South Africa’s 2go beats Blackberry Messenger with 12.5 million users in Nigeria

  By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos September 22, 2012: The South African social media App, 2go, has beaten Blackberry Messenger and dominates the Nigerian market with 12.5 million active users. 2go is a social networking mobile app that gained popularity in Nigeria over the past year. The app is particularly popular among students looking for cheap, [...]

Globacom launches App store supporting multiple mobile platforms

The Glo App Store has also eradicated the problem of foreign exchange sourcing for payments as subscribers can pay for their app purchases with the balance on their phones and only have to top up with naira if the credit is insufficient, the SNO says.

By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. May 23, 2012: Globacom Nigeria has launched a new App store for Android, Blackberry and Java supported mobile devices under a major bid by the Second National Operator (SNO) to explore new revenue stream in mobile content delivery. Globacom ventured into mobile content and application space in order to provide access [...]