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A blog by agegelabs

Blog description:

Tracking the positive trends across Africa

Blog Rank:

Agegelabs ranks 4240 in Africa and 261 in Nigeria. According to site visitors it ranks 1555, and 1773 according to page views:

According to blogroll links it ranks 8508 and 8416 according to the amount of links within Afrigator blog posts

Nigeria at 49 - What is it to you?

What is it to you? To me, it is the ants that crawl out after heavy rain, It is the child that still laughs even though it is in pain. It is the tangy taste of agbalumo, It is my grandmother drying crayfish on the floor. It

Published on Oct 1, 2009, 10:51 am

Is the term "emerging market" really obsolete?

There was an article in yesterday’s FT suggesting that the term emerging markets is obsolete. Whilst the article makes some valid points, I disagree with Marko Dimitrijevic when you think about emerging markets in the context of Africa. I address those points below: Even though emerging markets

Published on Sep 29, 2009, 10:09 am

How to network and build relationships?

I’m a terrible at networking. Imagine my joy when I found this great post on Unreasonable Institute’s blog on The Key to Powerful Relationships. The recommendations are simple and easy to follow. (via Change.org)

Published on Sep 24, 2009, 5:09 pm

Jfactor 2009

JFactor is a successful gospel talent show which was started by two Nigerians, Fola Oyeyinka and Chiamaka Ezenwa in 2007. The pair started the project as a platform to encourage and nuture talented singers whilst providng a launch pad into the music industry. Past winners

Published on Sep 23, 2009, 11:57 am

2009 List of African start-ups to watch

Techmasai has a semi-complete list of african startups to watch out for in 2009. The list compliments my post on 10 Nigerian web start-ups to watch. Definitely worth checking out!

Published on Sep 22, 2009, 3:56 pm

NTA’s District 9

Dear Mr President, I hope this letter finds you in good health. A new film called “District 9” by Neill Blomkamp (and Sony), has caused a bit of stir amongst our people around the world due to the way Nigerians were depicted in the film.

Published on Sep 15, 2009, 7:51 am

NTA’s District 9

Dear Mr President, I hope this letter finds you in good health. A new film called “District 9” by Neill Blomkamp (and Sony), has caused a bit of stir amongst our people around the world due to the way Nigerians were depicted in the film.

Published on Sep 14, 2009, 6:25 am

Private Equity funds in Africa

The recent announcement by Grofin on its successful US$170m fund rasing, got me thinking about which other funds are focused on Africa. I was particularly interested in funds targeting start-up and growth opportunities. There is a useful reference list on the OPIC website. The Africa Venture Capital Association (AVCA)

Published on Sep 3, 2009, 12:47 pm

Lightup Nigeria

In the last few days, the #lightupnigeria campaign has gathered a huge following in the Nigerian blogosphere. The current momentum has centred around using the hashtag #lightupnigeria on Twitter. The idea is to get #lightupnigeria to be a trending topics on Twitter. edundayo:

Published on Jul 17, 2009, 11:56 pm

Cameroon's Limbe Labs

The guys behind 2wheels2africa, Jeremy Brown and Keith Lynch alongside Bill Zimmerman have started Limbe Labs, a not-profit IT training centre and incubator for IT start-ups in Cameroon. Limbe Labs is based on Y-combinator / Appfrica model–identify good ideas, mentor, give seed funding and develop a

Published on Jul 3, 2009, 3:40 pm

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