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Winners From Hack Jos 2016 Powered By nHub Team Bradsa Get Laptops At WACC

Yesterday was awesome! The just concluded 2016 West Africa Convergence Conference took place at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Ikeja, Lagos State. And it was a nerd expolsion!  Team Bradsa the winners from Hack Jos powered by nHub, were present to pitch their Smart Mirror application (Smart Mirror, bringing the web to your mirror, with features like making calls, maps) to the Director General of NITDA .  (more…)

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#NoDataHike We Never Ordered Operators To Raise Data Prices Says Minister Of Communication

Nigeria’s Minister of Communication, Mr Adebayo Shittu, has disclosed that the Federal Government never gave any directive to telecommunications operators in the country to increase prices of data from Thursday, December 1, 2016 as claimed. Since the beginning of this week, Nigerians have continued to kick against messages sent to them via text messages by telecoms operators, informing them that from tomorrow, prices of data would go up and in some cases, by 100 percent. (more…)

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Yasmin Belo-Osagie’s of She Leads Africa New Ad for Microsoft Is Awesome!

Screenshot: Yasmin Belo-Osagie Microsoft ad Yasmin Belo-Osagie, the Cofounder of She Leads Africa — a community that helps young African women achieve their professional dreams — might come across as being shy and reserved, but the new Microsoft ad changed my perception! The 30-second ad is for the new Lenovo Yoga, a convertible laptop created by Lenovo and powered by Microsoft. (more…)