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MapNTl.com has Mapping Covered
A local Nigerian Internet company has launched an exciting new website that will intend to cover the short falls in other online mapping services. MapNTL.com was started in New York city about four...
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Comparison between On- and Off-network GSM Rates in Nigeria
Photo credit: jurvetson Thoughout West Africa, cell phone users carry multiple phones to defray the outrageous expense of off-network connections. We tell ourselves that it’s cheaper to buy and...
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FricaFactoid 3 – Refrigeration Without Electricity
The third episode of The FricaFactoid looks at Nigeria’s Mohammed Bah Abba and his earthenware solution for refrigeration. Can you keep cool without tertiary power? Turns out you can....
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Yahoo-Yahoo Boys
Karin Brulliard of the Washington Post tries to get into the minds of Nigerian cyber-scammers in this interview… Banjo is a polite young man in a button-down shirt, and he is the sort of guy on the...
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New Nigerian Job Board Launches
Jobberman is a new Nigerian job board that hopes to make your job search “delightful,” or at least, a little bit less stressful. Searching for a job in Nigeria, as throughout West Africa, is a...
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Nigeria Launches New Anti-419 Initiative
Last week, Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) launched Operation “Eagle Claw,” to bust syndicates of 419 scammers. The anti-corruption police report 800 scam email addresses...
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Nnedi Okorafor: Storyteller
It was through the blog IO9 that I discovered Nnedi Okorafor’s uniquely African take on science-fiction and fantasy last month. Nneddi, a second generation African immigrant to America, is making a...
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Apps4Africa Reboot!
Well, it wasn’t a graceful relaunch. Our site went down, a web app we use called JotNote suffered at DDOS attack, and there were other complications, but after 24 hours of debugging and troubleshooting...
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Interview with Prowork Founder Francis Onwumere [Video]
In a very short period of time, Francis Onwumere has lead Prowork to become one of Africa’s hottest startups. With offers coming from investors in Silicon Valley as well as Africa and being named one...
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ProWork Joins 13 Finalists in VentureOut Mobile App Competition
Thirteen international startups have been selected by the VentureOut Challenge, an initiative of infoDev and CRDF Global, to compete before a live audience and a panel of mobile experts in Chisinau,...
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