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Nigeria’s rapidly growing online job search market
When you start talking about online employment sites, you’re likely to mention global behemoths such as Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com, both originating from the United…
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On October 26, Qwiki, a new “information experience” platform, opened its doors to pre-invited users as an Alpha web product. As this year’s winning…
Why Angel funding is killing innovation
I’m a fan of Max Levchin and his fellow Paypal alumni because this group has spent the past five years creating many of the…
