Silicon Yaba with 'Geeks On A Plane' Tech Experts Set to Explore the African Tech Ecosystem

Africa is set to welcome 500 Startups’ Geeks on a Plane – an exclusive group of startups, investors, tech junkies and executives touring the world to learn about evolving technology demands worldwide. They will be touring Africa in March and will be in Lagos, Nigeria from March 19th 2017 to March 23rd 2017. 500 Startups would be bringing a number of tech insiders to Lagos, Nigeria through the GOAP (Geeks on a Plane) initiative.

Safety Tips for the Festive Season

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Year 2016 is gradually coming to a close. The resolutions, goals set, the achievements and the failures  all comprise of the 2016 experience.

Plans roll in for the festive season from shopping, friends/family visits to traveling. Now, This is the period where some people's focus is to cause harm to others in a bid to "package" themselves for the merriment of the season.

Here are some security tips to adopt to be vigilant and hopefully stay free of harm during this period.

10 Good Reasons to Attend the Drupal Camp Nigeria 2016

DrupalCamp Nigeria 2016

Each year Nigeria Drupal User Group organizes the DrupalCamp Nigeria; an annual, volunteer driven, two-day conference intended to promote the awareness and adoption of the Drupal open-source platform in Nigeria. This conference brings together drupalists, other related open-source practitioners, corporate companies representatives to share their passion for the Drupal project and other open-source technologies.

Here are 10 reasons why you should attend the 2016 camp.

Productive Commuting: How to Utilize Your Time while on the Road

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With the hustle and bustle of life, trying to make ends meet, commuting is inevitable and especially when you have to commute in a place like Lagos with the traffic situation (shakes head). If you live in Lagos, Nigeria, you'll know that the traffic situation is something else even with the introduction of traffic officers (Jenifa calls them "Laisman") to control the traffic movement.

Catching up with meetings/events means you have to leave your source place to your target location (obviously... talking nerdy) early enough say 1 to 2 hours depending on you destination.

Lessons from the Oshodi Bridge

Eh ya, and I saw the guy when he was opening the bag o! I wanted to move close to you or pinch you to alert you, pele. These are the sympathetic words you hear from people when you fallen victim of robbery.

The Oshodi bridge where the good and bad agberos hang out is known to have expert pick-pockets professionally trained through years of experience; especially at night or early momo (morning).

A Post on Self Development

*When I got this, it was simply too good for me alone to read and be blessed! It's a MUST read for self development!*

1. Make friends with successful people and occasionally buy them gift and surprise them with lunch because successful people always give and hardly get, so when you give them, they value the gift a lot.

2. Get a mentor and follow his instructions and respect the relationship. Never beg your mentor for money or disrespect his or her privacy.

NCS Quiz and Software Competition

The Nigerian Computer Science Association,Ogun State Chapter every year  holds a 2-Day quiz and software competition at different universities in Ogun State,Nigeria.This time the competition will take place in the Redeemer's University,Ogun State from 21st to 22nd of November,2011.
List of invited schools includes the following;
-Babcock University,Ilishan-Remo,Ogun State
-Crescent University,Abeokuta,Ogun State
-Bells Univeristy,Ota, Ogun State
-Covenant University,Ota,Ogun State.
-University of Agriculture,Abeokuta,Ogun State
-Olabisi Onabanjo University,Ogun State
And a host of other Ogun State universities.

Good luck during the competition!