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Game still available for sale. Hala!

naija_swag: I can teach you Java here on Nairaland. Open a thread, come up with a timetable and lets get started.

The bolded will only create confusion for you.

Well that's good bt I think "Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours" is a really good book for beginners. + am wondering how much time you do have 2 teach online?

Get this ebook "Sam teach yourself android application development in 24 hours". Its very helpful for android dev beginners. Teaches you all the basics up to developing your first app or game.

just google it. You should easily get the pdf ebook. Njoy!

Black Playstation 3 just brought in from the USA for sale. Comes with:

- 150gb drive
- Two pads
- Two new games: Fifa 13 & Devil May Cry

Price: N65000

Hala me on 08100866224
Location is Lagos but can be sent to your location anywhere in nigeria

newacca: Hello house.

Please I need information on where I can get authentic T-shirts ( Short sleeve,long sleeve,hoodies,V-neck,Round neck,Sweat shirts) at wholesales here in Nigeria or where I can import at pocket friendly price and in different colours and designs.

When I say authentic,I mean high quality ( It doesn't necessarily mean imported)

I want to print my designs on it.
Please I need your help.
Thanks to you all.
Ciao!

Yea also interested in knowing about this. So any1 with info?

santuse: lapo loans are not meant for agric entreprenuers cos if u are given d loan u are expected to start paying back d loan in d next 30 days frm d day d check was given to u. The best place to secure agric loan is agric bank or first bank, details later...

Can you share the details you found. Thanks

9ice 1 @dpuzo. Probably u should a little more on d interface. That should make it more appealing I believe.

Speaking of Starting small and been innovative, I don't know how many people have read this article on techloy about a Nigerian mobile gaming company Founded by Abiola Olaniran. His games have gotten up to a million downloads worldwide.

http://techloy.com/2013/08/06/gamsole/

Ajibel: Hmm, everyone has complained and lamented, shared and outline same and similar thoughts that contributed to the dire situation and challenge we are facing buh as usual we Nigerians would criticise and not profer solution. So for a teenager/youth who wants to launch start a start up, what path should he follow What is the best advice on how to overcome this challenge for someone facing them Or should we wait to be provided with adequate power and have access to loans and an enabling environment before we start up Or maybe wait till we are into our mid/late 20's before thinking of starting an online biz Or most preferably put our hands up and give up and join the many job seekers out there pushing for a job in oil companies!!! I expected the adults here to advice us buh instead joined us in our lamentations and whinings

The truth is like we have all said, a lot of obstacles stand b4 any1 trying to build a startup mostly without finance.

However the answer to the question of "Can we succeed or @least survive without any major finance, Structure and other obstacles?" Is YES WE CAN.

Teachnology today has greatly bridge the gap btw startups, small businesses and Large companies.

Individual entrepreneurs with a Laptop and Internet connection can have access to data management services, cloud computing, Business mgt softwares in SaaS, and all sort of Information they need to grow, all this at very minimize fees (some even for free!).

So where do we start from?

1) Understanding that being an entrepreneur isn't a ride in the park. Its tough, rough and frustrating, even in developed countries. So complaining about what we don't have won't change much. But with any luck the end is always worth it.

2) Find your peers. Motivation is a medicine that helps every entrepreneur continue to fight for what they believe. I get amazed at how little entrepreneurs I see at great event especially in Lagos. Events like TEDx and d likes expose entrepreneurs to meet other great minds, entrepreneurs and even investors and capitalist. I still remember meeting "chinedu echerue" at TEDx Ikoyi last year.

3) Start already, but start small. Most startups even in developed countries are advised to start small and gradually grow. Its funny wen pple talk abt funding while half of the biggest internet companies today all started in some boys dom room! Except u don't hv access to a Laptop and say internet and lack the proper programming skills, I don't see why you can't start small.

4) Finally have a plan. In fact have plans from A - D if possible. Know what you need to succeed, know who has it or where it is and device a strategy to get it!

5) Lastly, Don't give up!

I hope this helps someone

Emah1: Pls i tried to upgrading my laptop dell D810 window 7, it did not work so when i tried restarting it it was showing me BOOTMGR is missing. ''press curl+alt+del to restart''
pls i need help

Am guessing u tried to upgrade to windows 8.

When u say "it didn't work" am guessing u didn't "eida complete the installation".

To fix try this:

1. Restart the PC. The BOOTMGR error could be a fluke.

2. If it still shows the error, Check your optical drives, USB ports, and floppy drives for media. Often times, the "BOOTMGR is Missing" error will appear if your PC is trying to boot from a non-bootable disc, external drive, or floppy disk.

3. Also, Check the boot sequence in BIOS and make sure the correct hard drive is set.

4. If those don't work, Perform a Startup Repair of Windows. This type of installation should replace any missing or corrupt files, including BOOTMGR.

sino: You have to provide more info, we ain't wizards here lol

Tell us What really happens when you put on your system, does it display anything? Is the fan rolling? What about the lights(power led,hdd), does it come on? Does your system give a sound when you put it on? Is there an error message? Does it try to boot and then shows a blue screen?
you can see there are loads of info you need to give plus your system spec too and operating system you are running.

Now fill us in...

LOL. I tire ooo

vanunu: I thought Chinedu Echerue was paid $1billion by Apple for his site.

I doubt. The amount was never disclosed.

Ajibel: Bro, sorry u've got to research well on starting up. Maybe thats why u havent come up with a start up. Do u think founders of those big companies u mentioned waited for angels before starting Its short-sighted and lazy folks that would say i have no money so cant start up. Havent u heard of kickstarter Nd co. Code/develop that unique idea of urs and promote it online, investors would come after u not d other way round. Thats d path i'm following. Change ur mindset bro

Gbam!!!

bigdot1759: must we be follower ? must africa go into something like fbk & the rest ? or is that the only thing we can do to bring popularity to the contnent? why can't we come together & meditate what even the number one & wotld power 'll never think of in the next 100yrs. Can't Nigeria or African programmers & the likes in I. T INDUSTRY come 2gether to think of this?

We mustnt be. In fact your suggestion is in line with the idea behind the article. It is time we start to lead too.

p.josh:
Ii don't seem 2 agree wit u..Youtube owners had an angel investor who help them , facebook also had an investor,groupon had an investor, even google.
Would any of their idea come true without adequate finance?
The jumia.com nd irokotv u guys re talking about,do u knw ow much they had on ground before starting their business. If u don't knw jason(irokotv) had $100,000 on ground b4 starting his site.
Youth in dis country gat ideas but need investors.The guy who did d Nigerian Constitutional app got up 2 $10000 frm investors.

Very true. Funding is key. But I will still say again "Innovation" 1st. Facebook, google and the likes had funding but dey innovative and created something first. The main thing most people don't realise is "U have 2 start small!". Instagram started small. They created something and 2years later it was sold for $1billion. U can't build facebook in a fews weeks or months. Even Facebook took over a year b4 getting any major funding.

The simple fact is this: until u build something worth investing in...its just another so-called billion $ idea.

mysteko: This is my third post on profile! I'm not a programmer or a web developer nor am I a graphic designer. I'm however a software computer technician and came up with a briliant idea however I sit here on my laptop looking at my project on my localhost but lack the finance to launch it.

1. I refuse to loan money to start the biz.

2. Good internet and reliable internet service is needed for the project to work.

3. Stable electricity is also a must as the project needs to be on 24hrs.

So tell me with all this in mind how do you expect a facebook out of nigeria with so many things to derail your plan?

I totally understand how you feel. I have been I that position myself. But I don't still believe in quitting or giving up. Plainly speaking, if "Seun" had, I wonder which forum we do be having this discussion. Noting that this wasn't the first or second forum seun designed bt he still persisted and here we are today on NAIRALAND!

fizboy1: The fact is dat africans naturally dont think beyond d box of jst making little change for upkeep..in other advanced countries kids are exploring and inventing while in africa a computer graduate wld still be struggling to create a simple website from an existing app..I hear people talking of nairaland after 11 or 12 years of existence we still jubilate wen the name nairaland appears on guardian newspaper and seun wld pop champagne and dance azonto till dawn..smh

LMAOO!!!!!!

grandstar: nonsense article. nairaland alone proves this wrong. we also have jumia, konga, saharareporters etc. some have even been bought by foreigners. i have a billion dollar idea which i plan to launch in future and then sell. for now i dey chop beans.

Jumia, konga and likes have made an impact yes but locally. But can jumia go over to the uk or usa and compete for market share *coughs*

Get d picture?

Joavid: so we now know the problems,how do we solve them??

So people are already making an effort for change. Hubs like Cchub (Co-creation hub) are making an impact.

The truth is funding is key but producing some what funding is 1st most important.

Zikdik: Who needs a Facebook,Google,Yahoo,e.t.c when you've got a Nairaland?

With all due respect to seun, Nairaland has made us proud yet we're talking of global ideas not local. Get the picture right!

Pls and if any1 has or knows any new apps or software out there that seems promise I would for them to. Share it

Javanian: One thing i know for sure, what Africa isn't lacking is talent

Talent? From what perspective? Not good enough programming skills?

Why Africa May Never Produce A Facebook, Groupon, Zynga Or Google

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2011/04/07/why-africa-may-never-produce-a-facebook-groupon-zynga-or-google/

This was the title of a post by an african reporter on Forbes Africa. As I read the post I couldn't disagree with the writers point.

But I still refused to believe africa can't or doesn't have the capability to produce $billion Internet companies.

More even now am interested in knowing or finding out about the ground breaking ideas out there. Because I believe before funding there must be ground shaking ideas and innovations. The writer did make mention of a few but (I stand to be corrected that) we still lack a lot.

So my thought and question has been rephrased from the reporter's.

Where are all Nigeria's programmers and developers?

If not even web apps, Where are the new android and iOs apps? Why don't we have them crawling all over the place?

The mobile platforms are speedingly taken over. Plus from my little research and understanding the cost/effort to produce these apps have greatly been reduced by there inventors.

Sure, We have produced the likes of jobberman and Iroko yet one can still say these are not industry disruptive companies.

Finally, Someone might ask "why haven't I produced mine?" Well I have always enjoyed been on the non-tech (idea guy) side of the game. But we all know many tech guyz in nigeria aren't ready to grow startups (I stand to be corrected again). They do would rather aim for jobs with the oil companies. Have got 1st hand experience on this myself even with some NL programmers. So recently have decided to jump in and start building programming skills. Cos I really really just hate this Article Title!

Now fellow geeks let's hear your thoughts...

onegig: good advise though but rams don't give whooping sounds. I guess its the fan. if they happen to be bad or turn bad your system would not even come up. Thats when the caps lock flashes five times in some systems or continuos beeps.

Whooping sound? Hmmm Ok. I agree it Could be the fan then. However its troubleshooting though so you never really b sure where d prob is.

onegig: you talked about p3? What os are you installing? Check the ram and ruffle things a bit.. Also remove the processor which is under the system fan and clean by blowing. Be careful. But wait before you proceed..does it give that beep when you start that indicates its working and does the keyboard led lights flash continuorly?

@onegig, b4 all that, I thk he said "The desktop was slow and he tried to run an installation, which didn't complete!". That at first would have cause d pc not to boot or what do you think?
Secondly a p3 system? Am sorry but being slow shouldn't b an unexpected issue.
Except the system isn't coming on or displaying anything, My advise is he restarts and completes installation b4 going under d hood.

ok.gerald:
Hello tech gurus in the house. Kindly advice. My hp laptop gives out some sound whenever i put it on and it damn slow. Its windows vista home edition. Advice pls.

Mostly likely RAM. Probably one of both RAM is bad your system is now running on say 1GB instead of 2GB.

Perform a simple test. Open the RAM area and Remove one of them. Close back and restart. If the sound still occurs, shutdown. Insert the RAM back and remove the other and then restart again.

Let's know if the sound still occurs

johnstar: Bt my mtn modem is already installed ...Nd wenevr I insert my modem, I always gt dis sign

That is your windows firewall. If every other thing is working right then It might be the one blocking the network.
Click "yes" to allow the software. Then try connecting to the internet with your mtn software.
Also check if the mtn network is saved as a home network or public network. Public networks are usually restricted.

If no head way still, try uninstalling the mtn software and reinstalling it. And make sure to allow it thru your firewall or save has a home network.

LBanks: K, thanks @ Meshybizzo

Sorry. My mistake. You can't backup installed application. You might have to lose them. But any recently create or edited files will remain.

baani: please people i still havent been able to resolve getting the usb ports on my desktop to work, i would appreciate your help. i got a response from someone here but i cant do all tht he said i cant use the keyboard on the system. (its only usb on the desktop, nothing like pci as an option). pls help

I thkin the first thing to check is if the usb ports are disabled or faulty. Goto device manager and check the properties. If they are faulty probably missing drivers click "update" or goto manufacturers site to download them. If they disbled then enable dem.

Also b4 dis b sure its not the usb drive u r trying 2 connect that is faulty. If all these isn't the case I thk I do go with the advice of getting a new usb adapter.

LBanks: @ Knights Templer, I appreciate your timely response to my predicament. My wireless is still working because when i went to a cybercafe yesterday i noticed that if i go to settings, the wireless indicator (or icon) there indicated that network is available but when i click on it, no response.Now when i came back to the desktop, the wireless icon on the taskbar was still showing me no available network and also not responding to click as well, so i believe it's an OS problem as U suggested. But my problem with restoring my laptop now is i don't want to lose my installed applications. Please is it possible 4 me to backup the installed applications and restore the laptop?

Sorry. My mistake. You can't backup installed application. You might have to lose them. But any recently create or edited files will remain.

onyekabe: Please help, my hp compaq just fell from me and the screen went off, i put off and on it, it refuse to display on the screen. The model is hp compaq presario cq 50 110us

I think 2 device might be involved here: your screen and hard drive.

So first check for screen.
When you power on d pc does the screen display at all? If it does then problem most likely isn't with your screen. If it doesn't two things could have happen.

1. The cable connected to your screen frm the board might have dislodged. So u hv 2 open and fix it well (my advice get pro help if u hvnt done this b4)

2. Your screen ink box is broken. The soln 2 this one is simple. You get a new screen!

But like I said if isn't your screen and it displays wen u turn on then check ur hard drive.

Does it make any sound? Do you pc lights come on? I think if its ur hard drive the pc should @least display Manufacturers logo and then present an error.

Lastly, memory been dislodged am not so sure. Chances of that happening in a laptop would probably damage ur board itsef.

johnstar: Pls help o, I dnt knw wats wrong wit my pc, my modem network is nt showing on my pc, bt its showing nd connecting in my own broda pc, pls help o

If it works on your broda pc means fault is from urs.

First thing, we need to know if the computer sees the modem at all. Does ur pc indicates that a device was connected? Or does the modem software autoruns?

If any of that doesn't happen then try these:

1) Check and switch usb port to see if the modem works on another port

2) If it doesn't try any other flash drive just to be sure your usb ports are working

3) If they are, goto device manager and check if your network adapter is disabled or fault.

However if ur pc can see the modem, means might be modem software issue or network settings issue.