Although several Nigerians own PC

Although several Nigerians own PC 

Although few Nigerians own personal computers, mobile phones (about 100 million people in 1.7 million Canadian ™ Blackberry is the brand of choice, about 60% percent market share), of which over 600,000 have downloaded a mobile version of the nationâ ™ constitution. 

Together to create a hub production and social progress around the world launch of high-tech incubator Entrepreneur € ™ Bos TIJANI, mobile application allows people to share on Facebook and Twitter, part of the constitution in order to comment and participate in forums to discuss everything from the political corruption of oil revenues .

The goal is to empower people so that they are more aware of their rights,"? Co-authoring 祖拜尔阿布 Karl said.

That way, we can more patriotic.

His software does not stop COPA ™ blow, but have heard Mr Abubakar thinking better police bribery when required, rather than pay the victims read out from their phones to their rights. 

Now the fight against corruption has reached a new level, officially launched this month, the site StopTheBribes.net - built with financial assistance from the Canadian High Commission - allows mobile users to report the police via SMS, e-mail behaving badly or Twitter (include the hashtag StopTheBribes of). 

In addition to appear on the website, the information - for example, says, "œPolice refused extortion result bus conductor brutalisedâ? - Now the police station in the central pop up on a large TV to remind senior management. 

As people call it, has attracted young programmer for many reasons: It has free broadband internet access, which is neither cheap nor in Lagos, a city in the uninterruptible power supply, power outages almost every hour (with the hub own generators); depth training seminars, and collegial atmosphere. It also has a killer rooftop terrace. 

Despite their leisure environment more seriously than most programmers in Silicon Valley with a mission.Trying establish a Nigerian Facebook's cool, â €? Mr. TIJANI said, "œbut which there is suffering in this society?"? 

They also produced BudgIT of labor, a site that allows people to slice and dice the federal budget, and determine, for example, the government really need to cut imports of fuel subsidies last year (there is no national production of oil refining). 

The cuts triggered massive protests quickly evolved into a loose movement called occupy Nigeria and another push Huba € ™ applications: Ojise (A € œmessageâ in the local dialect), which makes use of Twitter and upload files? Easier Nigeriaâ  crowded mobile networks. 

Ojise developer temperature plugs 28 (Akinfolarin) predicted more protests, tech-savvy young Nigerians solution they think is the country's corrupt old order. 

we can get the government to help," €? He said, leaning over laptops surrounded by colleagues, â you must do ourselves.â? 

Ma cocoa: Slum fighting through difficult times 

With each paddle stroke, canoeing hobbled slowly through the greasy water, drifting past the floating rubbish and huts built on stilts into the Lagos lagoon connecting footbridge below. Here, in the middle Nigeriaâ € ™'s largest city and passengers in plain view, is a floating slum. 

Untreated sewage and the smell of wood smoke in the air, but in this incredible religious country is Sunday, so the kids go in the water above the gleaming white robe, from the crowded church hymns drift. 

Half on land, horses cocoa is one of about 120 in urban slums. It has 150,000 inhabitants, as well as schools, convenience stores, and even sawmill, but hardly any of the services provided by the government, eager to get rid of the place....