· May, 2010

Stories about Nigeria from May, 2010

Africa: On Africa’s Tech Entrepreneurs

  18 May 2010

“A Rising Tide: Africa’s Tech Entrepreneurs,” is Erik's post about technology entrepreneurs in Africa based on his talk at NetProphet 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Africa: International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia comes to Africa

  17 May 2010

International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO)) is a day is recognized by people joining together to speak out against homophobia, its effects and results focusing on ways to change how people perceive homosexuality and promote equality. The day is held on May 17 every year. The focus this year is on three Africa countries: Kenya, Uganda and Malawi.

Nigeria: Nigerian online classifieds

StartUps Nigeria discusses online classifieds in Nigeria: “While we think that some of these sites are tapping into the shortcomings of the leading classifieds sites, Craigslist and Kijiji (perhaps some are copying Craigslist), we wonder how they hope to make money.”

Nigeria: An American woman begging in Nigeria?

  3 May 2010

Africa is a Country comments on the video showing an American woman begging in a market iin Lagos, Nigeria: “If this is meant to be satire, it seems to me to fall particularly flat. It doesn’t help that the video was, as far as I can tell, posted without context...