In recent years, Africa has emerged as a vibrant hub for technological innovation and entrepreneurship. However, one of the significant challenges faced by burgeoning tech talent across the continent is access to reliable, cost-effective hosting solutions.
Free VPS (Virtual Private Server) hosting offers a crucial opportunity to overcome these barriers, providing African developers and innovators with the tools necessary to bring their projects to life without the burden of high costs.
By transforming the digital landscape, free VPS hosting is empowering a new generation of tech-savvy individuals to propel Africa into the global tech arena.
Why Free VPS Hosting is Key in Africa
Unleashing the Potential of Tech Talent
Free VPS hosting acts as a catalyst for unleashing the latent potential of tech talent...
Every day, millions rely on mobile devices, laptops, and online platforms to navigate work, communicate, and unwind. While technology offers convenience, its complexity often overwhelms users with constant updates, slowdowns, and cluttered storage.
Whether you're juggling software tools, comparing phone features, or managing your wireless network, understanding how to optimize your digital environment can save time and boost performance.
To take a quick break from the tech world and dive into something equally thrilling yet refreshing, click here for an interactive experience designed for short bursts of excitement whenever you need a change of pace.
How to Improve Device Performance Without Replacing Your Hardware
Buying a new gadget isn’t always the answer when performance lags. Often, a few strategic tweaks can dramatically extend...
A Local Business Listing is a type of business directory. In fact, for some people both are one of the same things. But I like differentiating the two. For me a local business listing is a versatile online business directory. Let’s face it the likes of Yelp, Google Places for Business, Yahoo Local, or Bing Business Portal are no ordinary online business directories.
How are Local Listings Different
A local business listing can be differentiated by an ordinary business directory by the type of business information you can list on it. For example as a minimum a local business listing will...
Submitting your business information on online business directories is one of the important steps in going online with your business. Business Directory Submissions will increase the visibility of your business on the internet and could have a positive impact on sales and customer interest. Here are 3 benefits of business directory submissions.
Increase your Online Visibility
Online business directory listings spread your business information all over the internet increasing your visibility and customer awareness. To take advantage of this benefit, you need to list your business in lots of online business directories not just one or two. The more business directories...
Submitting business information on online business directories is a fast and affordable way to increase the visibility of a business. A business directory lists information about businesses. If your business is not yet taking advantage of the online exposure offered by online business directories, you should include it as part of your online promotion. To help you get started, this article will list a few online business directories.
Business directories allow you submit a wide range of information about your business. The information you can add to your listing may include your business name, address, email, phone number, website, and...
A Business Directory lists information about businesses. Business Directories use various mediums to list business information, however since this article is about going online our focus will be on online business directories. Listing your business in an online business directory is a good strategy for increasing the online visibility of your business.
Increase Visibility with Directory Submission
Submitting your business information to business directories will increase the visibility of your business online. Consumers are increasingly looking for information online; business directory listings will populate the internet with reliable information about your business, giving you more exposure online.
Although business directory listings are...
Our Mini Web Design plan is an affordable web design package designed to give you more control of your online promotions and marketing. With the affordable Web Design plan you get the marketing tool you need to grow your business online.
The web design plan includes a blog, which you can update yourself with marketing and promotion information about your business, products, and services. Your blog can also help you build authority.
A blog is a great marketing tool for growing your business online. You can add new content on the blog yourself and respond to comments and questions from your...
A domain name registration service enables you easily add your domain name into one of the domain registries. The Domain Name Registration service create an interface that makes registering your domain name easy, while offering some other value added services.
There are many domain name registrars to choose from, so a lack of choice will never be a problem when it comes to registering a domain name for your business website.
Here we link you to some of the best domain name registration services in the world
Top Domain Name Registration Services
There are very many domain name registration services with very little...
You do not need to break a bank to own a website. As a micro or small business all you need is a website that enables you showcase your products and services online and makes it easy to drive sales to your business from the increasing number of consumers online.
Our starter web design plan is designed to meet your budget by offering you a cheap but professional looking website. For just ₦80,000 you can get a professional looking website designed for your online success.
Because we know that as a small or micro business, you are still growing we have...
Aside Web Hosting, a website needs a domain name which is the address through which visitors find it on the internet. It is through this address that your visitors access your business website or blog on the internet. You can buy or register a domain name through a domain name registration service in Nigeria or you can buy from any international domain name registrar.
One advantage of registering your domain with a Nigeria based domain registrar is that you can pay in Naira. Another is that you can register .ng domains like .com.ng and .ng.
When it comes to buying a...
Very few changes where witnessed in the cost of internet access in Nigeria for the first quarter of 2012. In our last report, we speculated that the cost of internet access could increase due to the over 100% hike in petrol prices. That did not happen. Prices have remained relatively the same throughout the quarter.
Perhaps Airtel gave us the highlight of the quarter with its introduction of 3.75G high speed internet in major towns and cities in Nigeria. The launch also witnessed the introduction of new internet bundles by Airtel. However, none of the new Airtel internet bundles particularly...
You can create a website with a website building tool (a.k.a. website authoring tool or website builder). These tools remove most of the complexities involved in creating a website, reducing your learning curve for web designing.
If you choose the path, you will not need advanced knowledge of web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. All you need is to familiarise yourself with the workings of the online website builder and you could be building professional looking websites in minutes. In this article, we will focus on free website builders.
You can also read: Best Website Builders.
Free website builders offer their...
Before building a website for your business, it is important to know the costs involved. This will ensure you budget adequately for the project. Some business owners think building a website is a one-off thing. You just build it and you go to sleep. However, there are fixed costs and recurrent costs involved in building a business website.
So, here are a few items to add to your budget. However, it is important to note that the cost of building a website depends on the complexity of its implementation. For example, a simple 5-page business website will usually cost much...
NaijaTechGuide is now on Google Currents. If you own an Android phone or tablet or an iPhone or iPad, you can now read fresh editions of the NaijaTechGuide blog on your phone or tablet using the Google Currents app. Just Download the Google Currents app from Google Play or Apple App store and subscribe to NaijaTechGuide.
Google Currents is an app that enables you read online magazine editions of your favourite news sites and blogs on your mobile phone or tablet. Simply subscribe to an edition and Google Current will deliver freshest content from the website each time you open...
Google has now made Google Currents available to an international audience. Google Currents app for iOS and Android was launched in December, 2011 in the United States. But now Google is offering Currents, an app that enables readers easily access online magazine editions on their smartphones and tablets, globally.
Publishers outside the United States can now publish online editions of their blogs and websites on Google Currents. NaijaTechGuide is already on Google Currents.
The New Google Currents
The new version of Google Currents comes with two key features international support and quick dynamic sync. As part of its international support, Google Current...
Google has rolled out a new design for its social networking service, Google+. The new design is cleaner and easier to navigate. The new Google+ design looks great and could even make it less intimidating for new users. So, if you have been off Google+ for awhile, this is a great time to dive back in.
1. Click access to important sections
The new Google+ design has a navigation ribbon on the left side with buttons to your Google+ Home, Profile, Explore, Hangouts, Photos, etc. The navigation ribbon floats so that they are always visible no matter how much you scroll...
The Online work marketplace series featured a series of articles about opportunities available at online work markets for both freelancers and employers. With the increase in popularity and accessibility of the internet, online work marketplace is gaining in popularity.
More people are expected to work online in future as technology continues to improve. This page links to all articles in the online work marketplace series.
For online work opportunities, Visit Fiverr.
Need more info about Online Work Opportunities?
Ask any question about online work at our Internet Opportunities forum or share your insight and knowledge.
You can also connect with us on Social Media,...
Do you want to hire freelancers or pay freelancers? Freelancing websites offer great platforms for hiring, managing, and paying Freelancers. Online work marketplace provides a global pool of skilled freelancers for various sizes of businesses.
They offer a cost effective and flexible staffing solution for businesses. Online work marketplace offers a scalable solution for crowd sourcing talent for teams, easily scaling up or down depending on the staffing requirement of your projects.
If you are looking for a cost effective solution for building teams for your project, you should checkout any of the top online work sites.
Some of the top marketplace...
Freelancer is an online work marketplace where businesses and individuals can find and employ online freelancers that will work for them on various types of projects. It is like a shop for freelancers. In this article, which is a part of our online work series we will zero in Freelancer.
Understanding Freelancer
Freelancer is an online work marketplace like Fiverr, Upwork, and Elance. It enables employers find, hire, and pay freelancers cost effectively.
Freelancer does not seem to have the same virtual office environment that UpWork boast of, but still has features that ensure that employers get value for their money.
Employers post...
Elance (now Upwork) is an online work marketplace where freelancers and employers connect with each other. Elance offers online collaboration tools that enable employers hire and manage remote teams cost effectively.
In this article, which is a part of our online work series we will take a closer look at Elance.
Understanding Elance
Elance is an online work marketplace that provides online tools that enable employers (called clients on Elance) to hire, manage, pay, and rate workers online. Freelancers (called contractors on Elance) promote their skills on Elance and submit proposals on jobs posted by clients.
Elance provides an online tool called Workroom,...
Upwork (previously oDesk) is the largest online work marketplace. Upwork provides a platform and proprietary tools that enable employers hire, manage, and pay workers remotely. Upwork was the result of a merger between oDesk and eLance.
In this article, which is a part of our online work series we will take a closer look at Upwork.
Understanding Upwork
Upwork is an online work marketplace that enable employers find and hire workers online. Upwork creates a platform that makes it easy for freelancers to promote their skills online giving them access to a global employment market.
On the other hand, Upwork creates tools that...
Having the skills and tools for online work is not all it takes to get jobs at online work sites; you also need to prove and promote your skills. In this article, which is part of our online work series, we will look at how to boost your chances of getting jobs at online work sites like Fiverr.
To get jobs at online work markets, you need to have a marketable online work skill and tools to perform the work efficiently.
Although we have covered these already in the series, I will start by emphasising it here once more.
You need Skills...
You need the best marketing automation software to scale your business fast and convert more leads to customers.
Marketing automation software is software tools that...
Content marketing is now a crucial part of the marketing campaign of most successful businesses. With the best content marketing tools you can supercharge...
Nigerian Nollywood movies quality has grown from the typical traditional English, Yoruba, and Igbo movies you knew in the 90’s to top-class and quality...
