Not Just Apps!
Apps are hot, no doubt. If anyone doubts that, remind them of the recent billions of dollars that have gone the way of businesses built around various web and mobile apps. The great thing about apps...
View ArticleNot Just Dana! It’s About Life Expectancy in Nigeria
When news of the fatal crash of Dana Airline’s flight 992 filtered through social media networks on Sunday evening in Nigeria, reactions ranged from disbelief to talks of the incident being an accident...
View ArticleI Have No Excuse!
Junior is frustrated, and he believes he has every reason to be. He grew up a groomed young man and admired his parents’ willingness to give him the best of everything. Since an encounter during one of...
View ArticleGive back (now) or watch your back (later)
It’s Children’s Day. There’ll be no full-page adverts. On May 29, public funds will deface Nigerian newspapers. Shows where the heart is — ‘Gbenga Sesan (@gbengasesan) May 27, 2012 As predicted through...
View ArticleNOT AN OPTION: Why I’m Not Giving Up on Restoring Nigeria
It was one of those afternoons in Lagos. The sun was up in all its might, as if to prove a point to air cooling units. Traffic was bumper to bumper, with enough frayed nerves to light up any tiny...
View ArticleDigital Evidence and Signature Now Admissible in Nigeria
In a series of tweets earlier today, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) focused on the new provision for the admissibility of digital evidence and signature in Nigerian courts, and more. Read them...
View ArticleI Remember Ojota!
Few days after Ojota was overtaken by military men whose deployment will remain a mystery, as with some things Nigerian, I returned to breathe in the air. As I alighted from the car, a friendly voice...
View ArticleInternet Speed: Global Download Study
via chartsbin.com Nigeria: 104KBps According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Nigeria currently has a broadband penetration rate of 7%. The NCC is working with the Ministry of...
View ArticleVacancy: Content Managers
A fast-growing Nigerian Internet Portal is looking for talented content managers. Does the following describe you? - Age: Between 20 and 27 - Experienced Internet user - Experience of working with...
View ArticleNigerian Telecom Sector Report (June 2012)
Data is king and numbers don’t lie. However, any researcher or data lover will tell you how hard it is to happen upon some much-needed data in Nigeria. I’ve often had to use multiple primary sources to...
View ArticleVANGUARD: “My teacher said computers not for people like me – ‘Gbenga Sesan”
By Gift Gabriel for Vanguard Newspapers Federal Government College, Idoani, Akure had just received two sets of computers and Gbenga Sesan, who was in his third year, was too excited to try his hands...
View ArticleBUSINESSDAY: “40 UNDER 40: Gbenga Sesan, CEO, Paradigm Initiative”
By Funke Osae-Brown for BusinessDay Gbenga Sesan grew up in Akure. He saw a computer for the first time ever during his third year in secondary school, but he never had access to it until another three...
View ArticleTell Nigerian Legislators To Obey The Law
Overheard in Abuja: “Legislators don’t want to declare incomes because if you know what they earn, you’ll hit the streets.” #OccupyNigeria — ‘Gbenga Sesan (@gbengasesan) August 30, 2012 On August 29,...
View ArticleNew Report: Governments Grow Increasingly Repressive Online, Activists Fight...
Washington – September 24, 2012 – Brutal attacks against bloggers, politically motivated surveillance, proactive manipulation of web content, and restrictive laws regulating speech online are among the...
View Article10 New Economy Skills
Few thoughts expressed on twitter earlier today, based on what I told students at 2 meetings where I spoke at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife last weekend: Final Year students in Computer...
View ArticlePIN Hosts TENT Gathering To Jumpstart ICT Innovation In Nigerian Universities
Dear Nigerian student, PIN will now accept your registration for #TENT Gathering holding Dec 10-12, 2012. Register via bit.ly/SVqFJg — Paradigm Initiative (@pinigeria) October 30, 2012 Paradigm...
View ArticleNigeria and Global ICT Policy: Making Sense of All These Meetings
The room is full of people from various countries and age brackets, but one group stands out. They say longer hellos to each other and seem to have something in common – thousands and thousands of...
View Article12 Reasons To Attend #TENT2012 From 10-12.12.12
#TENT2012 registration closes Friday, November 23, 2012. Register today: bit.ly/SYTzrK #Techie #Entrepreneurial #Nigerian @talented — Paradigm Initiative (@pinigeria) November 20, 2012 Reasons To Join...
View ArticleA Time to Map: Mapping the Nigerian Tech Ecosystem
There is a time for everything. There’s a time to learn, and a time to apply that which has been learnt. There’s a time to apply what’s been learnt, and a time to show results. There’s a time to show...
View ArticleSeeking a More Free Internet through Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue
Joint Statement of Civil Society Delegates to the 2012 Internet Governance Forum We, the undersigned representatives of civil society who attended and participated in the 2012 Internet Governance Forum...
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