Perspective

For young Nigerian web designers, here is your chance to contribute to Nation building and win national recognition. Can you design a website? Then here is your chance to make a mark in the web design contest of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development in partnership of Youngstars Foundation.

Web Specification
Your web site should be interactive and able to accommodate data base and online workshops/forums.

Interested young designers are to submit their entries which should include:

-A 2 paged website dummy for The Federal Ministry of Youth Development including the Home page and the Navigation page.

-Curriculum Vitae.

-Passport photographs

-2 referees.

Eligibility: Only Nigerian Nationals aged 18 – 35 years, resident in Nigeria. Read the rest of this entry »

“There is no substitute to deep-rooted knowledge in your field of endeavour. Therefore, learning is crucial. Do not assume that business is simple especially web-based business. Get the fundamentals right and take your audience/customers seriously. You will gain experience along the way. Adjust your business based on experience, to suit your market audience.” Oluniyi David Ajao,

Those are the words of the Oluniyi David Ajao. Oluniyi is a Ghana-based Nigerian young entrepreneur and runs a web host, Web4Africa, as well as Africa’s leading website about mobile telecoms, “Mobile Africa“. He is a professional web developer who supports the open-source platforms and web programming languages. Linux, PHP, MySQL, CSS, XHTML and web standards are amongst his favourites.

I had this interview with him yesterday. Happy reading…..

SN: Please tell us about yourself, your background and interests?

Oluniyi: I am Oluniyi David Ajao, an Internet entrepreneur and Managing Director of a leading web hosting company, Web4Africa Ltd. I also have strong interests in mobile communications technology and a background in Computer Science.

SN: What is the name of your blog/start-up/company?

Oluniyi: My personal blog is self-named: “Oluniyi David Ajao” and is located at http://www.davidajao.com/blog/ while my company’s website is located at www.web4africa.net/

SN: Please tell us about your blog/start-up/company?

Oluniyi: Web4Africa Ltd. offers affordable and reliable web-related services to clients in Nigeria and other parts of the world. Services offered include: domain name registration, web hosting, website design and e-commerce solutions. Read the rest of this entry »

Ahmad Mukoshy is the brain behind Aimtech Hosting Company. I had this interview recently. Happy reading

SN: Please tell us about yourself, your background and interests?

Ahmad: That’s way too long to tell. But, I am Ahmad Mukoshy and I am still in college. I am 19 years old and I come from a family of education where studies mean everything in the house. I love reading books, meeting new people and working on my computer day and night.

SN: What is the name of your Company?

Ahmad: We all call it Aimtech Nigeria. But it is registered as Aimtech Hosting Co. Read the rest of this entry »

Hello people!

Happy New Year ‘009. I had this interview with Lateef Olajide, an Internet Business Strategist. Lateef is a brain behind www.internetmarketingnigeria.com

Happy reading…..

SN: Please tell us about yourself, your background and interests?

Lateef: My name is Lateef Olajide. I am from Ogun State precisely, Abeokuta. I had my primary and secondary school education in Abeokuta. I found myself in Lagos sometime 1997 and since then Lagos has been my base.

I had a very VERY VERY humble background. I learnt how to feed myself and sibling while I was still in junior secondary school. After my secondary education I wanted to go to the university to study medicine just like my friend but couldn’t make it for some reasons. I stayed at home for couple of months after secondary school examinations. Eventually I found myself in a freight forwarding company in Lagos as an apprentice without my wish.

The company was full of greedy people so I couldn’t make it to the sea-port where the real action is to learn much. So I decided to take part time course in shipping to study import and export management. It is advance diploma course.

I made up my mind very early in my life that I am going to be an entrepreneur and create job for others here in Nigeria and will never leave this country until I become a millionaire. That exactly is what I am doing now. Making more money here in Nigeria than most of my friends that abscond to USA and UK years back. Read the rest of this entry »

Damilare Onajole started playing with computers in late 2002. His first computer was a Pentium II, Windows ‘98 runned computer, actually owned by his father for business. Engrossed by the awe the internet holds, he picked up his first HTML 3.2 lessons from www.w3schools.org

I had this interview with him recently. Enjoy it….

SN: Please tell us about yourself, your background and interests?

Damilare: I am Damilare Onajole, a self self-taught technopreneur currently studying Philosophy at Lagos State University. I started doing web development in 2003; it all started as a hobby, then became a business a few years later. Problem solving has always been my hobby, so I naturally fell into web applications development and internet businesses.

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I had this interview (via email) with Francis Onwumere. He is a freelance web developer. You can also find this interview @ www.startupsnigeria.com

Enjoy the interview…

Francis said no matter the difficulty you are facing as a startup

“Start by having a plan. At least start and don’t let the difficulties woo you”

SN: Please tell us about yourself, your background and interests?

Francis: I’m a 25 year old freelance web developer and have been doing this professionally for close to four years now, mainly as a means of extra income while studying chemistry at University of Nigeria.

Originally it all started by chance. I had just finished secondary school in 2000 and while trying to gain admission into university, I came across this HTML book at one Akoka study centre in Lagos. Alongside my A-Level studies, I gradually began to explore the world of HTML and web design.

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