Dade from 60minuteswiththegeeks compiled a very interesting list of Nigerian tech startups. If you are interested in pursuing a career as a software developer, developing desktop apps, web apps or mobile apps, this list should be a great resource. Or perhaps you are interested in investment opportunities in these companies.

Here you go…

ICAP
http://icapnigeria.com
They call themselves “the intellectual capital firm” with a mission to provide easy-to-use intuitive solutions for complex business processes. Their products and services include solutions that caters for organization’s HR needs, Management solutions for Educational institute, Media solutions and varied Business solutions.

WEBSOFT
http://www.websoft.com.ng
They provide Innovative web and mobile solution, and the list of their services include: Provide sms gateway, Website design, Web based applications, Web Hosting, Mobile Applications for PDAs.

Read more »

Today, I thought I should write a quick review about the most visited Nigerian web startups and blogs on the Alexa Top 100 most visited sites in Nigeria. Alexa is the leading Web Ranking & Information Company. My research found six Nigerian startups (forums and blogs) amongst the top 100 most visited sites in Nigeria. (Note: This research did not include Nigerian online news sites, banks, etc that make the top 100 most visited sites in Nigeria)

Here are the web startups and their rankings:

Read more »

When Sturvs launched its Facebook Application in October 2007 and started displaying Hot Sturvs, Latest Sturvs & Sturvs TV, I was hoping for more interesting features. At that time, it was the first ever Nigerian facebook application (there are several now).

Sturvs TV was the main attraction at the time as it showed up on user profiles along with the 5 Latest Sturvs. It pulled and played random Nigerian videos from Youtube, Google Video, Dailymotion and many other major video websites.

Read more »

Tru Spot!™ is a social music platform designed to support Nigerian artists, fans, local music and the entertainment world at large. The site is perhaps the hottest spot online where you can discover the latest and hottest music straight from Nigeria (or Naija, if you like).

Tru Spot! connects users who share similar tastes, bring the artists they love closer to them via interviews, chat sessions and more. The site also provides live and custom radio streams, music ringtones for your mobile phones, wallpapers and lots more.

The way it works

Music artists upload their tracks to Tru Spot! servers for their fans to participate in the music by listening to it, rating it, reviewing it, and sharing it. The whole idea is aimed at collectively building the largest African social music platform/community.

Read more »

ClickNigeria is a web solutions company that provides smart Internet/Web 2.0 tools for web savvy Nigerians. The site delivers localised Internet search, tools and content for Nigerians home and abroad. The ClickNigeria network offers interesting web tools, resources and information for businesses, government, career-minded people etc

The site aggregates job announcements from Careers Nigeria - a weblog that publishes latest jobs, employment gist and careers opportunities in Nigeria for graduates and top candidates. Also, you can find a list of Nigerian Newspapers such as BusinessDay, Financial Standard, Leadership, Kickoffnigeria, etc for easy access to your daily news reads.

Read more »