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DrupalCamp Lagos Scheduled, October 9 – Come And Master Drupal Web CMS And Applications

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DrupalCamp Lagos is formed and will be hosting an event. Drupal is an open source CMS (content management system) for web design.

 

Why Choose Drupal?

Use Drupal to build everything from personal blogs to enterprise applications. Thousands of add-on modules and designs let you build any site you can imagine.

Drupal is free, flexible, robust and constantly being improved by hundreds of thousands of passionate people from all over the world. Join us!

 

DrupalCamp to the folks in Nigeria is beyond just a gathering. DrupalCamp Lagos is geared towards use of open source tools & technology for the economic development of Nigeria.

 

Why DrupalCamp?

  • To improve technology awareness.
  • To help increase self employment opportunities.
  • To improve IT skills through hands-on training & Dev contests among students, individuals, professionals & the entire society.
  • To help our youths compete with the international community towards use of technology for economic development.
  • To encourage collaboration among IT professionals including individuals & corporate organizations

 

The program is open to general public, individuals, corporate organization & government parastatals.

 

Date: October 9th

8:30am – 3:00pm
Talk Sessions
8:00am – 8:30am
Introduction / Brief of Last Camp
3:00pm – 6:00pm
DevFest – Code Sharing / Drupal Training
Venue: Afe Babalola Hall, Unilag

 

Registration is here

 

Tekedia will be bringing update to this event as we near the time.

BusyInternet Is Setting Up Wi-Fi Spots Across Ghana

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BusyInternet was founded in Ghana in 2001 with a unique mission to provide both commercial services as well as social and economic development. More importantly, Busy seeks to create a community of like-minded entrepreneurs where proximity breeds innovation and shared services.

 

Located in a 14,000 square foot former gas-bottling factory in the heart of Accra, Busy is a collaboration with two local investment companies (Fidelity Capital Partners and Databank) and a Welsh entrepreneur.

 

This company has built Wi-Fis across some places in Ghana which Tekedia thinks is cool. We need this in Nigeria especially in the airport and schools.  BusyInternet-MTN Wi-Fi Hotspot services are available at:

  • BusyInternet Ring Road Central
  • Accra Mall
  • Koffee Lounge – A&C Shopping Mall
  • Roman Ridge Shopping Arcade
  • Shangri – LA Hotel
  • Kotoka International Airport
  • Pub RIOJA – Osu
  • Ghana Hostels (University of Ghana) – Project in progress
  • Korle-Bu Medical School (International Students & Medical Sciences Hostel)
  • Primrose Place
  • Dr. Limann Hostel (University of Ghana)

President Jonathan, Nigerians Want Equal Opportunities, Not Necessarily Outcomes. Reform The Tax Codes And Reinvest Proceeds.

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Tekedia Intelligence has looked at some data and our conclusion is that 1% of Nigerians take more than 30% of the nation’s income. And that small group controls more than 55% of the wealth. This is an estimate and we do not have hard numbers. Our estimates is based on public data from company ownerships and a small sample which we extrapolated. For instance, what Ailko Dangote takes as annual income could basically cover what many combined local governments staff take in a year. There is nothing wrong with that – he is a business man.

Also, we have also noted that some Nigerian Senators take home what some governments agencies budget in a year. Some of the agencies in the Federal Ministry Of Science and Technology do not receive as much the government budgets for one senator. That gives an indication on how the nation is structured.

In our typical way Tekedia thinks Nigeria needs to reform its tax codes. The rich people are not paying the society. There is nothing wrong in being rich. What we want is that rich has no pay the right taxes. We are not asking for redistribution of wealth, we are asking that government needs more revenue to help push many kids in Nigeria whose without government help will never make it to the next social ladder.

We are not under the illusion that free market will fix things. Why? Nigeria is not a place of equal opportunity. Your life success depends largely on your tribe, your family pedigree, among others. If the nation has been a place of equal opportunity, we will not have a  problem in asking for ways to bring some equality. If the government makes the playing ground fair, no one should question the outcome. Let the good and hard working people succeed, provided anyone can have the same opportunity. The outcome could vary, that is life.

Let it be known, we support free enterprise society. Yet, Nigeria needs to get more revenue to make progress in the nation. Nigerians welcome those that became successful through the equal opportunity path – no one can question the outcome. But Nigerians are very disgusted when access to a politician or government employees could make people mogul and on top of that no one collects taxes from these new rich guys.

Web 2.0 And The Evolving Protected Platforms – What That Means For Online Advertising

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Something big is happening to the Internet. It is changing daily and becoming more fragmented.  Standards are collapsing and individual firms and entities are creating their own structures. I have noticed that many of the new browsers do not share much in common.  Google’s Chrome is unique and very different from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.  Between Mozilla’ Firefox and Apple’s Safari, the only commonality is that either can take you to the World Wide Web.  The once standard platform for getting into the Internet is becoming history.

I am amazed at how individual entities are developing proprietary platforms to help launch their products to the web. Google, not satisfied with Windows or Linux or UNIX, is coming up with Android and Chrome. Apple’s iPhone is a new ballgame. Think about the Kindle from Amazon.  I imagine that Netflix will develop an entirely new platform for online video.  And very soon, Direct TV will surely provide a TV only platform for web based TV viewing experience. MySpace, Facebook, and some of the social sites are not part of the ‘main’ Internet since in most cases their contents are not searchable by search engines. They have built barriers around their contents, making those search robots that crawl the internet unwanted guests.

The big question is this? Does it make sense to be thinking about Internet the way we have usually imagined it?  Internet of today is very different from the one I used in 2000. Back in 2000, I knew a cohesive internet platform, but now, all I can see is a fragmented system with increasing proprietary ‘gateways’.  Under all these scenarios, I have since lost faith in any web hit statistics. I am very skeptical because I am sure that the tools used to measure the web dynamics are not catching up with these innovations.

While it is possible to have a tool to notice when a particular site has been visited, I have a doubt that all the tools will actually know when based on different ways to get to the web. Some have used cache for their analytics, but I think that is primitive.  This explains why none of the analytics give similar results. In some cases, they are off in millions for top websites like Google, Facebook and Yahoo. They can only count what their algorithms can detect. What if a new platform is out and they did not accommodate that in their designs?  I see marketing directors smiling! You may be getting more than you paid.

Why this article? I am just curious over the African companies I have seen advertising on the web. They have to be careful and notice that the web is being redesigned. Standards, devices and platforms are evolving and if anyone asks you to lock up in a long-term contract for advertising, please do not sign.  There is a major risk in this web platform fragmentation. And that risk is that advertisement will be site or device specific. In other words, if the ad is not doing well in Twitter, you cannot easily move it to MySpace because they have developed a different platform for getting to the web.

That brings cost issues since you will need to redevelop that same ad for a different platform.  To help you get the best for your money, do not sign ad developing contracts thinking that you can use the same for different sites or devices.  And do not be deceived thinking that Google can reach any online market. It used to be, but now the online structure has changed.  Proprietary platforms make it difficult for Google to have that speed to push your ad since they must first receive ‘permissions’ from owners of the platforms become their ads are hosted. This trend is expected to increase. So, know your market and figure out very well on how to reach your target.

In conclusion, I see the web becoming increasingly fragmented with devices to access the web providing niche identifications for market segments. In other words, you can reach some people based on the devices or ways they access the web.  Think about it: it makes sense to buy an ad to advertise your new book if Google could help you target only those that accessed the web via Amazon Kindle. Under this process, you have a platform niche based marketing structure that gets to the people you want to reach. Welcome Web 2.0!

Nigerians – The Econogeddon Is Near. A Season of Severe Oil Revenue Drop Is Near

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The Obama administration announced a plan March 31 2010 that would permit oil drilling 50 miles off the coast of Virginia and encourage exploration for future drilling sites along the eastern seaboard and northern Alaska.  This shows a determined effort by the U.S to have energy independence from foreign OPEC countries. According to Bloomberg BusinessWeek, ‘[a]n expanded offshore drilling program should provide a boost to the U.S. oil industry and eventually lessen the country’s dependence on energy imports’.

 

This is a huge policy with major impacts for all the OPEC countries, especially African members. Arguably, this move is not going to alter the U.S energy supply in the very near future since it would require many years of investment before any result can occur. Nevertheless, with an estimated value of about 5.4 billion of oil and 37 trillion cubic feet of gas, this is a big deal.

 

For Africa’s OPEC members, time is running out for them to do the right thing and revamp their economic structures by diversifying them out of minerals and hydrocarbons. If the U.S weans itself of foreign oil after this decade with a combination of local supply, changes in energy usage habits, and advancements in alternative energy sources, Africa could be in for a great shock.

 

Nigeria gets more than ¾ of its foreign earnings from crude oil and most of the trade is with U.S. If U.S does not buy, that will immediately reduce the international price of oil. China is ramping up its solar technology and is on the course of modernizing its coal industry. Nanotechnology will start bearing real fruits, in terms of market impacts within a decade. All these and more will surely alter the energy market and any nation that does not plan away from selling hydrocarbons is going to suffer severe economic consequences.

 

What can the continent do now? It must begin a coordinated investment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and a steady process of transitioning its economies from minerals to knowledge driven economic sectors. Now is the time to use the gains of the crude oil sales to provide the infrastructure that will sustain the future economy. That infrastructure will include technology clusters, world-class universities, good road networks and communication facilities. As Africa ramps us these investments, it will position itself to become a global knowledge player. It has an advantage when compared to all the other parts of the globe; its wages are still low and that is an opportunity to become a global outsourcing hub. It is all good news if the continent can plan, but it could be an economigeddon if no one acts with the ‘fierce urgency’ it demands.

 

Now is the time for African Union and African leaders to set a roadmap so that by ten years, at least half of the African countries will get more than 50% of their foreign earnings from areas directly unrelated to sale of minerals and hydrocarbons, especially in their present unprocessed forms. A knowledge economy will give Africa the expertise to differentiate their commodities and minerals and that will help attract higher value in the international market. We are giving away our gold, platinum and crude oil free because we do not have the means to process them.  That needs to stop and African Union must lead.

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