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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 »

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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FG Extends Deadline For YOUWIN Submissions Again

November 18, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

The Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria program business idea submissions which was supposed to close earlier this November is now to end on November 25, 2011 following the latest shift in deadline by the organizers. YOUWIN is a collaboration of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Communication Technology (CT), and the Ministry of

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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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Social Media Marketing Lessons From Dbanj and MoHits: How Dbanj’s “Oliver Twist” Single Got Viral

November 18, 2011   NairaBrains   1 Comment

Every week we try to bring to you revelations of how the web is changing the way we do business in Nigeria and the rest of Africa. Recent indications show that more and more Nigerians join various social networking and media sites on a daily basis faster than their counterparts in other African countries. Just

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Nairaland Now Officially Out of Top 10 Most Visited Sites in Nigeria

November 18, 2011   NairaBrains   5 Comments

For sometime now the signs have been coming. We earlier did an article asking what the future holds for Nairaland, Nigeria’s largest online community in the face of its dwindling fortunes. First the site, once the most visited Nigerian site, was displaced by Vanguard according to Alexa rankings in July 2011. The site gradually moved

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Five Publicity Lessons Every Entrepreneur (Including You) Can Learn From Pastor Chris Oyakhilome

November 17, 2011   Andy Chuks   2 Comments

Sometime ago we published the list of Nigeria’s richest pastors and preachers which included the Head pastor and founder of Believers Loveworld (aka Christ Embassy) Pastor Chris Oyakhilome. Pastor Chris, as he is fondly called by thousands of his followers did not become popular merely by the power of his ability to heal unlike some

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Freedom of Information Act 2011 Now in Mobile App

November 16, 2011   Andy Chuks   No comments

On May 28 this year the President signed into law one of the most talked about bills in Nigeria’s current democracy, The Freedom of Information Bill. Now the Freedom of Information Act, 2011 it is a law which makes public records easily accessible and available to members of the public. The Freedom of Information Act

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The New Minimum Wage and Its Implication On The Labour Market

November 15, 2011   NairaBrains   1 Comment

Several months ago the Nigerian government passed into law a new minimum wage which stipulates that the least paid workers shall earn N18,000 ($120) monthly. This was a leap from the previous minimum wage of N7, 500 ($50). As paltry as the new minimum wage may seem, especially when exchanged to the dollar there are

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Facebook Overtaken By Porn and Violent Images

November 15, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

Large numbers of Facebook users are reporting their timelines on the social network are being flooded with pornography and violent content as part of a large scale epidemic that has seen many profiles compromised. Porn hacks are nothing new for Facebook but the apparent reach of this episode, and the particularly disturbing nature of many

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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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