African Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been invited to get free website hosting from an online charity initiative Websites for NGOs. This is in an attempt to collect tuition funds for a Ghanaian information technology (IT) manager. The initiative was co-founded by Scottish volunteer Rachel Anderson and Ghanaian co-founder Desmond Hanson,…
Author: Obidike Okafor
Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, will be a guest speaker at an economic summit in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This was disclosed by the chairman of the Niger Delta Young Professionals, Moses Siasia, who said the event will take place on May 28 and 29 in Uyo, Akwa…
Vodacom Tanzania addresses the hindrance of mobile penetration rate in Africa, and poor access to electricity with the ReadySet chargers that have solar and bicycle charging options. “There are millions of Tanzanians who do not have access to electricity, most of whom live in rural areas. With the introduction of ReadySet…
Friday, 5th April 2013 marks 1,000 days until the target date for reaching Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) — that range from ending extreme poverty and hunger to reducing child mortality. As a result, the U.N., the U.N. Foundation and other international organizations have initiated Momentum1000, a global 1,000-minute “digital media…
A recent report by Euromonitor International, a global market research organisation, shows that Nigerians spent N62.4 billion shopping online in 2011, up from N49.9 billion in 2010, representing a 25% growth rate in one year. This online shopping bug is being attributed to a radical shift in the lifestyle of…
Half of Instagram user base comes from Android, Google-powered operating system. This was revealed this statistic in a blog post celebrating its one-year anniversary Wednesday. The popular photo-filtering and -sharing app currently has 100 million monthly active users.”Instagram for Android has helped make this community more global than ever,” said…
The new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone shows what a user is watching including embarrassing videos like porn. A report that circulated the web earlier this week noted the Z10’s deeper integration with BlackBerry Messenger allows those in your contacts to see which songs and videos you’re playing. A BlackBerry spokesperson said…
Future iPhones and other Apple devices could come in with “adaptive information,” (this will include important data about your caller) once the patent is approved by the US Patent Trademark Office.According to the said Patent, “Adaptive information can be different from traditional static information, which is information that remains fixed…
In a recent online interview conducted by Punch newspapers with President Goodluck Jonathan’s Assistant on New Media, Reno Omokri. Omokri admitted that the President has a presence on other New Media platforms apart from Facebook where he is seen as active, sighting Dr. Reuben Abati (Presidential Adviser on Media and…
The Internet search giant, Google plans to ship six to eight million of the new Nexus 7s in the second half of this year, sources say. That compares to an estimated 4.6 million Nexus 7s sold in the same period last year, according to Enders Analysis mobile industry analyst Benedict…