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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 »

Today’s Young Entrepreneurs: How To Overcome the Age Stigma as A Growing Entrepreneur in 2012

Starting out as a young entrepreneur has its challenges especially in the African setting where people tend to see youth as not with potential for success but as liabilities. Still despite the many challenges you may face as a young entrepreneur it is an exciting time to go into business for yourself. There has never

Employee Motivation Strategies: 6 Ways to Keep Your Workers Happy Without Money

In many quarters it is believed that the best way to keep your staff and employees motivated and happy is to pay them more money. To some extent this may be true. Still there is an extent to which money can go as a motivator and many cases money alone cannot keep your people working

Vconnect Introduces New Service,”Post Your Requirement”

Vconnect, Nigeria’s largest local search engine and information service provider has introduced a new interactive service on the web portal tagged Post Your Requirement. According to the General Manager of Vconnect Global Service Ltd (owners of Vconnect.com) Deepankar Rustagi, the new service is to facilitate convenient and faster connection between consumers and suppliers through the

Low Cost Business Promotion Strategies: Boost Your Company’s Image With Branded T-Shirts

Publicity is key when it comes to business. Advertising can be expensive and any sort of free publicity is likely to be welcomed with open arms by business owners. There are many ways a business can get their brand and service recognised, and perhaps one of the cheaper yet effective methods is through the use

Glo Launches New Package G-BAM HI 5ive: Make Calls 5k per Sec, Free Facebook Browsing

The Festive Season is here and Telecom companies in Nigeria are dishing out mouth watering packages for its subscribers. Globacom Nigeria seems to be on top of the game with its latest offer G-BAM Hi 5ive. According to press release by Globacom “G-Bam Hi 5ive allows subscribers to call five special numbers at only five

5 Nigerian Companies With the Most Effective and Active Use of Social Media in 2011

We have carried out an extensive study and research to find out Nigerian companies with the best use of social media to build brand awareness and loyalty. In modern business as more people go social it is becoming more clearer that for a brand to create lasting loyalty it has to create a means of

Google Zeitgeist 2011: What the World Searched Most in 2011

Zeitgeist sorted billions of Google searches to capture the year’s 10 fastest-rising global queries and the rest of the spirit of 2011. Among the most searched things globally were Steve Jobs, Ipad2 and Rebecca Black. You can check out the results of Google Zeitgeist 2011 here You can explore further and find the top ten

Twitter Releases 2011 Hottest Topics, Gives Golden Tweet Award to @Wendys

Twitter, the popular social networking platform that enables people share ideas and information in a 140 character micro format has published its list of the most popular and hottest topics. The list is published under 14 categories including Tech, Food and Drink, Cities and Countries, World News etc. Under the Soccer category Wayne Rooney and

Online Advertising Space in Africa: Why It is Proving Difficult to Take on Google Adwords and What Advertising Companies Can Do

Not too long ago we wrote on Click Search Nigeria, a Nigerian online advertising company that has found it hard to get a sizeable portion of the online advertising revenue in Nigeria’s increasing online space. A few advertising companies exist in Africa; Ad Dynamo, Adplacers and Bidvertisers among others and it is the preoccupation of

[PRESS RELEASE] Ad Dynamo Introduces Regional Targetting

Up and coming online advertising company Ad Dynamo has stated on its official blog that it has started implementing regional targeting; “I’m pleased to say that we’ve just launched regional targeting. This new functionality enables advertisers to target customers in specific cities. Regional targeting is set at the campaign level and is available worldwide, except