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NaijaLingo Is An Online Dictionary Of Nigerian Pidgin NaijaLingo Is An Online Dictionary Of Nigerian Pidgin... Naijalingo is an online dictionary of Nigerian pidgin founded by two Nigerians.  The main idea behind Naijalingo is to provide definitions of Nigerian pidgin or slang terms. Signing up to NaijaLingo...

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An Interview With The Founder Of Microblogging Platform... Noel Hwande is a tech entreprenuer who founded one of my favourite Southern African start-ups, Qiqima. Qiqima call to fame is the heavy emphasis they place on SMS and text. This concept is especially...

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Gatorpeeps The Microblogging Platform From Afrigator Is Experiencing A Technical DifficultyGatorpeeps The Microblogging Platform From Afrigator... Gatorpeeps is one of the many microblogging platforms competing for market share in the African web 2.0 scene. The popular South African microblogging platform, created by the same people who created...

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Tru Spot Is One Of Africa’s Largest Music Platforms. They Are A Success Using Any Criteria You Could ChooseTru Spot Is One Of Africa’s Largest Music Platforms.... Truspot is a music platform with one of the largest user-base in Africa. The main idea behind Tru spot, is to provide a one stop place where people can come and share music from the motherland. The...

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Tyler Perry The African American Entreprenuer Gave... Tyler Perry is a famous African American entrepreneur and film maker behind the Medea film franchises and the House of Pain TV series. At the 2010 NAACP Image Awards for people of color, Mr. Perry gave...

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A Nigerian Company Named Starcomm Launches Location Based Service

Posted by Munashe Gumbonzvanda | Posted in Nigeria | Posted on 19-02-2010

Tags: Nigeria, Starcomms, start-ups, technology, web 2.0

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Starcomm is an innovative Nigerian telecommunications company. According to Nigerian blogger Loy Okezie they have launched a location tracking service called Star Tracker. He stated

If you ever need to track your friends location within Nigeria via your mobile phone, Starcomms has just made it easier. Thanks to the availability of GPS-enabled phones among other factors, the LBS (location-based services) market is set to boom in Nigeria.

 

A Review Of The Largest Nigerian Social Networks

Posted by Munashe Gumbonzvanda | Posted in Nigeria | Posted on 16-02-2010

Tags: Nigeria, nigerian social networks

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Nigeria has a very active online community which is spoilt for choices when it comes to social networks. We have written about some Nigerian social networks before, most notably Naijapals.

A few others have recently popped up, the full list of the social networks in Nigeria now include Naijaborn, Onlinenigeria, Naijamate, Nigeriansocialnetwork, Nanaija, Nigerialounge and Youbenigerian.

 

The Grid Launches In Nigeria. A Bit Scaled Back But Still Fine

Posted by Munashe Gumbonzvanda | Posted in Nigeria, South Africa | Posted on 02-11-2009

Tags: Africa, Nigeria, startups technology, the grid, web 2.0

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The Grid

The Grid

The Grid, the mobile social network from South Africa is the first company  I personally know of, to attempt to enter the Nigerian web market.

The Grid version launched in Nigeria, has a few features missing from it.  Like the location based information

. However The Grid made up for this lapse by rolling out a few more features for fans of the service. The changes include stuff like twitter integration, change to their interface.

 

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