StartupsNigeria has set the goal of breaking through the Alexa Top 100 000 websites in the world by December 31, 2008. The site which has witnessed a surge in its traffic within the past two months attributes this increase to its new features including interviews, advice, community on Facebook and LinkedIn as well as social media sites.

StartupsNigeria is a tech news blog for startups, mobile apps and web technologies that are making a buzz around the new media space, with a special focus on Nigeria. The blog which was launched about 6 months ago has gotten the attention of several social media players and blogs and has also been reviewed by a few sites. Some of them are: White African, StartupAfrica, Sturvs, Kabissa, African Trade Hub, Notjustok, TechMASAI, Naijagal. The site also appears on the blogroll of several sites around Africa.

We hope to break through Alexa Top 100 000 websites by December 31, 2008, and are asking for your support to achieve this goal.  We are poised to become a world-class tech/media blog that covers technology and innovation out of Nigeria. You can subscibe to our feeds.

Update: StartupsNigeria’s Alexa traffic rank is at 180,429. View latest here

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This is a quick post to announced that StartupsNigeria was profiled on TechMASAI, an African blog that monitors and criticizes web 2.0 sites and start-ups with special emphasis on Africa.

The blog has been covering african tech scene and has also reviewed sites and services such as Zoopy, Mpesa, Myvideo, Blueworld amongst others.

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Early this year, the Innerveil Business Institute and the MicroFinance banks in Nigeria organised a meeting in Lagos, Nigeria with the aim to increase the capital available to high-growth Small and Medium-Scale Entreprises (SMEs) by tackling some of the root causes that limit their growth prospects.

The result was “The Adopt a Small Business Project Endorsement”, meant to spark hope, to inspire action and to help the small and medium sized enterprises grow. The meeting found out that the lower-income segments of Nigeria benefit when SMEs have better access to finances because they alleviate poverty by creating more jobs and better wages.

There’s no doubt that, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are critical for economic growth in the developing world, since they broaden opportunity, increase productivity, create jobs, and help alleviate poverty. In developed countries, SMEs represent more than half of GDP and account for nearly 2/3 of employment.

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Following the huge success of South African-owned DStv in Nigeria, there’s an excitement over the launch of Nigeria’s newest satellite Pay TV service - DAARSAT.

In fact, the quality, content and pricing of satellite and pay TV services in Nigeria are set to witness a revolution as Daar Communications, promoters of Africa Independent Television and Ray Power Radio Station launch DAARSAT, a new satellite Direct-To-Home (DTH) Pay TV.

Raymond Dokpesi, Chairman of the Daar Communications Group said that DAARSAT is throwing up the quality, variety and pricing challenge by deploying the latest digital technologies in its broadcast, as well as by partnering with several of the best broadcasting organisations and franchises across the world.

Quality

In terms of quality, DAARSAT is set to introduce to Nigeria, the world’s first Integrated Decoder and LCD Television which receives both digital terrestrial and satellite television signals.

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