsson and Sony Ericsson Announce “Apps for Africa” Competition for Application Developers

December 03, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

In a move designed to promote the development of innovative ideas and mobile applications to tackle challenges peculiar to the African continent Ericsson in collaboration with Sony Ericsson have unfolded plans to run a regional competition for application developers on the Android platform. The competition titled ‘Apps for Africa’ is to run under the aegis

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Tribute: Odumegwu Ojukwu, Son of One Time Richest Man in Nigeria But Chose His Own Path

December 02, 2011   NairaBrains   2 Comments

Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu was certainly born with a very conspicous silver spoon. His father, Sir Lious Ojukwu was arguably the richest man in the country at his time. Sir Lious was a transport mogul and multi-millionaire. He wanted his son to inherit his business empire and manage his interests after his death but the

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Building High Powered Customer Loyalty: How Any Business Can Retain Its Customers For Ever

December 02, 2011   NairaBrains   2 Comments

It is an accepted fact that it costs more to get a new customer than it does to keep an existing one coming back. Yet somehow companies and organisations keep neglecting the wisdom of a bird at hand being worth more than two or even three in the bush. It is possible to create a

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