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So…how about that Shell lawsuit thingy eh? Have no idea what I’m talking about? Well I wouldn’t be surprised. At the beginning of August a landmark case in the British courts provided some light in the otherwise dark night sky that is Shell’s presence in Nigeria. In brief, Shell has accepted responsibility for a series of oil spills during 2008 [...]

Technological advance hasn’t exactly been the buzz-phrase in West Africa during the last decade, but the history books will most certainly use it regularly to refer to the immense leaps taken in a relatively short period of time. Nigeria will most certainly feature highly within this context. Fastest growing economy (at one point anyway), fastest growing banking industry, fastest growing [...]

I recently went to BarCampAfricaUK here in London. For those of you who don’t know what a BarCamp is, it’s generally a gathering of people around a topic, where all the attendees can contribute by hosting a talk, or by actively getting involved in a discussion. There is no formal structure, you turn up, you see what’s happening, who is [...]

What do I want to discuss on the Blogeria-sphere this week? Let’s talk about Nigeria as an emergent market for web. To say it is ripe is an understatement and to my immense pleasure Nigerians themselves are responding and generating their own grass roots products and web-services. I read blogs across a lot of topics and I’m increasingly inspired by the blogs that feed my desire to see the Naija geek brigade developing and pushing forward products not just for Nigeria but for the world.