Why Nigerian developers are not insanely creative like their Silicon Valley counterparts

I have met insanely creative graphic designers for print. I am still yet to meet that Nigerian web programmer that is creating something wow – not by my standards but by Silicon Valley standards. PHP is PHP everywhere, JQuery has no geographical bias. Why don’t we get to see more awesome we-did-it-first stuff from Nigerian [...]

“Free $250 Google Adwords” Coupon Scam

I just got this email purportedly from Google Adwords claiming I had $250 USD free credit. Needless to say, I was joyed. I clicked on the link and it landed me on http://google-coupon.com/webmaster-tools_voucher-sign-up-2013-promo/ which looks like google. The domain google-coupon.com looked strange to me and I did a quick who-is whic revealed that the domain was registered in [...]

Happy birthday, Lekan.

Don't think I have told you enough that I appreciate our friendship, can't even remember how we met. I remember Archie Engineering Drawing (where you were Mr. Lecturer and I was sneering student) but don't think it was our first time, not sure.  Ever since, we've done deals, we've made money, You've defended me, covered [...]

Tit for Tat

Crazy quote I read today: If you decide to keep your body for your future husband, then I’m keeping my money for my future Wife. Whoever thought about this is insanely creative and crazy at the same time. Sent on the go with my mobile. Posted via email from Opeawo

Do you need an online shop? Its so easy.

OK, you want to accept payments online for your products. Creating one (as a Nigerian business) is now easy. There are 2 ways to go (in my opinion) – have your own or get your goods listed on www.BuyNowNow.com To create your own, download the OpenCart framework, install and you are good to go. For [...]

Stop peddling ideas

OK, I have to write this. So that the few (I thought they were few) who didn’t know can know. I have a grouse against motivational speakers. This beef goes way back to my student days in Obafemi Awolowo University. Scenario: Some motivational speaker comes around to the school and whips up student’s imagination on [...]