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10 Great places to shop on Black Friday
I’m yet to meet someone who doesn’t love discounts. Luckily, there’s an entire weekend devoted to discounts and it’s called Black Friday. Africa has been in on the whole fanfare and this year...
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Wednesday News Roundup: Of Cabinets and Showrooms
Nigerian furniture marketplace, Showroom.ng secured some funds today from local investors. And over in Kenya, Joe Mucheru was nominated as Cabinet Secretary for the country’s ICT sector. We also did...
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The inevitable disruption of the health care industry
Recent developments in wearable tech and big data presents an ideal situation for a major disruption in the healthcare sector. In Nigeria, where I live, people see a visit to the doctor, even if it’s...
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At $5, the Raspberry Pi Zero is the world’s cheapest computer
At $5, the Raspberry Pi Zero is the world’s cheapest computer. Raspberry Pi is a series of single-board computers, no bigger than a credit card, that allows you learn and practice programming using...
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LiFi technology will grant you download speeds of up to 200GB, per second
The latest thing the internet engineers have cooking in their lab is Light Fidelity technology, or LiFi. From laboratory test runs, the LiFi technology is reported to deliver speeds of about...
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3 Black Friday participants that caught us by surprise
The Black Friday fever really caught on in Africa this year. Over here in Nigeria, we had a lot of participants, mostly ecommerce websites. That didn’t stop some companies from plugging themselves...
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South African and Nigerian Presidents to meet over NCC-MTN fine
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, and South African President Jacob Zuma, will meet in Johannesburg this week to discuss the $5.2 billion MTN fine imposed by Nigerian authorities, TechCentral...
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Search engines make us feel smarter than we actually are
Some studies suggest that regular use of search engines gives people the illusion of increased intelligence. There has always been concerns about the adverse effects of technology on human...
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Monday News Roundup: Africabeta Round 2
It’s the last day of November. The new year will be here soon, but not before we have another epic Africabeta event. Yeah, you read that right. The second Africabeta is happening next month. Dig into...
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Nigerians will (very soon) be able to pay for stuff from inside WeChat
So, last week, WeChat Wallet launched in South Africa. The idea is rather simple: allowing users to pay for goods and services digitally, without having the need to swipe a card or fork over cash. The...
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