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Al Jazeera presenter Femi Oke a keynote speaker at Social Media Week Lagos
Former Nigerian media personality of the year Femi Oke has been announced as a keynote speaker and panel host at Social Media Week Lagos from 17-21 February 2014. British by birth, Nigerian by parentage and a Washingtonian by zip code, Femi is currently host of The Stream on Al Jazeera English. As... Read More
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“The internet will lock horns with TV”: Russell Southwood on Future of TV in Africa
If you asked around about a broadcast, internet and mobile expert in Africa, Russell Southwood would be the first reference. He is also the CEO of renown research firm Balancing Act Africa. The TechPost crew (David and Daniel) caught up with him about the status... Read More
Unreasonable East Africa is Hiring a VP of Venture Support
When it comes to jobs, many people are looking for an opportunity to be a part of something awesome and most probably something impactful and fulfilling, If you have been working hard and you can show it, Unreasonable East Africa is looking for you. They... Read More
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Uganda’s Tourism Ministry is growth hacking, debuts with worldwide logo design contest
TL;DR: Find the logo entry details here. In 2005, Uganda spent a whooping $1 million in advertising costs on CNN for her "Gifted by nature" campaign. This quite was quite unsuccessful though. In 2012, Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich stole 5 minutes of worldwide media fame for bagging the 42 km... Read More
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HP Re-enters Into The Smartphone Battle With 2 New Phablets
Not new to the phone business, HP has announced plans to release two new 6 and 7 Inch tablets that they are calling the “Slate 6” and “Slate 7” Voice Tab. The Phones are reportedly powered by Android 4.2 Jellybean with a quad core processor,... Read More
Google releases a data efficient update for Chrome Browser On Android and iOS
Google has released an update for its Chrome browser for Android and iOS that is intended to reduce data usage and manage bandwidth better. According to the Chrome Official Blog, when the data saving feature is activated, it could save you up to about 50%... Read More
CES 2014: Laptops Can Now Run Both Android And Windows
I have always had the belief that one time we shall buy devices and choose the OS they should run on. Now that is actually possible and even though not yet fully commercialized, it certainly looks like this is the future or rather is the... Read More
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Page owners: Facebook wants more money from you (and you may have no choice)
For the last two weeks, I have noticed how sharply the organic reach on all my Facebook Fan Pages has dropped in an extremely relevant way. Only yesterday I was doing my rounds on the internet and there was this article from AdAge where Facebook openly states... Read More
African leaders react to Nelson Mandela’s death on Twitter
The news of the passing away of South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela today at the age of 95 has caused an outpouring of solidarity and condolence messages from political leaders and ordinary users alike on Twitter with the hashtags #RIPNelsonMandela,... Read More
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