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Mobile devices have made life easier, most especially smartphones. Most glaring among the improvements shown from using smart devoces is the increased ease of shopping. The sharp growth in use of personal devices around the globe has changed the face of online shopping in Nigeria. Individuals no longer have to manually browse for products in…
The Lenovo A536 is an Android smartphone from Chinese OEM Lenovo. Spotting a 5-inch Display it comes with 1GB of RAM, 8GB internal memory, a 5MP rear camera, 2MP in front and all this is powered by a 1.3 GHz Cortex A7 processor. Of course it has Dual (regular) SIM functionality. It also comes in…
Africa’s recent economic growth rates and rising youth population have meant more and more entrepreneurs are looking there for potential business opportunities. The typical strategy is to introduce new companies by recreating foreign business models on the continent. But for e-commerce start-ups, it’s not that easy. Look at my own experience. In 2010, my company created…
The Wiko Getaway is a Quad-core Android KitKat smartphone from French OEM Wiko Mobile. Here’s a first look at the device Spec Highlights Dual SIM (micro and nano) 1.3 GHz quad-core processor 5-inch IPS LCD display (294 ppi) with Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection Android KitKat 4.4.2 16GB internal, 1GB RAM, expandable memory up to…
The Innjoo Leap is an 8-inch tablet by Innjoo, the same company that brought us the Innjoo One “flagship killer”. However, unlike its Android-powered smartphone counterpart, the Innjoo Leap ships with Windows 8.1 with Bing, which is essentially the same flavour of Windows that powers full-fledged PCs. Spec Highlights Windows 8.1 Operating System 8-inch 188…
The general perception among smartphone users in Nigeria, it would appear, is that they’re aren’t many “good enough” Nigerian apps. This is probably why if you did a quick anywhere around you, you’ll almost always find that they occupy a very minute percentage of most Nigerians’ smartphones. In my opinion, this isn’t necessarily because Nigerian apps…
Yesterday, I along with the rest of the Apple cult following – and the world – watched the proper unveiling of the Apple Watch. Not the tease, the full monty. Of course as with apple the prices are on the high side, ranging from $349 to $399 for the Apple Watch Sport; $599 to $1,099…
Here’s a highlight of the stories that made headlines on Techpoint this week: Free Wins “Wait you’re giving me over 20 million music downloads for free (legally) if I buy your phone”? Find out how Tayo Ogundipe’s SOLO Phone is reshaping the way Nigerians consume media content. 7 in a Million So you’ve been nursing…
Today, Friday, March 6 is Take Your Action Figure to Work Day! And I am so sorry that I didn’t remind you sooner. Now I realize that most people have already left home for work, but if you haven’t (and you have an action figure) you should put one of them in your bag. Take…
Barely 9 months after PayPal first commenced operations in Nigeria, the company has revealed that Nigeria has already grown to become its second largest market in Africa after South Africa. The news was broken by Malvina Goldfield, PayPal Head of Business Development , sub-Saharan Africa. “We are very happy to see that PayPal has been widely welcomed…
The SOLO S500 is the official flagship of the SOLO Phone line. With 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, 5-inch display and an 8MP primary camera, it has the best specs of the 5 SOLO phones released till date. It is also obviously the most value for money, as it is the only model that comes bundled…
Supermart.ng, an online grocery delivery service that launched in April 2014 and rapidly becoming a familiar brand in the Nigerian online business market is no doubt a pride of this nation as it has continued to wow and impress stakeholders in the online marketing industry especially amidst the obstacles and rough bends rocking the Nigerian…
After my biometric registration with my bank for the Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) exercise, it dawned on me that Nigeria’s banking sector was on the verge of having a unified database for commercial banks’ customers. With the BVN, I have a unique identity to which every other bank accounts I operate are tied to. This means…
Nigeria has experienced a 10% increase in the number of internet users, in the space of just 2 months, according to Internet Live Stats. This means that about 60% of Nigeria’s population has access to the internet, retaining her place as the most highly connected African nation in the world. That’s 74,230 346 million internet users, as…
Without a doubt, the startup ecosystem in Nigeria has been bubbling and full of life in recent years. One can’t deny the fact that a lot is going on with quite a number of indigenous startup success stories to show for it. Here are 7 convincing reasons to join the train
Here’s a highlight of the stories that made headlines on Techpoint this week: The new kids on the Nigerian tech block Find out how 3 ex-Jumia employees are disrupting traditional end-of-the-year gifts, like rice and oil, with online gift cards. 3 Lessons from our Tunde Kehinde and Ercin Eksin interview We all enjoyed Adewale‘s interview with Tunde Kehinde’s…
The Huawei Honor 3C Lite (also known as the Huawei Holly) is a lower cost edition of its predecessor, the Honor 3C. It has been specced down to save on cost whilst not compromising overall value. Spec Highlights 5-inch HD 294 ppi Display Android 4.4.4 KitKat 1.3 GHz quad-core processor 16GB internal memory, 1GB RAM 2000…
Editor’s note: This post was originally a comment by Celestine Ezeokoye in response to Nigerian Developers are Underpaid I wrote this on Facebook about this article, but I think I should publish here for posterity. Celestine Ezeokoye For freelance developer, this really depends on a lot of factors. For one, I don’t believe in fixed…
Yesterday night, I took a break from my TV show marathon to see what was going on on Twitter, you know, like every young person. And I came away with a headache. There was an argument about the color of a dress and it had taken the world by storm. Looking at the above…
Very recently, it has been a frequent debate about whether or not software developers in Nigeria are underpaid. While some maintain that they are not underpaid and the pay they get only matches their output, others argue that they are highly underpaid, and even that results in the poor quality of apps that are churned…