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Nigerian Developers Prefer Android – A Study Finds 50%

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Caution: This is not a scientific data. This is more of raise your hands study. The data was gathered by Fasmicro contingent during yesterday Mobile Monday Lagos. Yet, it is not far from the truth. Google is pushing Android to a level never imagined.

 

If we have to ask a question without all the science in data collection: where do you think people will go and find that answer? Mobile Monday. So, if they raised their hands as they did, we think that is a valid study. We thank Fasmicro Emeka Nwankwo for supplying this data. He was there live and quickly ran the numbers.

 

The questions and the answers:

What Platforms are you going to develop for?
Nokia 35%

Android 50%,

RIM 20%

iPhone 2%

(Note some developers opted for multiple Platforms)
What mobile phones do you use?
Rim 40%

Nokia 50%

Android 8%

iPhone 2%

The African Web Summit Comes To Lagos – Sept 14/15

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A 2-day event packed full of seminars, workshops and networking sessions all given by industry relevant business leaders and world renowned speakers from multi-national companies including representatives from Google, Facebook, Twitter and IBM.

 

The African Web Summit is a Social Media, Technology and Digital Conference that aims to be a driving force in the digital revolution on the Continent of Africa. The conference’s focus is to increase the digital and technological confidence of African business leaders, in line with other ‘Developed Countries’. The AWS will have keynote speakers, networking and workshops. Some of the topics explored will particular relevant for Startups/Entrepreneurs, Social Media/iMarketing professionals and Gaming and Software Developers. There has been substantial interest from the Banking industry, Mobile Technology and Venture Capitalist as well.

 

The conference will be held in Lagos on Sept 14-15, 2011

 

We like this statement credited to an Ericsson executive

 

“Africa is on the cusp of a major revolution powered by mobile broadband. Since the late 90s, mobile telephony has substantially changed market dynamics on the continent and rekindled an almost forgotten spirit of free market enterprise in our economies. With the advent of social media, we are beginning to see Africa take the lead in utilizing the web in previously unknown ways – you only have to look to Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Ivory Coast to see the potential being unlocked. At the inaugural edition of the African Web Summit we have a major opportunity to explore some of these triggers and forecast what will be the barriers and drivers to a web driven 21st Century Africa. You have to be there.”

 

Simply, the objectives of this conference are as follows:

  • To educate, showing companies and individuals the value of Social Media as an advertising and branding tool.
  • To aid in the Digital Revolution of African as an emerging market.
  • To inform as a means of sharing news worthy information and a device news agencies and individuals can use to circumvent the perceived failures of rolling 24hr news.
  • To run various workshops for startups, software and game developers and iMarketing
  • To continue the digital awareness of a continent trying to keep up with the rest of the developed nations. (The Egyptian revolution comes to mind.)
  • To promote investments in the African technology sector.

Airtel Nigeria Launches “BConnected” – RIM Continues Its War Against Fake BB Devices

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Airtel Nigeria has launched a new BlackBerry subscriber  bundle in Nigeria. It is called ‘BConnected’  and offers  ‘BlackBerry Messenger’ which is a real time messaging and chat service  with interface to social media networks like, Twitter, Facebook and MySpace. It also offers access to monthly, weekly or daily plans on the expiration of a 30 day free trial period. In future, this product could have gaming from the new acquisition, Scoreloop.

 

The cost of the bundle is N1,580 monthly without e-mail services which most other BlackBerry services include. Yet, that cost is lower than the cost of the standard product which goes for N3,000.

 

Blackberry continues to lose market share due to fake devices that are sold in Nigeria. While the rich and corporate buy the original device, most buy the fake ones that are imported from Asia. This fake device does not have warranty and most times do not last as long as the main one.

 

Adverts that reads in part below is common as RIM continues to educate customers to buy the genuine BB:

 

”Always look for the seal of authenticity whenyou buy a new BlackBerry device. ”This guarantees that you are buying from an authorised dealer and that your new BlackBerry device comes with the peace of mind of a 12 month warranty”.

 

Blackberry continues to lose market share globally not just due to pirated versions of their products, but due to competition from Android and iPhone. BlackBerry commands a 14.8% share of worldwide smartphone sales, making it the fifth most popular device manufacturer after Nokia, Samsung, LG, and Apple. The consumer BlackBerry Internet Service is available in 91 countries worldwide on over 500 mobile service operators using various mobile technologies

 

But recently, Blackberry is working hard to jumpstart its business with acquisition of Scoreloop, a gaming company. Scoreloop was founded in March 2008 and has raised more than $2.8m. The initial plan was to provide  multiplayer challenge games with a focus on iPhone. But it deviated and then moved into the domain where community of developers could work to add socialgraph and interactions on their games. This include the scoring sheet, messaging, virtual currency, etc. As they made progress, Android evolved as the centerpiece of their strategy as more works seemed to make it the primary operating system. But with time, it supports all the leading mobile OS. Scoreloop supports Windows Phone, iOS, Android, and Bada (Samsung) operating systems. We are not sure if the HP Palm WebOS is supported by Scoreloop. Also,  Symbian has no information.

 

RIM will bring the Scoreloop technology to the blackberry. This has a potential to make the Blackberry Social Platform better. Scoreloop technology has made it a strong contender for the consolidation wave as more companies are looking for social games in their mobile ecosystems. When DeNA bought Ngmoco in a $400m deal, it made it clear that the industry was not timid on games. Also the Electronic Arts bought Chillingo for $29m while GREE went for OpenFeint in excess of $100m.

Mobitel Launches “Upgrade to Mobitel 4G- Go with the Cloud” –

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Mobitel Limited has started a new campaign to promote its cloud business. The tag is named: Upgrade to Mobitel 4G- Go with the Cloud. The 4G is certainly a new dimension of connectivity and customers must relish in the possibilities. The company parades 4G WIMAX products and is certainly an innovation engine.

 

This a new dawn in the connectivity business in Nigeria. Proving a  of 4G broadband wireless services in Nigeria will offer an unsurpassed power in the country. This means you can zap video in minutes, play games at natural speed and watch online TV.

 

Some of their data plans are as follows:

Mobitel Data Service Plans

Speed/Device                  Dongle                            Aura                              Indoor Unit
1Mbps                               N10,000                          N/A                                N10,000
2Mbps                               N15,000                          N15,000                       N15,000
3Mbps                               N/A                                   N30,000                       N30,000

 

This company continues to innovate with the   Mobitel Access Lite Dongle and the  sleek Mobitel Aura which is a portable mobile device that connects up to 5 Wi-Fi enabled devices for individuals who want high speed broadband internet on the go.

 

Mobitel is a foremost telecommunications firm in Nigeria focused on the delivery of next generation 4G, WiMax broadband technologies through the use of the 2.3GHz spectrum license for enhanced user experience, faster speed, better broadband quality, and competitive pricing. Mobitel are the pioneer provider of real wireless broadband service in Nigeria with speeds starting at 1Mbps and capacity to deliver up to 100Mbps. Mobitel differentiates on customer

 

  • Mobitel was acquired by a new investor consortium in June 2008 led by Omni-Ventures Limited.
  • Mobitel was awarded a national license on the 2.3 GHz frequency in September 2010, and recommenced operations in October rolling out 4G Broadband and Voice services.
  • With its 4G launch in late October 2010, Mobitel became the pioneer provider of real broadband service in Nigeria with speed starting at 1MB and with capacity to hit 100Mbps for Homes and Offices. Mobitel differentiates on consistency and reliability of speed compared to the current segment leaders.

Facebook And Google Join Forces To Block Do-Not-Track Bill in California

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They rarely work together. Facebook and Google are business arch-rivals.  They do not see face to face. But when it is something that affects their ecosystem, they know when to collaborate.

 

The two companies are working together to oppose a Californian bill that will restrict and limit online advertising.  The bill is planned to stop firms from collecting personal data including names, phone numbers, browsing history, and selling of consumer data.

 

The deal is that without consumer data, there is no online advertising. The technology of Observed Behavior Advertising that targets consumers based on their web habits and location will not be possible. Without this and if the Bill passes, the ad revenue in California alone will drop by $579m according to Bloomberg by 2014.

 

This is an emerging trend as privacy advocates push hard to curtail what has enabled Internet to evolve over the years. Other states will follow if California succeeds and that is why the duo of Facebook and Google want to make sure it does not happen.

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