Now you can no longer argue, 2017 is definitely the year of Cardi B. From hitting the number 1 spot on the Billboard Hot…
Cameroon is currently embroiled in a major crisis. The calls for secession in the Southern region of the country has led to lots of casualties due to the confrontation between the military and the residents. Chief of this is the consistent Internet shutdown in that part of Cameroon, all in a bid to suppress their... Read More
The hashtag turned 10 yesterday. LOL. It’s the funniest thing. Do you remember a time when the # was just an alternative for currencies? Well, it was not a thing until 10 years ago, apparently. And lucky kids who do not know whatever confusion we must have lived in before this sweet darling came to... Read More
It appears the internet is far from done! White House former Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci whose record-breaking tenure came to an abrupt end on Monday may have just had his name permanently marked in the sands of time, literally. It is already established that the former White House staff who was ousted on the request... Read More
Following Apple’s recent announcement that it had removed virtual private networking apps from its China App store on orders from the government, President Putin has banned VPN services in Russia too. According to Reuters, President Vladimir Putin signed on Sunday, a law that prohibits any technology that provides access to websites banned in Russia, including VPN’s.... Read More
Online dating? Yes, Yes, Yes, it is a thing. This is 2017 with its gazillion social media apps and the huge endless hole called the internet has made meeting people online one of the easiest things to do. We spend at least 50% of our time on the internet either for work or for personal reasons... Read More
It is a thing of wonder to watch Nigerians wax end time biblical when matters of sexuality arise. They are quick to pen down thousand tweet threads, multi-page posts on Facebook meticulously detailing every graphic fantasy they have about beheading and dismembering ‘homosexuals’. It is even more fascinating when you see Nigerian intellectuals and thought... Read More
As it is now and from the rumours that made rounds yesterday, we’re in between palpitations and may it not be heard that we died from a heart attack even before the babies arrive. It’s been two weeks and one day since Queen Bey shared a photo on Instagram and we’ve found ourselves frantically scouring the... Read More
Short of the frequent showoff of material gains that totally grosses some of us out, we’re generally cool with this Bobrisky dude (or babe, whatever). Argue it out with yourself but Bobrisky has grown to become a crucial part of Nigerian pop culture. We have all gone from the point where we earnestly tried to... Read More
They are crawling everywhere you go on the Internet and social media, those anonymous users with nothing to say but rude, off-point, or annoying comments aimed at making you angry. First things first. You’ve seen the term tossed back and forth social media, in the comment section etc. but you still don’t have a clue,... Read More
by Tolu Branch Not only did Madonna break the internet, she irked Pope John Paul II to the point he called for a boycott of her shows. Today, Pepsi is the name on everybody’s lips and not for good reason. The beverage company is known for churning out great ads, no doubt and they’ve employed... Read More
Cameroon was formed as a result of the decision of parts of two separately colonised entities to form one country. Areas colonised by Britain and others colonised by the French decided to form a country after the colonialists left in 1960. That means the country is essentially divided into two at least – the Anglophone Cameroon... Read More
Today is Safer Internet Day (SID) and Facebook has launched a series of initiatives to help make the Internet a safer and better place for people across Africa, especially children and the youth. Facebook is partnering with public sector agencies and non-governmental organisations from across Africa under the rallying call “Be the change: unite for... Read More
For a brief period last week across Young African Internet, we were all Cameroon. Young activists and social media users everywhere from neighbouring Nigeria to far away came together to draw the line on what was unacceptable: the government limited access to the internet for its citizens under the pretext of national security. For more... Read More
What’s a big celebrity announcement without its attendant memes? Nothing, the internet says! Beyonce announced on Wednesday that she is expecting a set of twins and social media went into a frenzy. To be frank, we’d be too worried if this didn’t happen but these memes? We kind of didn’t see some of them coming.... Read More
The African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) like every other event held in Nigeria was plagued with myriads of technical issues, ranging from power supply to mobile network jams and lack of support from service providers. Above all, the underlying issue remains the economic recession that currently faces the country. Its effects on the operations of... Read More
by Roqeebah Olaoniye June 28, 1914: Gavrilo Princip, a Serb and Yugoslav nationalist, shot and killed the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, the Duchess of Hohenberg in the city Sarajevo. That singular act sparked off the first World War. The warring parties were clear: the French, the Russians, the... Read More
Terra Incognita — Latin for “Unknown Land” “HIC SVNT DRACONES” — “Here Be Dragons” Mark Shuttleworth is an African and he founded “Canonical”, the creators of Ubuntu the World famous Linux distribution. He also founded HBD Venture Capital. HBD stands for “Here Be Dragons”. According to the great resource called Wikipedia “Here be dragons” means dangerous... Read More
by Elutidoye Oluwagbenga Free is one of the most used adjectives on the internet because of our inclination for free things or services. We have at one time used the word on search engines for access to something “free” on the internet. We use free email addresses, free social media, free search engines, free applications, free operating... Read More
by Nkechi Nwokorie “Let me end with a Red Card to those noisome creatures, the nattering nit-wits of Internet: maybe Trumpland is not as despicable as the Naijaland you impose on our reality from your secure cesspits of anonymity. Go back to school. Your problem is ignorance, ignorance of whatever subject you so readily comment... Read More
It has finally been confirmed that the Nigerian Communications Commission has directed that all telecommunications and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to raise the floor prices of data to 0.90k/MB from this Thursday, the 1st of December, 2016. It’s only been a little over a year since the NCC magnanimously approved the withdrawal of data floor prices... Read More
All the headlines read “I will tear my green card if Trump wins the US elections – Wole Soyinka”. But these were the exact words of the Nobel Laureate to the students of Oxford University, England, “If in the unlikely event he does win, the first thing he’ll do is to say [that] all green-card... Read More
by Ore Fakorede If you’re inclined to start a business in Nigeria, by all means do. Sell whatever you want. Build anything. Just don’t run a ‘Nigerian’ business: 1. Profit margins are a priority and the welfare of staff isn’t. *Which is so ironic that it’s actually stupid. 2. The entire concept of work-life balance... Read More
Mark Essien is fundamentally bullish about internet start-ups, because irrespective of current short-term challenges, there is “no scenario under which the number of people online will reduce”. He should know. In building Hotels.ng into a successful internet business over the past 4 years, he has had a front row seat to the growth of that... Read More
As part of its vision to get one million fingers coding by 2017, Aiki Nigeria stepped up its training on coding and entrepreneurship with a master class which took place on 18 and 19 August, 2016 at the Microsoft office in Lagos. Aiki Nigeria and its development partners has, since inception, reached over 60,000 youth... Read More
by Hon. Chukwuemeka Ujam, Titi Akinsanmi, and ‘Gbenga Sesan Something exciting is brewing in Nigeria. Just coming from a period that saw national outcry against the Frivolous Petitions Bill, popularly known as the “Anti-Social Media Bill”, and the arrest of another blogger, it offers great hope for the future of the country that a new... Read More
In January 2016, GetUpInc conducted a research across multiple urban centers in Nigeria and the relevant data gathered were entries of participant millennials. Millennials are the largest demographic that consume online content and will constitute 75% of the workforce by 2020 with a high aggregated purchasing power. Millenials are also the major influencers of marketing... Read More
by Sufuyan Ojeifo Many Nigerians, especially Edo indigenes and residents, had patiently waited for the gubernatorial campaign flag off of the All Progressives Party (APC) in Edo State, so as to make some sensible inference and possibly a starter-opinion-projection on the likely candidate to beat in the September 10 election. This was after the Peoples... Read More
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