We are pleased to announce that StartupsNigeria.com, the leading technology blog about web startups, innovations and entrepreneurship in Nigeria is sponsoring the 1st BarCamp in Nigeria, along with Afrigator and Sturvs.

BarCamp Nigeria will bring technology enthusiasts, IT specialists and social media players from Nigeria and around the world together to exchange ideas, build connections, re-frame perceptions and catalyze action of realizing the potentials of technology in Nigeria.

In case you don’t know, BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants.

The event will be held at the Tom Associates Training Centre and Conference Hall, Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday, April 25, 2009.

You can find keep up with the event updates via @barcampnigeria

After several weeks of nominations and voting for the Naija Bloggers Awards 2009, winners have finally been announced for the Category A.

They are…

1. Bloggers Choice Award - Solomon Sydelle
2. Best Intellectual Blogger - Aloofar
3. Best Student Blogger - Bumight
4. Best Political Blogger - Nigerian Curiosity (SSD)
5. Best Religious Blog - Jaycee
6. Most Inspiring Blogger - Jaycee
7. Best Entertaiment Blog - Bella Naija
8. Best Fashion Blog - Jadore Fashion
9. Best Use of Media - Bella Naija
10. Best Use of Theme - Stand Tall (Activism)
11. Best Use of Visuals - Afrobabe (Blog not accessible:o)
12. Best Literary Blog - Nigerian Drama Queen
13. Most Creative Blogger - Fine Boy Agbero
14. Dedicated Blogger - Good Girl Naija
15. Best Personal Blog - Good Girl Naija
16. Best Everyday Read - Vera
17. Most Likeable Blogger - Vera
18. Best Male Blogger - Tobenna (shirak)

Note: I’ve not yet found the links of the other blog award winners. If you know them, please tell us their links.

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This week, the Naija Bloggers Award was launched with the theme: Who You Be? and nominations have already commenced. Hmm, so quick??? 

Nominations started from Tuesday, February 24th until Wednesday, March 5th to nominate bloggers for Category A. After that, the nominees for each category and voting for category A will begin.

The 2009 Naija Bloggers Award is being organized by Sting, Toluwa, Naijagirl, and the now retired Geisha.

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If you are looking for a platform to host your events and post your event news and updates for free, EventArcade.com is the place.

EventArcade is a user-generated event listing site that allows you to post any kind of event from every part of the world - festivals, concerts, conferences, carnivals, exhibitions, religious programmes, luncheons, seminars, trainings, symposiums, summits, tours and so on. The events can be those you plan to attend, those you are organizing, those you got a scoop about, or even those you are sponsoring.

The idea is to build a large community of event organisers, participants as well as sponsors who come together to share their experiences and thoughts about these events. Launched in early January 2009, the site is built using Wordpress functionalities and is managed by Nigerian blogger and Startups Nigeria columnist, Mutiu Okediran.

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After several weeks of a sluggish approach to getting things done, the BarCamp Nigeria team has finally launched a website for the event: just about 10 days to the event scheduled for February 13th, 2009.

Update:

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