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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 »

GTBank Introduces GTMT and Instant Payment Service

November 14, 2011   NairaBrains   2 Comments

In a press release Guaranty Trust Bank, Nigeria’s Leading Bank in technology and internet banking has released two new payment services/features. The bank stated thus in an official statement: As part of our efforts to provide value-adding services, we wish to inform you that you can now send and receive funds to and from any

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How to Start and Run a Profitable Dry Cleaning and Laundry Business

November 14, 2011   Andy Chuks   9 Comments

As year 2012 approaches many Nigerians will definitely review their business activities for 2011. For those who are not satisfied with the return on investment of their current business they will want to veer off into more lucrative businesses. One of the rules to starting a successful business is identifying challenges and everyday problems encountered

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Google Acquires Apture

November 14, 2011   Andy Chuks   No comments

Apture has been acquired by Google. Apture is a website that provides instantaneous access to information with its award-winning in-page search technology. Its products let readers immediately find and browse the best content from across the web – in one window. By transforming flat web pages into connected multimedia experiences, readers can fluidly dive into

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Why Managing Information And Data Security Is Vital To Your Business

November 12, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

This is a guest post from Laura Jennings. To get your posts on NairaBrians email us: info[a]nairabrains.com Recently, there have been a number of information hacks that have been targeted to companies even as large as Microsoft, making it more and more important for companies worldwide to ensure that their policies for information and data

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Top 5 Most Influential and Effective TV Adverts in Nigeria for 2011

November 12, 2011   NairaBrains   3 Comments

The year 2011 has witnessed its own fair share of television adverts in Nigerian TV stations. We bring to you the top 5 adverts that have made the most impact especially in creating awareness and brand building for the particular product or service it seeks to promote. In choosing this list of most successful ads

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LinkedIn Unveils New Group Statistics Dashboard

November 11, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

LinkedIn has unveiled a new Group Statistics dashboard that allows group admins to drill down into the demographics and growth of their groups. The new dashboard, as CEO Jeff Weiner describes it on Twitter, turns relevant information about each group into an infographic-style display. This information is summarized on a dashboard, but can also be

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LinkedIn’s 131 Million Members Create 1 Million Groups So Far

November 11, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

LinkedIn‘s growth metrics are up: The professional social network now has 131 million members and more than a million groups, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner told listeners on an earnings call. Weiner says more than 15 million people joined the business social network in the third quarter of 2011. That’s a boost of 63% compated to

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10 Reasons Why You Should Not Date a Tech Investor

November 11, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

1. They will always be looking for the next hot thing. 2. They won’t make a move until one of their friends tells them that they should. 3. They don’t abide by the 3 day rule for getting back to you. 4. If you aren’t meeting their standards, they will try to sell you off

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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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How To Manage Your Time Between Your Business and Your Job

November 11, 2011   NairaBrains   1 Comment

This is a unique topic because not everybody who has a job understands the need for his/her own business as well. Is my job not my business? You ask. Your job is definitely not your business or you wouldn’t be paid what the owner wanted. If you are working for someone else then that’s your

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