Smart Devices, Big (and Brutally Honest) Feelings It’s 10 a.m., you shuffle into the kitchen in yesterday’s sweats, and your fridge cheerfully says “Good…
What startups may come: a look at Silicon Lagoon in Nigeria
“What exactly is a business plan?” a startup says to me. Life in Nigeria’s booming startup scene is not like any other. “We don’t…
Skills, infrastructure, local investment: Nigeria’s tech challenges [#SMWLagos]
“The internet revolution is similar to the industrial revolution,” said Nigeria’s ICT Minister Omobola Johnson at Social Media Week in Lagos. “President Goodluck Jonathan…
Building a successful business means getting screwed [SMWLagos]
If you’re going to start an internet business in Nigeria, get ready to be screwed. That’s IROKO Partners‘ founder Jason Nkojo’s biggest takeaway from…
Anatomy of a startup failure: the Airborne story
It started with an ambitious idea to fix the bleeding music industry in an age of rampant piracy, and it ended with an email….
