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Did You Know? Email Messaging was Invented in 1971
April 19, 2022
Email messaging is one of the major ways people communicate over the internet. Billions of people use the platform for both work and personal purposes. Ray Tomlinson This method of messaging was invented in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson. Early implementations of email messaging required the author and the recipient to both be online at the … Continue reading Did You Know? Email Messaging was Invented in 1971
Did You Know? Alhassan Dantata, Nigeria’s Kolanut Millionaire
April 19, 2022
In an age bossed by billion dollar rich tech startup founders, it’s easy to get so swamped by today’s apparently unparalleled success stories that we think our generation is somehow better than past ones. After all, when else in mankind’s history has a barely tangible thing (digital technology) laid the foundation for a single person’s … Continue reading Did You Know? Alhassan Dantata, Nigeria’s Kolanut Millionaire
Did You Know? 14 Amazing Facts About Apple Inc.
April 19, 2022
Apple Inc. has risen over time to become the world’s most valuable brand and company with net worth of about $926 billion. The company provides jobs worldwide and manufactures astonishing new technologies and products like the iPhone, MacBook computers and iPad. Despite facing fierce competitors, government regulations, and other challenges that abound in the rapidly … Continue reading Did You Know? 14 Amazing Facts About Apple Inc.
Did You Know? Pork is the World’s Most Popular Meat?
April 19, 2022
Meat is the flesh gotten off from animals which can be consumed in so many different ways. The consumption of various types of meat is, however, hinged on cultural and ethnic reasons. But whatever the reasons around its consumption, meat is essential for feeding because they contain the required amount of protein humans need. Below … Continue reading Did You Know? Pork is the World’s Most Popular Meat?
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Did You Know? Nigeria’s SecureID Is West Africa’s First Smart Card Producing Company
April 19, 2022
Somewhere in Lagos’ district of Isolo, there’s a manufacturing facility with machines spewing out thousands of smart cards every working day. It might be considered just another one of hundreds of industrial scale production lines scattered across Nigeria’s commercial capital; but it isn’t. SecureID That’s because it’s owned by SecureID, West Africa’s first smart card … Continue reading Did You Know? Nigeria’s SecureID Is West Africa’s First Smart Card Producing Company
Did You know? The First ‘Smartphone’ Was A Nokia
April 19, 2022
The Nokia 9000 Communicator was a cell phone which was actually a smartphone before the word was invented. It rolled all of the features of a computer into a phone, putting email, web browsing, fax, word processing and spreadsheets into a single pocketable device. And it did it years before the Blackberry became the iconic symbol of the … Continue reading Did You know? The First ‘Smartphone’ Was A Nokia
Did You Know? In Nigeria, Trademarks Are Registered With the FMITI
April 19, 2022
You don’t want to get tangled in a dispute over the ownership of a trademark. It’s a potentially rancorous, drawn-out and often expensive fight. There’s also the danger of having to rebuild public recognition for a new trademark if you’re forced to drop a previous one on the grounds that it resembled some other company’s … Continue reading Did You Know? In Nigeria, Trademarks Are Registered With the FMITI
Did You Know? Online Platforms That Can Give You A Loan Without Collateral
April 19, 2022
Traditional financial institutions seldom lend without getting a guarantee that they won’t lose all their money if a borrower fails to repay their loan. Financial institutions usually request for collateral from would-be loan recipients, something they can hold on to just in case that recipient doesn’t fulfill their promise to repay after a mutually agreed … Continue reading Did You Know? Online Platforms That Can Give You A Loan Without Collateral
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Did You Know? Nigeria Is Africa’s Biggest Agritech Market
April 19, 2022
Nigeria hasn’t been on the global agritech scene for long. Until a few years ago, you could probably count the number of tech startups in the country’s agriculture sector on the fingers of one hand. Ecommerce and fintech took the headlines and got a fat portion of investment money. Agritech was only a small part … Continue reading Did You Know? Nigeria Is Africa’s Biggest Agritech Market
Did You Know? The Top 5 Golf Courses In Nigeria
April 19, 2022
About ten to fifteen years ago golf was the game everyone wanted to play, there were more golf tourneys than pros could handle but with the years came a drought that did not just dispel golf pros but also led to the degradation of the beautiful tactical game of golf in Nigeria. Nonetheless, golf is … Continue reading Did You Know? The Top 5 Golf Courses In Nigeria
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Did You Know? Kano’s Kantin Kwari Is West Africa’s Largest Textile Market
April 19, 2022
The city of Kano is known for its many sprawling markets. For centuries, it has attracted traders and buyers from across Nigeria and West Africa’s Sahel region, and still holds its place as the north’s leading commercial hub. One of Kano’s more widely recognized trade spots is the Kantin Kwari, or Kwari Market. It’s reputed … Continue reading Did You Know? Kano’s Kantin Kwari Is West Africa’s Largest Textile Market
Did You Know? Nigeria Has Qualified For the World Cup More Times Than Any Other African Country
April 19, 2022
Nigeria holds the record for highest qualifying African country to the FIFA World Cup; six (6) times in total. Memory lane The first African country to qualify for the FIFA World Cup was Egypt in 1934, four years after the first World Cup edition. It was not until 1978 that an African team, Tunisia won … Continue reading Did You Know? Nigeria Has Qualified For the World Cup More Times Than Any Other African Country
By achem
Did You Know? A Slavery Abolitionist Was From The Igbo Region
April 19, 2022
Olaudah Equiano, an African writer and abolitionist, documented his experiences as a slave. taken away Olaudah was born in 1745 in Essaka, an Igbo Village in what is now Benin. He had five older brothers and a younger sister. At the age of eleven, he and his sister were captured by native slave traders. Olaudah … Continue reading Did You Know? A Slavery Abolitionist Was From The Igbo Region
Did You Know? The Word ‘Cereal’ Comes From The Name Of A Roman Goddess
April 19, 2022
Cornflakes is type of cereal manufactured from toasted flakes of corn, sometimes eaten with milk and sugar. It is most certainly a popular breakfast choice around the world. Here are facts you probably didn’t know about cereal: Kellogg’s Cornflakes was made by Mr Kellogg in the late 19th century. The first manufactured breakfast cereal ‘granula’, … Continue reading Did You Know? The Word ‘Cereal’ Comes From The Name Of A Roman Goddess
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Did You Know? Comedian Gordons Was A Pastor Before Going Into Comedy
April 19, 2022
If you follow Nigerian comedy, you might popular comedian, Gordons, who intermittently shouts “Hallelujah” in between jokes, and always talks of “Moving the ministry to the permanent site”. What you may not know, however, is that that he was first a pastor before he went full time into comedy. Gordons Gordons is the first born in … Continue reading Did You Know? Comedian Gordons Was A Pastor Before Going Into Comedy
