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Mobile Money is a payment solution that enables you pay for goods and services with their mobile phones. It is one of the e-payment solutions available to Nigerians in a cashless Nigeria. It is at the core of the CBN’s cashless or cashlite Nigeria policy. In this article we will look at mobile money in Nigeria. A number of providers have already been licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to offer mobile money in Nigeria. Some are already rolling out services while others are planning to do so. List of Mobile Money Services in Nigeria OPay MTN MoMo Paga ...

DSTV Mobile is a Mobile TV service offered by Multichoice in select markets in Africa. The service allows mobile subscribers to access mobile TV broadcasts on compatible mobile devices. Over the past few months Multichoice have been offering a number of mobile devices to enables subscribers watch quality TV channels on the move. These include the Walka handheld TV, the DSTV Drifta, and lots of DSTV Mobile compatible mobile phones. How & Where does DSTV Mobile work? DSTV Mobile is a Mobile TV service based on Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) technology. DVB-H is a technology that enables the broadcast of digital...

Twinpine is a Nigerian owned mobile advertising network that helps advertisers reach mobile audiences by enabling them display targeted ads on quality mobile sites and mobile apps. The publishers on whose websites and apps these ads are displayed earn a fraction of the advertising cost. Twinpine currently serves advertising on top Nigerian mobile publishers in the categories of news, sports, business, entertainment, sport and social networking. Twinpine has delivered value to brands such as MTN, Pepsi, Autodesk, Jobberman and leading advertising agencies helping them achieve their marketing goals with impressive results to show for it. The immense value derived by businesses...

BlackBerry Complete is a stripped down BIS plan. It comes at a cheaper price, but with some tradeoffs. BlackBerry Complete is available in Nigeria on Glo, MTN, Etisalat, and Airtel. It is one of the cheap BlackBerry Plans in Nigeria aimed at making the cost of using a BlackBerry Phone cheaper. BlackBerry Complete is an entry level service targeted at ordinary users and student. Users with more demand are better-off staying with the full BIS service. Where to Buy BlackBerry Phones Jumia.com.ng from ₦22,000.00 Buy Now Although BlackBerry Complete comes with some tradeoff, most users in the target segment will hardly notice...

Think Facebook apps are the most frequently used apps for social networking and chat in Nigeria? Well, you have to think again, because 2go is actually the top app used for social networking and chat by mobile subscribers in Nigeria, at least according to a non scientific mobile apps usage poll we conducted on our Facebook fan page in December, 2011.Where to Buy SmartphonesJumia.com.ng from ₦7,999.00 Buy Now Konga.com from ₦9,500.00 Buy Now In the poll, we requested our fans on Facebook and Twitter to state their 3 most frequently used mobile apps with emphasis on Android, BlackBerry, Series 40, and...

Social networking and instant messaging are the most popular apps used by mobile subscribers in Nigeria. This is according to a non-scientific survey we conducted on our Facebook fan page recently. Social networking and instant messaging apps with a popularity score of 45.3% beat mobile browsers (31.1%) to second place. However, the Opera mini/mobile browsers were the single most popular app for mobile subscribers in Nigeria. The survey requested our fans on Facebook and Twitter to list their 3 most frequently used mobile apps. It focused on mobile subscribers running BlackBerry, Android, Symbian, and Nokia Series 40. In all platforms,...

WhatsApp Messenger is an instant messaging service that enables you communicate with your phonebook contacts via free SMS messages. WhatsApp messenger uses internet for communications, so as long as you have a valid internet plan, you can communicate with your friends and family free via instant messaging as long as they also have WhatsApp installed on their own mobile phone or smartphone. Download WhatsApp The beauty of WhatsApp messenger is that it is available for all major smartphones: Nokia (Symbian), Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry Windows Phone like Nokia Lumia Phones. Nokia phones in general especially feature phones and smartphone like the Nokia...

MTN Mobile Money (a.k.a MTN MoMo) is a service that enables users to send and receive money as well as make payments for products and services with their mobile phones. With MoMo, you can transfer money to any MTN user within any of the supported African countries. Note that cross-border transfers are not supported for now. For now, you can only transfer to users within your own country. Mobile Money is offered by MTN in partnership with banks. It is one of a number of mobile money services that are available in Nigeria and across Africa. MTN Mobile Money enables you...

With all the buzz about the new 3G service from Etisalat called easyblaze, I decided to put it to the test, to experience things for myself. easyblaze is Etisalat's 3G service that advertises internet speed of up to 42Mbps. Although the internet speed of Etisalat easyblaze is quite fast (one of the fastest I have used), I was not too impressed maybe because my expectation was too high due to the marketing hype. I was expecting the internet speed to blow me away, but it didn't. Do not get me wrong, the speed of Etisalat easyblaze was fast enough for...

Do you want to subscribe to a 9Mobile Data Plan. Here we provide you with Prices and activation codes for Etisalat Data Plan that will enable you enjoy Broadband services on 9Mobile (formally Etisalat) 4G LTE and 3G HSPA+ Networks in Nigeria. 9Mobile launched 3G data in Nigeria branded as Etisalat easyblaze in 2011. However, 9Mobile now also offers 4G LTE (branded as 9Mobile moreBlaze) in a number of cities and towns in Nigeria. It offers super fast internet that will make broadband services possible and hassle free. 9Mobile runs 4G on the popular LTE band (1800 MHz), which means most...

Etisalat Nigeria officially launched its 3G super fast HSPA+ services on September 26, 2011. The event took place in Ikeja, Lagos. The launch of 3G HSPA+ will enable Etisalat Nigeria offer superior internet/data services of up to 42Mbps, making it possible for advanced multimedia/broadband services to be supported on the Etisalat Network. Checkout 9Mobile Data Plan See Etisalat easyblaze speed test. Etisalat customers in Lagos and other locations have for the past few weeks been reporting 3G access, this launch makes it official. According to the press release from Etisalat, the new 3G service will be available in 14 cities namely Lagos, Abuja,...

U-Mo, the mobile money service from Afripay a member of the UBA group currently supports three account types. The three U-Mo e-wallet types vary in terms of their target market, per transaction limit, daily transaction limits and the documentation required for registration. The three U-Mo mobile money account types are U-Mo Silver, U-Mo Gold, and U-Mo Platinum. U-Mo Silver Mobile Money e-wallet This is the mobile money service for the masses. U-Mo Silver is the easiest to get as it requires no identification and no documents. All you need is fill a very short form (name, address, sex, occupation, and phone...

U-Mo is a mobile money service from UBA. The UBA U-Mo Mobile Money service is accredited by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and powered by Afripay, a subsidiary of the UBA Group. UBA U-Mo is a mobile money service, similar to the yet to be launched M-Teller mobile money service from eTransact, which enables users make and receive payments as well as conduct other financial transactions with their mobile phone. UBA U-Mo enables you create an e-wallet on your mobile phone for handling your transactions like MTN Mobile Money. So, it turns your phone into a wallet. With the...

Etisalat DotMe is an SMS based bulletin board service that enables users share information on the go. Any Etisalat subscriber can use the DotMe service to share updates about themselves and activities around them via SMS. Any mobile subscriber (Etisalat or not) from anywhere in the world with the mobile number of the Dotter (the preferred DotMe jargon for the poster of an update) can access (follow is the preferred Etisalat DotMe jargon) his/her updates. The beauty of Etisalat DotMe is that it requires no internet access, just the good old SMS. So, any mobile user can use the Etisalat DotMe...

Its ten years since GSM, the Global System for Mobile communications was introduced to Nigeria. The launch of GSM in 2001 liberated Nigerians from the shackles of the once powerful, but now virtually insignificant, national telecoms monopoly NITEL. NITEL insulted and humiliated Nigerians for many years with their 'wicked' style of service. So Nigerians must have breathe a sigh of relief when Econet (now Airtel) and MTN Nigeria launched their GSM mobile services in 2001. GSM has contributed positively in boosting economic activities in Nigeria. It has also improved the quality of living of Nigerians. Thanks to GSM, Nigerians now...

It is no longer news that Google Adsense, a leading advertising network, has launched its ads service targeted at mobile devices to Nigeria based publishers. What is however news is the low adoption of mobile advertising by Nigerian advertisers, going by the mostly foreign and irrelevant ads served by the Google Adsense Mobile so far. Google Adsense Mobile displays Ads when a webpage is accessed via a mobile device. It is optimised for mobile devices and takes advantage of their personal nature. Mobile devices are the leading devices used by Nigerians to access the internet, that is why it is suprising...

Now that you have bought a BlackBerry phone, you may be looking for cost of accessing BlackBerry services in Nigeria. Here you will find the price of BlackBerry services across multiple networks in Nigeria as well as find codes for accessing them. If you are looking for cost of BlackBerry phones in Nigeria, visit our BlackBerry phones page instead.Where to Buy BlackBerry PhonesJumia.com.ng from ₦22,000.00 Buy Now Konga.com from ₦22,000.00 Buy Now Like you may have found out, a BlackBerry phone without access to BlackBerry services is a useless toy and a big waste of money. So, you will do well...

This is the official download page for the Nigeria Technology Guide app. For now NTG app is available for Nokia Series 40 phones, Nokia Symbian phones, and Android phones. Notes about downloading NTG app for Nokia:The NTG app for Nokia is available in two variants, a Web Run Time version primarily for Symbian and a Java version for Nokia S40 phones and some Symbian phones that do not accept Web Run Time. If your phone does not support one version try the other one. Downloads are from Ovi store. Notes about downloading NTG app for Android Phones:Our Android app is self...

Now anyone can build an iPhone or Android app free then submit it to an app store with no programming skills required. That was a message from a recent press release by iBuildApp announcing support for Android apps in their easy to use free App creation service. You may also be interested in the Best Android Phones. Before this announcement iBuildApp only supported building of iPhone apps, but now users can develop Android apps as well. iBuildApp offers an easy to use graphical user interface (WYSIWYG) with no programming skills reqired. If you want to bulid Android apps but find the...

Google+ is Google's latest effort at social media, its best so far. Google+ social networking site, borrows a few ideas from the world champion in social media, Facebook, but also introduced some new and better ideas that makes it a good alternative to Facebook. Google+ is now available to all users and according to Google, the social networking site boasts of over 40 million users. So far, user reviews from Google+ users including mine have been positive, with most commending how it handles privacy and the control it gives users to select who they share particular contents with. Google+ is...