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    Tekedia 12:16 am on April 23, 2012 Permalink  

    Preview Of 62 Apps That Will Be Launched Across Africa In Coming Weeks 

    1327760197 maths11 Preview Of 62 Apps That Will Be Launched Across Africa In Coming Weeks

    These are the apps which are coming into the market across Africa. NIGERIA (16) Maths Practice by Olaseni Odebiyi – Lagos Mobile app on maths tutorials to help you pass your GCSE maths,A-level,and WAEC This mobile app features maths tutorials to help you pass your GCSE maths, AS or A-level,

     
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    Tekedia 11:37 am on April 22, 2012 Permalink  

    Beni American University – A 100% Online University In Nigeria 

    Beni American University 1024x498 Beni American University   A 100% Online University In Nigeria

    This is one project we have been watching seriously just to see how far it can go. A private university that will be 100% online in Africa? With no accreditation right now, it is possible the Nigeria University Commission will kick them badly. But Beni American University has a presence. This is

     
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    Tekedia 6:00 pm on April 21, 2012 Permalink  

    The Kenyan microMBA Program – Sinapis. Will It Work? Now Accepting Applications 

    sinapis1 The Kenyan microMBA Program   Sinapis. Will It Work? Now Accepting Applications

    The program is one of Kenya’s most comprehensive efforts in entrepreneurship training with an access to capital component. Sinapis estimates it to cost nearly Ksh 1 million to put each entrepreneur through our program. In exchange for tuition, Sinapis asks that each business accepted into its program donate 10% of its

     
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    Tekedia 11:21 am on April 21, 2012 Permalink  

    You’re a Startup. But Are You Searching Or Executing? 

    startup You’re a Startup.  But Are You Searching Or Executing?

    You’ve probably heard at one point or another that the key to startup success is execution.  I’ve said as much myself.  In the harsh reality of building businesses, ideas are commodities and successful business models are luxury goods.  Except that isn’t entirely true.  While inspired execution can determine success or failure, this only happens after a working

     
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    Tekedia 8:19 am on April 10, 2012 Permalink  

    Android Apps Too Expensive – Apple’s More Mature 

    ios Android Apps Too Expensive   Apple’s More Mature

    Canalys has released the results of a recent App Interrogator survey of the top paid-for and free apps from the leading consumer app stores to clients of its App Store Analysis service. The survey reveals that the top paid-for Android apps are priced dramatically higher than those on iOS for the iPhone. In the US, to purchase the top

     
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    Tekedia 11:13 pm on April 8, 2012 Permalink  

    Twitter Opens A New Chapter In Social Media – Take Legal Actions Against Spammers 

    twitter Twitter Opens A New Chapter In Social Media   Take Legal Actions Against Spammers

    Twitter means business and they are very serious. They have gone to court against spammers.  What this means is that nothing is for fun. These clicks are money and if you do not know and go to mess them up, you will be in jail. Read this

     
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    Tekedia 11:51 am on April 8, 2012 Permalink  

    Where Is Nigeria In The Rich Man Tax Discussion? 

    taxes Where Is Nigeria In The Rich Man Tax Discussion?

    On March 21 the U.K.’s coalition government produced its budget for the next year. Among proposals discussed had been a so-called mansion tax—an annual 1 percent levy on homes worth more than £2 million ($3.2 million). In Russia, President-elect Vladimir Putin has put forward a luxury tax to be levied on purchasers of high-end cars and real estate. In France,

     
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    Tekedia 9:38 pm on April 6, 2012 Permalink  

    Is Your Smartphone Making You Less Productive? – Ndubuisi Ekekwe – Harvard Business Review 

    ndubuisi ekekwe Is Your Smartphone Making You Less Productive?   Ndubuisi Ekekwe   Harvard Business Review

    Mobile devices have exacerbated an always-on work culture where employees work anytime, anywhere. They’ve contributed to the blurred distinction between when you’re on the clock and when you’re not. Service industry professionals are especially tethered to these devices. There’s an assumption that using smart

     
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    Tekedia 1:12 pm on April 6, 2012 Permalink  

    Hackers Infect Over Half A Million Macs With New Virus 

    mac Hackers Infect Over Half A Million Macs With New Virus

    Apple Macs are often upheld by their creators as being much less susceptible to malicious virus infections than Windows based systems, but the discovery of a new virus targeting Macs has brought this view in to dispute. A Russian anti-virus firm called Dr Web revealed that somewhere in the region of 600,000 Macs have been successfully infected

     
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    Tekedia 12:37 pm on April 6, 2012 Permalink  

    Where To Learn About Africa Online Trends – InsightsAfrica 

    insights Africa Where To Learn About Africa Online Trends    InsightsAfrica

    InsightsAfrica is a free, publicly available tool which anyone can visit to explore online penetration rates, understand usage patterns amongst the online population, and learn about the barriers to coming online. Through InsightsAfrica, you can learn what would encourage young Kenyan women to come online more often via mobile phone, locations where Senegalese men

     
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    Tekedia 12:09 pm on April 6, 2012 Permalink  

    Google Fixes Dates For g|Senegal, g|Cote d’Ivoire – May 14th And 15th 

    g senegal Google Fixes Dates For g|Senegal, g|Cote d’Ivoire   May 14th And 15th

    Google announces that in May they are coming to Dakar for gSenegal and Abidjan for gCote d’Ivoire! This year’s gSenegal will have more hands-on coding sessions for more experienced developers, more sessions on new Google technology, and more local success storiesperhaps you will be featured!  Join us for gSenegal [https://sites.google.com/site/gsenegal2012/]

     
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    Tekedia 1:14 am on April 6, 2012 Permalink  

    iPhone 5 To Feature OLED Display – Korea Times 

    iphone5 iPhone 5 To Feature OLED Display   Korea Times

    The iPhone 5 is expected to break with tradition and feature a bigger display. This means rather than the iPhone 4S’s 3.5-inch screen, the new iPhone is thought to land with a 4.6-inch Retina display. But that’s old news – the new news is that Apple is braced to make a swap from using LCD technology to

     
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    Tekedia 11:54 pm on April 5, 2012 Permalink  

    MTN, Airtel, Glo May Drag Nigeria To Court Over N46 Billion Energy Expenditure 

    MTN best logo MTN, Airtel, Glo May Drag Nigeria To Court Over N46 Billion Energy Expenditure

    Nigerian telecommunication operators may drag the federal government to court by December 2013 if it fails in its promise to improve public power supply. The operators, who have been bearing the brunt of the poor electricity supply, said that the worrisome situation would cost them N45.9 billion in 2012

     
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    Tekedia 11:45 am on April 5, 2012 Permalink  

    Nigerian Developers Competing In Developing Lagos Online Map-based Crime Reporter: N350,000 Prize Award 

    Lagos Crime Preporting Portal Spatial Technologies Ltd 300x221 Nigerian Developers Competing In Developing Lagos Online Map based Crime Reporter: N350,000 Prize Award

    The idea behind this competition is to implement a public portal where victims or witnesses of crimes in Lagos could document the incidents, and we would forward each incident to both the Lagos police command and the Lagos State. The winner of

     
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    Tekedia 4:07 am on April 5, 2012 Permalink  

    Multiple Registration Of SIM Cards Exceed By 14 Million In Nigeria 

    NCC office Multiple Registration Of SIM Cards Exceed By 14 Million In Nigeria

    As the ongoing registration of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards nears conclusion, 110.43 million lines have so far been registered, a whopping 14.28 million more than the official figure of 96,150,836 active mobile lines in the country. Eugene Juwah, executive vice-chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), who disclosed this weekend at a consultation forum organized

     
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