2012: A BUSY YEAR FOR THE CAST AND PRODUCERS OF "MEET THE ADEBANJOS"

After years of unsuccessfully pitching the concept for ‘Meet the Adebanjos’ to mainstream British broadcasters, the show’s creators decided to raise their own funding and engage the world of the internet and social media. And that decision proved to be the best they ever made.

WHY SOUTH AFRICA’s TIGER BRAND INVESTED IN DANGOTE FLOUR MILLS

South African consumer goods giant Tiger Brands last month announced that it has bought a 63.35% stake in Dangote Flour Mills (DFM), one of Nigeria’s largest flour and pasta producers.

A NEW FARMING REALITY TV SHOW OUT IN 2013

A Nigerian company,  Hayzee Mind Concept, is now planning to launch a reality show where contestants will have to demonstrate their farming skills. The idea behind Corporate Farmers is to provide entertainment while showing Nigerian youths that farming can be a viable career. Hayzee Mind Concept hopes for the show to launch in the first quarter of 2013. 

ELEVEN YEARS ON. MTN STILL SEES POTENTIAL GROWTH IN NIGERIA

The South African based multinational telecommunications group, MTN, has a presence across sub-Saharan Africa and still sees potential for growth in some African countries it has been established in for years. In a recent KPMG Africa conversation series, Khumo Shuenyane – the group’s chief for strategy, mergers and acquisitions – said that the growth potential in Nigeria is still significant.

A NEW MOBILE APPLICATION AIMED AT TEACHING CHILDREN YORUBA

Omolabake Abimbola Adenle is a quantitative analyst at Morgan Stanley who lived alternatively between the US and Nigeria whilst growing up. Now based in London, Adenle has developed a mobile application, SpeakYoruba, aimed at teaching children of the African diaspora the West African Yoruba language.

NIGERIA LEADS SMARTPHONES MARKET IN AFRICA

Nigeria has been identified as the continent’s leader when it comes to smartphones penetration with a healthy 41 percent and is followed by South Africa with 31 percent while Kenya is a distant third with 7 percent.

BETWEEN THE PHCN AND BOKO HARAM

I have often wondered what Nigeria’s fate would have been if Boko Haram was like the Power Holding Company of Nigeria and vice versa. Would the country have been better than it is presently?

MEET THE INVENTOR OF NIGERIA'S FIRST LIMOUSINE TRICYCLE

Ibrahim Adekunle’s Limousine Tricycle was one of the five selected inventions on the BBC’s coverage of Maker Faire Africa, an exhibition for inventors which took place in Lagos recently. He is Adekunle Ibrahim a.k.a. Mr. Make People Happy, a 26 year old Blacksmith and Welder.  

His passion and knack for reconstructing and remodeling transport vehicles has put him on the international platform. The invention is a replica of the popular KEKE NAPEP but was further expanded to accommodate more seats and passengers.

Adekunle, who refers to his invention as Limousine Tricycle said he constructed the vehicle after cutting the regular tricycle into two and adding more seats and spare parts to make it look like a car. The Limousine Tricycle can contain between 10-13 passengers at a time.

He is popularly called “Mr. Make People Happy” because his invention always put smiles on the faces of people that come in contact with it. The invention took him 6 months to complete because of lack of finances but according to him, it will take only two days if all the materials are available.

This passionate and hard working genius operates from his little space under the Oregun-Opebi link bridge in Ikeja, Lagos. He wants support from the appropriate authorities to keep his dream alive.

Credit: Bella Naija

UNILAG RANKS 9TH AMONGST TOP 10 AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES

While students from across Africa continue to move abroad to study at leading learning institutions in America and Europe, Africa boasts its own league of great institutions. Among the top ten Universities in Africa is Nigeria’s University of Lagos who emerged in the 9th position in a recent ranking released by Africa.com.

THE NIGERIAN PRISONS GETS RE-BRANDED

The Nigerian Prison service has been renamed The Nigerian Prisons and Correctional Service following the third reading and passage of A Bill for an act to repeal the prison Act Cap. P29 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria to make comprehensive provisions for the administration of Prisons in Nigeria and for related purposes.