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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 »

Nigerian StartUp DealDey Gets 150 Million Funding

October 28, 2011   NairaBrains   3 Comments

Nigeria’s tech ecosystem is looking brighter as investors keep snooping around looking for startups with potential for long term success. Information reaching NairaBrains states a Swedish investment company has invested a total of about $8 million. The investment was made through E-motion Advertising, a technology based advertising company in Lagos. 150 million of that amount

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Kalahari Shuts Down Nigerian and Kenyan Operations

October 28, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

We’ve received official confirmation that MIH Internet Africa has closed down its e-commerce offering, Kalahari in Kenya and Nigeria ‘with immediate effect’. According to a press release made available to Techloy, the company said: On 24 October 2011 MIH Internet (Sub-Saharan Africa) advised that, following a strategic review of its investment priorities, it will be

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One Powerful Tool for Your Job Search and How to Use It

October 28, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

Just recently LinkedIn, a popular business networking site went on an IPO and is now worth $9 billion. What importance does LinkedIn.com have for a career person or job seeker? LinkedIn.com is the single largest and most popular networking platform for business people with over 100 million members and counting. What it means is that

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The Emerging New Media Revolution in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Investors

October 27, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

A survey conducted by Africa Business Panel among 800 business professionals involved with Africa shows that the three countries were earmarked as the continent’s favorites when it comes to the future of the ICT sector. Ghana, Egypt, Rwanda, Botswana, Angola, Uganda and Zimbabwe are the runners up and complete the top ten countries out of

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New Shopping Site That Lets You Compare Prices From Various Merchants Debuts

October 26, 2011   NairaBrains   2 Comments

The startup, prices.com.ng, says its a price comparison website that aids shoppers in making the right decision on what to buy. Prices.com.ng aims at getting buyers different items at the best available price. It covers appliances/electronics, books, computer items, games, phones and even bulk sms. A scan through their site showed about 270 appliances for

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5 Top Negotiation Tactics To Make You Win Every Time

October 26, 2011   NairaBrains   5 Comments

I first got my lesson on business negotiation several years ago when as a bleary eyed 19 year old writer I was faced with negotiating with an experienced, cunning small publisher who wished to purchase the manuscript for my first ever book. It was a novel I wanted to publish but couldn’t get any conventional

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How to Make it Through University With Your Own Money

October 22, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

This article comes at a time it has become increasingly difficult to pay the sky high fees needed to pass through college/university. If you are a student in lack of funds you can still go through higher education without taking up loans or stealing (funny?) Having gone through financial difficulties while a student in a

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2011/2012 NNPC/Chevron National University Scholarship Awards

October 19, 2011   NairaBrains   17 Comments

Chevron Nigeria Limited, in collaboration with its Joint Venture partner, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), is offering a number of University Scholarship Awards to suitably qualified Nigerian students. E-applications are invited from full-time SECOND YEAR (200 LEVEL) degree students of the under-listed courses, in Nigerian Universities: 1. Accountancy 2. Agricultural Engineering/Agricultural Science 3. Architecture

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Ten Things Nigerians Search For Most Online

October 19, 2011   NairaBrains   1 Comment

For the past few weeks we have researched and studied browsing habits of Nigerians online. We sought to know what Nigerians search for most on the internet. Is this article useful? You can bet. Information marketers and bloggers will find it useful to have the information about the most searched things online by Nigerians. In

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How to Start and Become Financially Successful as a Self Published Author/Writer

October 18, 2011   NairaBrains   1 Comment

Writing and selling a book successfully must be about one of the most difficult professional tasks in today’s competitive world. As I have found out from my own experience there are many things that can prevent you from hitting it big as an author and bad marketing is one of them. Creating a bestseller doesn’t

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