“An idea is only as good as its execution.” That quote has been passed around so many times I don’t even know who said it first. But the statement is as true as Nigerian party jollof rice is awesome. During the 2016 edition of the Nigerian Internet Governance Forum,...
CNN says Uber could be bigger in Lagos than it is in London. In its first 16 months, Uber provided 30% more rides in Lagos than it did during its first 16 months in London. Considering the fact that the population of Lagos is a little over 150% more than that of...
Since February 2015, Techpoint.ng has been running the Founders’ Table series where we interview Nigerian startup founders and ask them for insight into what inspires them, their business operations and the events that led to them starting up their companies. There’s...
Web traffic on the major eCommerce sites in Nigeria is at an all time low. Konga fell 113 places in global web ranking during the first three months of 2016. Jumia Nigeria fell by 183. Although Kaymu’s web traffic grew, bounce rate grew by 44%, daily pageviews per...
A few days ago, ₦3,000 would have gotten you 6GB of internet data on Globacom’s network. Today, that will fetch you 12GB. That is insanely cool. A month ago, ₦3,500 was enough to buy 4GB on the Airtel network; now it’ll buy 7GB. Both MTN and Etisalat have also revised...
I spent my Friday at the 2016 New Media Conference looking for interesting stories and ideas. From the keynote address by Lola Masha, country manager of OLX Nigeria, to the panel sessions, there are three important things I learned from the conference. The three...
Sahara reporters recently published a list of detailed ministerial and presidential budgets for 2016 . When Muyiwa asked me on Monday to take a look at the budget for the Nigerian Ministry of Communication Technology, I didn’t know what to expect. Or, I knew what to...
The Nigerian Federal Government has taken MTN Nigeria on a roller coaster ride since it slapped the telecoms giant with a $5.2 billion fine in October 2015. The fine was slashed to $3.9 billion in December, now the government has put talks about the fine on hold...
Allow me to paraphrase Ayo Sogunro: everything in Nigeria is designed to kill you. And it’s what doesn’t kill you that makes you, well, Nigerian. Let’s get one thing straight. The NCAA hasn’t exactly banned the use of drones in Nigeria, it just wants to regulate it....
While we slept, Private Messaging was creeping up the Social Networking trunk, and now the vine is so high up, it can’t be ignored any longer. During the wee hours of this morning, as I was scrolling through my Twitter timeline, I came across an article that...
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