Banky W’s love concert held at the Civic center and despite their alleged split (resulting from his absence on Banky’s album, setting up his own record label, indirect tweets, and stories by entertainment insiders), Wizkid showed up with his girlfriend but had no participation in the concert, he was just like a regular guest. With [...]
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Wizkid and Banky W’s Twitter War?
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Africa’s first Social Media Week opens in Lagos
February 2013 will mark the first time Social Media Week takes place on the continent of Africa! Social Media Week Lagos brings together thought leaders, creatives, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens from Nigeria -and throughout the continent and the diaspora- to explore how people and organizations are connecting to share new ideas and information. Social Media [...]
Alex Technology Africa’s first Social Media Week opens in Lagos
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Social Media Week Lagos Global Update: Day 2
With the enormous success of #SMWLagos Day 1, We believe it is vital to keep you and your audience informed as regards the daily event schedule and other important details so you can share on your platforms. A total of 25 major events will taking Place Today Tuesday,19th February 2013 which is Social Media Week Lagos Day 2 for attendees determine which [...]
Alex Technology Social Media Week Lagos Global Update: Day 2
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Goldie Harvey’s twitter account Hacked and Stolen!
Why won’t they let Goldie rest in peace? The star seems to be more controversial from the great beyond than when she was alive and well. And it keeps getting more colourful. It appears that some unidentified individual has taken the reins of the deceased pop singer’s tweeter account and is using it as a [...]
Alex Technology Goldie Harvey’s twitter account Hacked and Stolen!
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Why Nigeria’s Dr SID Un-followed Everyone On Twitter!
Is this really correct? See for your self! The musician who lately lost his dad, a much loved Nollywood star, Justus Esiri chooses to un-follow every of his twitter followers, buddies and all. Leaving him at number Zero. While some think it is a method of grieving his late father, others think he falls to [...]
Alex Technology Why Nigeria’s Dr SID Un-followed Everyone On Twitter!
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385 Osun State Senior Secondary Students Get Computer Tablets from the Government
In its resolve to take public education to a greater heights in the state, the government of the State of Osun has commenced the distribution of the Computer Tablets of Learning (Opon Imo) to the students of the government-owned secondary schools in the state. The distribution of the tablets started at the Ataoja School of [...]
Alex Technology 385 Osun State Senior Secondary Students Get Computer Tablets from the Government
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Growing Nigerian Broadcasting Market for Pay TV
Throughout sub-Saharan Africa there are numerous examples of industries that have undergone a period of deregulation and privatisation having previously been state-controlled. Market liberalising reforms gathered momentum during the 1990s as African nations sought to align themselves with an increasingly integrated global economy. In Nigeria, the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) launched by the Federal Government [...]
Alex Technology Challenges and Opportunities in the Growing Nigerian Broadcasting Market for Pay TV
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Tweet War Between Eva Alordiah and Ugo of 3UD Management
Five months after parting company with Trybes Records, it looks like rapper Eva Alordiah is set to part ways her new management company 3UD. Ugo of 3UD is demanding that rapper Eva Alordiah should remove “3UD” from her Twitter profile as she is no longer signed to the management. Ugo insists that rapper Eva and him parted company since way [...]
Alex Technology Tweet War Between Eva Alordiah and Ugo of 3UD Management
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Nokia Research Centre Lagos is Looking For You!
Do YOU own a smartphone? Nokia is LOOKING for you. Send an e-Mail to NRC_Africa@nokiamail.com
Alex Technology Nokia Research Centre Lagos is Looking For You!
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Glo Nigeria Launches New Postpaid Product, Infinitiser, Offers FREE Calls 24/7
A new revolutionary post-paid product tagged Infinitiser launched by Globacom on Tuesday has offered subscribers a rare opportunity to make free 24-hour calls to the 26 million subscribers on the company’s network. Additionally, subscribers will enjoy 1 free gigabyte of data per month. Kamaldeen Shonibare, Globacom’s Head of Corporate Sales, while speaking at the launch of the product [...]
Alex Technology Glo Nigeria Launches New Postpaid Product, Infinitiser, Offers FREE Calls 24/7
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How to Download Afrinolly Blackberry App
African movies in your pocket! Watch trailers of movies produced in the African movie markets, most especially Nollywood. Get to watch African music videos, comedy online, Bollywood trailers and full length African movies on your BlackBerry® Smartphones. Afrinolly also brings to you the latest news and gossip about movies, music and celebrities in Africa. Click here to Download the app WATCH * Watch Movie Trailers, Music Videos, Comedy Online and Concert Videos from across Africa. Also watch Bollywood Movie Trailers. READ * Read Latest Entertainment News, Celebrity Gist, Gossips, Users reviews on movies and Celebrity Mini Bios from across Africa. FOLLOW * Follow Upcoming Movies, Your Favourite Celebrities and Entertainment Events from across Africa. SHARE * Share your opinion on movies. Share trailers and news with friends via email, Facebook, Google+, Twitter and other sharing apps. EXPLORE * Top rated movie trailers, Most popular trailers of the day (Trailermeter), Most popular celebrities of the day (Celebmeter) and Latest Music Videos. RATE * Sign in with your Facebook account to rate movies and also to write reviews on movies for the Afrinolly community members to read.
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Iroko Partners, Afrinolly in a copyright battle over Nigerian films
Google’s Android Developer Challenge 2011 winner, Afrinolly, is currently facing a legal battle with iROKO Partners, Africa’s largest distributor of Nigerian film and music entertainment material. iROKO is taking legal action against Afrinolly, a self-styled mobile phone app focused on Nigeria’s entertainment industry, Nollywood. The app has built its business model on showing Nollywood feature films and trailers. iROKO, whose entertainment library is in excess of 5,000 Nollywood movies, say they have never been contacted by Afrinolly or even granted them permission to stream the said movies. Also read: 10 Young African Millionaires To Watch [2012] iROKOtv Website Latest News: Introducing iROKOtv+ ENTERTAINMENT: iROKOtv Reaches 500,000 Users Milestone In Just 6 Months Company: Iroko Partners Event Update: Mobile Web West Africa 2012 is next week Iroko Partners (Irokotv.com, Music etc) Raises $8 million in Financing for Nollywood Focused Company How to Download Afrinolly Blackberry App How Nigeria’s Afrinolly App got almost 500k downloads in 10 Months In April 2012 Tiger Global, a New York-based private equity and hedge fund run by an early investor in Facebook and Zynga, led two $4 million rounds of investment into iROKO Partners, in one of the largest ever fundraisings into a West African tech firm. Afrinolly, a Nigerian company based in Lagos, has been streaming Nollywood movies and trailers, exclusive to iROKO Partners, and others, allegedly without any authorisation or consent from the content owners. Jason Njoku CEO of iROKO Partners says: “In an industry that is rife with misrepresentation, piracy and copyright infringement, we are left with no option but to begin legal action against Afrinolly, who have been illegally building their business on our content. “We spend millions of dollars legally buying and organizing Nigerian content and hundreds of thousands of dollars every year in combating piracy and ensuring movie producers are remunerated properly for their content. It is simply unacceptable for Afrinolly to steal their work and profit from it. It has caused great harm to our Nigerian-based content providers and has placed great strain on the delicate balance and ecosystem that exists. Afrinolly, since its inception, has never bothered to even discuss with us or other content owners and has definitely not remunerated anyone to date. “We have been approached by a number of Nollywood producers, who have expressed dismay that their movies are being exploited. As part of our commitment to the lifeblood of the industry, the producers, we see no other means than to seriously consider our options, look at how we can manage the damage done to our reputation and bring this extraordinary mass copyright infringement to a swift conclusion.” iROKO Partners is believed to have formally asked the owners of Afrinolly to remove all illegally sourced content from iROKO Partners’ platform- YouTube channel – (NollywoodLove) and other owned and operated channels. The news comes just hours after Afrinolly was celebrating a combined 500,000 app downloads their four mobile platforms. iROKO Partners will be seeking N100M in compensation.
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Internet supply into Nigeria disrupted by Submarine
Customers of ipNX, an Internet Service Provider in Nigeria, have experienced a disruption of their Internet supply caused by a submarine cable cut from one of Nigeria’s major Internet gateways, Glo-1. This disruption will affect Internet access across the country as South Atlantic 3 (SAT-3) service, provided by the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and offered to end users by 21st Century Technologies, is also affected. Conglomerates including Total, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, all the banks and several blue chip companies including telecommunications giants, MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, Direct on PC (a broad band internet service provider) Multi Links Telkom and a few others use SAT-3 link. The incident occurred on July 8, 2012 in the Atlantic ocean, 9km off the Nigerian coastline. Repairs on this cable are estimated to take about 16 days (from July 8). Some Service Providers have routed to other sources of international Internet capacities and have continued to provide services, but have however mentioned that at certain times of the day, Internet download speeds may not be as fast as customers might hitherto be used to. - Dailytimes
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News: Sturvs Launches in Ghana and Kenya
As part of its Africa-wide expansion plans, Nigeria’s premier content aggregation site, Sturvs has just been launched in Ghana and is expected to launch in Kenya in a few weeks. The new Ghana site aggregates content from news sources such as OMG Ghana, Modern Ghana and Ghana Business News. Sturvs launched back in 2007 as a social bookmarking site, but later evolved into a news content aggregation service providing news and information to its audience from multiple online sources.
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TB Joshua Prophesies 2go Users’ Death – Rumour?
The rumour making waves since yesterday is that TB Joshua has prophesied mass death of 2go mobile chat users this week. The gist claims witches will take over 2go network and spread demons. As at the time of this report, this viral news is unconfirmed. TB hasn’t said anything in regards to this. 2go mobile chat will definitely be slow for a while as people will run for their dear lives. (NOBODY WANTS TO DIE)
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Cisco arms African women with ICT solutions
THE global village phenomenon is increasingly being actualised, thanks to the growing video technology and Cisco’s resolve to ensure that Africa does not take the back seat in the development. With the power of its Telepresence technology, Cisco has pioneered several innovations aimed at widening Africa’s world view and as well launch the continent powerfully into the world space. Cisco TelePresence offers a video experience that is life-like and natural, giving a feeling of people in the same room even when they were many kilometers apart. Meanwhile, what Cisco started out as a way to save travel costs and optimize employee time at large companies has evolved into a way of accelerating time to market, expanding access to experts, and transforming how companies do business and how education programmes can be delivered. However, its latest move is passionate and has moved several Africans who naturally give all the best to their women folk. So when Cisco recently delivered several networking events designed to help talented young women in Africa to boost their future outlook, it was obvious they would receive rave reviews. Among the initiatives is the Cisco Africa Women Leadership Network Program which kicked off proceedings in April. The programme targets young talented women at college and universities throughout Africa, aiming to expose them to innovative technologies and to inspiring women role models who have positively impacted society. Botswana Ambassador to the United States, Tebelelo Mazile Seretse, moderating a session through telepresence as the Cisco Africa Women Leadership Network Programme kicked off, recently. An elated Botswana Ambassador to the United States, Tebelelo Mazile Seretse, who moderated the seession via Cisco’s telepresence, noted that mentoring and training programs aimed at young talented females in Africa are going to be vital to help Africa’s future young workforce to be able to adapt and secure career opportunities in the global 21st century workforce. Growing youth population She added that “Africa’s growing youth population needs to be equipped with the right skills to help them thrive in this ever changing world” The session which connected up to 77 African women live to the Washington DC base of the Ambassador was monitored across Cisco offices in Lagos, Johannesburg, Tunis, Nairobi, Cairo, Casablanca, and Algiers. Seretse shared her background, as well as the decisions she made throughout the different stages of her childhood, adulthood and her professional life to the women. She also revealed to the women, how technology has played a role in her day-to-day life. Another key empowerment Cisco made to women in Africa within the same period, included the provision of telepresence technology to facilitate students from Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon and the UAE, to meet female leaders from Cisco who shared their backgrounds, experiences and discussed how they had developed their own careers for their respective job roles. The gesture was its contribution to a successful marking of this year’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Girl’s in ICT Day. In 2010, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) members, agreed to recognize Girls in ICT, pitching the day of celebration to the 4th Thursday of every April. So, to mark Girls in ICT Day 2012 Cisco MENA region offices (Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon and UAE) hosted 42 female students from secondary schools and universities who were invited to spend the day at Cisco offices to gain an understanding of the opportunities the ICT sector holds for their future and a deeper insight into professional fields and courses of study that may be overlooked when choosing a career. The MENA offices participated with one agenda over TelePresence where female andmale leaders at Cisco shared their backgrounds and experiences, discussing how they developed their careers to reach leadership positions. The girls had the opportunity to test their skills, ask questions, make important contacts and get to know Cisco employees in person. This is even as they also met other students from different backgrounds and nationalities from different countries in the region. These developments mark significant milestones for technology in Africa and testify to the whirlwind of information and communications technology (ICT) developments in the region. But much more than that, they also send strong signals to African men that the fure of African leadership may have started a journey into the hands of the women. Otherwise, Seretse wouldn’t have said that; “I was delighted to participate in the inaugural session for Cisco’s Africa Women Leadership Network Program as I see it as a very worthwhile initiative that will inspire and grow young women who are our future leaders in the continent. As the African proverb goes, if you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a nation” Source
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NigComSat partners with iDirect
ON the heels of a successful NigComSat-1R launch last December and In Orbit Delivery (IOD) on March 19, 2012, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) has decided to boost the growing African broadband market with a deal that would see the deployment of iDirect universal satellite hub evolution platform . The deal which happened at the weekend, according to the duo of iDirect Regional Vice President, Europe, Mr. Majdi Atout and NIGCOMSAT Chief Executive Engr. Timasaniyu Ahmed-Rufai would see iDirect deploying an evolution-based service to boost the growing broadband market in Nigeria and the West African sub-region. According to the duo, “the iDirect Evolution platform will enhance NIGCOMSAT’s existing Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) solutions for military and government customers, while enabling the company to pursue new opportunities in the enterprise and education markets”. iDirect, the Herndon, Virginia-based United States of America (USA) Company is a global leader in satellite-based Internet Protocol (IP) communication technology company. It is a subsidiary of VT Systems of USA. The deployment of the iDirect universal satellite hub will enable NIGCOMSAT, Africa’s Premier Satellite Operator, to offer affordable internet services to the military, government, education, enterprise markets among others. The statement quoted Ahmed-Rufai as saying that “We believe that high-speed internet has the potential to transform the Nigerian economy, hence our partnership with iDirect to deploy a satellite network that affordably supports increasing broadband penetration in the region”. He added that “iDirect’s solutions enable us to offer a broadband service that meets the diverse requirement of multiple end users, and can grow to meet further connectivity challenges.” Regional Vice President for iDirect in Europe, Mr. Majdi Atout on his part said “there is tremendous potential for growth in Africa, but much of that potential hinges on developing an infrastructure that can support high-speed data sharing and broadband internet access.” He explained that “the iDirect platform offers NIGCOMSAT a high-performing and flexible solution that supports the company’s goal of building a more open and connected Africa.”
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Glo Nigeria to partner Ekiti govt on Job Creation
TOP telco, Globacom Limited and the Ekiti State Government have concluded plans to launch a partnership which will create jobs for about 1,000 youths in the state. As part of the deal, Globacom will provide Public Call Office (PCO) facilities including 1,000 units of parasols, power box, handsets, tables, chairs, T-shirts, caps, hawker jackets and recharge cards worth several millions. According to the Head of Globacom’s Public Sector Department, Mr. Tunde Amunikoro, the project which is being coordinated for Ekiti State by the State’s Job Creation and Employment Agency, is designed primarily as a poverty alleviation scheme. Amunikoro explained that Globacom’s impetus for the project goes beyond profit. “In Globacom we are driven by the need to provide affordable and quality telecoms services and we are also driven by the need to economically empower members of our operating environment”, he said. The company has so far taken its poverty alleviation efforts to 17 states including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, while plans are in top gear to reach out to more states. By doing this the company said it intends to get more and more Nigerian youths off the streets into gainful employment.
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Titi Aboyade Cole’s Show set to Hit Nigerian TV Stations
Renowned London on air personality, show host and publisher of Social Diary magazine Titi Aboyade Cole is set to hit the airwaves on Nigerian Tv stations with her new show tagged TITI ABOYADE COLE SHOW. The new tv show embraces the societal values, showcasing talents, addressing pressing issues and most importantly inform and educate Nigerians in diaspora on current affairs, state of the nation, socio economic and political issues affecting Africans and Nigerians both home and abroad. The show host, Titi Aboyade Cole, is a Nigerian based in the United Kingdom with a vast Knowledge of current situations in Nigeria. The debut edition of the show airs on Saturday 28th of July on MITV and DSTV Channel 136 at 9:30am, while it would also start running on international Tv in UK from the 4th of August 2012 on Praise tv (sky channel 598) at 2pm and also in America on Hi Point tv channel 7(roll box) at 9am New York time. According to the producer of the show Titi Cole, “we are happy to make our official break into the Nigerian market, we already segment sponsors like Et’al Hotels and suites, Settle global services and Shoreline Micro finance banks. In the coming editions, we would spread to other local tv stations and also include an entertainment segment in the show called ‘OYA NOW’, to keep our viewers in touch with their favourite celebrities”.
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NGT – Nigeria’s Got Talent : Details, How to Apply, Auditions, Categories and Contacts
Here are all the details of Nigeria’s Got Talent : How to Apply, Auditions, Categories and Contact The Search For the Most Talented Nigerian Act is On. Are you a: SNAKE CHARMER SINGER DANCER COMEDIAN/COMEDIENNE CONTORTIONIST GYMNAST DOG TRAINER POET PUPPETEER SORCERER JOGGLER MAGICIAN ACTOR/ACTRESS INSTRUMENTALIST HUMORIST FIRE BEARERS IMPRESSIONIST Or you’ve got any other unique or weird act you want the world to see, then participate in the NIGERIA’S GOT TALENT REALITY SHOW by sending a 2 minutes unedited video to m2lkogkdsjzt@m.youtube.com to get an Audition Invitation. You can also register at www.gottalentnigeria.com. Are you the person we are searching for? Hurry up, register and stand a chance to win 10 MILLION NAIRA in prize sum. Like our fanpage on facebook: www.facebook.com/NigeriasGotTalent and Follow Us on @niggottalent.
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