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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 »

Four Major Obstacles to Watch Out for While Starting a Business in Nigeria

November 07, 2011   NairaBrains   2 Comments

Nigeria is certainly a strange country. With a population of about 167 million (based on last week’s revelation by the outgoing Chairman of National Population Commission) it is a country courted and wooed by many foreign firms especially South African and Indian. The vast human capital cannot be ignored and Nigeria is arguably the largest

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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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Five Internet Startups to Watch Out For in Nigeria

November 04, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

Nigerians are very enterprising people. Of recent they have begun to show that they can play the game on a global level, as their peers from the US, Europe and Australia despite the existing infrastructural gap. The number of internet startups in Nigeria, going by the challenges to online business, is impressive. However, many fall

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The Right Approach to Adopt When Cutting Business Costs

November 01, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

When things go tough, business react by cutting costs across several key areas. Sometimes even though you may save your business some money, some of the spending changes you make will affect your business adversely. If you are running at a loss in your business what do you do to reduce costs? That’s the big

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3 Tips to Help You Choose a Powerful Company or Business Name

November 01, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

For those who consider the name of their business or company unimportant they should have a rethink. If you are starting a business one of the most important things to consider is publicity. You definitely will want prospective customers to know about your business. You will prefer that customers remember your business above and before

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KUMA Releases Game on the Fall of Gadhafi

November 01, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

While we’re waiting for a Hollywood movie of Libya’s fight for freedom during the 42-year reign of Col. Muammar Gaddafi which ended after he was killed by Libyan rebel forces on Thursday, October 20, 2011, KUMA Games has released the re-creation of Gaddafi’s last-stand in the battle of Sirte. In “The Fall of Sirte: Gaddaffi’s

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The New Way of Business: Why All Serious Companies Need a Mobile Strategy

October 31, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

This is a Guest post from Monica Paul of Marcomtec Group, a new media marketing services company that focuses on firms in the IT sector. New media and communication innovations have changed the way people interact and work in today’s world. Take the example of the woman who is responsible for managing a department in

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Djoss.tv, New Platform for Real Time Chat About Your Favourite TV Programmes

October 30, 2011   Andy Chuks   No comments

Four Cameroonian tech entrepreneurs came together to form Djoss.tv, a new platform that lets users chat and share ideas about television programmes they are watching in real time. The platform was first used during the presidential elections in Cameroon and also used mostly during Premier league matches. The beta version has however been launched in

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Ummeli, New Mobile Network for Community Jobs in Africa Launches

October 29, 2011   Andy Chuks   2 Comments

Ummeli, the new mobile network for jobs that helps communities find and share job and employment opportunities was recently launched at the Tech4Africa event by the Praekelt Foundation team. Unlike most services that attempt to assist young people looking for jobs, Ummeli is built to take advantage of the one medium that is accessible and

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6 Myths of How to Become Super Successful in Business

October 28, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

These days every writer, MBA degree holder, business school lecturer and people who generally do not know much about business success offer advice on how to succeed in business. Having encountered a few failures in business, I have discovered that many of the assumptions and advice about business success are mere fallacies and myths. Here

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