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Nigeria First: Indigenous businesses still need more protection — Ekeh

Nigeria First: Indigenous businesses still need more protection — Ekeh

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech EditorDespite the Nigeria First Policy designed to give indigenous businesses greater opportunities in government procurement, Nigerian companies are still not getting enough protection, Chairman of Zinox Group, Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh, has warned. Ekeh said the situation could spell doom for the economy, arguing that Nigeria cannot build a sustainable digital […]
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Internet’s future lies with its next billion users – Google CEO Pichai

Internet’s future lies with its next billion users – Google CEO Pichai

For many years Nigerian writer and entrepreneur Okechukwu Ofili was frustrated with the time it took the traditional publishing industry to put out books from local authors. It created a kind of traffic jam for writers. So Ofili took inspiration from Nigeria’s okada motorcycle taxis — which can cut through Lagos’s traffic whenever it’s slow — to design Okadabooks, a nimble mobile app that lets Africans quickly and easily publish smartphone books. Today, Nigerians can get 10,000 titles on the app, many of them cheaper than an actual okada ride.

9mobile to get new investors December – CBN

9mobile to get new investors December – CBN

Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele yesterday said that new investors to the newly unveiled brand 9mobile would emerge latest December this year.