Just about one hour ago, VEDA Technology launched their homepage which features the 4 products they’ll be launching tomorrow at the Civic Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos.

My guess is that the website is yet to be fully developed, as there are currently no pages or other links except for the latest news button, which takes you to media stories about VEDA. (Startups Nigeria’s article about VEDA was featured also).

According to VEDA’s website,

VEDA Technology Limited was born in Lagos, Nigeria. The founders understood the demand for premium personal computers by a new breed of consumers who need a platform tailor-made for their needs and interests. VEDA sees this growth and strives to enhance the quality of computing with its platforms.

Every VEDA product has one year warranty (labor and parts) inclusive that seems to last like a life time because even after it expires, we offer you unbelievable after sales service that helps us help you pamper your product keeping it in top notch condition always.

The featured products are:

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It’s been exactly 7 weeks since The Punch Newspaper launched their mobile service called Mobile Punch, a service that provides media consumers access to the full text of the newspaper on their mobile phones which is available to mobile phone subscribers on the three major GSM networks – MTN, Glo and Zain.

When we heard the news, we were excited but it was disappointing to learn that the service was for a fee. The service which was launched on March 16, was to be accessed with a subscription fee of N600 monthly, that is, N20 daily, payable by cash, ATM or Visa cards. In April, Punch announced a slight adjustment in the subscription fee for Mobile Punch which now cost N1,500 per month.

I’m guessing your reaction: Absolutely ludicrous, right? That’s how some of the comments sounded on the Punch article that announced the new price.

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We’ve reviewed quite a few classified ads sites here on StartupsNigeria.com such as Nairalist, Chukslist, Classifieds Nigeria (site now abandoned), and now it seems that the online classifieds industry in Nigeria is getting more attention from web users everyday, and even Solomonsydelle has requested a comparative analysis of the various classified sites in Nigeria.

While we think that some of these sites are tapping into the shortcomings of the leading classifieds sites, Craigslist and Kijiji (perhaps some are copying Craigslist), we wonder how they hope to make money. Just like other classified ads sites, they offer buyers and sellers an opportunity to engage in a free and open market.

But whether they make money or not, they are providing great value for local businesses and individuals who wish to buy and sell their items online. Besides, they offer this service all for FREE, unlike newspapers and Nigeria’s first weekly classified ads publication, WASEET that charge a fee.

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GameLounge, which claims to be the largest professional video game lounge targeting 35 million consumers in Nigeria is now gathering game lovers at Aqua 27 in Victoria Island for the Champions Playoff Series III scheduled for May 16.

We’ve been following the electronic gaming industry around the world with keen interest and last month we gave an analysis of the video game development in Nigeria which is currently witnessing growth, with small communities from difference areas increasing to form a future gaming industry.

Gamelounge is a gaming lifestyle and events company in Lagos, Nigeria that recently held their inaugural gaming event called Champions Playoff Series 1 at Aqua 27 in Victoria Island, Lagos which saw a guy named Lekan become the winner of the contest.

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A look at the latest Opera State of the Mobile Web report (March 2009) shows that Nigeria has displaced Germany to become the world’s 10th country with the most Opera Mini users. Back in September 2008, Egypt displaced Germany to become the second African country behind South Africa to join the top 10 countries.

At the time, Kenya and Nigeria Opera Mini users were surging, and we predicted that the mobile web will replace traditional web in Nigeria. With this report, Nigeria is now the 2nd African country behind South Africa (placed at 6th) to join the top 10 countries. Also noteworthy is the fact that Nigeria’s Opera Mini page-view growth since March 2008 was 4,322% with page-views per user at 324. Unique-user growth since March 2008 was 1,472%. 

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